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I disagree, the PR is some pointless wordsmithing and then to comment "Verify the pull request and merge asap" is a bit ridiculous. Also, no one is going to car

I disagree, the PR is some pointless wordsmithing and then to comment "Verify the pull request and merge asap" is a bit ridiculous. Also, no one is going to care in a day.

rcfox 4y ago
> Also, no one is going to care in a day. You should ask Sumit Bhatia about that. ;)
- inb4_cancelled 4y ago
  What did the guy do?
  - dmix 4y ago
    > An email requesting system access went out to all employees . It triggered a reply to all frenzy that resulted in my blackberry pinging constantly for over an hour with people replying-to-all asking to be removed from the distribution list. Even Mike Lazaridis replied to all asking this to be stopped. Then as different parts of the globe started work, they would reply to all. Classic evening. I think system admins eventually shut down the frenzy at server level. Some of the replies were hilarious though. I think I still have some screenshots somewhere. https://www.reddit.com/r/uwaterloo/comments/qstmls/sumit_bhatia_blackberry/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf https://www.reddit.com/r/uwaterloo/comments/qstmls/sumit_bha...
  - sureglymop 4y ago
    He submitted a PR which adds an image to the Readme file (if i see that correctly). The PR notified 400k users...
- bottled_poe 4y ago
  Is there a word for a statement which inadvertently supports the opposing position in a debate?
  - aliswe 4y ago
    Freudian burn? idk, but yes very good observation
  - xbar 4y ago
    No. You have earned the right to coin it.
- kQq9oHeAz6wLLS 4y ago
  Who?
- SturgeonsLaw 4y ago
  Never heard of him
- rocketbop 4y ago
  If I ever knew who that was, I have long forgotten.
user_7832 4y ago
> Verify the pull request and merge asap" is a bit ridiculous I see you're not familiar with Indian-English. What he said sounds quite "reasonable" (if not a bit unnecessarily, but understandably urgent) to someone like me (am Indian).
- bigDinosaur 4y ago
  How is it understandably urgent? It seems like the least urgent merge request I've ever seen.
  - user_7832 4y ago
    Downvoting folks aren't understanding the context. Understandable is in the Indian context. Generally a lot of things in India are slow/delayed so it's pretty common for people to want everything "fast" (which is probably "regular speed" in the US etc). I agree the content is hardly urgent, but for an Indian everything is urgent.
- temac 4y ago
  It is not reasonable at all for "non-Indian" English -- still that would perhaps be a reasonable explanation, just he should learn it is not reasonable.

I disagree, the PR is some pointless wordsmithing and then to comment "Verify the pull request and merge asap" is a bit ridiculous. Also, no one is going to care in a day.

rcfox 4y ago

> Also, no one is going to care in a day. You should ask Sumit Bhatia about that. ;)

inb4_cancelled 4y ago
What did the guy do?
- dmix 4y ago
  > An email requesting system access went out to all employees . It triggered a reply to all frenzy that resulted in my blackberry pinging constantly for over an hour with people replying-to-all asking to be removed from the distribution list. Even Mike Lazaridis replied to all asking this to be stopped. Then as different parts of the globe started work, they would reply to all. Classic evening. I think system admins eventually shut down the frenzy at server level. Some of the replies were hilarious though. I think I still have some screenshots somewhere. https://www.reddit.com/r/uwaterloo/comments/qstmls/sumit_bhatia_blackberry/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf https://www.reddit.com/r/uwaterloo/comments/qstmls/sumit_bha...
- sureglymop 4y ago
  He submitted a PR which adds an image to the Readme file (if i see that correctly). The PR notified 400k users...
bottled_poe 4y ago
Is there a word for a statement which inadvertently supports the opposing position in a debate?
- aliswe 4y ago
  Freudian burn? idk, but yes very good observation
- xbar 4y ago
  No. You have earned the right to coin it.
kQq9oHeAz6wLLS 4y ago
Who?
SturgeonsLaw 4y ago
Never heard of him
rocketbop 4y ago
If I ever knew who that was, I have long forgotten.

user_7832 4y ago

> Verify the pull request and merge asap" is a bit ridiculous I see you're not familiar with Indian-English. What he said sounds quite "reasonable" (if not a bit unnecessarily, but understandably urgent) to someone like me (am Indian).

bigDinosaur 4y ago
How is it understandably urgent? It seems like the least urgent merge request I've ever seen.
- user_7832 4y ago
  Downvoting folks aren't understanding the context. Understandable is in the Indian context. Generally a lot of things in India are slow/delayed so it's pretty common for people to want everything "fast" (which is probably "regular speed" in the US etc). I agree the content is hardly urgent, but for an Indian everything is urgent.
temac 4y ago
It is not reasonable at all for "non-Indian" English -- still that would perhaps be a reasonable explanation, just he should learn it is not reasonable.