this post was submitted on 28 Apr 2025
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TranscriptA tweet saying "When men refer to themselves as "alpha males", I hear that int he context of software, where alpha versions are unstable, missing importand features, filled with flaws and not fit for the public.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 hours ago

If someone advertises that they are supposedly “better” than someone else, I think “what a loser” and that they are most likely a liar.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 hours ago

Trying to be alpha is such a beta thing to do.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Wait until you hear about “Release Candidate Males” and “Emergency Hotfix Males” !

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago

And "oh fuck fuck fuck shit fuck oh no no no no, we need a database backup now!"-deployments. I don't like those.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Quite reasonable given that the animal behavior researchers recanted on the wolf research that led to a mistaken usage of the terms alpha and beta. Turns out they were just looking at adult wolves and labeling them alpha, and juvenile wolves and labeling those beta.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

The person who published that paper has spent so much of his life trying to inform people that it is flawed.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 11 hours ago

And so many of the "how do you know what the author meant?" "I AM THE AUTHOR!"

[–] [email protected] 17 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

When I hear someone say alpha/beta whatever my brain just goes to omegaverse hah

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 hours ago
[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

Alpha male? Beta male? Is there a Production model male as well?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

That's what you would call people who feel secure in who they are.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

Yee, the production model is Pedro Pascal

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 hours ago

That explains why my ex wife has the dude printed on a pillow sheet

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 hours ago

Shit, those programmers are talented. Don't let any juniors anywhere near that.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 hours ago

Even release models are flawed.. wait for the second patch atleast!