Post B6XHJnqq2aYIkuNE12 by la@chaos.social
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 (DIR) Post #B6XHJnXhBlEvnXPwB6 by ErinRose@chaos.social
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       the practical sfx company I consult for occasionally had their EE / software person* quit without warning and asked me to debug some device firmware on short notice - they said they’d send over the code, and then posted the entire computer by same-day courier?? *who was also their sysadmin.. (this was a while back, I still have it..)
       
 (DIR) Post #B6XHJnqq2aYIkuNE12 by la@chaos.social
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       @ErinRose wha? I guess they wanted to send you the whole dev environment? Or why would they do that...?
       
 (DIR) Post #B6XHJo3FISTdNOB8M4 by azonenberg@ioc.exchange
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       @la @ErinRose did you ask then for a container with the build environment and they put it in a cardboard box instead of docker? :pThe logical conclusion of "works on my machine"
       
 (DIR) Post #B6XHR6SjF9QoVJZrpQ by ErinRose@chaos.social
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       @azonenberg @la “build environment” is just a funny way of saying “workshop” to these people (I wish i was like them)
       
 (DIR) Post #B6XHXpW0eOpVyFJsKu by azonenberg@ioc.exchange
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       @ErinRose @la checking whether build environment is sane...Build environment is in a FedEx box. Guess not