sssilver

If crap is indistinguishable from substance, is it truly crap?

If it is distinguishable, can’t the machines do the distinguishing?

...along with ads sprinkled in for good measure

> A more persuasive sales pitch for me to consider Apple products would be if the company had judgement not to ship such a hot mess of a sloppy product in the first place...

When I read a sentence like this, I have to remind myself that this is Apple products we're talking about.

What other company do you feel surpasses Apple in terms of "judgement not to ship such a hot mess of a sloppy product in the first place"?

Is there any consumer electronics company today that ships products that are in any way less of a slop than Apple?

What makes it sticky? I just don't see it. The declarative Github Actions manifests?

I imagine very few people use the wiki, because it's so subpar.

The issues are a problem, but this is why I always thought issues should be a core part of the Git repo, checked into it, sort of how Fossil does it. And so should the wiki, for that matter.

I wonder if it's possible to have the reverse of this -- map a given result to breakage.

The perfect driving equivalent of AI slop

When I was very young, a wise adult once advised me about a class project: "it doesn't have to be good, it just has to be the best".

I'm afraid that's exactly what Apple's software is. The market, much like my school teacher, rewards the best -- no matter how good or bad it is.

That is to say, its main product is its human users.

Wasn't taken as such at all, I was genuinely curious -- never heard the term.

The original comment to which I replied said "most managers and execs", so I thought I'd address the "managers" part of it.

I'm not sure I understand the metaphor, since I've never worked as a lead clerk in a grocery store. Do you mind elaborating?

I’ve never been an executive but I’ve worked as an Engineering Manager and a Senior EM of various levels at big shot software engineering companies and all the same rules always applied to me as literally every other employee I managed, directly or indirectly.

Aren't the managers subject to the same 3-minute shots themselves?

In this country of oh-so-much freedom and journalism how can a layperson like myself check whether in the final degree my tax dollars are really paying for someone’s collection of vintage Ferraris, hidden behind an inconspicuous budget item?