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Re:Why is it hard to buy things that work well? by civilized on Monday March 14, 2022 @09:24PM (#30680737)
> It's pretty depressing how many of the comments are purely answering the title and not discussing the content of the article.

This is a HN pattern as old as the hills. If the headline invites bikeshedding, most people will bikeshed. If the article is long and complex, almost no one will read the article. This one has both.

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Re:Why is it hard to buy things that work well? by Aeolun on Monday March 14, 2022 @09:25PM (#30680748)
To be fair, I read it, but not all the way to the end. This was almost a novel.
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Re:Why is it hard to buy things that work well? by kayodelycaon on Monday March 14, 2022 @10:29PM (#30681081)
Because I’m a writer, I’m going to be a bit pedantic here. Novels start around 50,000 words and usually take several hours to read. ;)
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Re:Why is it hard to buy things that work well? by Aeolun on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @05:30AM (#30683291)
Novella then? Guess that’s still not quite what the article is, but it’s a bit hard to get through in one sitting.
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Re:Why is it hard to buy things that work well? by Dylan16807 on Monday March 14, 2022 @10:45PM (#30681176)
Huh? It's not bikeshedding to focus on a particular subtopic.
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