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Yes. Only tangentially related: does anyone else have the sense that GraphQL is fancy, modern SOAP?
Oh no, I love me some graphql, soap on the other hand was like my worst interop nightmare.
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Letters about Soap (1997)
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Re: Letters about Soap (1997)
#52Ha, I expected it to be about SOAP the protocol https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SOAP but this seems to be more interesting. I suppose if you have a Galactic Empire sized business, maybe something like SOAP (or EDI) to really nail things down makes some sense. Otherwise I'm not so sure.
Not a year goes by where I’m not convinced that things would be easier if as a community we used a modern version of the soap protocol, maybe with JSON instead of XML. RPC is such a clean design compared to REST, and it we had auto-generated client code 15 years ago, something the likes of swagger are still catching up with.
Thrift and GRPC fill that niche nicely.
Re: Letters about Soap (1997)
#53> In just 5 days here I have accumulated 24 little bars of soap. Why are you doing this to me? Laughed so much here, but such a kafkaesque nightmare.
Came here to say the same, that was when the story went from interesting to hilarious.
Re: Letters about Soap (1997)
#54I think I saw a comment, perhaps 20 years ago, saying that this is an adaptation of a stand up comedy routine. A quick search has failed to confirm or refute this, and regardless of the origin it is (a) very funny, and (b) instructive.
But I suspect it shouldn't be taken as real, even if the lessons one can learn from it certainly are real, and it is all too plausible.
Re: Letters about Soap (1997)
#55Part of me thinks this was faked/exaggerated at the time, except... Once on Amazon, I ordered an open tent. Basically, it is just an aluminum frame, 12 feet×12, 8 feet high, with canvas, to keep the sun off when presenting things at outdoor events. The one I received took 5 weeks to arrive, and was supposed to be new. But it was used, with scruff marks on the posts. I sent pics, and said "Hey, this is supposed to be…
I had a similar issue. I really think that it is cheaper for them to write things off, than to receive replacements. I had an item shipped from China, and it arrived a day past when it was due (actually, it arrived in the late evening of the due date, so I guess you could say it "arrived as scheduled"). In any case, on arrival day, it had not arrived, so I sent in a complaint, and it was refunded immediately (Amazon…
I have always assumed that for items which are shipped from Amazon fulfillment centers, if stolen or lost during shipment, Amazon is covering the cost not the vendor. But I don't know if that's actually true.
Re: Letters about Soap (1997)
#56I did some research on newspapers.com.
The original story was published by The Guardian over four issues in March 1996 on the 12th, 13th, 15th, and 18th under the following respective titles:
1. "Soap Opera": http://acuozzo.sdf.org/The_Guardian_Tue__Mar_12__1996_.jpg
2. "Slippery Tale": https://acuozzo.sdf.org/The_Guardian_Wed__Mar_13__1996_.jpg
3. "Late Bar": https://acuozzo.sdf.org/The_Guardian_Fri__Mar_15__1996_.jpg
4. "Soap Flakes": http://acuozzo.sdf.org/The_Guardian_Mon__Mar_18__1996_.jpg
Re: Letters about Soap (1997)
#57I think I saw a comment, perhaps 20 years ago, saying that this is an adaptation of a stand up comedy routine. A quick search has failed to confirm or refute this, and regardless of the origin it is (a) very funny, and (b) instructive. But I suspect it shouldn't be taken as real, even if the lessons one can learn from it certainly are real, and it is all too plausible.
The comedian was Shelley Berman.
Edit: notice he signed each note "S. Berman"
Re: Letters about Soap (1997)
#58I think I saw a comment, perhaps 20 years ago, saying that this is an adaptation of a stand up comedy routine. A quick search has failed to confirm or refute this, and regardless of the origin it is (a) very funny, and (b) instructive. But I suspect it shouldn't be taken as real, even if the lessons one can learn from it certainly are real, and it is all too plausible.
Yeah it has all the beats of one of those old email humor chains that would get forwarded back in the day.
Re: Letters about Soap (1997)
#59Sounds like stateless customer service, the ultimate result of applying functional programming principles to running a hotel.
haha, this comment made my day! functional programming customer service!
Re: Letters about Soap (1997)
#60Part of me thinks this was faked/exaggerated at the time, except... Once on Amazon, I ordered an open tent. Basically, it is just an aluminum frame, 12 feet×12, 8 feet high, with canvas, to keep the sun off when presenting things at outdoor events. The one I received took 5 weeks to arrive, and was supposed to be new. But it was used, with scruff marks on the posts. I sent pics, and said "Hey, this is supposed to be…
My sister received 3 bur-type coffee grinders in a similar sequence of events. So now I have a nice grinder.