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[christophilus]

It’s incredible that anyone thought it was a good idea to connect this kind of infrastructure to the internet.

[moksly → christophilus]

It’s new public management. Why have a hundred people maintaining these things when you can just have 1 person do it remotely.

I don’t think it’s a good idea either, but it’s exactly why it happens.

While I said it’s new public management, it’s also a common management style in any form of private sector enterprise.

[hanniabu → moksly]

I mean, you can still have one person control it without connecting to the outside world...

[badwolf → hanniabu]

Why have one person onsite controlling it, when you can have one person offsite remotely controlling MULTIPLE sites!

[TeMPOraL → badwolf]

... and have that person be a contractor from another country, which "saves taxpayers money".