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42 sats \ 12 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic 10 Jun \ parent \ on: Alby Wallet Controversy: Inactive BTC Balances Moved Without Consent bitcoin
Follow directions?!?!?! Who ever heard of such useless activity? Engineers and coders are kind of noted for not following directions until they are absolutely stuck and cannot move without a hint. I’ve known too many engineers and coders to see them reading manuals, directions or even just hints. Mostly they revert to Google or now AI.
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52 sats \ 1 reply \ @kepford 10 Jun
Over generalization. Some engineers read manuals cover to cover. Its very common. RTFM for example. But yeah, there are plenty that don't. Main reason? Documentation is often terrible and out of date.
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic 10 Jun
To say nothing of being really bad translations of the original language. Once-upon-a-time, I helped translate instructions for a kidney dialysis machine. It would have been horrible to send the directions out the way they were originally translated.
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20 sats \ 9 replies \ @Undisciplined 10 Jun
Nobody follows directions. That's why trying to get them to sucks.
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42 sats \ 7 replies \ @kepford 10 Jun
I'd argue engineers are MUCH more likely than the general public. The average person never reads directions.
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49 sats \ 6 replies \ @Undisciplined 10 Jun
They're more likely to read, understand, and then disregard because they think they're smarter than everyone else.
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52 sats \ 5 replies \ @kepford 10 Jun
I don't think I'm smarter than everyone else but I have been more confused by directions than helped so many times that with many products I only glance at the directions to see if they are even worth reading.
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic 10 Jun
It is usually in the translation. Technical directions are a tad on the difficult side to translate.
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10 sats \ 1 reply \ @kepford 10 Jun
Yeah, that's very true but there's a skill to writing technical manuals and instructions even if you are a native English writer.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined 10 Jun
I'm not even saying they're wrong for doing so.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic 10 Jun
I sometimes just laugh at the instructions and directions when I see them at first. Then, I take them as a puzzle to figure them out, if necessary.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic 10 Jun
It sucks extremely badly if you need to get one very specific direction where the device has a lot of mods or versions. Nearly impossible, even with serial numbers and item numbers.
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