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		jjoonathan on June 14, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Why are ISO standards so expensive? Why on earth would you think that? I don't give one whit about their charter. Neither should you. In all likelihood, neither do they.

la_barba on June 14, 2019 [–]

Because I'm not an idealist, and I don't want to be one. I'd like to think I'm a practical person who looks at what can be done realistically. It has worked out OK for me so far. YMMV.

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