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I once had a comment flagged and had dang personally warn me over saying that Germany was surprisingly backwards at consumer tech (I explained in more detail wh
by TulliusCicero 8y ago
I once had a comment flagged and had dang personally warn me over saying that Germany was surprisingly backwards at consumer tech (I explained in more detail what I meant, of course).
HN generally doesn't like 'inflammatory' comments. It's part of both the culture and policies.
- rdl 8y agoI've heard many Germans say that, and it seems pretty obvious from visiting and working with German products. (They love engineering things, but are slow to change once something works, is probably the best description. This leads to really long product cycles and ecosystems of incremental improvement, associated products, etc., which makes it hard to switch. Asia and the US are probably the extreme other end of that (in different areas) -- often not as well engineered, but fast to adopt the newest stuff, and through competition, if one firm's product becomes vulnerable, someone else can replace it, even if the original firm milks their old product for longer.)
- chillacy 8y agoI see what you’re saying, it’s sort of typical west coast culture. But I think you can convey the same content with more gentle phrasing.