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| ogden:
--- Quote from: Andy Watson on November 26, 2022, 11:56:38 pm --- --- Quote from: jpanhalt on November 26, 2022, 11:38:13 pm ---One of the things I like about this site is the complete irrelevance of "like" scores. --- End quote --- Oh, hang-on-a-mo, did I just "like" that? :) --- End quote --- Like here works same way as "thank you" in real world. Some pay attention to it, some don't. |
| jpanhalt:
I should have been clearer. A thank you is polite, provides positive reinforcement to those trying to help, and using the thanks button avoids unnecessary posts. My point was that the score per se is meaningless. Some sites equate that score with helpfulness, in some cases even posting a percentage publically. In reality, one often sees more likes/thank yous given for comedy, YT videos, and OT than for technical advice. Various attempts to restrict "thank you" for technical help and "like" for everything else have been made, but they all fail. I have no objection to keeping it simple and in the background as is done here, but I wouldn't miss it if that button were removed. |
| EPAIII:
Actually he said, "I have been fixing up a bog standard couple of hard switched converters for a customer." A bog is an area of soft, wet ground. Hard switched? Does it use a knife switch? Or a toggle switch? Or is it a switch like my dad used when I got caught at something? Converter? What does it convert? Voltage? Frequency? Current? And "fixing up"? Is this a repair? A redesign to take care of some design problems? Or a new design entirely? And who's customer? Just what is this guy(?) talking about? He wants some advise on how to approach this. But is he an employee? Or an outside contractor? Or the CEO? I think people in those different roles would act differently. Or, at least, they certainly could. Personally I would have the "I QUIT, get yourself another whipping boy" card ready to play at an instant's notice. --- Quote from: Geoff-AU on November 22, 2022, 12:13:48 pm ---What’s a hard switched converter? Is it about 2 minutes longer than a soft switched converter? --- End quote --- |
| tggzzz:
--- Quote from: EPAIII on November 27, 2022, 08:58:08 am ---He wants some advise on how to approach this. But is he an employee? Or an outside contractor? Or the CEO? I think people in those different roles would act differently. Or, at least, they certainly could. Personally I would have the "I QUIT, get yourself another whipping boy" card ready to play at an instant's notice. --- End quote --- Given his history (as seen through the filter of this forum), I suspect he has limited options. |
| pardo-bsso:
--- Quote from: tggzzz on November 27, 2022, 09:02:57 am --- --- Quote from: EPAIII on November 27, 2022, 08:58:08 am ---He wants some advise on how to approach this. But is he an employee? Or an outside contractor? Or the CEO? I think people in those different roles would act differently. Or, at least, they certainly could. Personally I would have the "I QUIT, get yourself another whipping boy" card ready to play at an instant's notice. --- End quote --- Given his history (as seen through the filter of this forum), I suspect he has limited options. --- End quote --- Is that you Mo-Dean? (sorry, slow day at work...) |
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