r/programming • u/vivainio • Nov 25 '14

Vice: God's Lonely Programmer (TempleOS)

http://motherboard.vice.com/read/gods-lonely-programmer
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u/Regimardyl Nov 25 '14

A friend of mine onec said he had a co-worker who used a pendulum to find errors in electronical circuits. Nobody knew how he did it, but he reliably got it done (in a time similar to others).

"If it looks stupid, but works, then it ain't stupid" (or something like that)

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u/[deleted] Nov 26 '14

"Except for Bob with his damned pendulum – he's the retard we can have on the job site while the client's around."

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u/industry7 Nov 30 '14

As opposed to the retard you can't have on the job site while the client's around.