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The difference between arrogant and confident is success. So, I guess over confidence could be labeled as arrogance. 
I once inherited a C code base and discovered, to my surprise, that most of the functions declared an 'int' return type, but there were no return statements for success.  A successful result would have been whatever happen to be in the AX register after the call was complete. The compiler was not happy and generated lots of warnings. 
I went through an uncounted number of functions and added the return statements. The compiler was very happy, no errors or warnings.  But, the code would no longer work. 
I decided that I had more import things to do than fix code that worked, so I dropped the whole idea and lived with the warnings.  Besides, 80 percent of the time they were not checking the return type any way. 
INTP
"Program testing can be used to show the presence of bugs, but never to show their absence." - Edsger Dijkstra
"I have never been lost, but I will admit to being confused for several weeks. " - Daniel Boone
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Quote: I once inherited a C code base and discovered, to my surprise, that most of the functions declared an 'int' return type, but there were no return statements for success.
Please don't tell me that. It's an abomination. I cannot believe a C programmer could have done such a thing. 
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Chris Maunder wrote: what the rest of the world considers reasonable
The rest of the world isn't always right.
A lot of great inventors were called arrogant, delusional, and even mad, yet they invented airplanes, discovered America, discovered that the earth was round and that the sun was the center of the galaxy...
You, however, might just need another coffee to clear your head 
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Maybe just feeling lucky!  It's a nice challenge isn't it? It's either a fist pump or a quick swearing fit followed by bug hunting, usually followed by more swearing fits and disbelief that I could have made such stupid mistakes/overlooked the obvious. I'll settle for lots of little victories!
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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Unit tests - pffff
The only unit tests I have are the end users droids units who test my code.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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The solution to all of your problems![^]
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
Mark Twain
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Hey, I weekly change stuff according to my client's wishes, every time believing that when I fulfil said wishes, I can finally draw a line under the particular work package, only to find my client to have more wishes.
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On the plus side, that's what unit tests are for, right?
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I would suggest: Misplaced Optimism...
Has this EVER Worked this way?
Consistently?
While the wife is trying to make sure you get home in time for those Dinner Plans? (LOL, that ALWAYS breaks a build!)
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Are music puns more treble than they are worth?
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Only if you're feeling particularly crotchety.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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he's setting the bar low
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The bar's so low, it's almost at its minimum.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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This one certainly is: On what do you bass this question?
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Give it a rest!
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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I know nothing about music. But I know that you R sharp!
"If we don't change direction, we'll end up where we're going"
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Bar-ing any other influences, that flat-out depends upon your editorial staff.
Anyone coda told ya' that!
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Judging by the scale of these puns, music is everyone's forte.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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I've asked my staff to make a note of this.
/ravi
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That's a natural reaction, but truthfully it is the major key to success.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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That strikes a chord. By my score, you're winning!
/ravi
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Now I'm blushing, give me a moment to compose myself, I'll be Bach bassoon as soon as I can.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Meanwhile, I'm going grocery Chopin. Now where did I put that Lizst?
/ravi
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Ravi Bhavnani wrote: Now where did I put that Lizst?
Go without one, I'm sure you can Handel it, but don't forget the Puccini mushrooms!
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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