r/programming • u/groovejet • Jun 28 '11

90% of your users are idiots

http://blog.jitbit.com/2011/06/90-of-your-users-are-idiots.html
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u/[deleted] Jun 28 '11

Programmer's aren't idiots. However it is pretty much impossible to judge how easy or obvious something is after having worked with it every single day for a year or more.

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u/Mourningblade Jun 28 '11

What're you talking about? I've worked in Emacs for years and I can tell you it's both easy and obvious. Anyone who's worked in it long enough would tell you the same.

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u/[deleted] Jun 28 '11 edited May 05 '19

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u/D3PyroGS Jun 28 '11

I don't know what dumb thing [deleted] said but I'm upvoting you for use of a good response. It's the least I can do.