No layperson would make a suggestion to Boeing along the lines of "why can't the turbine spin faster" but in s/w laypeople do just that.
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aerospace mechanics, hence we will get $10m launches someday and why we have good looking electric cars now. Dumb questions are smart/4
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Up to a point that's true, but ultimately, I think tech illiteracy causes more harm than naive-genius questions create value
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illiteracy per se but cross domain application of knowledge, my response was half-baked. AJAX came from ppl from non webdev domain./2
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tech illiteracy is terrible, agree. I’m ok to answer dumb q from PMPs to firm up/document my reasons but at some point they slow org/3

