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If it works, it works (lemmy.ml)

submitted 4 months ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[-] TurboHarbinger@feddit.cl 30 points 4 months ago

How many people need to say "I don't see it" for someone to draw a big ass red circle covering 1/3 of the image?

[-] fogelmensch@lemmy.world 35 points 4 months ago

I'm scared to remove the circle. Maybe it's needed to keep the other parts in place

[-] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 21 points 4 months ago

It's there because an important customer 15 years ago had a phobia of front doors, so this patch was implemented to make it easier to access the window after climbing the drain pipe.

[-] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 15 points 4 months ago

I think it's for Juan

[-] underwire212@lemm.ee 12 points 4 months ago

This would be funnier without the literal text explanation and giant red circle

[-] SnowMeowXP@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

But, how will I repost the pic on social media without having to explain the coding joke :)

[-] coldsideofyourpillow@lemmy.cafe 2 points 4 months ago

I don't know what they're for... but I'm scared to delete them.

[-] tiredofsametab@fedia.io 9 points 4 months ago

This is why I love test coverage and metrics (though there's always the chance jimbob from accounting calls it once or twice a year).

[-] otter@lemmy.ca 7 points 4 months ago

'upperBalcony' is assigned a value but never used

Ok but still, what if

[-] BreadstickNinja@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

Somehow, it cantilevers the whole second floor.

[-] rockerface@lemm.ee 7 points 4 months ago

It's load bearing

[-] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 6 points 4 months ago

Ah yes, Chesterton’s Balcony

[-] assa123@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

I wish this comment had more upvotes.

In the matter of reforming things, as distinct from deforming them, there is one plain and simple principle; a principle which will probably be called a paradox. There exists in such a case a certain institution or law; let us say, for the sake of simplicity, a fence or gate erected across a road. The more modern type of reformer goes gaily up to it and says, "I don't see the use of this; let us clear it away." To which the more intelligent type of reformer will do well to answer: "If you don't see the use of it, I certainly won't let you clear it away. Go away and think. Then, when you can come back and tell me that you do see the use of it, I may allow you to destroy it.

However it is a one sided approach. Sometimes there must also be an answer to "If you don't see the use of keeping it, I won't let you", e.g. radical mastectomy, conservatism.