@randomgeek@masto.hackers.town
2026-07-13 13:06 UTC
Replies (13)
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@paul_ipv6@infosec.exchange 2026-07-13 15:59
@randomgeek@masto.hackers.town not only can they be wrong, the odds are excellent that they are.
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@spinningthoughts@pkm.social 2026-07-13 13:09
@randomgeek@masto.hackers.town to paraphrase Men in Black: "One developer is smart. Developers are panicky, dangerous animals, and you know it."
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@frang@meow.social 2026-07-13 15:20
@randomgeek@masto.hackers.town it is almost certain that they are.
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@pdcawley@mendeddrum.org 2026-07-13 15:38
@randomgeek@masto.hackers.town “Only three million?”
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@wordshaper@weatherishappening.network 2026-07-13 15:39
@randomgeek@masto.hackers.town probably autocorrect, it was supposed to be “3 million developers can be LessWrong” which is, I’m sure, in no way terrifying.
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@401matthall@mastodon.xyz 2026-07-13 16:35
@randomgeek@masto.hackers.town 3 million developers is a number derived from 3 million accounts which are derived from a few thousand corporate accounts. Can a few thousand CIOs/CTOs be wrong? ... YES. E'ry fuck'n day. <3
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@enzet@masto.ai 2026-07-13 16:46
@randomgeek@masto.hackers.town Never understood this argument. Arbitrary amount of people can be wrong.
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@richardjh@phpc.social 2026-07-13 20:05
@randomgeek@masto.hackers.town speaking as one of those developers, I am wrong.
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@jacel@m.prettyshiny.org 2026-07-13 20:39
@randomgeek@masto.hackers.town the only thing you can rely on three million developers for is BEING WRONG.
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@dalias@hachyderm.io 2026-07-13 22:03
@randomgeek@masto.hackers.town 3 million developers are necessarily mostly wrong, because there's nothing right for that many developers to be doing.
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@Kiloku@burnthis.town 2026-07-13 22:35
@randomgeek@masto.hackers.town we are more often wrong than right! Things still work out because we only need to be right when pushing code. The failed attempts are inconsequential
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@seanmiddleditch@hachyderm.io 2026-07-14 00:32
@randomgeek@masto.hackers.town "Subscribe to our Wrong-as-a-Service platform so you can lay off all 3 million of them!"
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@jamie@zomglol.wtf 2026-07-14 05:24
@randomgeek@masto.hackers.town It has never been easier than it is right now for 3 million developers to be wrong