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Maybe I’m prematurely becoming a pedantic old man, but “harmful”? Come on! Smoking is harmful. Having permanent tasks may be fatiguing, but if that constitutes
by dinkleberg 6y ago
Maybe I’m prematurely becoming a pedantic old man, but “harmful”? Come on!
Smoking is harmful. Having permanent tasks may be fatiguing, but if that constitutes being harmful it would seem life has become too good (which is surprising given the current harmful pandemic!)
- antonvs 6y ago"Harmful" is virtually a term of art in software development, ever since Dijkstra's 1968 article, "Goto Statement Considered Harmful."
- LandR 6y agoHarmful now just means a millenial feels ever so slightly uncomfortable.
- jhunter1016 6y agoI read this as harmful to the company building task management software more than harmful to the person using the software.