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Wait, so when you tap the browser icon on your phone, you set it down and go have a cup of coffee first? No, you don't. The thing about phones is the immediacy
by JustSomeNobody 9y ago
Wait, so when you tap the browser icon on your phone, you set it down and go have a cup of coffee first? No, you don't.
The thing about phones is the immediacy of using it. Nobody uses a phone like you say.[0]
[0] Okay, nobody is a definitive. Almost nobody, then.
- kbenson 9y agoThe example wasn't perfect, but often I'm using my phone when moving between place to place. I don't stop walking to to wait for an app to load. You also don't need to stop thinking just because you are waiting for something. The idea I'm really calling into question is "So if you make it boot ten seconds faster, you've saved a dozen lives." Waiting for your phone to do something isn't like being in a coma, where the time is irretrievably lost and provided no benefit (beyond what it might have allowed recovery wise), nor is it like sleep, where we spend a significant portion of our lives doing it and we can't do anything else during that period (even if that period itself is beneficial). Delays are annoying. Making delays shorter is good. Saying shortening delays saves lives worth of time is problematic. Even the original commenter acknowledged that was probably reaching (it wasn't his quote).