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kbps
Personal blog · kilobitspersecond.comdesignculture
kbps is a personal blog at kilobitspersecond.com about design and culture. Since 2009, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 5 times, most often “People Expect Technology to Suck”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-09-12, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link kbps for its argument that people expect technology to be bad, so they accept poor UX. The posts cover UX problems in computing and why users don't notice them.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- People Expect Technology to Suck4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2020-09-23
What Hacker News says?
That's because people expect technology to suck[0]. Users can be unhappy, even if they don't realise it. [0] https://www.kilobitspersecond.com/2020/09/22/people-expect-t...
Comment linking /2020/09/22/people-expect-technology-to-suck/
on “Windows XP source code has leaked”Submitted People Expect Technology to Suck as a story · 36 points
HN discussionIt's not just work. Computers have bad UX for everything , and ordinary people don't know that things could be any better. I found this to be an enlightening read: - https://www.kilobitspersecond.com/2020/09/22/people-expect-t...
Comment linking /2020/09/22/people-expect-technology-to-suck/
on “The reason you’re not more productive at work? It’s not boredom, it’s bad UX”Submitted People Expect Technology to Suck as a story · 3 points
HN discussionThis is why I don't use Linux for desktop: atrocious font-rendering especially w.r.t to correct kerning: http://imgur.com/2bpz8.png (pay attention to the words: source, coined, success, recognition etc.) Only the Leopard gets it complete right. I've been using Linux in servers for more than 10 years. I had a cheap generic laptop running Gentoo for 2.5 years, which was much more stable than my current Macbook Pro (wh…
Comment linking /2009/04/17/ubuntu-font-hinting-you-a-cautionary-tale/
on “Keir Thomas: Why People Quit Linux”