Change text to be accurate
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Can we change the localization data so this text reads:
"Sorry, we couldn't load that topic, possibly due to a connection problem-- but much more likely due to Discourse being the worst software written since Lotus Notes."
Also WTF is up with that copy? The web server is "we"? Why "we"!? Is there a SINGLE aspect of Discourse, no matter how tiny, they actually put a tiny bit of thought into?
I mean I get that people anthropomorphize dumb computers, fine, but even if you did that dumb thing, why would the server be a "we" and not an "I"?
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WE ARE DISCOURSE. YOU WILL BE ASSIMILATED. RESISTANCE IS FUTILE.
body is invalid
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"If that problem persists, well, we obviously don't give a fuck."
Also more helpful, since there's no link or other mechanism I can use on that page to "let them know".
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Actually, just change it to my classic example of the bad error message:
Didn't work, fuck you.
I like that one better.
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@mott555 said:
RESISTANCE IS FUTILE.
But they fly in giant DISCOBALLS instead of cubes ...
And occasionally the transporter system reports that it fails when it actually works, so the transporter operator has to try two or three times, and you end up like that episode with multiple Rikers.
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Also WTF is up with that copy? The web server is "we"? Why "we"!? Is there a SINGLE aspect of Discourse, no matter how tiny, they actually put a tiny bit of thought into?
It's like you've never interacted with any people or organization in the world.
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Believe it or not, but I actually do think it's safe to say I've never encountered a piece of software that referred to itself as "we" before Discourse.
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What about We Sports?
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I mean I get that people anthropomorphize dumb computers, fine, but even if you did that dumb thing, why would the server be a "we" and not an "I"?
Or it is a reference to whoever is running things rather than the machine itself. The last sentence has "let us know", do you think that is referencing the computer or the team responsible for things?
Assuming that there is more than one person who is responsible for a forum sounds reasonable.
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"Sorry, we couldn't load that topic, possibly due to a connection problem-- but much more likely due to Discourse being the worst software written
since Lotus Notes."FTFY. Comparing Discourse to Lotus Notes is an insult to Lotus Notes.
Also WTF is up with that copy? The web server is "we"? Why "we"!? Is there a SINGLE aspect of Discourse, no matter how tiny, they actually put a tiny bit of thought into?
Considering the amount of Discourse-schizophrenia, "we" seems appropriate.
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I wonder why there isn't an Oracle version of Discourse ...
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@loopback0 said:
@aliceif said:
an Oracle version of Discourse ...
could be worse. Could be postgres.
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I wonder why there isn't an Oracle version of Discourse ...
It would be too easy to install.
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I wonder why there isn't an Oracle version of Discourse ...
An oracle forum, or an oracle bug tracker?
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@mott555 said:
RESISTANCE IS FUTILE.
But they fly in giant DISCOBALLS instead of cubes ...
src: http://unusualsuspex.deviantart.com/art/Borg-Sphere-ortho-updated-453092062
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Comparing Discourse to Lotus Notes is an insult to Lotus Notes.
It's OK, Lotus Notes is used to it, because it's a giant piece of shit and it knows it.
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I'd love to see someone arrange a fight between lotus notes boxing gloves man and atwood ...
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Can you hold a crowbar you borrowed from someone in the crowd reliably enough to be effective while wearing boxing gloves? Asking for a friend.
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Or it is a reference to whoever is running things rather than the machine itself. The last sentence has "let us know", do you think that is referencing the computer or the team responsible for things?
Too easy!
Wonder what blakey thinks when he sees a "Contact Us" link on a page?
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I wonder why there isn't an Oracle version of Discourse ...
I'd be almost willing to bet money that you couldn't install Oracle inside a docker container.
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Wonder what blakey thinks when he sees a "Contact Us" link on a page?
Same as when blakey sees anything else...
RAGE!
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@aliceif said:
I wonder why there isn't an Oracle version of Discourse ...
I'd be almost willing to bet money that you couldn't install Oracle inside a docker container.
It's been done
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Wonder what blakey thinks when he sees a "Contact Us" link on a page?
You're not contacting the server, you're contacting a staff member at the company.
When Discourse throws an error, it's not an employee of Alex's who screwed up (well, not 99.9% of the time), it's the software that fucked up. And the software isn't a "we".
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. Comparing Discourse to Lotus Notes is an insult to Lotus Notes.
Things our customers have said about this horrible terrible horrible software.
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I'd love to see someone arrange a fight between lotus notes boxing gloves man and atwood ...
I don't even know what this is, but if it results in pain and indigity for atwood then I approve of it.
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Actually, just change it to my classic example of the bad error message:
Didn't work, fuck you.
I like that one better.
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I don't even know what this is, but if it results in pain and indigity for atwood then I approve of it.
You don't know Mat Newman?!
https://what.thedailywtf.com/t/lotes-nuts-does-not-support-calendar-files-from-outside-the-lotes-nuts-application/4889/13?u=aliceif
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Why "we"!?
Clearly it is the royal "We", for His Royal Highness, King Discourse I.V, Lord of the Internet and Protector of the Forums, has deigned to grant unto you the highest of honors, an error message straight from the king himself, and any message from the king must by necessity use the royal "We", for he speaks not only for himself but the entirety of his realm, and all those who dwell within.
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Shut up, bra-fox.
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No thanks.
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Unless... Discourse is actually powered by Amazon Mechanical Turk, and the "we" is the entire south-east-asian subcontinent apologising for not being able to type in the web pages fast enough for you.
As for "let them know": Dial any support line or wait until the next telemarketer rings. They will then know.
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Unless... Discourse is actually powered by Amazon Mechanical Turk, and the "we" is the entire south-east-asian subcontinent apologising for not being able to type in the web pages fast enough for you.
And they all have cooties? Poor bastards...
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It seems equally likely that Discourse is actually just a bunch of Minecraft players frantically pressing buttons and flipping levers in a massive redstone circuit on a Minecraft server hosted on a Raspberry Pi, and that "we" is the players apologizing for the creeper that blew a hole in the side of the webserver.
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P={Players of Minecraft}
T={Workers for Mechanical Turk}P ⊂ T
Edit****strong text The ⊂ symbol shows up properly in the preview, but not in the baked post: . Discourse!!
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Give em a few days to mine some redstone and they'll build support for the ⊂ symbol. Hopefully they'll get some cobblestone, too; wouldn't want them building webserver components on gravel again, lest another creeper attacks.
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Preview supports all HTML entities that your browser supports. Baked only allows a whitelisted set, presumably because supported entities vary per browser, and those entities are supported by most or all browsers.
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Thats... handy. So while I type something it looks like it's ok, and only after posting do I learn what didn't work, so I have to edit the post to replace my carefully crafted math with something else. In that case I'm better off just creating the whole post in another program, then print it, take a photo of it on a wooden table, then post that photo here. I'm warning you; I'll do that next time.
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could be worse. Could be postgres.
.. oh, wait...
postgres@pjh-HP-Z420-Workstation:~$ psql -d discourse -c "select id from users where username='DogsB'" id ------ 1389 (1 row) postgres@pjh-HP-Z420-Workstation:~$
I'd be almost willing to bet money that you couldn't install Oracle inside a docker container.
What if it was tardis-shaped?
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@The OP said:
the worst software written since Lotus Notes
At first glance, and influenced by the word "worst", I read the last two words as "Lorne Kates".
I owe you a public apology @Lorne_Kates. No one should ever be so vilified.
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And the software isn't a "we".
Who are you to dictate pronouns, shitlord?
I can't believe I have to say this. I expect to have to explain this to, like, a 5 year old child. If nothing else, the software is representing the people behind it. Or the programmers who wrote it. But I guess they didn't worry about trying to communicate with a social retard who thinks that the server is literally communicating to the user on its own behalf as a sentient being.
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the server is literally communicating to the user on its own behalf as a sentient being
on his shoulder.
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I owe you a public apology @Lorne_Kates. No one should ever be so vilified.
Okay, say you install the newest version of Microsoft Office. It has the right icons, and clippy, and everything. You really like it, and enjoy sending emails and calculating spreadsheets. Then you find out it's just a re-skinned version of Lotus Notes wearing a Microsoft interface...
Filed under: I love this joke.
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Thats... handy. So while I type something it looks like it's ok, and only after posting do I learn what didn't work,
For any HTML entity you aren't sure about making it to the baked post, you can actually copy it of the Preview window and paste it back into your post, which is spectacularly unintuitive, but does work.
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That... must have been discovered by a non-developer, because we're not that different!
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