Including “And. And. And. And. And.” in a Google doc causes it to crash

Post by stavros » Fri, May 06, 2022, 6:40 AM UTC

nonsince wrote: post #331

astrange wrote: post #262

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This is the strangest parsing fact I've learned since PHP having a token named T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM. (Because the parser was developed in Israel.) https://stackoverflow.com/questions/592322/php-expects-t-paa...

I don’t speak hebrew but someone online said that this is an unnecessarily literal translation of "double colon" and it’s not what most developers would call it. Take that with a grain of salt though.

Post by stavros » Fri, May 06, 2022, 6:50 AM UTC

jseban wrote: post #316

KMag wrote: post #213

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It helped me empathize with young engineers dealing with their first high responsibility bug. About 4 years ago, I was managing a guy right out of school who pushed a minor bug that broke real-time risk calculations for a major multinational financial institution in the middle of the European trading day, prior to the NYC open, and people were yelling over email that they were trading blind. Someone had committed an…

It's your fault, you were the manager, the yelling should not even have leaked to the developer, it should have stopped with you. Edit: if you are managing someone who is new in a job, it's your job to make sure they don't push bugs to break important stuff in the first place.

Post by Pyrious » Fri, May 06, 2022, 6:52 AM UTC

stavros wrote: post #332

nonsince wrote: post #331

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I don’t speak hebrew but someone online said that this is an unnecessarily literal translation of "double colon" and it’s not what most developers would call it. Take that with a grain of salt though.

Oooh now I wonder if it literally means "dual intestine".

Post by mike_hock » Fri, May 06, 2022, 6:58 AM UTC

nonsince wrote: post #331

astrange wrote: post #262

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This is the strangest parsing fact I've learned since PHP having a token named T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM. (Because the parser was developed in Israel.) https://stackoverflow.com/questions/592322/php-expects-t-paa...

I don’t speak hebrew but someone online said that this is an unnecessarily literal translation of "double colon" and it’s not what most developers would call it. Take that with a grain of salt though.

Post by eyelidlessness » Fri, May 06, 2022, 6:58 AM UTC

hnick wrote: post #259

nephanth wrote: post #183

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Indicating sarcasm is not necessarily ruining it though. Look at IRL sarcasm, it will generally be accompanied with the right tone of voice and expression / body language that make its presence unequivocal. That doesn’t necessarily ruin it

Written works have had sarcasm, irony, and related forms of wit for as long as they've existed. While people might miss the mark, it doesn't mean we should just give it up as impossible just because we're now writing comments online. And it probably says more about me than the writer, but I always cringe when I see /s since it seems to be implying "Hey, in case you're a bit slow , this is sarcasm. Glad to help." Sarc…