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[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 32 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Or, the best one of all, mis-quote a known fact in their earshot. You’ll have every engineer’s attention at that point.

[–] 0x0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 week ago

Parenthesis matching algorithms run in O(n^2) time

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 24 points 1 week ago

Foolproof: break the coffee maker and then say “there has got to be a better way to get your attention.”

[–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

What worked on my friend (in other words, what pissed my friend off) was saying "Why don't you..." and then proposing something other than what he was doing, with bonus points for proposing an idea that came to mind there and then without thinking about it much.

Hi Satan... and/or my wife.

[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

I’d add one more: wouldn’t it be cool if this thing had …

[–] sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago

Where's the part of the chart for 'Mention TurboEncabulator'?

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world -1 points 1 week ago

There's gotta be a better way to raise your alt-right incel son, Greg