▲ 459 ▼ HP ditches 15-minute wait time policy due to 'feedback' (www.theregister.com) submitted 2 years ago by misk@sopuli.xyz to c/technology@lemmy.world 61 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] teamevil@lemmy.world 44 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (8 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] Cort@lemmy.world 40 points 2 years ago (4 children) If you manufactured the software then your engineers understand it Ah I see the misunderstanding, the engineers were sacked after they finished writing the code. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] OldQWERTYbastard@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago Won't someone think of the shareholders! permalink fedilink source parent [–] Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 years ago (2 children) Of course they didn't leave any documentation because management said that writing it was a waste of time permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Hawk@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) I see we have the same managers. Were you also advised that public facing databases were better than an API in a VPC and that 1 password shared among colleagues is easier than managing credentials? Don't worry, I found a new gig starting in a few weeks (out of the pot into pan ) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] enumerator4829@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago Just hardcode the DB credentials in your client? Stop making things complicated. /s permalink fedilink source parent [–] spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 years ago* How about a bot that types slowly, so it can have time to consider what it's going to say? Or perhaps a web page with an "Analyzing issue" status bar that takes several minutes to complete, because computers just do better if they're given time to work on a problem? permalink fedilink source parent [–] MangoCats@feddit.it 4 points 2 years ago The ultimate answer: They have been making these things for decades, they know how to make them better, they know how to make them more durable, they know how to making them even simpler to use and fix, they choose not to, for profit. That should be structurally discouraged. Charge the manufacturers for the FULL, REAL environmental impact of shipping materials and end of life disposal of their products. Yes, that cost will be passed to the consumers, as it should be. It also rewards sale of more durable goods. permalink fedilink source parent [–] NeuronautML@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago* Lol at the notion that you'll get to speak to any engineer when your machine breaks. Best they can do is a call center in India getting paid minimum wage that follows a script and circles around a bit between them until you either give up or they RMA your stuff to feed you a bill later for repairs. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Cort@lemmy.world 40 points 2 years ago (4 children) If you manufactured the software then your engineers understand it Ah I see the misunderstanding, the engineers were sacked after they finished writing the code. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] OldQWERTYbastard@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago Won't someone think of the shareholders! permalink fedilink source parent [–] Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 years ago (2 children) Of course they didn't leave any documentation because management said that writing it was a waste of time permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Hawk@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) I see we have the same managers. Were you also advised that public facing databases were better than an API in a VPC and that 1 password shared among colleagues is easier than managing credentials? Don't worry, I found a new gig starting in a few weeks (out of the pot into pan ) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] enumerator4829@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago Just hardcode the DB credentials in your client? Stop making things complicated. /s permalink fedilink source parent
[–] OldQWERTYbastard@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago Won't someone think of the shareholders! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 years ago (2 children) Of course they didn't leave any documentation because management said that writing it was a waste of time permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Hawk@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) I see we have the same managers. Were you also advised that public facing databases were better than an API in a VPC and that 1 password shared among colleagues is easier than managing credentials? Don't worry, I found a new gig starting in a few weeks (out of the pot into pan ) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] enumerator4829@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago Just hardcode the DB credentials in your client? Stop making things complicated. /s permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Hawk@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) I see we have the same managers. Were you also advised that public facing databases were better than an API in a VPC and that 1 password shared among colleagues is easier than managing credentials? Don't worry, I found a new gig starting in a few weeks (out of the pot into pan ) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] enumerator4829@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago Just hardcode the DB credentials in your client? Stop making things complicated. /s permalink fedilink source parent
[–] enumerator4829@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago Just hardcode the DB credentials in your client? Stop making things complicated. /s permalink fedilink source parent
[–] spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 years ago* How about a bot that types slowly, so it can have time to consider what it's going to say? Or perhaps a web page with an "Analyzing issue" status bar that takes several minutes to complete, because computers just do better if they're given time to work on a problem? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MangoCats@feddit.it 4 points 2 years ago The ultimate answer: They have been making these things for decades, they know how to make them better, they know how to make them more durable, they know how to making them even simpler to use and fix, they choose not to, for profit. That should be structurally discouraged. Charge the manufacturers for the FULL, REAL environmental impact of shipping materials and end of life disposal of their products. Yes, that cost will be passed to the consumers, as it should be. It also rewards sale of more durable goods. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NeuronautML@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago* Lol at the notion that you'll get to speak to any engineer when your machine breaks. Best they can do is a call center in India getting paid minimum wage that follows a script and circles around a bit between them until you either give up or they RMA your stuff to feed you a bill later for repairs. permalink fedilink source parent