GoofSchmoofer to Ask LemmyEnglish · 1 year agowhat are some phrases that you use in your hobby or work that would make no sense to outsiders?message-squaremessage-square96fedilinkarrow-up1164arrow-down12
arrow-up1162arrow-down1message-squarewhat are some phrases that you use in your hobby or work that would make no sense to outsiders?GoofSchmoofer to Ask LemmyEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square96fedilink
minus-squareGodriclinkfedilinkarrow-up29arrow-down1·1 year agoLayer 8 Issue, ID-10-T error, but that last one is becoming to common to safely use.
minus-squareDABDAlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·1 year ago Faulty carbon unit PICNIC (Problem In Chair, Not In Computer) or PEBKAC (Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair)
minus-squareGodriclinkfedilinkarrow-up13·1 year agoI really like faulty carbon unit, I haven’t heard that one before XD
minus-squareRolivers@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoSounds like something an AI would say.
minus-squareEdgarallenpwn@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 year agoI think I might start having to use PICNIC.
minus-squareDABDAlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoIt sounds innocuous when used conversationally too so it’s less likely to be picked up as derogatory. A: “Was the user’s login problem difficult to fix?” B: “Nah, that was a PICNIC to troubleshoot.”
Layer 8 Issue, ID-10-T error, but that last one is becoming to common to safely use.
I really like faulty carbon unit, I haven’t heard that one before XD
Sounds like something an AI would say.
I think I might start having to use PICNIC.
It sounds innocuous when used conversationally too so it’s less likely to be picked up as derogatory.
A: “Was the user’s login problem difficult to fix?”
B: “Nah, that was a PICNIC to troubleshoot.”
Add to that RTFM