Be Ept

Chill Annoying, Tech

Why are developers some of the most IT inept users?

That has always puzzled me too. My partner is a dev and is extremely competent, but some of the worst users of all are devs. One of the most memorable is requesting a developer to go to the command line in Windows and the person having no idea what I was talking about. Getting them to find and provide their local IP address was beyond frustrating, as they also did not know what an IP address was.

I’ve also done way more troubleshooting of dev code in my day than anyone who is not an actual programmer should ever have to do.

And no, the “can’t open the command line” dev was not junior; he had at least 10 years of experience, and this was well before coding bootcamps became a thing.

Some devs are just no better than regular end users. I’d say about 60% or so.

It is funny in that thread how many devs are like, “I should be able to use my specialized tool used by three people only and never security audited because if not I am being oppressed!”

Like, get over yourself. If I allowed every dev to use their shit-level “necessary” tool, we’d have more Chinese malware than Windows XP pre-SP2 put on the open web.

There’s a reason security exists, and almost no dev gives a crap about that.

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This is a bit unfair to women, but research shows they are generally more neurotic. They simply clean more no matter what than men do, on average.

I lived with a woman who demanded we vacuum every day of the week, among other things. I refused, as that’s insane. But I was the bad guy there, of course, in modern feminist telling of it because I would not go along with that and her other neurotic-obsessive tendencies. Meanwhile, all the labor I did was not counted as I “enjoyed it” because “all men do” according to her. Which was a total fabrication.

Women need help with their neuroticism just as men need assistance with taming their aggression. And they are really not getting that.

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Benching 225 is not that hard if you train for a few years. No juicing required. I don’t really flat bench anymore1, but I routinely did 225 in the army, and it’d only take me a few weeks of training to get back up to that again now since I already work out a lot.

  1. Too hard on the wrists long term.

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Can’t let go of the convenience now (wireless earbuds).

I hate earbuds — wireless or not — mostly because I have never found a pair that doesn’t fall out within 10-15 seconds, no matter how hard I shove them in. They are also heinously uncomfortable for the small amount of time they stay in.

My sister gave me a brand-new pair of AirPods that she didn’t want. I did try them and I could get them to stay inserted for around 30 seconds if I stayed as still as humanly possible. If I moved at all, they immediately fell out.

That people are able to do things like run in earbuds is mystifying to me. Not sure what is going on, but I’ve tried 4-5 pairs over the years and all fell out in ~10 seconds if I moved at all.