# Conflict happens over convention It is not morally better or worse to empty the lint before or after you run the dryer. That makes it so there is no default. <!-- #mental-model #stub --> [Web URL for this note](http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/Conflict+happens+over+convention) [Comment on this note](http://via.hypothes.is/http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/Conflict+happens+over+convention) <!-- {BearID:2D2D0592-24DF-4E5D-B961-96908A665C14-994-0000E512B50BF6D8} -->