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sgt. jmk de la résistance's avatar

Oh yes... sooooo frequently. Between writing FAQs that use delicately nuanced phrasing to inform the user that the problem is located between the keyboard and the chair just to see who gets the joke, to wishing I could post a procedure telling users to delete whole parts of the program just for fun, to being tempted to create an infinite loop of hyperlinks going back and forth between topics A and B, to dreaming of providing instructions that end up rick-rolling users...yes, I am frequently tempted.

In a previous job, the whole room would perk up their ears during a status meeting when I would ask - oh so casually - "so...what does it take to break this?" They knew that another "joke" readme was on the way.

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Jenibrio Jenificus's avatar

As it should be. I envy you, for sure. I mean my job is not bad and I do like my customers and most my coworkers (but not my boss which is why I am looking...elsewhere) but if I had the tools, the workshop, the knowhow and the cash to start up, I would absolutely be doing something like that. Lots of ifs in there ^.^Wonder if I can apprentice on to a furniture maker to get at least some know how?

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