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For my part: it didn't used to be called that, and feels like software folks trying to feel fancier than they are (and/or whitewashing bad practices by pushing
by yamtaddle 3y ago
For my part: it didn't used to be called that, and feels like software folks trying to feel fancier than they are (and/or whitewashing bad practices by pushing new-to-the-industry terminology that makes spying sound scientific)
Though at this point it's been widespread long enough that I suppose it's just a normal term that's "always been used", to some developers, not a new, alien-feeling part of the software lexicon.
- EscapeFromNY 3y agoI think the word telemetry is fine. It's concise, accurate, and not emotionally loaded in either direction. Microsoft OTOH calls their data collection the "Customer Experience Improvement Program" - now THAT is whitewashing. It's only been a decade or so now that you could rely on most computers always having an internet connection. That's probably why the term feels new - it only started being used when the practice became technically feasible. Maybe others remember things differently. /shrug
- mrwnmonm 3y ago> feels like software folks trying to feel fancier than they are Like neural networks?
- yamtaddle 3y agoI suppose the ur-example in programming would be "dynamic programming". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_programming#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_programming#History Sounds super-fancy and advanced, but when you dig in it's like, "oh, that's all?"