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On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 8:31 AM, Patrick Lauer <patrick@g.o> wrote: |
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>> Do you want to see this fixed? |
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>> Are you willing to do the fixing yourself? |
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> I don't have infinite time, and wasting a day documenting things that |
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> should have been documented a year ago is not a good way of spending time. |
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So, it sounds like the answer to the first question is yes, and the |
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second is no... |
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>> If the answer to the first question is yes, and the second is no, then |
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>> you've just volunteered for the job of either community motivator, or |
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>> frustrated user. The goal then is to make people care more about |
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>> going out of their way to fix things than going out of their way to |
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>> find ways to make you even more frustrated. Which do you think is |
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>> going to be more emotionally satisfying to those who read this thread? |
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> Things working. |
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> So, the trick is not to have user-visible breakage. |
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> Now you know the great trick too and can apply it to your daily life. |
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Yeah, but if I don't lift a finger to help fix this bug, I know it |
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will drive you crazy for a few more days, or even months. That's |
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basically my point. You're basically begging everybody who would |
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otherwise want to fix this issue to just troll you instead. And that |
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isn't helpful to anybody. |
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You can't just wave your hands and have no user-visible breakage. You |
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either need to fix things yourself or help motivate others to do it. |
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The approach you're taking is about as helpful as telling your |
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significant other that they're fat. After they're finished stabbing |
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you to death with their spoon they're going to stick it in some Ben |
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and Jerry's. |
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Ugh, gotta take a break. Happy holidays! |
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Rich |