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slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
A corollary to this is that the system *intent* is often hidden, thanks to the Law of Requisite Variety. It's nearly impossible to understand what the designers meant from just observing how the thing (doesn't) operate. Standards bodies (et. al.) are stable because the systems were design with many axes of freedom in which to adapt their responses.