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Reminds me of the "flaw of averages" article [1] that was posted here a few month back. This seems like a general attitude in Google products features developme
by ajnin 10y ago
Reminds me of the "flaw of averages" article [1] that was posted here a few month back. This seems like a general attitude in Google products features development, they try to find the simplest set of features that will please the most users, but that set probably doesn't exist, each user needs their own tweaks, and in the end their product becomes less useful for everyone.
[1] https://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2016/01/16/when-us-air-force-discovered-the-flaw-of-averages.html https://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2016/01/16/when-us-air-...
- dredmorbius 10y agoI've come to suspect that the flaw of averages dynamic is indeed deeply instantiated at Google.
- cyxxon 10y agoThat page is not readable in Germany: ERROR. The request could not be satisfied. The Amazon CloudFront distribution is configured to block access from your country. Any idea what could block it? Never seen this before...
- madeofpalk 10y ago> The Amazon CloudFront distribution is configured to block access from your country. Many CDNs can be configured to block access within a country. For whatever reason, that's what The Star has chosen here.
- ajnin 10y agoThe page seems to have been blocked from my country too (France) since I posted that link. Google's cache works : http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:KsgLFDLdtwAJ:https://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2016/01/16/when-us-air-force-discovered-the-flaw-of-averages.html&strip=1 http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:KsgLFDL...
- unexistance 10y agogreat read, thanks :D now if only our cars are as adjustable, given the almost-similar circumstances