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There's something quite entertaining about what people who have absolutely no idea about all this "computing" thing sometimes do to show how clueless they actua
by justmarc 2y ago
There's something quite entertaining about what people who have absolutely no idea about all this "computing" thing sometimes do to show how clueless they actually are.
- fragmede 2y agosomeone panicing over their job being terminated isn't very funny but the relief on someone's face when you explain that it's a computer process and not their livelihood is still something to see.
- teractiveodular 2y agoMy favorite was the newly hired account manager for a web dev company whom the CEO found rummaging in the supply cabinet, looking for some URLs to show clients. https://www.askamanager.org/2021/10/the-controversial-calculator-the-highlighter-war-and-other-drama-over-office-supplies.html https://www.askamanager.org/2021/10/the-controversial-calcul... (#19)
- hulitu 2y ago> looking for some URLs to show clients. What's wrong showing URLs to clients ? /s
- rascul 2y agoHappened to the thttpd author some time back. https://www.acme.com/software/thttpd/repo.html https://www.acme.com/software/thttpd/repo.html
- ashildr 2y agoI really like this one because it’s a valid question about an odd thing that would take a while to answer properly: > I have a huge text on my sat nav in my car where, among other things, your email address can be seen? > Can you tell me what this is all about? https://daniel.haxx.se/email/2018-02-16.html https://daniel.haxx.se/email/2018-02-16.html