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For what it's worth, I am a bus driver these days; a real one, no metaphor involved. And I sufficently disliked and mistrusted Visual Basic that already in the
by interfixus 4y ago
For what it's worth, I am a bus driver these days; a real one, no metaphor involved. And I sufficently disliked and mistrusted Visual Basic that already in the mid nineties I instigated a complete ban on any vb**run.dll on all computers under my jurisdiction. Mainly a heuristic: VB applications tended overwhelmingly to not being worth the inevitable trouble.
I have proudly carried this curmudgery into the present century, these days applied to Java runtimes and Mono libs.
- Pamar 4y agoMind if I ask what you allow on your systems, today? Or the last time you worked in IT? (Not clear if you moved away from it or not)
- pjc50 4y agoI think the implication was that his radical puritanism left him unemployable except as a literal bus driver.
- interfixus 4y agoVery droll, but incorrect. Also, I believe the word you're looking for is purism. I'll certainly go along with that. Also also, out of curiosity, where did you dredge up the "he"?
- shanebellone 4y agoFor what it's worth, the male form is generally used when gender is unknown. I suspect those linguistic defaults will start changing soon.
- simonh 4y agoIt's being replaced by they. Which I'm fine with btw.
- bigbillheck 4y ago> where did you dredge up the "he"? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28725669 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28725669
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- interfixus 4y agoMoved away by own choice. Never looked back.
- Pamar 4y agoOk, fine. But again, what did you "allow" on the systems you managed back in the day?
- 2-718-281-828 4y agoPublic transportation? I'm curious probably because I do consider switching careers. Bus driving - in my fantasy - provides some of the features I sort of desire (clear schedule, clear expectations) while lacking those I annoy (further educating outside of work, tendency to take problems home with you). What's your situation?
- nevertoolate 4y agoI recommend watching the film Paterson, with Adam Driver (a bus driver in the film)
- HeyLaughingBoy 4y agoAs do I, for reasons that have nothing to do with this thread. It's just a great film.
- 2-718-281-828 4y agoI actually watched it already and in the theater at that. the last movie where adam driver doesn't come across a subtle prick.
- DeathArrow 4y agoFor your own good, let's hope the bus dispatcher of the lines you work for doesn't apply the same line of thinking.
- interfixus 4y agoI wish they did. We work with terrible software.