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How much joy do you think the SO questioner had when their CI was breaking at (seemingly) random times of the day due to this idiotic flourish?

matt4077 9y ago
No need to speculate: > @MarnanelThurman No problem, at least there was some fun ;-) So I'd say the answer to your question is: "some". Some being more than none, I'm almost tempted to think they enjoyed this little episode. You'd also have to add the joy of all the people encountering this. Since it's somewhat likely that someone typing "man" after midnight and forgetting the parameter is somewhat frustrated, I'd venture a guess and say this easter egg is a net positive for humanity. Since happy people working after midnight are better than unhappy people working after midnight, I'd even go so far as to say that it improves productivity. And productivity is my professionalism.
heavenlyblue 9y ago
Only if he didn’t get laid enough.
microcolonel 9y ago
Their CI script is not adequate to deal with the standard output of a man after midnight.
Coincoin 9y ago
I personally like to stumble on extraordinarily stupid bugs. Bonus points, if the author works with us (or is myself), we get to laugh at his expense forever after.
oelmekki 9y ago
It's extremely common for CI to break for no good reason. My bet is that they launched their suite again and only bothered mentioning it because how unexpected the fail was.
breakingcups 9y ago
About as much fun as they had using free software they did not pay for of which they were free to browse the source code to their hearts content.
- 21 9y ago
  So you're saying that free software is not reliable and you can't have any sort of expectations from it, so it shouldn't be used for "serious business" (enterprise, government, ...)
  - salvar 9y ago
    Yes, I believe that's exactly what they're saying.
igorgue 9y ago
The one who was working at 00:30? Go to sleep dude!

matt4077 9y ago

No need to speculate: > @MarnanelThurman No problem, at least there was some fun ;-) So I'd say the answer to your question is: "some". Some being more than none, I'm almost tempted to think they enjoyed this little episode. You'd also have to add the joy of all the people encountering this. Since it's somewhat likely that someone typing "man" after midnight and forgetting the parameter is somewhat frustrated, I'd venture a guess and say this easter egg is a net positive for humanity. Since happy people working after midnight are better than unhappy people working after midnight, I'd even go so far as to say that it improves productivity. And productivity is my professionalism.

heavenlyblue 9y ago

Only if he didn’t get laid enough.

microcolonel 9y ago

Their CI script is not adequate to deal with the standard output of a man after midnight.

Coincoin 9y ago

I personally like to stumble on extraordinarily stupid bugs. Bonus points, if the author works with us (or is myself), we get to laugh at his expense forever after.

oelmekki 9y ago

It's extremely common for CI to break for no good reason. My bet is that they launched their suite again and only bothered mentioning it because how unexpected the fail was.

breakingcups 9y ago

About as much fun as they had using free software they did not pay for of which they were free to browse the source code to their hearts content.

21 9y ago
So you're saying that free software is not reliable and you can't have any sort of expectations from it, so it shouldn't be used for "serious business" (enterprise, government, ...)
- salvar 9y ago
  Yes, I believe that's exactly what they're saying.

igorgue 9y ago

The one who was working at 00:30? Go to sleep dude!