Title text: There are probably children out there holding down spacebar to stay warm in the winter! YOUR UPDATE MURDERS CHILDREN.

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[Changelog for version 10.17 of a piece of software.]

One change listed: “The CPU no longer overheats when you hold down the spacebar”
Comments: LongtimeUser4 writes: This update broke my workflow! My control key is hard to reach, so I hold spacebar instead, and I configured Emacs to interpret a rapid temperature rise as “control”.
Admin writes: That’s horrifying.
LongtimeUser4 writes: Look, my setup works for me. Just add an option to reenable spacebar heating.

Every change breaks someone’s workflow.

  • @dual_sport_dorkEnglish
    71•11 months ago

    Not in my experience. The three most dangerous things in the world are:

    • A programmer with a soldering iron.
    • An HVAC tech with a software patch.
    • A user with an idea.
    • Shaded CosmosEnglish
      12•11 months ago

      Haha as a programmer who has worked on a handful of soldering projects this is so true.

    • @[email protected]English
      9•11 months ago

      I should put down the soldering iron I guess

      would make my electronics projects less horrible

    • @FeathercrownEnglish
      9•11 months ago

      “So I’ve been thinking…”

      “Well that’s dangerous!”

      • newIdentityEnglish
        11•11 months ago

        No. Usually not really

        This is why most open source projects are ugly

        • @CabrioEnglish
          4•11 months ago

          One sentence horror story:

          Full-stack developer.

        • @Delta_44English
          1•11 months ago

          What if I’m a bit of both?