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minus-squareSanctimoniousApe@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down4·3 days agoYou’ve just described what is probably the most well-known xkcd comic in a somewhat long-winded fashion.
minus-squaresmitten@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoYeah, I think I’ll make a comic that covers everyone’s use case…
minus-squareacockworkorange@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day ago“Hey, this is exactly like a strawberry pie, if you replace the strawberry by veggies and meat, and the pie by water. It’s actually a stew.” By all means, do whatever comparison you want, but I’ll reserve the right to disagree.
minus-squaresmitten@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoYou don’t get my brilliant joke
minus-squareacockworkorange@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·18 hours agoOh shoot. It was a great joke and I totally missed. Woooosh.
minus-squareSanctimoniousApe@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoEffectively not much, IMHO, but whatever - I think you got my gist.
minus-squareacockworkorange@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days 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.
Yeah, I think I’ll make a comic that covers everyone’s use case…
“Hey, this is exactly like a strawberry pie, if you replace the strawberry by veggies and meat, and the pie by water. It’s actually a stew.”
By all means, do whatever comparison you want, but I’ll reserve the right to disagree.
You don’t get my brilliant joke
Oh shoot. It was a great joke and I totally missed. Woooosh.
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.