It reminds me of this tradition. Especially this quote from a modern incident “Successfully counting coup disgraces your opponent. It’s a way of publicly shaming them. We believe that if you are shamed, you must admit defeat.” It makes me wonder how much of the motivation for the incidents is internal consumption. Acting aggresively, but in a carefully crafted way to avoid an escalated response. The message sent internally that the other side restrains themselaee not out of reason, but fear.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_purpose_of_a_system_is_what_it_does

Seeing the world through this lens has been both freeing and disheartening…

That’s new daily installs though, so cumulative number. I don’t think they’re trying to draw a comparison, just show the increase.

Reminds me of this but with grain. Wonder who the guy on the riright is in this situation.

Reminds me of using graphing calculators back in highschool. “Can we use it on the test?” “Sure! But remember, it will only help you if you know how to check your work and bother to do so.” Automating anything blindly carries the risk of unending buckets of water or a universe of paperclips. Trouble is, it seems like a fair number of folks are confusing automation with delegation.

I’m more worried about innocent bystanders tbh…