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kiki
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If you're angry at someone not figuring out your code because it was “obvious”, remember:

even before 9/11 happened, emergency lines found out they should say “nine-one-one” instead of “nine-eleven”. Why? Because panicking people were looking for “eleven” button on the keypad. They learned it the hard way.

No one is rational 100% of the time.

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  • 10
    Panic Driven Development?
  • 10
    Good that some telephones had a dedicated emergency call button
  • 3
    @electrineer being left without a support system and not sleeping one night can turn any bright person into a shadow of themselves. We're fragile. On top of that, many people live with mental disorders, so they're at every disadvantage from the start.
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    Good example.

    If something is easy to do and helps clarify things it can be worth doing.

    Saying "one one" isn't significantly harder than saying "eleven".

    I have that opinion about code refactoring too.
  • 0
    That's a good example of human beings interfering with Natural Selection
  • 1
    Quod erat demonstrandum
  • 3
    @jackpearce I present you a challenge: you don't sleep for three days, then we meet and see how smart you are.
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    @kiki

    I never said I'm smart

    Done already I worked night shifts at mcdonalds and sometimes wanted to see my friends so I staiyed awake often for 2-3 days.

    Was very funny at a festival to fall asleep standing during a concert :D

    The Warning signs are of no use just yesterday I fell because I slipped on concrete xD

    Or at a highrope park I slipped and took several beatings from wood

    Or stabbed myself in the hand because I wanted to split pretzels (I still love pretzels xD) and cut through two tendons of my little finger

    Wanna see the scar :D
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    In Denmark we say and spell the emergency number 1-1-2 instead of 112 (hundred and twelve) because people dialed 10012, so this is probably a global thing...
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