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> > If I see "@returns id integer The ID" one more time I'll be tempted to throw my monitor out the window. > I honestly believe we're in a dire need for a mor
by webmaven 6y ago
> > If I see "@returns id integer The ID" one more time I'll be tempted to throw my monitor out the window.
> I honestly believe we're in a dire need for a more up-to-date metaphor that lets us express our anger at a computer, due to monitors becoming paper thin and lightweight in the past decade or so.
My experience may not be representative, but I believe I have encountered variants of "hurl the keyboard at the monitor" more often than "monitor out the window".
OTOH, that phrase doesn't account for laptops.
- csirob 6y ago> OTOH, that phrase doesn't account for laptops. It is also not anger-ready for people working on tablets with rubber keyboards attached.