| ▲ | armchairhacker 11 hours ago |
| This principle applies to the following:
- User documentation
- Specifications
- Code comments
- Any text on a user interface
- Any email longer than one line
Not blog posts or comments. Ironic |
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| ▲ | layer8 8 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| If you read closely, you’ll see that there is no claim that this would be an exhaustive list rather than an exemplifying one, and the principle itself unambiguously states “anything”. |
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| ▲ | taffydavid 11 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Damn, I guess I didn't read it closely enough |
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| ▲ | sebastianconcpt 11 hours ago | parent [-] | | Proved that read is not causation of understanding but mere correlation. So if the read of the Miller principle is interpreted as read+understanding (it should) an interesting deeper discussion can happen. It can be invoked with a way more dramatic "None understands anything" |
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