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Apple uses automated schnapps IVs.
:::spoiler Transcript
[A graph with "programming skill" on the Y-axis and "blood alcohol concentration" on the X-axis. The Y-axis slowly goes down, but spikes at 0.1337%.]
[Cueball is making a presentation with the graph.]
Cueball: Called the Ballmer Peak, it was discovered by Microsoft in the 80's. The cause is unknown but somehow a B.A.C between 0.129% and 0.138% confers superhuman programming ability.
Cueball: However, it's a delicate effect requiring careful calibration – you can't just give a team of coders a year's supply of whiskey and tell them to get cracking.
Spectator: ...Has that ever happened?
Cueball: Remember Windows ME?
Spectator: I knew it! :::
8 Comments
lars@lemmy.sdf.org · 15 pts · 2y
When I’m drunk, either:
fkn@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y
It's both. Your inhibitions are lower so you speak more naturally and use more words without consideration of correctness which, if you think about it, is fine generally. Native speakers of a language are amazingly good at deduction of what a non native speaker is intending. You also don't pay attention to your mistakes, which makes the conversation flow easier for everyone.
Deebster@programming.dev · 1 pts · 2y
For me, it's also a matter speaking louder - I have a (normal, I think) tendency to say things I'm unsure of quieter, so sometimes I've mumbled something that was correct (or correct enough) causing the very communication problems I was worried about.
SuperTulle@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 8 pts · 2y
The world needs more reposts of classic xkcd strips
SinningStromgald@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
And I need to finally buckle down and read the lot of it.
Mikina@programming.dev · 3 pts · 2y
Isnt 0.14% of alcohol in blood concentration pretty high? Thats like 5 shots of 40% liquor, or 5 500ml beers.
derpgon@programming.dev · 2 pts · 2y
0.1% = 1‰. About 4‰ is in the fatal range. 1.4‰ is okay.
FluffyPotato@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 2y
Microsoft must have been binge drinking since Windows 7 was released. The teams that manage the rest of their software must not even know what it's like to be remotely sober, I'm surprised the Outlook server team hasn't died.