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) Found Satan

Maybe he’s ethically non-monogamous.

The same goes with being called a liar.

Every statement I make is a lie.

Seriously! The new model and terminology have been around for a decade or so! Why aren’t more people aware of them yet? throws hands up in frustration

But, having said that, now deny that you have an alcohol use disorder without sounding like you have an alcohol use disorder😏

Me too. But the other day, a junior developer and I were looking at some fairly old code, and I recognized the writing style in the comment as mine. We ran p4 annotate and, sure enough, I was the baddie.

It ran outta gas. It had a flat tire. It didn’t have enough money for cab fare. Its tux didn’t come back from the cleaners. An old friend came in from outta town. Someone stole its car. There was an earthquake, a terrible flood, locusts!

Great. What’s your address, so when Trump wins and we descend into ChristoFascism, I can send you flowers and a thank you note?

Only if you name it ErrorClassifierGPT

I, for one, welcome our new insect overlords.

I do the same thing, and it pays off. Afew months ago, my Dell computer was being really laggy. I had a maintenance contract, and when I called them, I gave them a detailed description of the behavior and a list of exactly what I had tried before calling (it was extensive and exhaustive). I could hear the gears in the support repository head grind to a half momentarily and then restart in another mode altogether, and she jumped right to advanced troubleshooting. It was a great moment for both of us,.

I’m right there with you.

U nd to rembr tht mny snr devs grw up prgrmng on old hrdwr tht ddn’t hv mch mmry & oftn th lang ony allwd shrt var nms anywy.

My generation. Many of us learned and adapted over time, and use perfectly decent variable names now.

Also thy wr th gen of txtspk fr smlr rsns.

Nope. Got my first cell phone 8 years into my professional life, and 18-20 years after I started programming. Txtspkrs r th nxt gnrtn. Whippersnappers!

Now get the hell off my lawn!