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I'm sorry, is this a running joke on HN? The first reply is always some bland, obvious attack on whatever is posted. I mean, the fact that a streaming computer
by xmonkee 12y ago
I'm sorry, is this a running joke on HN? The first reply is always some bland, obvious attack on whatever is posted. I mean, the fact that a streaming computer in the cloud is sensitive to network hiccups is so obvious to anyone who sees this it's not even a valid criticism.
- throwawaymsft 12y agoYep, HN is home of the middlebrow dismissal. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5072224 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5072224
- kstenerud 12y agoActually, I wasn't the first reply. TBH I was expecting this to be buried since I was so late to the party. But regardless, my criticism is that slow speed in the hardware is rarely a problem these days. Almost every "slow computer" problem I've diagnosed in recent times (that hasn't been due to McAffee) has in fact just been a slow internet connection or a misconfigured router. When you're not a computer expert, it's hard to know why your Youtube video stutters. So yes, they will probably get a lot of sign ups with a mantra of "faster", but IMO this isn't solving the actual problem that users tend to have with computer "slowness". In fact, it will only exacerbate it, although that might be good for pushing towards greater bandwidth. I'm also not too keen on putting even more of my data on someone else's system.
- ape4 12y agoSometimes the obvious criticism is the right one.