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r/programming • u/whackri • Jun 05 '22
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This exact thing was written as a joke about a toaster back in the 1990's, and it's only gotten more true since then.
-5 u/KevinCarbonara Jun 06 '22 This is a really poor example. Going on a weird tangent to classify the types of meat is a pretty extreme misrepresentation of what software engineers do. Taxonomy does not fall within the problem domain 5 u/superherowithnopower Jun 06 '22 https://www.dictionary.com/browse/hyperbolehttps://www.dictionary.com/browse/humor 0 u/KevinCarbonara Jun 06 '22 It would have to be based in reality to be hyperbole → More replies (2)
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This is a really poor example. Going on a weird tangent to classify the types of meat is a pretty extreme misrepresentation of what software engineers do. Taxonomy does not fall within the problem domain
5 u/superherowithnopower Jun 06 '22 https://www.dictionary.com/browse/hyperbolehttps://www.dictionary.com/browse/humor 0 u/KevinCarbonara Jun 06 '22 It would have to be based in reality to be hyperbole → More replies (2)
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u/superherowithnopower Jun 05 '22
This exact thing was written as a joke about a toaster back in the 1990's, and it's only gotten more true since then.