Post #1430634
2026-03-31 21:49 UTC
Maybe more accurately: Configuring yourself is freedom (cause you do it), not needing to configure is limiting freedom (since someone else suggested the default which is not seen as legit).
Is there something interesting in this or should it be filed at "heroic individualism mapped to a glittering generality?"
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@Spoofer3@infosec.exchange 2026-03-31 22:10
@simulo a limited take, I think it depends on where you are in your journey. At the beginning, I appreciate someone else's experience and recommendations... after I've become more knowledgeable or expert myself, probably not as much, until I learn some more and are able to appreciate it differently.
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@spu@mastodon.acm.org 2026-04-01 18:37
@simulo I vote for the latter. This reminds me of the "Jetway test" in Alan Cooper's book "The inmates are running the asylum". Some people always prefer to have full control over each single setting and others prefer to simplify their thinking and have confidence in the default settings. (1/2)