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[-] shadowedcross@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 week ago

The cheapest possible product that meets the requirements.

[-] TomMasz@piefed.social 5 points 1 week ago

This describes most of the Internet. Which, naturally, was a orginally a (D)ARPA project.

[-] Delphia@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

As opposed to the vast majority of consumer products?

[-] shadowedcross@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 week ago

Exactly the point. Military grade means nothing in regard to its actual quality. It's just another inane marketing tactic.

[-] Winter_Oven@piefed.social 1 points 1 week ago
[-] thedeadwalking4242@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

It's more like "meets" requirements

And usually it's specifically functional requirements. Unless it was spelled out, it was considered and or was designed out / shitty to save cash

[-] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

It depends on how well you specified the requirements. Like not leaving out things you might consider obvious. Eg if you're specifying a sight that includes a range scale, make sure you include that the ranges should be calibrated such that calibrating it at one range will make it accurate at the others instead of just adding random lines and numbers that look like it shows correct range dropoff, and that the ranges correspond to the ammunition that will be fired instead of just copy/pasting from a .22 range sight.

Think of it like making a wish from a genie (folklore genie, not disney).

[-] scytale@piefed.zip 0 points 1 week ago

Unfortunately in this case meets requirements just means it ticks a box. The meme is talking about people thinking military grade is top of the line. Like how the cheapest tire you can buy is legal and meets regulations, but it doesn’t mean it’s good.

The same way building contractors advertise their work with “everything built to code”. Yeah, building code is the bare minimum requirement for something to be legally put on the market. Building to code isn’t a brag. It’s saying “we do everything as cheaply as possible. If we cut any more corners, the house would literally be illegal to sell.”

[-] Gormadt@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 week ago

And even then entirely too many new home builders here in the US cut corners and try to wiggle out of code requirements.

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