Tagged “software-design”
The Apparatus
A machine can invent ten thousand names, every one of them different from all the others. Why do they all feel like the same name?
What Exists
Every form you have ever filled in had boxes that somebody chose in advance. Whose name does not fit, and who decided that it would not?
What Everyone Said
How you find out what a group thinks, when the only thing you can collect is what individuals say, one at a time.
Norway Is Not a Boolean
Norway's country code is NO, and one of the most widely used file formats reads a bare NO as the word no. Ten decisions about one museum record show what each format decides you meant.
Last Verified
A five-sentence letter was cited 608 times, and four fifths of the citations dropped the condition that made it true. What does a review process decide, in advance, not to look at?