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Consumers shouldn’t have to keep buying new chargers all the time for different devices. We can clear things up with uniform standards—for less expense, less hassle, and less waste. https://t.co/rbxLleahIj

Consumers shouldn’t have to keep buying new chargers all the time for different devices. We can clear things up with uniform standards—for less expense, less hassle, and less waste. https://t.co/rbxLleahIj

  • ewarren
    Posted 3 years, 6 months ago (Source)
    Consumers shouldn’t have to keep buying new chargers all the time for different devices. We can clear things up with uniform standards—for less expense, less hassle, and less waste. https://t.co/rbxLleahIj

    • joemag_games
      Posted 3 years, 6 months ago (Source)
      @ewarren Like, sure it’s irritating but A: should it be a law? B: there are just so many more important things going on right now.

      • DevSpacePrez
        Posted 3 years, 6 months ago (Source)
        @joemag_games @ewarren A) yes, when corporations are otherwise shown to use their standards as means of locking down platforms and performing anti-consumer monopolistic actions, yes. Government has a role in regulating that and protecting consumers. B) This is a bad argument.

        • DevSpacePrez
          Posted 3 years, 6 months ago (Source)
          @joemag_games @ewarren B) there's no "cap" on how many laws can be passed. Doing one good thing doesn't mean we can't do other good things. And those other things, while more important, are also more likely to be opposed. Do whatever can be done.

          • Chadd Nervigg
            Posted 3 years, 6 months ago (Source)
            @DevSpacePrez @joemag_games @ewarren (B) is a very idealistic response. There is no "cap" in theory, but there *is* in practice.

          • joemag_games
            Posted 3 years, 6 months ago (Source)
            @DevSpacePrez @ewarren I’d rather the democrats focus ALL of their energy and PR and messaging on more pressing crises. I don’t think that’s unreasonable?

            • DevSpacePrez
              Posted 3 years, 6 months ago (Source)
              @joemag_games @ewarren It is. Energy isn't a finite resource and treating it that way creates constant Sophie's Choices which don't need to be made. Should we care more about gay rights or trans rights or women's rights? No. Wrong thinking. Fight for everything that you want. Give up nothing.

              • joemag_games
                Posted 3 years, 6 months ago (Source)
                @DevSpacePrez @ewarren Ok now THAT I find unreasonable. By saying “give up nothing” you put everything on equal footing when that simply isn’t realistic. I would happily sacrifice “charger standardization” to get more focus and energy on protecting civil rights.

                • DevSpacePrez
                  Posted 3 years, 6 months ago (Source)
                  @joemag_games @ewarren And you don't see how toxic that is? It never ends. Somebody is always going to think their issue is a higher priority than your issue. If you don't want to care about chargers, don't. But don't yell at other people who are fighting to stop. Warren can keep up many fights.

                  • joemag_games
                    Posted 3 years, 6 months ago (Source)
                    @DevSpacePrez @ewarren I don’t think that’s toxic at all. I think it’s the reality of how political capital is earned and spent. Compromises on priority are how every form government functions for all time. Realistically how all organizations function as well.

                    • DevSpacePrez
                      Posted 3 years, 6 months ago (Source)
                      @joemag_games @ewarren It reminds me a lot of when gamers say "oh jeeze, they couldn't fix this critical bug but they could push a new cosmetic?" Artists aren't engineers, the idea that you should halt all of one thing until another thing gets done isn't how the world works and just prevents progress.

                      • joemag_games
                        Posted 3 years, 6 months ago (Source)
                        @DevSpacePrez @ewarren This is not artists and engineers in this situation, it’s all engineers and I have seen all engineering work stop until a critical game breaking bug gets fixed. There’s a reason bugs have priority numbers, you always have to balance resources.

                        • DevSpacePrez
                          Posted 3 years, 6 months ago (Source)
                          @joemag_games @ewarren Mythical man month. Throwing more cooks in the kitchen doesn't necessarily improve dev time. It also assumes that you know more about what needs to be balanced than Warren does, which ... ehhh. Lots we don't have visibility on here.

                          • joemag_games
                            Posted 3 years, 6 months ago (Source)
                            @DevSpacePrez @ewarren Mythical man month doesn’t have anything to do with bug fixing priority. I’m arguing that this is a low priority bug with society and one that can ship. You are arguing that all bugs should be treated as priority 1 and no bug should be allowed to ship. Which is not realistic.

                            • DevSpacePrez
                              Posted 3 years, 6 months ago (Source)
                              @joemag_games @ewarren >no bug should be allowed to ship Nah I definitely never said anything like "hold up all legislation until everything is fixed at once" What I'm saying is if somebody wants to fight for an issue you don't care about, let them. Nobody says you have to fight for it.

                              • joemag_games
                                Posted 3 years, 6 months ago (Source)
                                @DevSpacePrez @ewarren You literally said “Fight for everything” and “Give up nothing.” In this bug analogy that’s “no bug should be allowed to ship.” They can fight for whatever but I’m going to say that it’s a waste of time and energy which IS a finite resource.

                                • DevSpacePrez
                                  Posted 3 years, 6 months ago (Source)
                                  @joemag_games @ewarren 🙄 IDK that feels like an intentional misread of what I was saying within context. This is twitter I have to be brief. It should be clear from context, we're talking about Warren and a port standard.

                                  • joemag_games
                                    Posted 3 years, 6 months ago (Source)
                                    @DevSpacePrez @ewarren If that’s how you want to feel about it. What I keep coming back to is your thought that political “energy isn’t finite” (aka infinite) which I fundamentally disagree with. Resources are finite, compromises are necessary, and wasted resources affects priority needs.

                                    • DevSpacePrez
                                      Posted 3 years, 6 months ago (Source)
                                      @joemag_games @ewarren But we're never going to get everybody to agree on what is in what priority order. So unless the idea is that you're the king... And with how everything is so interconnected... IDK. I think let people push the issues they think matter.

                                      • DevSpacePrez
                                        Posted 3 years, 6 months ago (Source)
                                        @joemag_games @ewarren If you don't think that's a high enough priority for you to care, no problemo, but telling someone else that you're certain their issue is a low priority so they should stop and focus on the things you care about... that doesn't seem tenable.

                                        • Chadd Nervigg
                                          Posted 3 years, 6 months ago (Source)
                                          @DevSpacePrez @joemag_games @ewarren I long for the day where we can spend time discussing actual political issues like term limits, land zoning, social security, subsidies, tariffs, taxes, nasa budget, electronics standards, etc. But right now, we've got human rights issues, that HAVE to take priority.

                                          • DevSpacePrez
                                            Posted 3 years, 6 months ago (Source)
                                            @Celestalon @joemag_games @ewarren Yeah, but then when corporate lobbying is part of how we got to where we are, its also all interrelated :/ I trust Warren knows more than I do if nothing else.

                                            • Chadd Nervigg
                                              Posted 3 years, 6 months ago (Source)
                                              @DevSpacePrez @joemag_games @ewarren Right, there are some issues that are issues on their own, but end up being multipliers on other issues. Lobbying, gerrymandering, etc. It's not as obvious that those need to be treated as high priority, but I think they do, because other high priority issues cascade off them.
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