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Programmer tries to explain binary search to the police (startrek.website)

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Are you my kindred spirit!? :P Thats almost exactly what I do too!

My favourite is when someone apologies for not knowing something or having dumb questions. Apart from "there is never a dumb question" because there usually isn't, I typically respond with "if everyone already knew how to do everything, I'd be out of a job" which always seems to go down well.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Some of my favorite help desk moments are those times you get to a be teacher for someone that's genuinely listening and happy to learn.