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xkcd #1172

Workflow

by Randall MunroePublished: License: CC BY-NC 2.5

Comic: Workflow (xkcd #1172). Transcript below.

Workflow © Randall Munroe · xkcd · CC BY-NC 2.5

Hover textThere are probably children out there holding down spacebar to stay warm in the winter! YOUR UPDATE MURDERS CHILDREN.

Why it lands

Hyrum's Law in one strip: with enough users, every observable behaviour of a system, even a CPU overheating, becomes something somebody depends on. The bottom line is the part to keep. A fix is still a change, and someone will feel it.

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Transcript

  1. LATEST: 10.17
  2. UPDATE
  3. CHANGES IN VERSION 10.17:
  4. THE CPU NO LONGER OVERHEATS WHEN YOU HOLD DOWN SPACEBAR.
  5. COMMENTS:
  6. LONGTIMEUSER4 WRITES:
  7. THIS UPDATE BROKE MY WORKFLOW! MY CONTROL KEY IS HARD TO REACH, SO I HOLD SPACEBAR INSTEAD, AND I CONFIGURED EMACS TO INTERPRET A RAPID TEMPERATURE RISE AS "CONTROL".
  8. ADMIN WRITES:
  9. THAT'S HORRIFYING.
  10. LONGTIMEUSER4 WRITES:
  11. LOOK, MY SETUP WORKS FOR ME. JUST ADD AN OPTION TO REENABLE SPACEBAR HEATING.
  12. EVERY CHANGE BREAKS SOMEONE'S WORKFLOW.

Credits

Original
Workflow — Randall Munroe, xkcd

The English page shows the original image unmodified. The Japanese page shows an adaptation by wtfe²: the lettering was erased from the art and replaced with a Japanese translation. The adaptation is shared under the same license as the original.