Great writeup (including the human cost, e.g. loss / lack of sleep, which in my experience has a huge impact on complicated incident resolution). Here’s what jumped out at me: “The new account was created in our…
An interesting story, whether fact or fiction. The difficulty of receiving messages as “Brenda” from people in various forms of real-life distress and not being able to respond to them reminded me of playing the game…
The bit about monetizing one’s influence / social “capital” reminds me of Cory Doctorow’s novel _Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom_ (which is a great read regardless).…
The bit about monetizing one’s influence / reputation reminds me of Cory Doctorow’s novel _Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom_. https://craphound.com/down/Cory_Doctorow_-_Down_and_Out_in_t...
I'm a technologist, but I can't help but be reminded of the novel _This Perfect Day_ by Ira Levin here. (Especially once you replace the question "do I have enough money to walk out the door with this item?" with "is my…
Airline companies don't want to buy aircraft because their highest-probability outcome is to declare bankruptcy (which happens about every 10 years for most major airlines in the US, it seems). Far simpler to tear up…
Great writeup (including the human cost, e.g. loss / lack of sleep, which in my experience has a huge impact on complicated incident resolution). Here’s what jumped out at me: “The new account was created in our…
An interesting story, whether fact or fiction. The difficulty of receiving messages as “Brenda” from people in various forms of real-life distress and not being able to respond to them reminded me of playing the game…
The bit about monetizing one’s influence / social “capital” reminds me of Cory Doctorow’s novel _Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom_ (which is a great read regardless).…
The bit about monetizing one’s influence / reputation reminds me of Cory Doctorow’s novel _Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom_. https://craphound.com/down/Cory_Doctorow_-_Down_and_Out_in_t...
I'm a technologist, but I can't help but be reminded of the novel _This Perfect Day_ by Ira Levin here. (Especially once you replace the question "do I have enough money to walk out the door with this item?" with "is my…
Airline companies don't want to buy aircraft because their highest-probability outcome is to declare bankruptcy (which happens about every 10 years for most major airlines in the US, it seems). Far simpler to tear up…