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HUMILITY 1. The state or quality of being humble; freedom from pride and arrogance; lowliness of mind; a modest estimate of one's own worth; a sense of one's o
by throw-DO-178C 3y ago
HUMILITY
1. The state or quality of being humble; freedom from pride and
arrogance; lowliness of mind; a modest estimate of one's own worth; a
sense of one's own unworthiness through imperfection and sinfulness;
self-abasement; humbleness.
-- Webster's 1918 Dictionary
Our avionics software was originally spec-ed to not NEED a debugger it was to be of such high quality, but the designer added break point op-codes in the VM anyway. I guess he was aware of the concept of humility, too. ;) Like humor, humility seems to be in short supply these days.
- lamontcg 3y ago[flagged]
- throw-DO-178C 3y ago> Like humor, humility seems to be in short supply these days. Hmm...maybe I should have referenced: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacred_cow_(idiom) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacred_cow_(idiom) > The motto of the satirical magazine The Realist was "Irreverence is our only sacred cow". Humor does seem to exist today, it just has a narrow band-pass filter, with apparent focus on "organic" product marketing.