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Doubly reminded of that as I'm watching a DEFCON talk where he cites fake Internet points as a driving motivator. Which is my feeling too but yeah idk the whole thing is missing that "we're real people" thing.
I think if you can get into the chemistry just a bit, then the math behind the chemistry, it can be a vehicle. I mean it's the same with programming. Why write code (boring, yuck) when you could play video games? Then the kids see code makes video games. Suddenly you have all these programs with kids making Minecraft mods or whatever. But finding each child's "bomb" would be hard for a teacher to do, especially with a common curriculum
I thought about what I believe is your way until https://www.tomshardware.com/opinion/t-mobile-home-internet-... and https://www.tomshardware.com/news/t-mobile-misleads-home-int... .
Likewise you can't just apply to a job with your resume, no no, you must write a letter about how you're a good fit. Does anyone care? I have no clue. I've never seen a cover letter from any interview I've conducted. I never got a job that required one (the ones that did rejected me).
This is very classic: when the bar is defined as effort, people will try to find a pole to vault over it. Whether that's lines of code, cover letters, degrees, whatever. It's when you define success as maintainable lines of code that you can win. But that's not explainable to shareholders. Tech debt always has and always will be the hardest thing to communicate.
It's always like this. It's always that the site won't play in HD let alone 4k, it won't let me turn off dumb settings, it won't let me guess 4:3 content without cutting it off... They've really ruined a silver platter. Just play the stupid video. We gave you the money. Just play the video, from your server, on my computer. It's all already pirated and stolen anyway, so I just don't get the point. I can screen share a DVD over discord with friends. Truly infuriating how terrible they've made a dumb video player.