• friend_of_satan@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      Sadly, it was Grace Hopper who said “It’s easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission.”

      Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper (9 December 1906 – 1 January 1992) was a U.S. Naval officer, and an early computer programmer. She was the developer of the first compiler for a computer programming language; at the end of her service she was the oldest serving officer in the United States Navy.

      That brings me to the most important piece of advice that I can give to all of you: if you’ve got a good idea, and it’s a contribution, I want you to go ahead and DO IT. It is much easier to apologize than it is to get permission.

      • The future: Hardware, Software, and People in Carver, 1983
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        Except she probably wasn’t referring to identity theft; just how to handle dumb shits in management.

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          Well, she did tell that she didn’t get a budget, so they just effectively stole from other departments. Want a table that’s not bolted down? Take it.

          But that’s Navy internals, (arguably) not a massive for-profit company that’s going it out of sheer greed.

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          Yeah, there’s some key qualifiers in there

          if you’ve got a good idea, and it’s a contribution

          Identity theft is neither a good idea or a contribution to society

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          Dumb shits in military management. And she was an admiral; near the top of that management.