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[–] [email protected] 24 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Or, the best one of all, mis-quote a known fact in their earshot. You’ll have every engineer’s attention at that point.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 hours ago

Parenthesis matching algorithms run in O(n^2) time

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 hours ago

I’d add one more: wouldn’t it be cool if this thing had …

[–] [email protected] 20 points 9 hours ago

Foolproof: break the coffee maker and then say “there has got to be a better way to get your attention.”

[–] ArbitraryValue 11 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

What worked on my friend (in other words, what pissed my friend off) was saying "Why don't you..." and then proposing something other than what he was doing, with bonus points for proposing an idea that came to mind there and then without thinking about it much.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 hours ago

Where's the part of the chart for 'Mention TurboEncabulator'?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 8 hours ago

There's gotta be a better way to raise your alt-right incel son, Greg