points by dmitrygr 1 day ago | 0 comments
Why? Do knives need to evolve? Screwdrivers? Hammers? Can’t good be good?
[–] dwattttt 1 day ago
[–] throw0101c 21 hours ago
> Slot screws date back to the ~15th century, Phillips to the 1930s, and Torx to the 60s. They all brought improvements.
But Torx does not call itself "Phillips": you know the difference and plan accordingly.
Calling something "sudo" and then not working like sudo is the problem.
Sudo used to be in OpenBSD, but they found it too troublesome (at least as a default) so they created something else / 'better' for their needs: they didn't call it "sudo", they called it "doas", because it did not work the same way as sudo.
[–] dwattttt 15 hours ago
I dunno, all those arguments work both ways. They're both called screws as well, they have a functional interface that's the same on both, they were all changes that broke backwards compatibility in the service of improving their purpose, and if you got a product that includes "screws" you don't know which one you're getting.
[–] tmtvl 22 hours ago
You may still be using flint-knapped knives, but the world as a whole moved on to bronze, then iron, and, more recently, steel. Hammers evolved as well, with more ergonomic grips being invented to reduce repetitive strain injuries, as well as various heads which are better suited to different tasks (like the claw hammer or ball-peen hammer).
[–] fluidcruft 21 hours ago
Look at this guy still using flint
Slot screws date back to the ~15th century, Phillips to the 1930s, and Torx to the 60s. They all brought improvements.