> Or we could recognize that not everyone can cope with it and instead supply an error code instead of a string of technobabble. How is an impenetrable technic

> Or we could recognize that not everyone can cope with it and instead supply an error code instead of a string of technobabble. How is an impenetrable technical error code less scary than a pithy description of the actual problem? Eg. "Wifi connection failed: dhcp timed out. Try reconnecting or checking the router's configuration." vs "Wifi connection failed: Code -49291994. Try reconnecting or checking the router's configuration." For a real world example: https://www.flickr.com/photos/daveward/69888365 https://www.flickr.com/photos/daveward/69888365 I'm not talking about dumping a stacktrace or dropping them into a debugger. > We don't say "those people can't be helped" about people who are blind or deaf. We also don't gouge out the eyes of sighted people because blind people exist, either.