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SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world 3 days agoYou’ve just described what is probably the most well-known xkcd comic in a somewhat long-winded fashion.
Comment on Evil
SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world 3 days agoYou’ve just described what is probably the most well-known xkcd comic in a somewhat long-winded fashion.
acockworkorange@mander.xyz 2 days ago
Slightly different though.
smitten@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
Yeah, I think I’ll make a comic that covers everyone’s use case…
acockworkorange@mander.xyz 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.
smitten@lemmy.blahaj.zone 23 hours ago
You don’t get my brilliant joke
SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world 2 days ago
Effectively not much, IMHO, but whatever - I think you got my gist.
acockworkorange@mander.xyz 2 days ago
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.