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Oh the cute naivete of your innocent optimistic doubts… This sort of thing is well-known, so doubting this particular case is not a well-founded doubt.
by quadrangle 9y ago
Oh the cute naivete of your innocent optimistic doubts…
This sort of thing is well-known, so doubting this particular case is not a well-founded doubt.
- blauditore 9y agoHow is this "well-known"? Do you have a source?
- quadrangle 9y agoI don't mean this exact case, I mean stuff like intentional slowing down of results. People don't trust results that come too quickly. We like to feel that the computer worked hard for it. E.g. Airline prices or TurboTax results. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/02/why-some-apps-use-fake-progress-bars/517233/ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/02/why-s...