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This happend to me right noww as I tried to write a gui task manager for the GNU/Linux OS

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Try it again

Do you know the definition of insanity?

[–] [email protected] 52 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Do you know the definition of insanity?

do you know software developers?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

But did you get the reference?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

I did, don't worry

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 months ago (1 children)

What's really insane is that sometimes the second identical test actually works.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Then you breathe a sigh of relief, merge it with a comment of "bug fix", write no documentation--especially about how it failed testing, and quit the gig during the inevitable helpdesk explosion; walking away from the fireball like the Michael Bay maniac you are.