SwooshBakery624 [they/them]@programming.dev to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · 5 hours agoHow shitty standards stick aroundprogramming.devimagemessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up1141arrow-down17
arrow-up1134arrow-down1imageHow shitty standards stick aroundprogramming.devSwooshBakery624 [they/them]@programming.dev to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · 5 hours agomessage-square18fedilink
minus-squarestormdelay@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up29·4 hours agoI read it more like the new, better standard is never developed because someone used the real xkcd as an argument against making the new standard
minus-squareIgnotum@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·4 hours agoOh wow yeah not sure how i didn’t notice that she responds with the original comic, you’re absolutely right
minus-squareEheran@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 hours agoI have another way to see it: There is a good new standard but the bad old ones stick around. Like Torx, there is still a ton of Philips etc.
I read it more like the new, better standard is never developed because someone used the real xkcd as an argument against making the new standard
Oh wow yeah not sure how i didn’t notice that she responds with the original comic, you’re absolutely right
I have another way to see it: There is a good new standard but the bad old ones stick around. Like Torx, there is still a ton of Philips etc.
That’s the normal version.