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Rapid DHCP: Or, how do Macs get on the network so fast?

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354 points timdoug | 3 comments | 12 Jul 11 17:04 UTC | HN request time: 0.622s | source
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jarek ◴[12 Jul 11 19:52 UTC] No.2756236[source]▶
Congratulations! Your laptop does the equivalent of using the exit lane to jump ahead in traffic. There's bound to be an empty spot near the end, right?
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shinratdr ◴[12 Jul 11 22:37 UTC] No.2756936[source]▶
The only reason that is a useful example to you is because that act is genuinely dangerous. There is nothing dangerous about swiping someone's IP and causing them to have to reconnect.
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jarek ◴[12 Jul 11 23:52 UTC] No.2757154[source]▶
You're right. I guess it's more comparable to walking up to a checkout or a cash register without looking to see if anyone is waiting in line. Great UX if you don't look around you.
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1. shinratdr ◴[13 Jul 11 00:58 UTC] No.2757329[source]▶
It's really not. There is no real world comparable act, frankly. It is what it is, and what it is is not a big deal.
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2. jarek ◴[13 Jul 11 01:30 UTC] No.2757408[source]▶
I cannot emphasize enough how much I disagree with the idea that potentially inconveniencing other network users for a small gain of your own is not a big deal.
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3. shinratdr ◴[13 Jul 11 21:47 UTC] No.2760823[source]▶
Good for you. It's still not a big deal and you can't "outrage" that away.

It's not a small gain, for the record. And the only users you are inconveniencing are ones that are malfunctioning. If everything is working correctly and the AP hasn't been reset, this causes no inconvenience to anyone and results in a clear direct benefit for the user.

You figure a community of developers would possibly give a shit about what matters to the UX, I guess not. You do know that the "U" stands for user, right?