On 11/08/2017 11:29 AM, Chris Angelico wrote: > If that's true, then it's not possible for software to be > "opinionated" either, because that definitely implies something human. > And it's illogical to say "Windows is feeling cranky today" when > something inexplicably fails. Nor should you talk about autocorrect > "thinking it knows better than you". But all of these are ways that we > talk about software. Ideas are just like software for our brains; when > they're complex enough, they have lives and characteristics of their > own.
This reminds me of a classic video clip from a few years ago. The new Microsoft "We Share Your Pain" program. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D28FkfJiauk > Please, Jon, accept that we were not deliberately trying > to put you down. Thanks for saying this, Chris. Sometimes we all need to be humble and apologize even when offense was not intended. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
