This is a very interesting interpretation of that video. It has such a dystopian flavor. Yes, it solves problems for you, but at the expense of a full thought process.
What about changes that are required during off-hours when there there is a problem: Wait until works hours to implement in production? Is this not a consideration given the context?
We do code reviews for all committed code, but if there is an emergency in production, we deal with it the best way we can. If that means a quick fix put directly in production, we do it, but there is always a review the following day. Process is great until it isn't working - sometimes you have to side step it or even change it.
I'm not so sure that it's fast, just well organized. The extreme would be to release the product and restructure the entire system "overnight": the implementation took X years but the changes were made available quickly.
This looks more like the pieces just falling into place, though I agree, the scale is a bit staggaring.
I know a bunch of non-techie xkcd fans that don't fit the tech geek stereotype. They tend to be nerds (ie, lawyers, biotech researchers,, etc). They also tend to be young.
xkcd is surprisingly accessible to folks who are brainy (more folks than you realize).
I don't think it's silly, but I do think that it will be extremely difficult to test. People that have damaged nerve endings of the fingers probably are not good grippers, even if their fingers are wet. The control and the feedback is simply not there.
People that have damaged nerve endings of the fingers probably are not good grippers, even if their fingers are wet
I guess you actually meant "even if their fingers aren't wet"?
But why do you think it would be extremely difficult to test this hypothesis? All that would be needed is to get a large enough group of people and test their gripping ability on the same surface when their fingers are wet and when they aren't.
Well not exactly. I'd imagine that the wet surface will always have lower gripping ability. You want to know if the wrinkled fingers have better grip on a wet surface than unwrinkled fingers. You could wet the fingers and immediately test the grip (before wrinkles form), and then soak them in water until they wrinkle and do it again.
