I have the fun privilege at work these days of being the guy who sometimes makes things work just by walking in the room.
It feels like a tale as old as time. I’m one of the few software engineers working on the embedded code in our new product, and occasionally a technician or V&V tester or different discipline engineer will ask me to look at something acting funny. And I fully believe them, not just because they have no reason to lie but because “acting funny” is exactly the lifestyle our system is living!
Sometimes I get to lean on my experience with the code, then glare at something on the screen and say I don’t trust it, and that leads us to the fix. But about half the time, just sensing that somebody called daddy into the room makes it stand up straight and stop fucking around, lol.
ivanafterall@lemmy.world 1 week ago
This became a running joke with an old boss. He told me when I started that he was a human EMP for electronics. He wasn’t lying. Just the most baffling problems constantly. Then he’d joke that I needed to touch it and sure enough.
Don_alForno@feddit.org 1 week ago
We have a friend who’s banned from touching the music at partys because he will find a way to accidentally delete the playlist, no matter what we do to make it idiot proof.
bitchkat@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I think the password is a timing thing. When I type in the same password that failed but slower, it works. I suspect I’m probably brushing another key when fast typing.