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  • C Chris Maunder

    You've just realised that the cool feature you spent the last 4hrs implementing has already been implemented. By you. And in a neater manner than the code you'd just written. I can just imagine me-from-a-few-months-back standing behind me, hand raised, about to clip me over the ear. I'd deserve it.

    cheers Chris Maunder

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    Lost User
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    Done that more times than I can remember. :rolleyes:

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    • C Chris Maunder

      You've just realised that the cool feature you spent the last 4hrs implementing has already been implemented. By you. And in a neater manner than the code you'd just written. I can just imagine me-from-a-few-months-back standing behind me, hand raised, about to clip me over the ear. I'd deserve it.

      cheers Chris Maunder

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      Maximilien
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      See the discussion just below this one... :rolleyes:

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      • C Chris Maunder

        You've just realised that the cool feature you spent the last 4hrs implementing has already been implemented. By you. And in a neater manner than the code you'd just written. I can just imagine me-from-a-few-months-back standing behind me, hand raised, about to clip me over the ear. I'd deserve it.

        cheers Chris Maunder

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        Ian Shlasko
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        Got something similar... Had a meeting in which I got a new request to process some specific data. Since I'm training a backup, it was decided that he would do part of it, for practice. Scheduled some time to sit down together and work on it. I start to point out the source and destination data, then realize the destination data looks... kind of like the source data. That's when I realized I already did it four months ago. I had already created a new solution + project for the new translation tool, and apparently I gave it exactly the same name as I gave the one I wrote four months ago... So at least I'm consistent.

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        • C Chris Maunder

          You've just realised that the cool feature you spent the last 4hrs implementing has already been implemented. By you. And in a neater manner than the code you'd just written. I can just imagine me-from-a-few-months-back standing behind me, hand raised, about to clip me over the ear. I'd deserve it.

          cheers Chris Maunder

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          Jeremy Falcon
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          Been there, done that. Once I bought a book on how to improve your memory. I never read it and put it aside. About a year or so later I bought the same book and didn't realize it until I brought it home to put it with the rest of my books. Good times man... good times.

          Jeremy Falcon

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          • C Chris Maunder

            You've just realised that the cool feature you spent the last 4hrs implementing has already been implemented. By you. And in a neater manner than the code you'd just written. I can just imagine me-from-a-few-months-back standing behind me, hand raised, about to clip me over the ear. I'd deserve it.

            cheers Chris Maunder

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            Marc Clifton
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            Yeah, that's why I got a vasectomy. Badaboom-badabing. :) Marc

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            • C Chris Maunder

              You've just realised that the cool feature you spent the last 4hrs implementing has already been implemented. By you. And in a neater manner than the code you'd just written. I can just imagine me-from-a-few-months-back standing behind me, hand raised, about to clip me over the ear. I'd deserve it.

              cheers Chris Maunder

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              Mike Hankey
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              Or when you write a piece of code and it doesn't do what you intended and realize that you had wrote the same crap in the past?

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              • C Chris Maunder

                You've just realised that the cool feature you spent the last 4hrs implementing has already been implemented. By you. And in a neater manner than the code you'd just written. I can just imagine me-from-a-few-months-back standing behind me, hand raised, about to clip me over the ear. I'd deserve it.

                cheers Chris Maunder

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                Slacker007
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                Early onset of Alzheimer's, perhaps? :-D Seriously, yes I hate it when that happens, and I think most of us have been there once or twice.

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                • C Chris Maunder

                  You've just realised that the cool feature you spent the last 4hrs implementing has already been implemented. By you. And in a neater manner than the code you'd just written. I can just imagine me-from-a-few-months-back standing behind me, hand raised, about to clip me over the ear. I'd deserve it.

                  cheers Chris Maunder

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                  Jorgen Andersson
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                  I guess it really is time to reimplement tasks. :)

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                  • C Chris Maunder

                    You've just realised that the cool feature you spent the last 4hrs implementing has already been implemented. By you. And in a neater manner than the code you'd just written. I can just imagine me-from-a-few-months-back standing behind me, hand raised, about to clip me over the ear. I'd deserve it.

                    cheers Chris Maunder

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                    JMK NI
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                    Reminds me of the Futurama episode where the professor decides to invent the Smelloscope, only to realize he invented one the previous year :laugh:

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                    • C Chris Maunder

                      You've just realised that the cool feature you spent the last 4hrs implementing has already been implemented. By you. And in a neater manner than the code you'd just written. I can just imagine me-from-a-few-months-back standing behind me, hand raised, about to clip me over the ear. I'd deserve it.

                      cheers Chris Maunder

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                      Single Step Debugger
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                      And in a neater manner than the code you'd just written.

                      Don't you just hate this smartass - you from the past? I even had a case when I was not able to understand how my old code works. :sigh:

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                      • C Chris Maunder

                        You've just realised that the cool feature you spent the last 4hrs implementing has already been implemented. By you. And in a neater manner than the code you'd just written. I can just imagine me-from-a-few-months-back standing behind me, hand raised, about to clip me over the ear. I'd deserve it.

                        cheers Chris Maunder

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                        bryce
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                        muahahahahahahahahaha b

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                        • C Chris Maunder

                          You've just realised that the cool feature you spent the last 4hrs implementing has already been implemented. By you. And in a neater manner than the code you'd just written. I can just imagine me-from-a-few-months-back standing behind me, hand raised, about to clip me over the ear. I'd deserve it.

                          cheers Chris Maunder

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                          bryce
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                          I suggest early on Old-timers disease (Alzheimers) Conveniently that now leads me to point you to an Insider News post from Kent (thanks kent, you provided some ammo to fire your boss's way - no bonus for you![^]) Prevent Alzheimer's Disease by drinking beer?[^] Now Maunder, we all know your sorry arsed history of skipping out on beers - as an ex medical professional I'd hazard an assessment that should you not have skipped out on those beers you'd not be in the current be-codgered state you are. i.e. its your own bloody fault coz you're a wowser :D Bryce

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                          • C Chris Maunder

                            You've just realised that the cool feature you spent the last 4hrs implementing has already been implemented. By you. And in a neater manner than the code you'd just written. I can just imagine me-from-a-few-months-back standing behind me, hand raised, about to clip me over the ear. I'd deserve it.

                            cheers Chris Maunder

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                            Tom Clement
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                            On the flip side, don't you love it when you get calls from support complaining that the product doesn't do something, and you get to tell them that it's been there right in front of them all along?

                            Tom Clement articles[^]

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                            • C Chris Maunder

                              You've just realised that the cool feature you spent the last 4hrs implementing has already been implemented. By you. And in a neater manner than the code you'd just written. I can just imagine me-from-a-few-months-back standing behind me, hand raised, about to clip me over the ear. I'd deserve it.

                              cheers Chris Maunder

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                              Lost User
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                              Literally just did exactly that - was so miffed with myself I came to CP to chill for a bit - saw this. Ah well, at least I'm not alone!

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