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wayward vagabond from homestuck: we should improve technology somewhat. well dweller: xkcd 927 “standards”

  • orangeboats@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    There are times when the original standard has zero forwards compatibility in it, such that any improvement made to it necessarily creates a new standard.

    And then there’s also times when old greybeards simply disregard the improved standard because they are too used to the classic way.