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20 sats \ 9 replies \ @Undisciplined 10 Jun \ parent \ on: Alby Wallet Controversy: Inactive BTC Balances Moved Without Consent bitcoin
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 \ 0 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic 11 Jun
There is the same skill in translating them, too. It was really difficult to make the translation I did. I have also helped with legal translations, which are even worse.
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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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