Quote from... Dan Luu?? About effort and intent

May 2, 2016 6:25 PM

I remember a quotation from someone, I think Dan Luu, about how maybe something is hard, maybe it's easy, but the thing is, the this is possible and whether you're doing it speaks more about your values than the intent of the work. I'm pretty sure I commented on this quotation directly, but can't find it. Am I losing my mind? Please help me find this. Thanks.
posted by boo_radley to MetaFilter-Related at 6:25 PM (7 comments total)

Hey there, you big dummy.

The quotation was from Dan Hon in the post The Beginning of the End of Big Government IT, from holgate. The quotation goes "So: companies and governments. You're on notice. It isn't hard to do this kind of thing. It isn't easy, either. It's just simply doable. The fact that you're not doing it is now a valid signal that you're not doing it for a reason."

You were probably thinking of Dan Luu because you just finished his gloss of the Google SRE book a week ago.
posted by boo_radley at 8:28 PM on May 2, 2016 [5 favorites]

Hey there, you big dummy.

Flagged. Abusing MeFites is not OK.
posted by grouse at 4:22 AM on May 3, 2016 [3 favorites]

Yes, but I think a user should be allowed to abuse themself.
posted by Going To Maine at 6:46 AM on May 3, 2016

Not where children and horses can see it.
posted by Etrigan at 6:50 AM on May 3, 2016

Horses are reading MeTa?
posted by angiep at 7:28 AM on May 3, 2016

Well, everyone keeps hoping that ponies will show up…
posted by Going To Maine at 8:33 AM on May 3, 2016 [1 favorite]

#keepmetaweird
posted by cortex (staff) at 11:56 AM on May 5, 2016