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I'm puzzled by the "they" in this: " And because you're lucky that the people around you understand that they create more problems than they solve." I take the "they"s to be the people around him, but it almost makes some sense if it was " And because you're lucky that the people around you understand that it[code,dead body] create[s] more problems than they solve." but that's not right either. [[User:Afbach|Afbach]] ([[User talk:Afbach|talk]]) | I'm puzzled by the "they" in this: " And because you're lucky that the people around you understand that they create more problems than they solve." I take the "they"s to be the people around him, but it almost makes some sense if it was " And because you're lucky that the people around you understand that it[code,dead body] create[s] more problems than they solve." but that's not right either. [[User:Afbach|Afbach]] ([[User talk:Afbach|talk]]) | ||
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I'm puzzled by the "And because". What's that doing there? What is the 'and' connecting? [[Special:Contributions/162.158.111.169|162.158.111.169]] 18:37, 17 April 2019 (UTC) | I'm puzzled by the "And because". What's that doing there? What is the 'and' connecting? [[Special:Contributions/162.158.111.169|162.158.111.169]] 18:37, 17 April 2019 (UTC) | ||
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Pony tail is saying "[Cueball] is lucky that the people around [cueball] understand that [dead bodies] create more problems than they solve" insinuating that otherwise cueballs fate for writing such bad code would be dire. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.107.25|162.158.107.25]] 18:52, 17 April 2019 (UTC) | Pony tail is saying "[Cueball] is lucky that the people around [cueball] understand that [dead bodies] create more problems than they solve" insinuating that otherwise cueballs fate for writing such bad code would be dire. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.107.25|162.158.107.25]] 18:52, 17 April 2019 (UTC) | ||
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Another take on Ponytails final comment - Queball: "My code is sort of similar to a dead body, [...]" Pontytail: "and [it is also similar to a dead body] because" everyone knows Queball writing code causes more problems than the code solves, just like creating dead bodies cause more problems than what it solves. With the title text referring to what happens with either Queballs code or dead bodies if left ignored. He is lucky, in that people realize they can't ignore his code, and have to deal with it for him before things go sideways. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.106.102|162.158.106.102]] 20:29, 17 April 2019 (UTC) | Another take on Ponytails final comment - Queball: "My code is sort of similar to a dead body, [...]" Pontytail: "and [it is also similar to a dead body] because" everyone knows Queball writing code causes more problems than the code solves, just like creating dead bodies cause more problems than what it solves. With the title text referring to what happens with either Queballs code or dead bodies if left ignored. He is lucky, in that people realize they can't ignore his code, and have to deal with it for him before things go sideways. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.106.102|162.158.106.102]] 20:29, 17 April 2019 (UTC) | ||
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I tried to come up with an explanation for the title text, but honestly, that has me a bit stumped too. I'm really not sure what Randall was going for in this comic. My understanding of "downstream" is from source control software like {{w|Git}}; a developer who pulls code from a repository is said to be "downstream" of it - ie. they're receiving code. When they push their changes back, they push it "upstream". | I tried to come up with an explanation for the title text, but honestly, that has me a bit stumped too. I'm really not sure what Randall was going for in this comic. My understanding of "downstream" is from source control software like {{w|Git}}; a developer who pulls code from a repository is said to be "downstream" of it - ie. they're receiving code. When they push their changes back, they push it "upstream". | ||
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I think what this means in context is that Cueball pushes his bad code to a repository, and other developers pull it downstream, thus "contaminating" their local environments. But honestly, this interpretation doesn't really feel satisfying to me, so I'm not sure. [[User:Hawthorn|Hawthorn]] ([[User talk:Hawthorn|talk]]) 21:25, 17 April 2019 (UTC) | I think what this means in context is that Cueball pushes his bad code to a repository, and other developers pull it downstream, thus "contaminating" their local environments. But honestly, this interpretation doesn't really feel satisfying to me, so I'm not sure. [[User:Hawthorn|Hawthorn]] ([[User talk:Hawthorn|talk]]) 21:25, 17 April 2019 (UTC) | ||
The 2nd interpretation of "downstream" is downstream of a river - a dead body will contaminate the river even if it is not "touched". I think downstream for software development could just mean work for people in the future. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.215.160|108.162.215.160]] 21:41, 17 April 2019 (UTC) | The 2nd interpretation of "downstream" is downstream of a river - a dead body will contaminate the river even if it is not "touched". I think downstream for software development could just mean work for people in the future. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.215.160|108.162.215.160]] 21:41, 17 April 2019 (UTC) | ||
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