Timeline for Is it opinion based to ask for reasons for a specific technical decision?
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| Nov 2, 2020 at 18:24 | comment | added | JW0914 | @Ramhound I wasn't trying to change anyone's opinion, I explained how that perspective is fundamentally flawed. An opinion is "a view, judgment, or appraisal formed in the mind about a particular matter" - how exactly one determines asking a question to which there is only one correct answer is opinion-based is mind-boggling, as such a perspective is neither rational nor logical. Simply because someone can't provide a non-opinion-based answer does not make the question itself opinion-based, as that would also be illogical and irrational. | |
| Nov 2, 2020 at 18:07 | comment | added | Ramhound | @JW0914 - You won't be able to change my opinion. The question the author is asking about, was properly closed (IMO), since I wouldn't be able to answer the reason a specific USB port was used, when the manufacture designed the product. By saying "I am unable to", I mean specifically, finding documentation that indicates the reason written by the manufacture. I have enough engineering experience to speculate the reason. | |
| Oct 29, 2020 at 12:52 | comment | added | JW0914 | @Ramhound I don't follow... there's no way to know what specific variable applies, with the only way to determine the variable being to contact the OEM (it's unlikely this would result in an answer since it requires reaching out to the PCB design team, but is the only source that can provide one); This doesn't make the question itself opinion-based, it simply makes it a question that's unable to be answered on StackExchange due to the aforementioned (one could posit logical, rational reasons like those mentioned in my prior comment, but that doesn't make the question itself opinion-based) | |
| Oct 29, 2020 at 12:40 | comment | added | Ramhound | @JW0914 - I read your comment, and as an Engineer who has developed both software and hardware, my description for your comment would still be “my opinion”. It might be based on my experience as an engineer but that’s the case for most opinions | |
| Oct 29, 2020 at 10:09 | comment | added | JW0914 | @Ramhound It's not so much an answer would be opinion-based, more so that it would be a variable overarching answer with no way to determine which variable is applicable unless the OEM is contacted e.g. it comes down to the OEM and what they choose when they design their PCBs, ultimately coming down to standardization (mini-USB was the standard for years, then micro-USB became the standard and unless the OEM's facilities are run using "just-in-time" manufacturing, they will have bulked up on mini or micro USB PCB connectors, w/ mini-USB PCB connectors being marginally cheaper by a few cents) | |
| Oct 29, 2020 at 4:29 | comment | added | Ramhound | "Are there technical, financial or other objective benefits" - Would still lead to an answer based entirely on opinion. Your question about the design of the product is out of scope at Super User. (Most hardware and software design questions, why something is done, are out of scope.) There is only a small subset, where enough information has been provided over the years, directly from (Microsoft/Apple/Google) where those questions can be answered. Why a generic USB optical disk drive is a certain type of USB connection isn't one of those questions | |
| Oct 28, 2020 at 21:11 | comment | added | Peter - Reinstate Monica | Which part of "there is utterly no technical reason" is, in your opinion, opinion-based? | |
| Oct 28, 2020 at 20:03 | comment | added | Peter - Reinstate Monica | Funny: This would make a valid answer to the original question. Maybe the title is badly worded. Would it be better to ask "Are there technical, financial or other obejective benefits to use a mini USB port on an external DVD drive, instead of a micro USB port?" | |
| Oct 28, 2020 at 18:57 | history | answered | Giacomo1968 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |