Don't you just love it when an application has a dark mode, yet forgets about it when they have to display an error?
Fortunately you can select and copy the text, but that's beside the point
Don't you just love it when an application has a dark mode, yet forgets about it when they have to display an error?
Fortunately you can select and copy the text, but that's beside the point
@GuyWhoKilledBear said in What the forward?:
@AgentDenton said in What the forward?:
@jinpa said in What the forward?:
I place more importance on the boss's character/honesty/integrity than on their people skills/personality.
In my opinion positive character / honesty / integrity goes hand-in-hand with better people skills / personality. Exceptions apply, sure, but my point being these aren't mutually exclusive.
: HEY! Quit being an asshole and do your fucking job!
Assuming that the engineer that is talking to is actually doing his job poorly, is demonstrating honesty and integrity.
In most workplaces, though, that's bad people skills.
Sure, that's an extreme example and in almost all cases, there's a more euphemism-y way to phrase that criticism that would be better.
This is in the realm of Dr House where being right is the justification for being rude. However I do agree that it is extreme and most would even think twice before they do it that way (even if it is what they want to do).
But there are a group of very fragile people in the workplace who can't take criticism at all unless it's couched in very, very heavy euphemisms. (This isn't a generational thing. I'm having a problem with the guy I share an office with. He's like this, and he's my father's age.)
Yeah, I have seen this from all of the generations I've worked with. The older generations probably have some sort of trauma response from previous experiences where it went bad (often for no good reason). That's the kind of stuff that sticks with you for years and years. The younger ones can probably be explained by the uncertainty of inexperience (it's the first time this has happened).
It sucks, but ultimately HR has to threaten people's jobs sometimes if they're fucking up. If they've got to call it "feed forward" to get the point across - I mean it sounds dopey to me, but I'm not the one getting called to HR for being a fuckup.
Yeah, when HR gets involved like that it has reached the extreme point which is not pleasant for anyone involved. And some people do need the wake-up call that this is. Generally in the places I've worked at this is called "Performance Management" and it is as serious as it sounds. "Feedback" would already be the euphemistic term to me, but it might belie the severity of the situation.
@jinpa said in What the forward?:
@AgentDenton said in What the forward?:
In my opinion positive character / honesty / integrity goes hand-in-hand with better people skills / personality.
I could not disagree more. Character and personality are orthogonal. There are pleasant people with low character and unpleasant people with good character.
Fair enough. This has not been my experience, but that is the beauty of discourse like this where I can learn things from multiple points of view
I do imagine that the "unpleasant people with good character" is only temporary. One or the other runs out soon. To me it takes a lot of effort to be unpleasant (and I would not even consider my character "good", more like neutral), so it's hard for me to fathom how one can sustain this. Not to mention, this might even just be situational (they are like this with colleagues but outside of the workplace they are totally different).
@Benjamin-Hall Every so often I am reminded that I live in naive-ville, and I forget about the fact that people aren't always neutral / good. Sometimes there are bad actors
@jinpa said in What the forward?:
I place more importance on the boss's character/honesty/integrity than on their people skills/personality.
In my opinion positive character / honesty / integrity goes hand-in-hand with better people skills / personality. Exceptions apply, sure, but my point being these aren't mutually exclusive
I do agree that it is a fundamental problem. A friend of mine pointed out to me that many people promoted into management don't get the necessary soft skills training, and it really did make it make sense to me why the fundamental problem exists...
More companies are ditching anxiety-inducing corporate lingo for what they see as gentler terms.
Brilliant. Swap one anxiety-inducing term for another anxiety inducing term in future. Pat yourself on the back, we solved the workplace
I'm sure that in a few years "feedforward" will be replaced by another inane term because "feedforward" would be the bad word.
It really irks me when people think this is the solution instead of actually treating the underlying problem (but that would take much more work than changing the subject line in an email / meeting request). If your manager doesn't have the people skills to not be the source of anxiety (or worse, if they thrive on that sort of thing) then no amount of changing the terms would fix that...
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if (foo == true)
In my very early days of coding I used to be that guy. Then, one day one of the seniors in the team simply explained that at runtime I'm basically asking
if (true == true)
or
if (false == true)
and it just clicked. I have not written it like that ever since (now nearly 15 years later)...
Mine is from the 2000 video game Deus Ex, a character named Daedalus. In the era when AI was still just science fiction, this was one of my favorites. The face, the voice, the way it was introduced to you in-game, somehow it just stuck with me all these years
And now I have to install it again
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Daily Duotrigordle #392
Guesses: 36/37
1️⃣1️⃣ 1️⃣4️⃣ 2️⃣7️⃣ 2️⃣0️⃣
2️⃣8️⃣ 2️⃣9️⃣ 0️⃣7️⃣ 1️⃣0️⃣
1️⃣3️⃣ 0️⃣4️⃣ 3️⃣1️⃣ 2️⃣4️⃣
2️⃣1️⃣ 0️⃣5️⃣ 2️⃣2️⃣ 3️⃣0️⃣
3️⃣6️⃣ 3️⃣2️⃣ 3️⃣3️⃣ 2️⃣5️⃣
1️⃣9️⃣ 0️⃣3️⃣ 2️⃣6️⃣ 0️⃣8️⃣
1️⃣8️⃣ 0️⃣9️⃣ 2️⃣3️⃣ 1️⃣5️⃣
3️⃣5️⃣ 3️⃣4️⃣ 1️⃣7️⃣ 1️⃣2️⃣
Wordle 635 4/6
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Daily Duotrigordle #379
Guesses: 36/37
3️⃣1️⃣ 3️⃣5️⃣ 1️⃣4️⃣ 0️⃣7️⃣
0️⃣8️⃣ 2️⃣3️⃣ 0️⃣5️⃣ 2️⃣4️⃣
2️⃣1️⃣ 2️⃣0️⃣ 1️⃣2️⃣ 2️⃣2️⃣
0️⃣9️⃣ 3️⃣2️⃣ 3️⃣6️⃣ 2️⃣9️⃣
2️⃣8️⃣ 1️⃣9️⃣ 1️⃣0️⃣ 1️⃣8️⃣
3️⃣4️⃣ 3️⃣3️⃣ 1️⃣5️⃣ 3️⃣0️⃣
2️⃣5️⃣ 1️⃣7️⃣ 0️⃣4️⃣ 1️⃣1️⃣
0️⃣6️⃣ 1️⃣6️⃣ 2️⃣6️⃣ 2️⃣7️⃣
@error This is one of those types of programmer jokes my brain constantly battles with.
On the one hand it's a very simple and funny "hahaha extra commas messes up the column layout" joke. Just give it a quick lol and move on.
On the other hand, I've had enough such issues in the past that it's less funny and more like "nowadays they would account for that by quoting the columns / use a different delimiter / different export format"
Yes, I know, I'm not always fun at parties
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Daily Duotrigordle #376
Guesses: 37/37
1️⃣5️⃣ 2️⃣4️⃣ 2️⃣5️⃣ 0️⃣7️⃣
1️⃣6️⃣ 1️⃣7️⃣ 0️⃣9️⃣ 2️⃣6️⃣
0️⃣3️⃣ 3️⃣1️⃣ 0️⃣4️⃣ 3️⃣2️⃣
1️⃣3️⃣ 1️⃣4️⃣ 3️⃣3️⃣ 1️⃣1️⃣
1️⃣0️⃣ 3️⃣7️⃣ 3️⃣6️⃣ 3️⃣4️⃣
2️⃣7️⃣ 1️⃣9️⃣ 3️⃣5️⃣ 1️⃣8️⃣
2️⃣1️⃣ 2️⃣0️⃣ 2️⃣9️⃣ 0️⃣5️⃣
3️⃣0️⃣ 2️⃣2️⃣ 2️⃣3️⃣ 0️⃣8️⃣
Wordle 620 4/6
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Daily Duotrigordle #364
Guesses: 36/37
2️⃣7️⃣ 0️⃣4️⃣ 3️⃣1️⃣ 3️⃣5️⃣
3️⃣4️⃣ 0️⃣8️⃣ 2️⃣1️⃣ 2️⃣4️⃣
2️⃣9️⃣ 3️⃣3️⃣ 0️⃣7️⃣ 3️⃣2️⃣
2️⃣2️⃣ 2️⃣5️⃣ 2️⃣8️⃣ 1️⃣4️⃣
1️⃣8️⃣ 0️⃣6️⃣ 0️⃣9️⃣ 0️⃣5️⃣
3️⃣6️⃣ 2️⃣3️⃣ 2️⃣6️⃣ 1️⃣9️⃣
1️⃣3️⃣ 1️⃣6️⃣ 1️⃣7️⃣ 1️⃣2️⃣
3️⃣0️⃣ 2️⃣0️⃣ 1️⃣0️⃣ 1️⃣5️⃣
Wordle 619 4/6
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Daily Duotrigordle #363
Guesses: 36/37
3️⃣0️⃣ 2️⃣3️⃣ 1️⃣5️⃣ 1️⃣9️⃣
2️⃣4️⃣ 1️⃣7️⃣ 2️⃣5️⃣ 1️⃣6️⃣
2️⃣6️⃣ 0️⃣8️⃣ 3️⃣1️⃣ 1️⃣4️⃣
3️⃣2️⃣ 0️⃣9️⃣ 3️⃣3️⃣ 3️⃣6️⃣
0️⃣7️⃣ 2️⃣0️⃣ 2️⃣1️⃣ 2️⃣2️⃣
2️⃣8️⃣ 1️⃣8️⃣ 2️⃣7️⃣ 1️⃣3️⃣
1️⃣2️⃣ 2️⃣9️⃣ 0️⃣5️⃣ 1️⃣1️⃣
0️⃣6️⃣ 0️⃣3️⃣ 3️⃣4️⃣ 3️⃣5️⃣
Wordle 618 4/6
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Daily Duotrigordle #362
Guesses: 37/37
2️⃣2️⃣ 2️⃣7️⃣ 1️⃣3️⃣ 2️⃣6️⃣
3️⃣7️⃣ 2️⃣3️⃣ 1️⃣8️⃣ 3️⃣4️⃣
2️⃣4️⃣ 2️⃣8️⃣ 3️⃣2️⃣ 1️⃣9️⃣
3️⃣3️⃣ 1️⃣0️⃣ 2️⃣0️⃣ 1️⃣4️⃣
3️⃣1️⃣ 0️⃣4️⃣ 3️⃣5️⃣ 0️⃣9️⃣
0️⃣6️⃣ 3️⃣0️⃣ 0️⃣2️⃣ 1️⃣5️⃣
1️⃣7️⃣ 2️⃣5️⃣ 2️⃣1️⃣ 2️⃣9️⃣
0️⃣8️⃣ 1️⃣6️⃣ 3️⃣6️⃣ 1️⃣2️⃣
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Daily Duotrigordle #356
Guesses: 35/37
0️⃣2️⃣ 2️⃣4️⃣ 2️⃣0️⃣ 0️⃣8️⃣
2️⃣1️⃣ 1️⃣4️⃣ 3️⃣4️⃣ 1️⃣9️⃣
1️⃣7️⃣ 2️⃣9️⃣ 3️⃣3️⃣ 2️⃣8️⃣
1️⃣1️⃣ 0️⃣6️⃣ 1️⃣3️⃣ 2️⃣5️⃣
2️⃣6️⃣ 2️⃣2️⃣ 0️⃣9️⃣ 1️⃣0️⃣
2️⃣7️⃣ 3️⃣5️⃣ 1️⃣2️⃣ 1️⃣8️⃣
1️⃣5️⃣ 1️⃣6️⃣ 2️⃣3️⃣ 0️⃣5️⃣
0️⃣7️⃣ 3️⃣2️⃣ 3️⃣0️⃣ 3️⃣1️⃣
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Daily Duotrigordle #355
Guesses: 36/37
1️⃣0️⃣ 0️⃣3️⃣ 1️⃣1️⃣ 0️⃣8️⃣
1️⃣9️⃣ 3️⃣1️⃣ 1️⃣4️⃣ 2️⃣4️⃣
3️⃣5️⃣ 3️⃣4️⃣ 2️⃣8️⃣ 1️⃣5️⃣
3️⃣2️⃣ 2️⃣3️⃣ 2️⃣9️⃣ 0️⃣7️⃣
1️⃣2️⃣ 3️⃣3️⃣ 1️⃣6️⃣ 2️⃣0️⃣
0️⃣4️⃣ 2️⃣6️⃣ 2️⃣7️⃣ 3️⃣0️⃣
1️⃣7️⃣ 1️⃣8️⃣ 2️⃣2️⃣ 2️⃣1️⃣
0️⃣5️⃣ 0️⃣9️⃣ 1️⃣3️⃣ 3️⃣6️⃣
I'm back, baby
Wordle 606 3/6
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Daily Duotrigordle #350
Guesses: 35/37
3️⃣2️⃣ 0️⃣8️⃣ 2️⃣7️⃣ 3️⃣3️⃣
0️⃣1️⃣ 3️⃣4️⃣ 2️⃣8️⃣ 0️⃣7️⃣
2️⃣0️⃣ 2️⃣2️⃣ 0️⃣2️⃣ 1️⃣7️⃣
0️⃣9️⃣ 0️⃣5️⃣ 2️⃣1️⃣ 1️⃣2️⃣
1️⃣3️⃣ 1️⃣8️⃣ 0️⃣6️⃣ 1️⃣4️⃣
3️⃣1️⃣ 1️⃣9️⃣ 2️⃣9️⃣ 3️⃣0️⃣
2️⃣4️⃣ 3️⃣5️⃣ 1️⃣0️⃣ 2️⃣5️⃣
1️⃣5️⃣ 2️⃣3️⃣ 2️⃣6️⃣ 0️⃣4️⃣
What a pleasant surprise it was when my starting guess was one of the words in the puzzle today
In South Africa we have the Pilanesberg
The pronunciation being more like "pee-langs-berg", and in the local Afrikaans language sounds a lot like "dick next to mountain".
Wordle 604 5/6
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Daily Duotrigordle #348
Guesses: 35/37
3️⃣5️⃣ 1️⃣2️⃣ 1️⃣7️⃣ 1️⃣9️⃣
0️⃣6️⃣ 0️⃣7️⃣ 2️⃣2️⃣ 1️⃣3️⃣
2️⃣0️⃣ 3️⃣1️⃣ 3️⃣2️⃣ 0️⃣5️⃣
1️⃣6️⃣ 1️⃣5️⃣ 2️⃣3️⃣ 1️⃣0️⃣
2️⃣1️⃣ 3️⃣4️⃣ 2️⃣8️⃣ 1️⃣8️⃣
2️⃣9️⃣ 2️⃣4️⃣ 3️⃣0️⃣ 1️⃣4️⃣
3️⃣3️⃣ 2️⃣5️⃣ 2️⃣6️⃣ 0️⃣4️⃣
0️⃣8️⃣ 0️⃣9️⃣ 2️⃣7️⃣ 1️⃣1️⃣
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Daily Duotrigordle #345
Guesses: 37/37
1️⃣6️⃣ 3️⃣1️⃣ 3️⃣7️⃣ 3️⃣0️⃣
1️⃣1️⃣ 3️⃣6️⃣ 1️⃣2️⃣ 1️⃣7️⃣
0️⃣7️⃣ 2️⃣4️⃣ 1️⃣8️⃣ 2️⃣0️⃣
2️⃣2️⃣ 2️⃣3️⃣ 2️⃣1️⃣ 3️⃣2️⃣
3️⃣3️⃣ 3️⃣4️⃣ 1️⃣4️⃣ 2️⃣5️⃣
2️⃣7️⃣ 2️⃣8️⃣ 2️⃣9️⃣ 3️⃣5️⃣
2️⃣6️⃣ 1️⃣5️⃣ 1️⃣3️⃣ 0️⃣5️⃣
0️⃣8️⃣ 0️⃣3️⃣ 1️⃣9️⃣ 0️⃣4️⃣
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Daily Duotrigordle #344
Guesses: 37/37
1️⃣0️⃣ 1️⃣1️⃣ 2️⃣0️⃣ 1️⃣5️⃣
3️⃣7️⃣ 3️⃣0️⃣ 2️⃣1️⃣ 2️⃣3️⃣
3️⃣1️⃣ 2️⃣6️⃣ 2️⃣7️⃣ 3️⃣2️⃣
3️⃣3️⃣ 1️⃣6️⃣ 2️⃣4️⃣ 2️⃣8️⃣
0️⃣5️⃣ 0️⃣8️⃣ 1️⃣3️⃣ 1️⃣4️⃣
0️⃣9️⃣ 1️⃣9️⃣ 3️⃣5️⃣ 3️⃣6️⃣
0️⃣7️⃣ 0️⃣4️⃣ 1️⃣2️⃣ 2️⃣5️⃣
1️⃣8️⃣ 3️⃣4️⃣ 2️⃣9️⃣ 1️⃣7️⃣
Wordle 599 4/6
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Daily Duotrigordle #343
Guesses: X/37
3️⃣0️⃣ 🟥🟥 1️⃣8️⃣ 2️⃣7️⃣
1️⃣7️⃣ 2️⃣0️⃣ 1️⃣4️⃣ 3️⃣6️⃣
2️⃣9️⃣ 0️⃣6️⃣ 1️⃣1️⃣ 2️⃣4️⃣
3️⃣1️⃣ 2️⃣6️⃣ 3️⃣2️⃣ 🟥🟥
0️⃣8️⃣ 2️⃣3️⃣ 1️⃣9️⃣ 2️⃣2️⃣
3️⃣7️⃣ 1️⃣6️⃣ 1️⃣5️⃣ 2️⃣1️⃣
2️⃣8️⃣ 3️⃣5️⃣ 1️⃣3️⃣ 3️⃣4️⃣
3️⃣3️⃣ 🟥🟥 0️⃣4️⃣ 1️⃣0️⃣
I know how to get better at Duotrigorlde from today's game. Wordle spoiled us with them avoiding words with repeating letters. Duo doesn't. That Fran Drescher show really surprised me, but now I know to expect words like that in future
@e4tmyl33t I have the same experience and use the same workaround. I've also found that the Outlook Web App is much better for search than the desktop app.
For some odd reason the desktop app becomes near unusable after doing a search for mails from years ago, even after you found what you were looking for and moved on. It becomes tedious to close and open Outlook because I accidentally searched a term that applied to stuff from ages ago
Wordle 598 3/6
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Daily Duotrigordle #342
Guesses: X/37
2️⃣7️⃣ 3️⃣1️⃣ 2️⃣8️⃣ 1️⃣2️⃣
3️⃣7️⃣ 1️⃣4️⃣ 3️⃣0️⃣ 1️⃣6️⃣
0️⃣8️⃣ 2️⃣2️⃣ 2️⃣3️⃣ 0️⃣2️⃣
0️⃣4️⃣ 🟥🟥 🟥🟥 2️⃣5️⃣
3️⃣2️⃣ 1️⃣0️⃣ 1️⃣7️⃣ 1️⃣1️⃣
2️⃣1️⃣ 3️⃣4️⃣ 3️⃣5️⃣ 🟥🟥
2️⃣4️⃣ 0️⃣7️⃣ 2️⃣0️⃣ 2️⃣9️⃣
3️⃣3️⃣ 1️⃣5️⃣ 3️⃣6️⃣ 1️⃣9️⃣
Thanks to the advance by @Zecc and @cheong I feel like I did much better today (even though the score is the same as yesterday). Being able to see more of the boards at a time was a game changer for me
@Zecc Now this just changed the game for me. Even on the results page I can already see a huge difference. Thanks for the tip
@cheong Thanks for the advice. I'm starting to do a bit better, but my main thing to get used to is to check every single board after every guess to see how many yellows and greens I have. Often times I don't realize that I need to scroll down a bit more
I often try to start with Heart, Mints, or Pylon to see some commonly used letters and all the vowels (usually Heart covers a good number of cases).
I'll get better, and you fellas are inspiring me in your own way
Wordle 597 4/6
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Daily Duotrigordle #341
Guesses: X/37
2️⃣2️⃣ 2️⃣3️⃣ 0️⃣9️⃣ 🟥🟥
2️⃣4️⃣ 1️⃣0️⃣ 2️⃣6️⃣ 2️⃣5️⃣
2️⃣7️⃣ 0️⃣7️⃣ 3️⃣4️⃣ 0️⃣6️⃣
0️⃣8️⃣ 3️⃣5️⃣ 1️⃣3️⃣ 3️⃣6️⃣
2️⃣8️⃣ 1️⃣5️⃣ 1️⃣6️⃣ 1️⃣8️⃣
1️⃣9️⃣ 🟥🟥 🟥🟥 2️⃣9️⃣
3️⃣0️⃣ 3️⃣3️⃣ 3️⃣7️⃣ 2️⃣0️⃣
0️⃣3️⃣ 2️⃣1️⃣ 3️⃣1️⃣ 3️⃣2️⃣
lol, just when you think you're doing well in Duotrigordle and then you see that remaining boards > remaining guesses
Wordle 594 3/6
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Daily Duotrigordle #338
Guesses: X/37
0️⃣8️⃣ 2️⃣7️⃣ 2️⃣8️⃣ 2️⃣2️⃣
0️⃣7️⃣ 0️⃣4️⃣ 0️⃣6️⃣ 2️⃣9️⃣
3️⃣2️⃣ 2️⃣3️⃣ 🟥🟥 3️⃣0️⃣
1️⃣4️⃣ 🟥🟥 🟥🟥 3️⃣4️⃣
2️⃣5️⃣ 2️⃣4️⃣ 1️⃣0️⃣ 1️⃣5️⃣
3️⃣5️⃣ 1️⃣7️⃣ 1️⃣1️⃣ 1️⃣6️⃣
1️⃣8️⃣ 2️⃣0️⃣ 1️⃣3️⃣ 1️⃣2️⃣
3️⃣7️⃣ 2️⃣1️⃣ 2️⃣6️⃣ 3️⃣6️⃣
Wordle 593 3/6
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Daily Duotrigordle #337
Guesses: 36/37
1️⃣5️⃣ 2️⃣6️⃣ 0️⃣7️⃣ 3️⃣3️⃣
1️⃣7️⃣ 0️⃣8️⃣ 1️⃣6️⃣ 0️⃣9️⃣
1️⃣1️⃣ 1️⃣0️⃣ 1️⃣2️⃣ 1️⃣3️⃣
1️⃣8️⃣ 2️⃣8️⃣ 2️⃣9️⃣ 2️⃣7️⃣
3️⃣5️⃣ 1️⃣4️⃣ 3️⃣4️⃣ 3️⃣2️⃣
3️⃣6️⃣ 3️⃣1️⃣ 1️⃣9️⃣ 3️⃣0️⃣
2️⃣2️⃣ 2️⃣1️⃣ 2️⃣0️⃣ 0️⃣4️⃣
2️⃣4️⃣ 0️⃣6️⃣ 2️⃣3️⃣ 2️⃣5️⃣
I also want to join in this thread
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@djls45 Now you made me dive into research mode here
Turns out this is fiction:
The turboencabulator (in later incarnations the retroencabulator or Micro Encabulator) is a fictional machine whose technobabble description is an in-joke among engineers.
They had me fooled
Came here expecting to see today's Dilbert
https://dilbert.com/strip/2020-08-27
Also, this clip which I believe caters for the "Experts would understand what is said" point.
https://youtu.be/RXJKdh1KZ0w
@Benjamin-Hall I recently had a client who would cut me off mid-sentence and carry on with incorrect inferences and starts talking about how incorrect my logic / approach is. Then she would ask a number of questions, and for each of those this whole process is repeated.
Ironically, if she would just let me finish my statements, then it would make her understand the big picture, and also cater for the next 5 questions she would've had
Among other things, this client of mine really tested my soft skills, since I eventually got through to her and made her listen to the whole statement. She still does that to one of my colleagues, though
@dkf said in Thoughts on why so much .NET code is just awful...:
It's popular, therefore it attracts those developers who don't care to actually do good work and who are looking for magic bullets.
One could say this about almost any new JavaScript framework or even Python
@dkf said in Thoughts on why so much .NET code is just awful...:
it's not the tool that's the problem, but rather the tools that use the tool.
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@Luhmann you just reminded me of this, since I've mostly seen this with our IT dept's manager
"Windows / $application suddenly stopped working" => "I changed something but conveniently forgot what, and now I need you to hunt down what I did"
Bonus points if you point the change out to them and they remember it like "Oh yes, of course, I did that."
@hungrier Saw this in my country (South Africa).
It's even funnier when you realize just how unfortunate the CUM name is. It's an acronym for the Afrikaans name "Christelike Uitgewers Maatskappy" (Christian Publisher Company). As in the religion. Bibles and all sorts of related books
How they haven't changed their name in the last 20-odd years is beyond me
@Lorne-Kates When I saw this strip loooong ago, I inferred that the joke was regarding the VHS and BetaMax cassette compatibility. It illustrated to me that they knew something about the tech, but dangerously little
@Kian said in Signs your code is unmaintainable:
Code I wrote 2 years ago might as well have been written by someone else.
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@onyx Sites like 9gag equate emojis with cancer. They'll repost screenshots from Twitter and "scratch" out the emojis, often commenting "now with less cancer"
@hardwaregeek said in Is DevOps also a manifestation of white male privilege?:
This, of course, is not unique to agile, or even tech
True, but it does demonstrate how PHBs think that Agile's "quick & continuous delivery" means that they can pull a date out of the air and expect it to be done perfectly. Brilliant, isn't it?
My 2c on Agile is that I've always seen Project Managers or PHBs cherry-pick the parts of Agile they like, and then discard the rest. The manifesto prefers one thing over the other, but doesn't totally throw it out. This is a thing that everybody above my (lowly) developer level in a project conveniently forgets and refuses to acknowledge.
More concerning, it seems to be a magic tool to hide the fact that they just want to micro-manage something into being delivered sooner, despite the fact that this scenario below happens all the time.
@weng said in Is DevOps also a manifestation of white male privilege?:
Yeah. But there exist innumerable situations where the "project" makes literally no sense and is utterly useless, or worse, is actively harmful if not delivered as a single atomic unit.
Consider, for instance, a project to add the ability to cancel an order with a single click of a button.
In order for this feature to work, it has to be cancelled across the entry frontend, invoicing, inventory, production management, shipping, etc.
In order to be able to determine if an order can be safely cancelled, all those same systems need to determine if it's past the point of no return (inventory irreparably consumed, already shipped, already billed and paid, etc)
I have witnessed agile advocates try to slice this actual real world project into 1 week sprints.
You hit the nail on the head there. I'm currently in this situation where agile-ing it actually adds to the time required to deliver, which the PHBs don't care to understand. One of them committed to a date without understanding the scope of the project, and what's required to deliver, and the crap rolled downhill...
Agile also assumes that there is a near perfect separation of concern in the structure of the code. Everyone would like to think that their code is perfect, and given the chance to create something from scratch could actually maybe even deliver on that. The sad truth is that very few of us have truly created something from scratch as a line-of-business developer, and our careers have mostly consisted of supporting existing codebases with little to no separation / sense / will to live.
So imagine my motivation when (using the experience of many such projects over many years) I'm just placated into a false sense of "no, this time will be different" when I predict specific bad things, but then nothing is done about it and those predictions come to pass.
@kt_ It would do that for the items in the list. But what if the list (src, in this instance) is null?