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Americans choose most expensive way possible to discover what goods made in Canada (thebeaverton.com)

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The Canadian government has insisted that information on domestic goods is readily available to all trading partners, even including nations that recently elected a felony-convicted game show host to be their head of state. Instead, the United States has decided to employ a rarely-chosen trade tactic that international economists refer to as the “fuck around and find out” model.

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Never heard of the scream test in 40 years of software dev, but I like it.

[–] anomnom 36 points 2 weeks ago

That’s because it’s the ops guys who turn off all your sites.

[–] jballs 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Sounds like you need to live life more dangerously.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I've been in IT Operations for 8 years and do this practice but first I've heard of 'scream test' as well

[–] jballs 1 points 2 weeks ago

Maybe it's more common with databases and reporting? I've seen this a million times over the years with removing tables or reports. Then again, it's possible I've only worked in places with poor data governance.