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Re:Is a trillion dollars’ worth of programming lying on the ... by koala_man on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @01:24PM (#23406019)
>If your manager wants to put diesel in a gasoline car, you often have to agree

If you are using this as a metaphor for a decision you personally consider stupid, then maybe.

If it's actually putting diesel in a gas car, then no, I can't imagine any case in which an intern couldn't safely tell that to their director or CEO.

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Re:Is a trillion dollars’ worth of programming lying on the ... by belval on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @05:43PM (#23409173)
It puzzles me whenever a thread like this comes up on HN, how I either always had reasonable managers or people are exaggerating a lot.

When something is obviously not going to work akin to diesel in a gas car, I have never met someone who wasn't willing to at least take a second look at their "solution".

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Re:Is a trillion dollars’ worth of programming lying on the ... by tuatoru on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @06:11PM (#23409475)
You always had reasonable managers.
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