Comment by kortilla

21 hours ago

People believing it says something about the start menu

hey, haven't seen that one in the wild for a little bit :-D https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/aaaah

  • The comic artist seems pretty ignorant to think that it’s not meaningful.

    What falsehoods people believe and spread about a particular topic is an excellent way to tell what the public opinion is on something.

    Consider spreading a falsehood about Boeing QA getting bonuses based on number of passed planes vs the same falsehood about Airbus. If the Boeing one spreads like wildfire, it tells you that Boeing has a terrible track record of safety and that it’s completely believable.

    Back to the start menu. It should be a complete embarrassment to MSFT SWEs that people even think the start menu performance is so bad that it could be implemented in electron.

    In summary: what lies spread easily is an amazing signal on public perception. The SMBC comic is dumb.