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		breppp 70 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Army’s Newest Recruits: Tech Execs From Meta, ... Reminds of the story of Major Major from Catch 22 who was promoted due to a computer bug to the rank of Major and outranked everyone in flight school

nimish 69 days ago [–]

Iirc it was due to a literal computer finding it funny, back when computer was a job title and not a machine.

notpushkin 69 days ago | [–]

“Actually, Major Major had been promoted by an I.B.M. machine with a sense of humor almost as keen as his father’s.”

Apparently not!

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