@Lensflare Well... yes, !in the strictest sense. But file size-wise, definitely. ~~60% reduction, unless my math is failing me.

> 'today a drunk hobo yelled down a major crowded street at me saying she loved my shirt'.

...must be a fun place in which you live.

/jk

Well, sounds harmless enough.

> 'they say the greatest trick the devil ever pulled is convince the world he isn't real'.

That's ridiculous. We're all aware of the Devil, && the Canadian Devil. https://youtube.com/watch/... .

/jk

...fun fact: in Polish version, the 'Hot Seat' mode in 'Heroes Of Might & Magic III' was translated as 'Gorące Pośladki' /* en: 'Warm Buttocks'... don't ask... */

> '(...) These hot desks (...)'.

'Heroes Of Might & Magic III' 'Hot Seat' mode comes to mind.

@jestdotty > 'and here I'm having 2 hour morning meetings when I'm the only dev and don't even talk in them...'.

Sounds like time well spent.

/s

> 'A forty-five minute daily standup for a team of twelve is absolutely criminal'.

This is what happens when people cling to the 'standups' way too much, while the team keeps expanding. I've seen a similar situation in my old company. Fucking retarded && a waste of time.

I can see avatars, again. Awesome. Props for good work, @whimsical.

https://youtube.com/watch/... .

/* On a !completely unrelated note... I've been seeing 'Too many requests' errors sporadically... Could be something is hammering too hard... Or just poor state of the original service that needs too many requests which has that result. No clue. */

@Lensflare Here you go: https://rantii.molodetz.nl/ .

> '```

while(true) {

shit();

}

```'

Is that a b2plane summoning incantation or something?

/jk

> 'are game developers considered programmers?'.

Yes.

I'd start by making the site work well, once again.

> 'But I‘d really like to have more options for text formatting. Quotation, code blocks, etc.'.

Yes.

> 'Also, if you were tasked to make the site popular again, how would you do it?'.

No clue. What's 'marketing'?

/jk

You'd have to find something most developers crave && offer them that. Perhaps some drama, /* check */ consistently released new content /* Umm... sure, check. */, etc.

Basically, like offering James Woods pieces of candy. https://youtube.com/watch/... .

That's the idea, yes... unless you keep trying the same thing over && over again, expecting different results... https://devrant.molodetz.nl/preview... .

"Did I ever tell you the definition of insanity?".

Props on the optimization.

@afaIk Yup. 'Funko Pop'. I've seen those, too.

@jestdotty I've also watched her videos on 'Modern Villains' https://youtube.com/watch/... , 'Strong Female Characters' https://youtube.com/watch/... , && 'Degeneracy Of Modern Writing' https://youtube.com/watch/... .

She has produced some quality && informative videos.

@whimsical If you kill the parents, you're left w/ the orphans. If those orphans have cookies, you _definitely_ want to kill them. https://devrant.molodetz.nl/preview... .

/* Always cracks me up. */

Original source for the pic was probably some dR post, but I can't find it, for the moment.

Quack. /* Hehehehehe. */

Huh. Watched this very video some time ago. It was quite interesting.

/* Chuckles. */. Yeah, for _some_ reason I thought of b2plane.

> 'I wondered if there's like a "best of AI" subreddit or something.'.

You could _start_ it, you know? Just imagine - you being the ground zero for the whole thing. The fame, _THE FAME!!!!!_

/jk

@Lensflare I thought you'd enjoy the 'C&C Generals' reference ;-) .

Tasks can commit suicide. Nice. I like how tech can be very dark.

Earning by hard work, yes. ...I do recognize that some people get things w/o actually deserving those, or doing great things w/o being rewarded for them.

You're so evil. Also, you're too late: https://youtube.com/watch/... .

@whimsical

"500 Internal Server Error

Server got itself in trouble"

Hello, old friend.

Yup. Reading manuals is important. _Especially_ when you're dealing w/ expensive hardware that has history of being finicky w/ weird environment configurations. The manual very often contains info on how to troubleshoot.

...but, you know, people are lazy, can't be bothered reading the manual, then they ask retarded questions that had already been answered.

@Lensflare > 'imagine if prayers would actually have an influence on if someone dies.'.

...completely unrelated... /* Fine... 90% unrelated. */ but, have you ever watched the 'The Believers (1987)'? The movie _kind of_ touches on the subject.

OT: I'm sure he's safe in a bunker, somewhere, mining bitcoin for his cause. https://devrant.molodetz.nl/preview... .

Probably all of us have at least one of those.

- !asking her/him the question.

- !leaving the terrible job soon enough.

...true story. The fucker _almost_ broke the unit. Lucky bastard...

Simple stuff? It's there to stay. More advanced things? ...yeah... I'll get a calculator / computer.

Seems like a thing you find on the Internet during an episode of insomnia.