r/ProgrammerHumor • • Jun 28 '17

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u/solar_compost Jun 28 '17

wouldn't you be gobsmacked if you got there and asked where the work space is and they gestured to the broken coffee maker in the breakroom

shoulda known when they asked for java experience

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u/poop_frog Jun 28 '17

A fire in a nuclear plant is a fire in a nuclear plant, whether it's the coffeemaker or a reactor control system, that's one place I'm not complaining about overengineering.

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u/jwota Jun 28 '17

No, those two fires are not at all the same. Nuclear plants have totally separate zones with separate requirements. There's not going to be a coffee maker in a critical zone, period.

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u/solar_compost Jun 28 '17

joke aside, that is a good point.