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0 pointsthadt4mo ago0 comments

Not scared, time limited.

The world is a complicated place, and there is a veritable mountain of things a person could learn about nearly any subject. But sometimes I don't need or want to learn all those things - I just want to get one very specific task done. What I really appreciate is when an expert who has spent the time required to understand the nuances and tradeoffs can say "just do this."

When it comes to technology 'simple' just means that someone else made a bunch of decisions for me. If I want or need to make those decisions myself then I need more knobs.

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kccqzy4mo ago

In my comment above I specifically did not expect the user to learn and understand everything, just the ability to ignore it. Handbrake has good defaults and the user would be successful if the only thing they do is: open the file and the press the green button.

And scared is the word used by the original author in the title. I want to understand that emotion. I don't need someone to tell me we can't learn everything.

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0 pointsthadt4mo ago0 comments

Not scared, time limited.

When it comes to technology 'simple' just means that someone else made a bunch of decisions for me. If I want or need to make those decisions myself then I need more knobs.

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kccqzy4mo ago

And scared is the word used by the original author in the title. I want to understand that emotion. I don't need someone to tell me we can't learn everything.

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