Otter@lemmy.ca to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-24 days agoWhat are some exceptions to the standards problem?www.explainxkcd.comimagemessage-square134fedilinkarrow-up1629arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up1623arrow-down1imageWhat are some exceptions to the standards problem?www.explainxkcd.comOtter@lemmy.ca to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-24 days agomessage-square134fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBronzebeard@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoWho said there weren’t improvements? Even in your example of combining two, there’s going to be tradeoffs depending on what pieces they choose from each. Sometimes there isn’t an objectively better thing in all aspects.
minus-squarereksas@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agothe ultimate goal of everything should be to try making things better, otherwise what is the point. That is the baseline of all my thinking.
minus-squareBronzebeard@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoAs is the mindset of everyone who set out to make a better standard. You don’t seem to be getting that.
minus-squarereksas@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agomaybe i’m just thinking about this wrong then
Who said there weren’t improvements?
Even in your example of combining two, there’s going to be tradeoffs depending on what pieces they choose from each. Sometimes there isn’t an objectively better thing in all aspects.
the ultimate goal of everything should be to try making things better, otherwise what is the point. That is the baseline of all my thinking.
As is the mindset of everyone who set out to make a better standard. You don’t seem to be getting that.
maybe i’m just thinking about this wrong then