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True, and this bias also applies to a bunch of other day to day things that we take for granted. For the comedic view on this: "Louis CK Everything Is Amazing

• TeMPOraL 8y ago
  There's a limit though. In particular, if you're long enough in this business, you can look at the failure and quite reasonably guess whether it was a case of miracle occasionally breaking, or someone's stupidity (or greed). The former is excusable, the latter isn't.
• gameswithgo 8y ago
  In the world of computers, the hardware IS amazing and I'm really happy about it. What makes me sad is how rarely software uses that hardware even to within 1 order of magnitude of its' potential. I'm not asking for hand tuned assembly everywhere ladies and gents, just get within 10x of what the hardware can do before you ship, please! Even if you think "oh its just some chat software who cares" I care! The waste adds up.
  • thoughtspile 8y ago
    I have worked with electrical engineers, and things are very similar over there. Little sad story: my zenbook's SSD died 4 times; the last time it was past warranty and they wanted $250 for the replacement (proprietary port). Got a zenbook / sata switch from aliexpress, never buying macbook copycats again.