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minus-squareSanctimoniousApe@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down4·1 day agoYou’ve just described what is probably the most well-known xkcd comic in a somewhat long-winded fashion.
minus-squareSanctimoniousApe@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 hours agoEffectively not much, IMHO, but whatever - I think you got my gist.
minus-squareacockworkorange@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 hour agoI did, but the direction is reversed. XKCD talks about how standards multiply and get more complex. This is talking about a different motivator for computing technologies, which is having a leaner, simpler alternative, that eventually gets bloated.
You’ve just described what is probably the most well-known xkcd comic in a somewhat long-winded fashion.
Slightly different though.
Effectively not much, IMHO, but whatever - I think you got my gist.
I did, but the direction is reversed. XKCD talks about how standards multiply and get more complex. This is talking about a different motivator for computing technologies, which is having a leaner, simpler alternative, that eventually gets bloated.