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Re:YKK zippers: Why so many designers use them (2012) by throwaway0a5e on Thursday September 01, 2022 @08:05AM (#32675193)
By the time you are reading statements like this on HN or Reddit or wherever people in whatever industry is being discussed already know that people who don't know how to evaluate the product are looking at that signal thereby making it useless as a signal.
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Re:YKK zippers: Why so many designers use them (2012) by lupire on Thursday September 01, 2022 @03:21PM (#32681663)
As in software, testing only finds failures, not successes.
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Re:YKK zippers: Why so many designers use them (2012) by fmajid on Thursday September 01, 2022 @01:08PM (#32679556)
At least that way you won't end up with zippers that fail after a couple of uses, rendering the whole garment or bag a total loss.

But yes, it's easier to signal than to make actual quality products.

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