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On the one hand, a seems-solid article by an author I mostly trust. OTOH... with the recent journalistic scandal at Ars Technica, perhaps Dan should have made
by bell-cot 8mo ago
On the one hand, a seems-solid article by an author I mostly trust.
OTOH... with the recent journalistic scandal at Ars Technica, perhaps Dan should have made sure that he spelled "Ubiquity" correctly? (5th para; it's correct further down.)
- John23832 8mo agoThat's an easy autocorrect issue. As someone who write Ubiquiti more often than most. I don't even think most editors would know the difference. That's the problem with using corruptions of real words as your name.
- bookofjoe 8mo agoI once suggested HN implement auto-correct because there are so many misspellings here. I was quickly downvoted.
- bell-cot 8mo ago> I don't even think most editors would know the difference. We're talking about Ars Technica, not USA Today. Kinda like MotorTrend editors should know what a Z-rated tire is. And I assume you've heard about the their AI fabrication scandal? - https://arstechnica.com/staff/2026/02/editors-note-retraction-of-article-containing-fabricated-quotations/ https://arstechnica.com/staff/2026/02/editors-note-retractio... Not a great look, if Ars either doesn't know, or can't control what they're actually publishing.
- pinkmuffinere 8mo agoIMO spelling mistakes have always been a relatively weak indicator of writing quality, let alone truthiness.
- g-b-r 8mo agoI was indeed very surprised to see that it's from Dan Goodin I only read his articles occasionally, but they always impressed me favorably; this one instead... the paper is probably clearer even for less technical people.