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> Also has perfect permission management, A note to developers: describing a component of your system as ”perfect“ is such a big red flag I won’t ever consider

by 9dev 3y ago

> Also has perfect permission management, A note to developers: describing a component of your system as ”perfect“ is such a big red flag I won’t ever consider using it. The hubris…

22c 3y ago
I thought so too but it also reads like perhaps English is not the first language of the developer. Nuances of how perfect can mean "a really nice experience" vs. "our implementation has no flaws" might not be so obvious.
- catchnear4321 3y ago
  habr is a good indication of esl. point on nuance is spot on. the translation process often becomes an unintentional transformation process.
  - swsieber 3y ago
    This reminds me of when I (a native english speaker), was speaking spanish and said I was glad someone could spend time with their kids. I was later corrected that the verb I used (prestar I think) for "to spend" had the negative connotation of "to waste". Oops. Edit: this was in a religious context as a missionary, which reminds me that "perfect" in scriptures is also misleading to a modern native english speaker. Other, perhaps better words include "whole" and "complete". I wonder if that is a common synonym in other languages.
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faangsticle 3y ago
A note to users: not everyone was born speaking your language. The hubris... Oh HN, you can be so special :) Flagging someone for acknowledging languages other than american-english exist.
- dang 3y ago
  Could you please stop posting unsubstantive comments and flamebait? You've unfortunately been doing it repeatedly. It's not what this site is for, and destroys what it is for. If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and taking the intended spirit of the site more to heart, we'd be grateful. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36389164 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36389164 made much the same point as you without resorting to snark or attacking the other commenter, and did so clearly and substantively. Please post like that instead.

by 9dev 3y ago

> Also has perfect permission management, A note to developers: describing a component of your system as ”perfect“ is such a big red flag I won’t ever consider using it. The hubris…

22c 3y ago

I thought so too but it also reads like perhaps English is not the first language of the developer. Nuances of how perfect can mean "a really nice experience" vs. "our implementation has no flaws" might not be so obvious.

catchnear4321 3y ago
habr is a good indication of esl. point on nuance is spot on. the translation process often becomes an unintentional transformation process.
- swsieber 3y ago
  This reminds me of when I (a native english speaker), was speaking spanish and said I was glad someone could spend time with their kids. I was later corrected that the verb I used (prestar I think) for "to spend" had the negative connotation of "to waste". Oops. Edit: this was in a religious context as a missionary, which reminds me that "perfect" in scriptures is also misleading to a modern native english speaker. Other, perhaps better words include "whole" and "complete". I wonder if that is a common synonym in other languages.

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faangsticle 3y ago

A note to users: not everyone was born speaking your language. The hubris... Oh HN, you can be so special :) Flagging someone for acknowledging languages other than american-english exist.

dang 3y ago
Could you please stop posting unsubstantive comments and flamebait? You've unfortunately been doing it repeatedly. It's not what this site is for, and destroys what it is for. If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and taking the intended spirit of the site more to heart, we'd be grateful. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36389164 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36389164 made much the same point as you without resorting to snark or attacking the other commenter, and did so clearly and substantively. Please post like that instead.