Hacker News: _2xvp

New comment by _2xvp in "People expect technology to suck because it sucks"

_2xvp — Fri, 25 Sep 2020 16:27:52 +0000

>As a buyer, I don't expect my software to need maintenance. I expect it to work out of the box (just like I expect every physical product to work out of the box)

Software is far more complex than most physical products. There are only so many failure modes for a screwdriver or a couch and they're all pretty foreseeable. The most complicated physical systems, like a car, house, or even a human body, do need maintenance.

I'm frequently frustrated with software bugs like everyone else (my building and apartment have this awful smartlock system that's riddled with bugs and which bricked me out of my own home due to a bad app update a few weeks ago--shoutout to Latch) but I'm not sure I'm on aboard with an anti-maintenance attitude. If there are bugs I'd like them to be fixed!

New comment by _2xvp in "Language Learning with Netflix extension"

_2xvp — Mon, 13 Jan 2020 09:11:24 +0000

Well, the linked study suggests watching with foreign audio and foreign language subtitles, not merely with foreign audio alone.

New comment by _2xvp in "Why We Terminated Daily Stormer"

_2xvp — Wed, 16 Aug 2017 23:10:40 +0000

This response always strikes me as a huge cop-out. The phrase "free speech" can refer not just to the legal first amendment right but also to the more general societal principle. Nobody has claimed or will claim that Cloudflare's actions here violate the first amendment.

The "free speech" discussion is not about whether they can do this, but whether they should.