If you're a button, you have one job

6 comments

• projektfu 10 minutes ago
  In the Google photos app (Pixel 10) there is no animation, the rotation just happens immediately and there's no button press to buffer.
• sockbot 19 minutes ago
  The real article getting to the point the author is trying to make is this one https://aresluna.org/show-your-hands-honor/
• kazinator 15 minutes ago
  We like buffering of keystrokes or gestures when the system is completely reliable, exhibits reasonable latency and low jitter in its latency.
• kazinator 23 minutes ago
  If you're a button, you have one job: to transmit Morse code from the finger to the machine, Morse code representing a complicated POSIX shell command. And also to power down this entire one-button terminal with a 3 second press, power it up on any button press, with a firmware reset if powered up by a 30 second press.
• tangenter 41 minutes ago
  I don’t remember anyone resigning from Apple because of a particular shade of blue. So maybe they have that going for them idk.
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  • gnabgib 34 minutes ago
    Do you remember? Maybe just recall, don tell me I'm absolutely right https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48787409
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    • tangenter 31 minutes ago
      Almost had it. Aw shit I lost it Lou.
• QuercusMax 21 minutes ago
  This is literally the type of thing that caused the THERAC-25 disaster (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therac-25). Experienced users hitting keys faster than the app could process them, resulting in safety features being inadvertantly bypassed.