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@nixCraft What I fear is that this practice is so common that companies that where previously doing fairly well (like where I work) are now jumping on the band wagon due to fear of missing out.

#cargocult #slop #tech

Cultural Cargo Cults Ethics and Taoism

The so-called #audiophile community is famous for the amount of #woo that passes for knowledge or expertise.

When you look at the DIY audio community - building things up from #electronic components or modules - you add in the cargo-cult processes used by people with no basic electronics knowledge building these things, and the false-but-confident beliefs of those with some knowledge but more assurance of their own intelligence 🙄 - and you get some real doozies in discussion threads [1] on audio/electronics fora.

I just came across one that will stick with me:

A: I saw some people are doing <X> to increase the bass from this little amp. Should I do it?

B (actually knowledgeable): Depends on the design. If it's lacking <Y>, it can help the subjective bass response of the amp.

C (overly confident): BS! OBJECTIVELY (!) you get more and better boom.
Boom-boom, you know? Your guts will tell you the objective truth.

... that is LITERALLY the definition of "subjective". 🤣

[1] A.K.A. arguments on the instalment plan.

#literally #argument #discussion #thread #forum #fora #electronics #audio #hobby #DIY #DunningKrueger #knowledge #experience #objective #subjective #CargoCult

Bedenkenswerter Text über #Realos und #Fundis in @tazgetroete #cargocult https://taz.de/Denkgebaeude-hinterfragen/!vn6122757/

Umgesetzt wird diese Haltung durch einen gnadenlos ehrlichen Kreislauf:

In kurzen Zyklen funktionierende Software liefern, echtes Feedback einholen und den Kurs permanent anpassen.

Methoden wie #Scrum oder #Kanban sind nur Werkzeuge dafür.

Ohne die Haltung verkommen sie zu leerem Ritual ('Cargo Cult').

3/5

#Feedback #Iteration #Kaizen #CargoCult

@hadon @randahl

That'd make the #ProsperityGospel a #CargoCult.

I'm reading of more and more cargo cults which were sparked by the interaction of industrial goods-abundant cultures with pre-mass-market cultures.

It's bizarre that a socialist cult that had a strict and explicit moral code has been twisted into a ring wing consumption-justification program.

This is either "AI" #slop or someone who really, really doesn't understand electricity and audio signals. It's talking about a standard 3.5mm headphone/mic jack on consumer audio devices, and says this when talking about straight vs. right-angle plugs:

> Straight connectors provide a direct connection between the audio source
> and the output device, minimizing signal loss and interference. This results
> in a cleaner and more accurate representation of the audio, allowing you to
> fully appreciate the nuances of the sound.
>
> In contrast, right-angle connectors can sometimes cause signal degradation
> due to the sharp angle at which the connector is bent. This can lead to audio
> distortion or loss, impacting the overall quality of the sound output.

If this gentleman has discovered a population of electrons that can tell when they've made a 90-degree turn inside a conductor, I think a #Nobel physics prize is in store for him.

#AI #electricity #audio #audiophool #witchcraft #voodoo #misinformation #magic #CargoCult #headphones #mic #connector #plug

@glyph
I hear you.

My favourite (perhaps less jarring?) example is when a court declares they have found someone guilty, and that their threshold of guilt is "on balance of odds".

I look at the lawyers and the witnesses and realise that none of them has studied actuarial or probability mathematics. I wouldn't even trust them to understand a bet on the horses. For a scientist to watch them is like observing a cargo cult. Worse, I am sure, is for a scientist to find themselves on the receiving end of such a court.

I would offer the meagre consolation that you can see the feedback loops that drive them to behave so, where they think themselves to have free will.

#cybernetics #actuarial #odds #maths #math #statistics #science #scientificInquiry #systemsArchitecture #justice #law #policing #cargoCult

Alternatives to #DTO https://blog.frankel.ch/alternatives-dto/

#cargocult #softwarearchitecture #fromthearchives

Form ohne Funktion – Theater ohne Wirkung

#CargoKult #CargoCult #Agilitaet #agile #agilemethoden

https://fuehrung-erfahren.de/2017/05/form-ohne-funktion-theater-ohne-wirkung/