The Chauffeur Problem: Historical Parallel for Managing Computers

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The Hacker News post 'The Chauffeur Problem' presents a University of Houston College of Engineering series about machines and their creators. Historian Kevin Borg references a 1906 New York Times headline, 'Chauffeurs Lord It Over Their Employers,' to illustrate difficulties wealthy people faced with a new breed of servant in early automobile days. The piece draws an analogy to learning to manage our own cars and computers today.

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