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> the tendancy of technical people to tell other people technical people how to do their job better "why don't you just" is a question, and if they had not ask

> the tendancy of technical people to tell other people technical people how to do their job better "why don't you just" is a question, and if they had not asked said question they (as well as the readers of their book) would not know the (right) answer to it.

tshaddox 6y ago
It’s clearly phrased with the implication that the person has never thought of doing it the way the speaker is suggesting.
Closi 6y ago
Why don't the IDIOTS at Heinz just make goddamn spherical ketchup?! Everyone knows that a perfectly spherical ball would reduce the amount of packing material per ml of ketchup yet they are just closing their ears and not listening to the maths. And don't get me started on the cereal box people... THEY SHOULD BE CUBES. And I'm looking at you water bottles - if you were all cubes too don't you realise how you could nest to avoid air during shipping? They could have cut outs in the bases for lids... Idiots everywhere! I'm going back to my car. It runs on petrol because the idiots in engineering haven't worked out it could just run on hydrogen yet. (All the above have reasons for being the way they are, and I think it's usually a good idea to understand why something is the way it is before you try to change it)
- h_anna_h 6y ago
  I can't see this post as anything but a strawman. Yeah, let's presume that they insulted them and even slapped them before they made that question, why not.
  - Closi 6y ago
    It's implied. What if someone that had no idea about programming came over and told you that you could program faster if you used a for loop, without ever reading your code? They probably think I suck at programming, or think a bit too much of themselves. This is a mathematician telling canned packaging experts that they could save money by considering the size of the can.
    - h_anna_h 6y ago
      We are talking about asking though. Like "why don't you just use a for loop? Wouldn't that be faster?" or "I think that a for loop would be faster, why are you not using it?", both seem absolutely fine to me.
      - Closi 6y ago
        I think we are talking about telling rather than asking though. “I told the cat food company they could save money.
        h_anna_h 6y ago
        I am only defending the sentences starting with "why don't you just" and ending with a "?". I am not defending nor support aggressive ones like the one that you mentioned.

tshaddox 6y ago

It’s clearly phrased with the implication that the person has never thought of doing it the way the speaker is suggesting.

Closi 6y ago

Why don't the IDIOTS at Heinz just make goddamn spherical ketchup?! Everyone knows that a perfectly spherical ball would reduce the amount of packing material per ml of ketchup yet they are just closing their ears and not listening to the maths. And don't get me started on the cereal box people... THEY SHOULD BE CUBES. And I'm looking at you water bottles - if you were all cubes too don't you realise how you could nest to avoid air during shipping? They could have cut outs in the bases for lids... Idiots everywhere! I'm going back to my car. It runs on petrol because the idiots in engineering haven't worked out it could just run on hydrogen yet. (All the above have reasons for being the way they are, and I think it's usually a good idea to understand why something is the way it is before you try to change it)

h_anna_h 6y ago
I can't see this post as anything but a strawman. Yeah, let's presume that they insulted them and even slapped them before they made that question, why not.
- Closi 6y ago
  It's implied. What if someone that had no idea about programming came over and told you that you could program faster if you used a for loop, without ever reading your code? They probably think I suck at programming, or think a bit too much of themselves. This is a mathematician telling canned packaging experts that they could save money by considering the size of the can.
  - h_anna_h 6y ago
    We are talking about asking though. Like "why don't you just use a for loop? Wouldn't that be faster?" or "I think that a for loop would be faster, why are you not using it?", both seem absolutely fine to me.
    - Closi 6y ago
      I think we are talking about telling rather than asking though. “I told the cat food company they could save money.
      - h_anna_h 6y ago
        I am only defending the sentences starting with "why don't you just" and ending with a "?". I am not defending nor support aggressive ones like the one that you mentioned.