Thoughts and clarifications

Posted Sep 4, 2024 17:42 UTC (Wed) by pizza (subscriber, #46)
In reply to: Thoughts and clarifications by Wol
Parent article: Whither the Apple AGX graphics driver?

> Let's call that what it is, shall we. Fire Fighting. Which is a MAHOUSIVE waste of time.

Not if your job is an actual firefighter; then it's literally what you're being paid for.

Thoughts and clarifications

Posted Sep 4, 2024 17:56 UTC (Wed) by Wol (subscriber, #4433) [Link]

:-)

Yeah. But the world would be a lot better off without the need for firefighters.

So it's still a mahousive waste of time. I think it's called the broken window fallacy, right?

Cheers,
Wol

Thoughts and clarifications

Posted Sep 5, 2024 12:34 UTC (Thu) by Ashton (guest, #158330) [Link]

Extending this metaphor further; firefighting is a productive activity only if there are house fires. One of the things that happened in the U.S. is that house fires dropped by about half between 1980 and now, and many fire departments began picking up more paramedic responsibilities in response. Compared to their predecessors modern firefighters do a lot less fighting fires.