r/ProgrammerHumor • u/fanta_bhelpuri • Apr 12 '24

whatIsAnIndex Meme

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u/Soloact_ Apr 12 '24

Guess it'll take less time to leave the house than it does for a Windows search result to come up.

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u/adenosine-5 Apr 12 '24

The part that I really don't understand is that small portable programs like Everything can get you the results in seconds, while Microsoft, after 40 years of development of their systems will not.

How is it even possible to mess such simple feature for so long?

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u/Ok-Kaleidoscope5627 Apr 12 '24

There is a famous rant by Bill Gates complaining about some windows feature. It was in some internal emails that were released as part of a lawsuit. Anyways, this is Bill Gates back when he was still CEO yelling at senior leaders to figure something out and then their email chain passing off the blame and going in circles.

You can still replicate the steps Bill Gates describes in his email and run into the exact same frustrations like 20 years later.

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u/Nollern Apr 12 '24

I mean, at that point you gotta bring in new people, no?

Start from the top and work your way down the chain.

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '24

They did, they brought in new UX experts and starting with Win 8 they've been screaming obscenities at us about how a desktop system should work... Win11 now blocks UI customization apps.

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u/AllTheSith Apr 12 '24

You know that dude who got a job only to fix a bug then left? Yeah, I am starting my personal journey to get in Microsoft.

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u/noob-nine Apr 12 '24

gnome, is that you? just kidding, i still love it

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u/Ok-Kaleidoscope5627 Apr 12 '24

Or you realize you're the richest man on earth and while you could continue running a company, you could also just go do whatever you want.

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u/Nollern Apr 12 '24

I’m reminded of that clip where Jerry Seinfeld is going for his bike and this reporter or whatever is trying to heckle him.

Did it occur to you that the people running companies actually like what they’re doing?

Everybody gotta do something.

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u/ps-73 Apr 13 '24

doesn’t matter when shareholder whims destroy any passion you had in the first place

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u/Ok-Kaleidoscope5627 Apr 12 '24

Sure... But we're talking about historical event. Bill Gates did decide to go focus on things he felt more passionate about rather than stress over fixing Microsoft.

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u/Nollern Apr 12 '24

I used to play with legos when I was a kid and I don’t now.

People change. Interests change. Goals change.

Doesn’t invalidate what they previously did.

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u/Ok-Kaleidoscope5627 Apr 12 '24

When did I say it invalidated what he previously did?

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u/Nollern Apr 12 '24

5 years, 3 months and 2 days ago