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> Are there some fundamental technical limitations in the spec? It's the same issue as with practically everything else digital these days. Hugely complicated
by avian 7y ago
> Are there some fundamental technical limitations in the spec?
It's the same issue as with practically everything else digital these days. Hugely complicated thousand-page standards that few, if any, understand in their entirety. Implementations that are rushed to market to "be fixed later because it's just software" - which never actually happens because the next thing comes along and instead of fixing existing shit it's again a rush to the deadline to push more of it out the door.
- seph-reed 7y agoMy dream is for society as a whole to decide we should just go back to the beginning and fix things starting from there until we catch back up with the present and blast right off into the future. For instance, agriculture. It really seems like there shouldn't be any problems. But even a farmer who's outstanding in their field will run into plenty of things that probably should have been solved centuries ago.
- greenpizza13 7y ago> outstanding in their field I see what you did there.
- willis936 7y agoAs someone who has been working with IEEE 802.3 (a standard longer than 5000 pages) for the past four years I can tell you for every spec there are at least hundreds of people who understand the intricate details.
- falcolas 7y agoWhole hundreds, out of how many tens or hundreds of thousands of spec implementers creating crappy products?