This is a place that puts "Hacker" in the name despite the stigma in the mainstream. Given the intended meaning of the term, I would naturally expect this to be a place where people can speculate and reason from first principles, on the information available to them, in search of some kind of insight, without being shamed for it.
You don't have to like that culture and you also don't have to participate in it. Making a throwaway account to complain about it is not eusocial behaviour, however. If you know something to be wrong with someone else's reasoning, the expected response is to highlight the flaw.
For me it's mainly about intent/unearned confidence.
If someone is speculating about how such a problem might be solved while not trying to conceal their lack of direct experience, I'm fine with it, but not everyone is.
If someone is accusing the designers of being idiots, with the fix "obvious" because reasons, well, yeah, that's unhelpful.
I don't think most think they know better but it's frankly fun to speculate and this is a casual space rather than the serious bodies tasked with actually chewing over this problem in earnest.
It literally is. Accidental/malicious activation can be catastrophic, therefore it must be guarded against. First principles.
The shutoff timer screen given as an example is a valid way of accomplishing it. Not directly applicable to aircraft, but that's not the point.
> "ugh can't you just do what garmin did"
That's your dishonest interpretation of a post that offers reasonable, relevant suggestions. Don't tell me I need to start quoting that post to prove so. It's right there.
(Different user here) Hacker News' "culture" is one of VC tech bros trying to identify monopolies to exploit, presumably so they can be buried with all their money when they die. There's less critical thinking here than you'd find in comments sections for major newspapers.
Yeah, people shouldn't bat ideas around and read replies from other people about why those ideas wouldn't work. Somebody might learn something, and that would be bad.
Please don't sneer, including at the rest of the community.
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
This is a place that puts "Hacker" in the name despite the stigma in the mainstream. Given the intended meaning of the term, I would naturally expect this to be a place where people can speculate and reason from first principles, on the information available to them, in search of some kind of insight, without being shamed for it.
You don't have to like that culture and you also don't have to participate in it. Making a throwaway account to complain about it is not eusocial behaviour, however. If you know something to be wrong with someone else's reasoning, the expected response is to highlight the flaw.
For me it's mainly about intent/unearned confidence.
If someone is speculating about how such a problem might be solved while not trying to conceal their lack of direct experience, I'm fine with it, but not everyone is.
If someone is accusing the designers of being idiots, with the fix "obvious" because reasons, well, yeah, that's unhelpful.
I don't think most think they know better but it's frankly fun to speculate and this is a casual space rather than the serious bodies tasked with actually chewing over this problem in earnest.
> That said Boeing could take a page out of the Garmin GI275
This is not "reasoning from first principles". In fact, I don't think there is any reasoning in the comment.
There is an implication that an obvious solution exists, and then a brief description of said solution.
I am all for speculation and reasoning outside of one's domain, but not low quality commentary like "ugh can't you just do what garmin did".
This is not a throwaway, I'm a lurker, but was compelled to comment. IMHO HN is not the place for "throwaway" ad hominems.
> This is not "reasoning from first principles".
It literally is. Accidental/malicious activation can be catastrophic, therefore it must be guarded against. First principles.
The shutoff timer screen given as an example is a valid way of accomplishing it. Not directly applicable to aircraft, but that's not the point.
> "ugh can't you just do what garmin did"
That's your dishonest interpretation of a post that offers reasonable, relevant suggestions. Don't tell me I need to start quoting that post to prove so. It's right there.
(Different user here) Hacker News' "culture" is one of VC tech bros trying to identify monopolies to exploit, presumably so they can be buried with all their money when they die. There's less critical thinking here than you'd find in comments sections for major newspapers.
This is false, and if this stereotype was ever based in anything real, that era ended in the early 2010s.
The modal HN reader now is a tech employee or freelancer.
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Yeah, people shouldn't bat ideas around and read replies from other people about why those ideas wouldn't work. Somebody might learn something, and that would be bad.