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arrow-up11.52Karrow-down1imagegraceful degradation: the opposite of planned obsolescenceslrpnk.netstabby_cicada@slrpnk.net to Solarpunk technology@slrpnk.net · 9 months agomessage-square91fedilink
minus-squareMooseBoys@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkarrow-up21·9 months agoAnd oddly, the example of the flashlight isn’t even an example of either. Support for heterogeneous batteries is a feature, but it’s a stretch to call it “degradation”. It’s not like batteries fail randomly before they run out of juice.
minus-squareBluesF@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up4·9 months agoThe degradation in this case happens in the brain when you’re trying to remember which type of batteries you need
And oddly, the example of the flashlight isn’t even an example of either. Support for heterogeneous batteries is a feature, but it’s a stretch to call it “degradation”. It’s not like batteries fail randomly before they run out of juice.
The degradation in this case happens in the brain when you’re trying to remember which type of batteries you need