Comment on Yes, I use Debian stable. How'd you know?

halezinflames@lemmus.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• Holytimes@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  It also doesn’t necessarily mean more dependable. There definitely is a fallacy problem that many fall into where they believe old = reliable.

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  • ericwdhs@discuss.online ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    That’s true, but if you have a 20-year-old item that is still working and a different 5-year-old item that is still working and you know nothing else about them, the statistics do work out that the former will likely maintain its working condition longer. It’s obviously not a hard rule, but as a rule of thumb, it exists for a reason.

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    • the_crotch@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Survivorship bias. Garbage products from 20 years ago are long gone.

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      • ericwdhs@discuss.online ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I’m not sure if you’re meaning that as agreement or disagreement, but yes, that’s another way to phrase the same phenomenon.

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  • halezinflames@lemmus.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Well if it is reliable, “if it ain’t broke don’t fix it” is a good way of looking at it too. This is fair though!

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