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I don't think its unreasonable to just add a date next to the serial number that has when the firmware was released. It's 6 extra numbers
by jay_kyburz 5y ago
I don't think its unreasonable to just add a date next to the serial number that has when the firmware was released. It's 6 extra numbers
- yjftsjthsd-h 5y agoBut firmware can be updated after the unit was shipped; a date stamped on the hardware can't promise accuracy.
- lillecarl 5y agoIs this the definition of whataboutism?
- yjftsjthsd-h 5y agoEr, no? Whataboutism is an attempt to claim hypocrisy by drawing in something else with the same flaw. This is pointing out a way for this exact proposal to fail.
- lillecarl 5y agoOkay, I thought it was something along the lines of argumenting against a proposal that is better but not perfect because "what about this edge case". Had a colleague who was a master at this craft and managed to get many good ideas shot down this way.
- robertlagrant 5y agoWell, edge cases can be bad. If you didn't have an answer for those edge case problems then why do you think the ideas were good? Whataboutism is like this: "Russia invading Ukraine is bad" "What about the US? They invaded Iraq!" The latter is used to justify the former, when it shouldn't.
- robertlagrant 5y agoNo, it's not.
- mardifoufs 5y agoWhataboutism is not pointing out flaws in a proposal, no. But I guess the word is so overly used these days that the definition becomes blurry.
- coldtea 5y agoIt's not even tangentially related to what the word means...
- jay_kyburz 5y agoYeah, buy you would know if you are buying the same thing as what was reviewed or tested.
- pezezin 5y agoIt's 8 extra numbers FTFY, unless you use the YYYY-WW date format. But please don't use just two digits for year numbers, we should have learn from Y2K years ago.
- rswail 5y agoBatch numbers have been in use for ages, both for tech equipment and the milk you buy at a store.