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[–] archonet 10 points 1 year ago

"Could it be that I'm shit at programming? ...No, it's the computer who must be wrong."

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Then something terrible happens. It works, underscoring your lack of understanding.

[–] ritswd 1 points 1 year ago

I came here to say this. I wouldn’t be doing it if it didn’t sometimes work, making me even more frustrated.

[–] mainaccount 5 points 1 year ago

So true. LOL

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I just need the error message to prove to me that it's real.

[–] nieceandtows 3 points 1 year ago

And then it suddenly works because I built a russian roulette using the random function

[–] TeaHands 3 points 1 year ago

Stage 2: necro a two year old post as a form of procrastination

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Welcome to selenium. Hopefully your automation ran during a check in.....

[–] sznio 2 points 1 year ago

Stage 2: it works and you feel the dread that you won't hunt that bug down until it crashes prod.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

And then the floasing poin number got differently calculated on your machine to the machine your collegue is running

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Those Dell D series latitudes were ahead of their time in build quality. Especially when compared to what came later.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

And you could upgrade them too. Back when socketed CPUs existed on laptops along with expansion slots, and batteries were removable with a thumb latch (and most laptops could run on the power adapter without the battery being installed, which prevented trickle charging related battery degradation, perfect for a "desktop replacement" that would spend a lot of its time hooked up to power before that category of laptops even really existed). Good times.