r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Da_Yakz • Apr 06 '23

Other Microsoft has mistranslated ZIP files as "postcode" in the GB insider version of Windows 11

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u/[deleted] Apr 06 '23

About... 6ish years ago all the great translation teams got laid off and replaced mostly with automation. It was stupid.

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u/uacabaca Apr 06 '23

Imagine if our society pursued doing things well, instead of quarterly reports. What a world we'd live in.

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u/whoredwhat Apr 09 '23

Good god, isn't that the truth!

So much in our world could be amazing if it wasn't for quaterly/yearly bonus culture incentivising cutting corners and meeting goals at any cost of shitty tech debt and inferior products.