Sine_Fine_Belli@lemmy.world to Buy it for Life@slrpnk.netEnglish · 2 years agoGraceful degradation is where a product degrades in such a way as to maintain at least some functionality for as long as possible.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square43linkfedilinkarrow-up1757arrow-down134
arrow-up1723arrow-down1imageGraceful degradation is where a product degrades in such a way as to maintain at least some functionality for as long as possible.lemmy.worldSine_Fine_Belli@lemmy.world to Buy it for Life@slrpnk.netEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square43linkfedilink
minus-squareslackassassinlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoIt is very useful in practice when you have a dead flashlight during a storm and only a few batteries in the kitchen drawer.
minus-squaretias@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 years agoBut it would likely be cheaper to buy an extra set of backup batteries than to buy that flashlight.
minus-squareslackassassinlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoIts usefulness is based on the unexpected, not the expected.
It is very useful in practice when you have a dead flashlight during a storm and only a few batteries in the kitchen drawer.
But it would likely be cheaper to buy an extra set of backup batteries than to buy that flashlight.
Its usefulness is based on the unexpected, not the expected.