Welcome to the Lounge

Johnny J.6-Dec-18 5:09

Johnny J.

6-Dec-18 5:09

How about implementing that in QA as well? Roll eyes | :rolleyes:

Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
-
The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
-
Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
Mark Twain

Chris Maunder6-Dec-18 6:18

Chris Maunder

6-Dec-18 6:18

I'm disappointed no one has commented that there are missing semi-colons and the equality is using == instead of ===, which would then result in a religious debate around the concept of truthy/falsy and a debate on jslint vs ESLint which would, in due course, spiral down to comments on personal hygiene and ancestry.

Sigh. When I was a lad these things were important.

cheers
Chris Maunder

OriginalGriff6-Dec-18 6:23

OriginalGriff

6-Dec-18 6:23

I'm still foaming at the mouth from the use of 1TBS ...

Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

Do not escape reality : improve reality !

Rage6-Dec-18 9:57

Rage

6-Dec-18 9:57

Chris Maunder wrote:
the equality is using == instead of ===

I had to look that up, did not know === was a thing. Then this[^]:

JavaScript has two sets of equality operators: === and !==, and their evil twins == and !=. The good ones work the way you would expect. If the two operands are of the same type and have the same value, then === produces true and !== produces false. The evil twins do the right thing when the operands are of the same type, but if they are of different types, they attempt to coerce the values. the rules by which they do that are complicated and unmemorable.

DRHuff6-Dec-18 13:22

DRHuff

6-Dec-18 13:22

Wait - are they saying

=== != ==

or are they saying

=== !== ==

??? Sigh | :sigh:

Socialism is the Axe Body Spray of political ideologies: It never does what it claims to do, but people too young to know better keep buying it anyway. (Glenn Reynolds)

Do not escape reality : improve reality !

Rage6-Dec-18 22:19

Rage

6-Dec-18 22:19

Made me chuckle Smile | :)

How to politely tell someone I'm actually busy

Chris Maunder7-Dec-18 3:07

Chris Maunder

7-Dec-18 3:07

They are saying one doesn't equal the other more than the other one doesn't equal the other.

And this is why JavaScript, as the winner of the Least Common Denominator Award, is a nightmare we'll all rue for years to come.

cheers
Chris Maunder

Dominic Burford6-Dec-18 0:52

6-Dec-18 0:52

I have a work colleague who has a habit of disturbing me while I'm working. He's a great bloke in every other sense, but he will often disturb me while I'm working with non-work related conversations e.g. "Hey did you see this on the news this morning....." etc. These can occur at any time of the day, not just lunchtime.

I appreciate his friendliness, but would also appreciate being left alone to get on with my job. I don't mind the work related discussion, but I find the non-work related chat a distraction.

What's a polite way of telling them that I'm actually busy.

"There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult." - C.A.R. Hoare

Home | LinkedIn | Google+ | Twitter

Nathan Minier6-Dec-18 1:09

Nathan Minier

6-Dec-18 1:09

"Hey, I'm actually really busy right now. Can we catch up later?"

"Never attribute to malice that which can be explained by stupidity."
- Hanlon's Razor

Jörgen Andersson6-Dec-18 1:10

Jörgen Andersson

6-Dec-18 1:10

"I'm sorry, but I'm busy right now. I need to concentrate on ___. Let's go for a beer later."

There's no way around it. Just make sure telling you want to hear it, just not now

Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello

Do not escape reality : improve reality !

Rage6-Dec-18 1:17

Rage

6-Dec-18 1:17

My method : headset + music.

musefan6-Dec-18 1:24

musefan

6-Dec-18 1:24

Don't even need the actual music, just bang some headphones on and let the assumptions you are listening to music have their way.

Perhaps just nod a little every now an then to eliminate any creeping doubts.

glennPattonWork37-Dec-18 12:40

glennPattonWork3

7-Dec-18 12:40

I though I was the only one to do that...

Dominic Burford6-Dec-18 2:33

6-Dec-18 2:33

This is my preferred route so far Smile | :)

musefan6-Dec-18 1:27

musefan

6-Dec-18 1:27

Just pretend to zone out when they speak, like you are really focusing then say "huh... oh, sorry I was just lost in this work, what were you saying?"

A few variations of that and they will eventually get the hint.

Johnny J.6-Dec-18 2:02

Johnny J.

6-Dec-18 2:02

Doesn't work. I use that all the time, but my coworkers continue to talk to me all the same

musefan6-Dec-18 2:07

musefan

6-Dec-18 2:07

Last resort: become the office ****

Start by eating everyone's lunch, and make sure they know it was you, but can't prove it.

Mike Winiberg7-Dec-18 0:12

Mike Winiberg

7-Dec-18 0:12

What used to really get to me is people who would come in - often through a deliberately closed office door - and just start talking to me, even if I was already on the phone or talking to someone else! Even telling them to "f. off" has no effect!

Dominic Burford6-Dec-18 2:34

6-Dec-18 2:34

I've tried this too, and it does seem quite effective Smile | :)

Power Puff Boy6-Dec-18 2:17

Power Puff Boy

6-Dec-18 2:17

Try the truth: "I'm very busy right now. Can we talk later?"

BREAKING FAKE NEWS: Trump told the truth!

HobbyProggy6-Dec-18 2:26

HobbyProggy

6-Dec-18 2:26

Amazon.de: Do Not Disturb I'm Disturbed Enough As It Is! Blech-Wandschild zum Aufhängen[^]

Hang it up when you need it, tell him when it's down you are free to talk.

Rules for the FOSW ![^]

if(!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(_signature))
{
    MessageBox.Show("This is my signature: " + Environment.NewLine + _signature);
}
else
{
    MessageBox.Show("404-Signature not found");
}

Dominic Burford6-Dec-18 2:36

6-Dec-18 2:36

Now that could come in very handy Thumbs Up | :thumbsup:

HobbyProggy7-Dec-18 0:10

HobbyProggy

7-Dec-18 0:10

Works for me so far, though you have to remember to put it down somewhen so the guys don't start ignoring it.

Rules for the FOSW ![^]

if(!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(_signature))
{
    MessageBox.Show("This is my signature: " + Environment.NewLine + _signature);
}
else
{
    MessageBox.Show("404-Signature not found");
}

Amarnath S6-Dec-18 3:50

Amarnath S

6-Dec-18 3:50

Yes, when I was an employee of GE, they had given all the employees a big placard to hang at the desk, having the words "Imagination at Work" which was another way of telling that "I am thinking and working; leave me alone".