[–] 32 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Did a project several years where the customrr required that the server we delivered specifically for the project never use more than 50% CPU or RAM. No requirements about how fast it actually performs its intended function, just that it can only utilise half the available resources while doing it.

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  • [–] 19 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    This is my experience. It saves a bit of typing sometimes but that's probably cancelled out by the time spent correcting it, rewriting nonsense it produced, and reviewing my corworkers PRs that didn't notice the nonsense.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    My university would keep past exam papers in the library. This was apparently a little known fact, but somehow we discovered it, went and got them and use them as the basis for revision.

    Turns out our professors were lazy and used the same exam every year. Does that count as cheating?

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago

    I did the same but with milk. My job at the time supplied coffee but not milk, the fridge was full of 1 pint bottles with names written on. There was never enough space. People got territorial over their 5sq inches of fridge. There was a milk club where they pooled together to buy milk for their group.

    I couldn't face dealing with that so opted out and drank it black. That was 15 years ago.

    Some time later that employer realised they could solve a great many staff disputes for the low price of 20 pints of milk a week and started supplying it. No idea why it took so long.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    My first job was about 200 people but there was a satellite office with 3 people. Similar story, someone left and they tried to replace him for the same salary. The job ad was for project manager/lead dev/office manager/customer support and user training.

    They actually hired someone who latest 6 weeks

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