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My intuition tells me it's mostly, if not all, security based decisions. Like, the reason that a lock is typically big and heavy and takes a little bit of troub

My intuition tells me it's mostly, if not all, security based decisions. Like, the reason that a lock is typically big and heavy and takes a little bit of trouble to open and close.

Scorector_PL 4y ago
gffrd 4y ago
Good analogy! And that makes logical sense … My first thought was "I wonder if lockmakers are really protective of their methods / manufacturing process," but realized this information would matter little: the point is that it doesn't matter if people know exactly how the lock is made, because it doesn't make it any faster to open it, and I've only got 2 hands and 24 hours in a day and the time just isn't worth the risk.
izacus 4y ago
What exactly do you think it's "locked" into a mobile app that shows a few web templates and forms? :)
- kleer001 4y ago
  the overhead of not moving too fast or too recklessly that mentality of totally buffing your RPG character before attempting the final boss viscosity of decision making I hope that's too vague and metaphysical
selfhoster11 4y ago
That’s a nice sentiment, but based on what I’ve seen of how this particular sausage is made, I’m willing to bet it’s literally that no-one with the right amount of influence cares enough about shrinking the package size. So it just stays like that.
- kleer001 4y ago
  Ah. Budegtary laziness.
ElectricalUnion 4y ago
> Like, the reason that a lock is typically big and heavy and takes a little bit of trouble to open and close. The sad part is that making the lock big and heavy usually only makes the intended uses of the lock inconvenient; the unintended bypasses don't care about those.
- kleer001 4y ago
  I mean more metaphoricaly big and heavy. Like, putting in a password is costly. It has to live somewhere. It requires effort. It takes a moment. You have to memorize something. It causes a moment in the flow of utility.

My intuition tells me it's mostly, if not all, security based decisions. Like, the reason that a lock is typically big and heavy and takes a little bit of trouble to open and close.

Scorector_PL 4y ago

gffrd 4y ago

Good analogy! And that makes logical sense … My first thought was "I wonder if lockmakers are really protective of their methods / manufacturing process," but realized this information would matter little: the point is that it doesn't matter if people know exactly how the lock is made, because it doesn't make it any faster to open it, and I've only got 2 hands and 24 hours in a day and the time just isn't worth the risk.

izacus 4y ago

What exactly do you think it's "locked" into a mobile app that shows a few web templates and forms? :)

kleer001 4y ago
the overhead of not moving too fast or too recklessly that mentality of totally buffing your RPG character before attempting the final boss viscosity of decision making I hope that's too vague and metaphysical

selfhoster11 4y ago

That’s a nice sentiment, but based on what I’ve seen of how this particular sausage is made, I’m willing to bet it’s literally that no-one with the right amount of influence cares enough about shrinking the package size. So it just stays like that.

kleer001 4y ago
Ah. Budegtary laziness.

ElectricalUnion 4y ago

> Like, the reason that a lock is typically big and heavy and takes a little bit of trouble to open and close. The sad part is that making the lock big and heavy usually only makes the intended uses of the lock inconvenient; the unintended bypasses don't care about those.

kleer001 4y ago
I mean more metaphoricaly big and heavy. Like, putting in a password is costly. It has to live somewhere. It requires effort. It takes a moment. You have to memorize something. It causes a moment in the flow of utility.