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tptacek04/23/20252 repliesview on HN

I think most of the time when we tell ourselves this, it's cope. Software is automation. "Computers" used to be people! Literally, people.


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myk900104/23/2025

> "Computers" used to be people! Literally, people.

Not always. Recruitment budgets have limits, so it's a fixed number of employees either providing services to a larger number of customers thanks to software, or serving fewer customers or do so less often without the software.

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ToucanLoucan04/23/2025

I'm unable and unwilling to shadowbox with what you think I'm actually experiencing.

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