Square peg, round hole

If the whole “square peg, round hole” BS was a valid argument for anything, all doors we go through would have to be shaped exactly like our own profile as we pass them.

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empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 8 pts · 1y (4 replies)

"Square peg, round hole" is not a lesson in shaping, it is a lesson in tolerances and overkill. Anything will fit in anything if you just leave a big enough clearance fit. Machinist big brain.

Bridger@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 1y

Or apply enough force.

c10l@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y (2 replies)

I am aware of that. Unfortunately that’s not how I see it mostly used in the field.

Hydra_Fk@reddthat.com · 0 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Sounds like you are a square peg in a round hole that is full of dumb dumbs in your field.

c10l@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y

My field is software engineering. I agree.

zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev · 7 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Sounds nice, like there's an opening that's just right for me

Crackhappy@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y (1 reply)

I knew someone was going to beat me to it.

Here.

Zachariah@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y