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Seriously, topic like this are either commented as:

1. This is an inevitable problem that is being handled in a sensible manner by competent engineers.

2. X company is stupid and their engineers are stupid only someone as smart as I would be capable of doing it right

It tells a lot about the mental maturity of each participant. Not a single comment is "Maybe I don't know enough about this to voice an informed opinion", although that's probably a good indiucator.



Real good example is the comments on the article itself:

https://www.phoronix.com/forums/forum/phoronix/latest-phoron...

Where it seems like text based forums using upvotes/likes or reactions encourages those who are less inquisitive and/or humble to take up a lot of the atmosphere.

It got me thinking that the internet today has more people on it but fewer forums to engage with technical topics in depth.


> Not a single comment is "Maybe I don't know enough about this to voice an informed opinion"

Survivorship bias.




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