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		rectang on Sept 14, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: One in five genetics papers contains errors thanks... Of course they can lecture them — it just isn't going to work. The error rates will barely budge. There is one effect: it allows smug gloating about how stupid, lazy, and irresponsible these users are. Blaming the user is the last refuge of the incompetent.

TeMPOraL on Sept 14, 2024 [–]

> Blaming the user is the last refuge of the incompetent.

Why then is it the dominating mindset in software design today, and advertised as being the opposite to the mindset that gives you Excel?

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