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"The instructions are perfectly clear!" Meanwhile, end-users: (thelemmy.club)
submitted 10 months ago by [M] to c/iiiiiiitttttttttttt@programming.dev
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No matter how much you idiot proof something, life always seems to produce bigger idiots.

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[–] 50 points 10 months ago (18 children)

People just don't read. Especially error messages.

The worst is error messages that don't say anything at all besides oopsie woopsie 🤦

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  • [–] 26 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    "Something went wrong. If the problem persists contact your administrator."

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  • [–] 27 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    My pet peeve is when a system shows these messages to me, but I'm the admin. And there are no further logs to consult.

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  • [–] 16 points 10 months ago* (5 children)

    My colleague at work (we're developers) basically never bothers reading error messages. He'll sit and get ChatGPT to keep generating different solutions until one works or until he asks me to help, but will literally skip past error logs and error messages output to console or screen, and gets angry when I tell him to stop clicking around and read the logs. It's really, really strange.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    At some point you need to employ some tough love. Tell him ChatGPT can't do his job for him, it's only for limited and occasional help. Tell him you can no longer help him if he won't use the tools of the trade (logs and errors, etc.).

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago* (3 children)

    I totally get what you're saying, and I don't disagree that would be good - but we are a tiny team and I'm his colleague; not his boss. Believe you me, that would be more trouble than it's worth, unfortunately!

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago (2 children)

    Sometimes it's okay to be a bit rude. It's rare, but every now and again, necessary in order to not become a doormat. It is totally normal and human to try to change your environment (including the behaviour of others) to suit yourself and your happiness.

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    I'm not a doormat mate, but I do know where my bread is buttered, and I do know that if I just say "no", my project manager, dept head, and the agency owner (who all sit within about 4 feet of me and my colleague, gotta love open plan offices) would not be best pleased.

    I just want to get through my days at a shitty agency and pay off my debt, before I quit the industry and find something that isn't populated by AI-crazed marketers and money-grubbing, dishonest arseholes. If such an industry exists, at this point 😂

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago

    Of course. It's your life, live it how you see fit. I've definitely been in similar shoes.

    On a friendlier note, may I just say, you have quite a way with words, and your choice of phrase sparks joy in me. I hope you do find a better life after your debts are paid, as much as I hope you have a good rest of the year, with many more to come.

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  • [–] 14 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    How about “something went wrong, contact your administrator”

    Like maybe add a blurb about what software went wrong? And which administrator????

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  • [–] 7 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    You mean like the "new" BSOD for windows? god that new screen is the worst when troubleshooting.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    It's been so long since I used Windows. What did they do this time?

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago*

    it's "new" with windows 11, but they redesigned it, it no longer is blue, its a black screen with white text saying "your system encountered an issue and needs to restart" and then the stop code is a bit smaller light grey that blends in with the background which makes it hard to see.

    It's not all bad though, like it now gives a little more info about what failed if it is able to know, but i just find tiny text on black a pain and I preferred the frown and clear right to the point text.

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