Sine_Fine_Belli@lemmy.world to Buy it for Life@slrpnk.netEnglish · 1 year 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-square47fedilinkarrow-up1742arrow-down134
arrow-up1708arrow-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 · 1 year agomessage-square47fedilink
minus-squareslackassassin@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year 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-squaretiaslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year agoBut it would likely be cheaper to buy an extra set of backup batteries than to buy that flashlight.
minus-squareslackassassin@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year 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.