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> Kovid puts in an extraordinary amount of work Extraordinary amount of work does not guarantee extraordinary quality or results, not even ordinary quality. >
by slightwinder 4y ago
> Kovid puts in an extraordinary amount of work
Extraordinary amount of work does not guarantee extraordinary quality or results, not even ordinary quality.
> Anyone who has spent a decent amount of time on the mobileread forums will also know him as a remarkably intelligent, dedicated, and all-round fantastic guy.
Reads like a working para social addiction. Anyway, whatever qualities one has, doesn't matter. One can be nice, and still fail at important things. Those things actually happen all the time and somehow people are always surprised and defending.
> The proof of the pudding is Calibre itself, which is a joy to use.
Opinions are very divided on this part. And as someone who had several hard problems over the decade, including multiple data loses, I'm very far from calling it a joy. It's useful, and if you know your way around the flaws it will also not a harsh experience, but a joy it was never for me.
- DiggyJohnson 4y agoI don’t mean this in a snarky way, but how does this comment add value?
- ksquarekumar 4y agoIt does not add any value, someone is just being spiteful...
- paskozdilar 4y agoI don't mean this in a snarky way, but how would you define adding value?
- DiggyJohnson 4y ago(Fun unrelated fact is that I'm writing a book about this exact question.) So maybe it is most honest of me not to try and answer that question in this context, and instead say that this is an excellent question to ask of anyone using value implicitely in these sorts of discussions.
- paskozdilar 4y agoThat's exactly why I asked it. There is no widely accepted definition of value in conversation. Even the very concept of "value" is inherently subjective. Anyone who tries to use such words in an argument is just appealing to their own feelings, pretending they have an "objective argument". For some reason, it feels manipulative to me.