@boxy "yes I know there are 14 standards already - and those standards are all *terrible*"

@amin

@boxy this works for basically any XKCD

@boxy To be fair in regards to the original comic, USB-C was worth it since it’s the best of all worlds.

@boxy why th fuck did you tag him as wayward vagabond from homestuck what is wrong with you

@boxy if I have to read that alt text I'm also reading it as "Truth coming out of her well"

@boxy I felt this one.

@boxy Every org has That Guy. Bonus points when That Guy comes up with a standard and doesn't even follow it in his own work. (It's always a guy)

@boxy Alt text, xkcd 927 standards:

HOW
STANDARDS PROLIFERATE:
SEE: A/C CHARGERS, CHARACTER ENCODINGS, INSTANT MESSAGING, ETC.)

SITUATION:
THERE ARE
14 COMPETING STANDARDS

Person A: 14?! RIDICULOUS!
WE NEED TO DEVELOP
ONE UNIVERSAL STANDARD THAT COVERS EVERYONE'S
USE CASES.

Person B: YEAH!

SITUATION:
THERE ARE
15 COMPETING STANDARDS.

@boxy
Seems to me when national/international groups create open standards we get Mastodon. When corporate enshittified standards are created we get the multitude of crappy standards.

#enshittification

@boxy @tess I’ve literally received this response to a proposal before

(naturally I went off on them, for they had Earned It)

@boxy this but with c / c++ project files. I don't like CMake OR sln!

@boxy Matrix vs IRC :-)

@boxy If every person who cares about doing a good job acts like that, then only people who don't care develop new standards.

stop liking this post i accidentally stole the joke

@boxy yes. Yes! This.

@boxy do you think xkcd regrets making that

@boxy Alt text - that's not the WV from Homestuck, surely? The art style is completely different, and the WV isn't human.

@boxy As long as you aren't going in over your head and can maintain your standard long-term, you should be free to create whatever standard you want. If it's useful, people will use it and adapt it. Simple as

@boxy oh gods

@boxy this XKCD comic has caused irreversible damage xD

@boxy introducing: forcing the competition to go underground
You wont have competition if there is none
Play dirty

@boxy@wetdry.world IM LIKE GIGGLING WHY DOES THE ID CALL HIM WV...

@boxy nice cartoon. In a way, they’re both right. But they’re taking past each other, they’re taking about 2 utterly different things.
‘Improve somewhat’ is the complete polar opposite of ‘create a new standard to replace everything that already works’

@boxy@wetdry.world protocol doomers when someone suggests improving an existing protocol: