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minus-squarekrisevol@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 days agoActually a pencil that hasn’t done any work in flat. It’s only sharp from continuous use and sharpening. Maybe that boss was right.
minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 days agoA pencil being sharpened isn’t the pencil doing work.
minus-squarekrisevol@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 days agoYou only sharpen pencils doing work
minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 days agoYou get a brand new, unsharpened pencil. You sharpen it. You’ve done no work with the pencil. You did work with a sharpener.
minus-squarekrisevol@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 days agoSo that would be like training an employee and now he’s ready to work?
minus-squareMystikIncarnate@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoExactly. And we don’t need those costs on our budget. Training is not included.
Actually a pencil that hasn’t done any work in flat. It’s only sharp from continuous use and sharpening.
Maybe that boss was right.
A pencil being sharpened isn’t the pencil doing work.
You only sharpen pencils doing work
You get a brand new, unsharpened pencil. You sharpen it. You’ve done no work with the pencil. You did work with a sharpener.
So that would be like training an employee and now he’s ready to work?
Exactly. And we don’t need those costs on our budget. Training is not included.