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[–] david 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It means "Our incompetence, intransigence, sunk cost fallacy, decision making and hiring idiocy are utterly out of control, and we think this is your problem, not ours. Sorry for the inconvenience."

[–] gonzo0815@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago

Hmm, either that or it's fabricated for the joke.

[–] clawlor@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

Conversely: "Our incompetence, intransigence, sunk cost fallacy, decision making, and hiring idiocy have prevented you from ever possibly working with us. Sorry for the convenience."

RIP Mitch.

[–] DonjonMaister@programming.dev 12 points 1 year ago

You would think that being named Null would probably cause a problem. But Jeffrey? lol

[–] abclop99@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Fortunately, his name is Yeff.

[–] RadicalEcologist@mander.xyz 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This sounds like a response from a LLM

[–] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

The real question is whether that's a compliment or an insult.

[–] damiel@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago

Don’t forget his distant cousin Geff.

[–] dylanTheDeveloper@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

They used names as the primary key which means Jeffrey is already taken and I guess they can't use Jeffrey2 because it looks unprofessional.