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"DO_NOT_USE_OR_YOU_WILL_BE_FIRED" is a running joke at Facebook, used when soft-deprecating a field or method where you can't immediately get rid of all users.

"DO_NOT_USE_OR_YOU_WILL_BE_FIRED" is a running joke at Facebook, used when soft-deprecating a field or method where you can't immediately get rid of all users. Sometimes it migrates into open source products. It's iconic enough that Facebook HQ has a conference room by that name.

addandsubtract 5y ago
Do people use the conference room more than once?
- daveevad 5y ago
  There was a conference room at Yahoo named Sorry! that was used during many rounds of layoffs. The entire floor's conference rooms were all named thematically after popular board games.
  - KineticLensman 5y ago
    > The entire floor's conference rooms were all named thematically after popular board games. Getting OT, but I worked somewhere where the conference rooms were named after birds of prey (Eagle, kestrel, etc etc). The smokers' room was informally known as 'Puffin'
    - daveevad 5y ago
      I'm shocked there was an interior room that allowed smoking. It must not have been in California this millennium. I decided to stop smoking the day Jerry Yang held the door open for me and my band of misfits on our way to the outside smoking area. David Filo once asked me if he could share the panini station I was presently occupying in the cafeteria, URL's. I answered affirmatively but subsequently wished I had uttered "it would be an honor."
      - shubb 5y ago
        Still a thing in much of Asia, certainly Japan, Thailand - instead of "smoke anywhere so long as it is outside" it is more "smoke only in the designated place, inside or outside, not in the street". Being able to smoke at an inside restaurant table but not outside the front door out of respect for non-smoker diners very odd. Do you remember the brief period around 2010 where people were vaping at their desks all day in normal office buildings?
        daveevad 5y ago
        I never saw it in an office building but I do vaguely recall people vaping on airplanes during this time period.
      - KineticLensman 5y ago
        > I'm shocked there was an interior room that allowed smoking. It must not have been in California this millennium It was approx 30 years ago in the UK. There’s no way such a room would exist now.
  - Rebelgecko 5y ago
    There's a Google office that has a cluster of conference rooms with names like "Hell", "Limbo", "Jail", "No Time", "Over Your Head", etc. I've always wondered if telling an interview candidate "You'll be in Over Your Head today" has a psychological effect.
    - evra 5y ago
      It could have one on employees too IMO. If I was the poor soul assigned to the long term maintenance of a legacy project, having to pass by Limbo, Hell and Jail everyday might just push you over
floatrock 5y ago
- AlexCoventry 5y ago
  http://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html http://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html
- deleted 5y ago
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- noslenwerdna 5y ago
  The article doesn't seem to have anything to do with Facebook?
  - IncRnd 5y ago
    It does. ReactJS is a FaceBook project.
  - floatrock 5y ago
    It's about a facebook inside joke on a facebook opensource project. You are aware of the corporate info on the reactjs.org page footer right?
    - scubbo 5y ago
      > You are aware of the corporate info on the reactjs.org page footer right? They clearly weren't, and neither was I (not being in a role that uses React). Consider being less dismissive and more informative next time someone doesn't know something that you know. [0][1] [0] https://xkcd.com/1053/ https://xkcd.com/1053/ [1] https://jvns.ca/blog/2017/04/27/no-feigning-surprise/ https://jvns.ca/blog/2017/04/27/no-feigning-surprise/
      - floatrock 5y ago
        You're right. Sorry noslenwerdna, that should have been worded more kindly. Internet should be a kinder place.
benreesman 5y ago
I’m trying to remember the very first instance of it but for the life of me I can’t. Do you happen to recall?
- disgruntledphd2 5y ago
  I think that it was a PHP env_var that caused many SEV's. It was way before my time, but I found it hilarious so I did some digging.
  - benreesman 5y ago
    Comparably funny was “LRUCacheMapOldAndBroken”. ldbrandy is a legend.

addandsubtract 5y ago

Do people use the conference room more than once?

daveevad 5y ago
There was a conference room at Yahoo named Sorry! that was used during many rounds of layoffs. The entire floor's conference rooms were all named thematically after popular board games.
- KineticLensman 5y ago
  > The entire floor's conference rooms were all named thematically after popular board games. Getting OT, but I worked somewhere where the conference rooms were named after birds of prey (Eagle, kestrel, etc etc). The smokers' room was informally known as 'Puffin'
  - daveevad 5y ago
    I'm shocked there was an interior room that allowed smoking. It must not have been in California this millennium. I decided to stop smoking the day Jerry Yang held the door open for me and my band of misfits on our way to the outside smoking area. David Filo once asked me if he could share the panini station I was presently occupying in the cafeteria, URL's. I answered affirmatively but subsequently wished I had uttered "it would be an honor."
    - shubb 5y ago
      Still a thing in much of Asia, certainly Japan, Thailand - instead of "smoke anywhere so long as it is outside" it is more "smoke only in the designated place, inside or outside, not in the street". Being able to smoke at an inside restaurant table but not outside the front door out of respect for non-smoker diners very odd. Do you remember the brief period around 2010 where people were vaping at their desks all day in normal office buildings?
      - daveevad 5y ago
        I never saw it in an office building but I do vaguely recall people vaping on airplanes during this time period.
    - KineticLensman 5y ago
      > I'm shocked there was an interior room that allowed smoking. It must not have been in California this millennium It was approx 30 years ago in the UK. There’s no way such a room would exist now.
- Rebelgecko 5y ago
  There's a Google office that has a cluster of conference rooms with names like "Hell", "Limbo", "Jail", "No Time", "Over Your Head", etc. I've always wondered if telling an interview candidate "You'll be in Over Your Head today" has a psychological effect.
  - evra 5y ago
    It could have one on employees too IMO. If I was the poor soul assigned to the long term maintenance of a legacy project, having to pass by Limbo, Hell and Jail everyday might just push you over

floatrock 5y ago

AlexCoventry 5y ago
http://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html http://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html
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noslenwerdna 5y ago
The article doesn't seem to have anything to do with Facebook?
- IncRnd 5y ago
  It does. ReactJS is a FaceBook project.
- floatrock 5y ago
  It's about a facebook inside joke on a facebook opensource project. You are aware of the corporate info on the reactjs.org page footer right?
  - scubbo 5y ago
    > You are aware of the corporate info on the reactjs.org page footer right? They clearly weren't, and neither was I (not being in a role that uses React). Consider being less dismissive and more informative next time someone doesn't know something that you know. [0][1] [0] https://xkcd.com/1053/ https://xkcd.com/1053/ [1] https://jvns.ca/blog/2017/04/27/no-feigning-surprise/ https://jvns.ca/blog/2017/04/27/no-feigning-surprise/
    - floatrock 5y ago
      You're right. Sorry noslenwerdna, that should have been worded more kindly. Internet should be a kinder place.

benreesman 5y ago

I’m trying to remember the very first instance of it but for the life of me I can’t. Do you happen to recall?

disgruntledphd2 5y ago
I think that it was a PHP env_var that caused many SEV's. It was way before my time, but I found it hilarious so I did some digging.
- benreesman 5y ago
  Comparably funny was “LRUCacheMapOldAndBroken”. ldbrandy is a legend.