Conversation

Notices

1. Embed this notice
   Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Thursday, 20-Jun-2024 22:33:37 JST Evan Prodromou

   "Why not just use Technology X?" as a response to any question is infuriating. It's not up to anyone to prove that your favourite technology isn't applicable to their problem. If you want someone to use it, make the positive case.

   • Embed this notice
     Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Thursday, 20-Jun-2024 22:49:40 JST Evan Prodromou

     in reply to

     • Max Effort

     @kubefred "Why not use a match?" is a different response than "OK, use a match." The question puts the onus on the person with the problem to prove definitively that a match is inappropriate.

     A positive argument would focus on why matches are a good fit. "Use a match. Matches are a common solution to starting a fire. They are easy to find at any store, and can often be acquired for free. The wooden ones are easier to light than the paper ones. Extra-long matches give more time to light."

   • Embed this notice
     Max Effort (kubefred@techhub.social)'s status on Thursday, 20-Jun-2024 22:49:41 JST Max Effort

     in reply to

     @evan I would tend to disagree ... it really does depend on the use-case.

     Someone might ask "I need to start a fire". Ok, why not just use a match?

     And their reply is "well it takes 37 days to get approval or a match, red-tape, paperwork, and bureaucracy" ...

     Ahh then, you don't have a fire-starting problem, you have a organizational-efficiency problem.

   • Embed this notice
     Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Thursday, 20-Jun-2024 22:51:30 JST Evan Prodromou

     in reply to

     • Max Effort

     @kubefred "Why not..." also presumes that anyone asking about this problem would already be familiar with Technology X. Which, you know, clearly they aren't.