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[–] frezik@midwest.social 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You know, maybe we shouldn't be taking estimation advice from a 1980s science fiction movie that amounts to a systematic method of lying.

Yes, I've used it before. Yes, you can hopefully have everything average out in the end. Yes, project managers demand estimates. None of these are good reasons to back up how fundamentally flawed it is.

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's called a joke. We're in a sub called "programmer humor." You must be fun at parties.

[–] frezik@midwest.social 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Except people take that method seriously all the time. All the objections I raised were one's people have actually thrown back at me.

I'm tons of fun at parties. Everybody loves seeing my collection of bottles from defunct soda companies.

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Ah, yes, my favorite activity at parties, looking at some weirdos trash collection.

[–] Codandchips@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Hey, if you're anywhere in the area, I've got fine collection of IKEA allen keys a