Generate impressive-looking terminal output, look busy when stakeholders walk by

Re:Generate impressive-looking terminal output, look busy wh... by jama211 on Sunday March 16, 2025 @02:33AM (#43377265)

Isn’t it just smarter to clear your actual build folder and then rebuild it with a script? Bonus points if you limit resources to it so it takes ages? That way if they ever actually look closely, they’ll see it’s the REAL work you’re supposed to be doing that’s building, and you’ll never get in trouble

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Re:Generate impressive-looking terminal output, look busy wh... by huijzer on Sunday March 16, 2025 @02:35AM (#43377269)

If I was a boss and saw someone being busy building Rust all day I would offer a faster computer.

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Re:Generate impressive-looking terminal output, look busy wh... by jama211 on Sunday March 16, 2025 @03:57AM (#43377515)

If you were a boss and you were staring at my screen all day, I’d find another job ;).

In all seriousness though, we’re assuming in this case that you’re taking a break, and a stakeholder happens to walk past - hopefully not a constant occurrence.

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Re:Generate impressive-looking terminal output, look busy wh... by i-zu on Sunday March 16, 2025 @05:48AM (#43377862)

Anxiety wouldn't allow me to go for a break without locking my workstation first.

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Re:Generate impressive-looking terminal output, look busy wh... by jama211 on Sunday March 16, 2025 @01:03PM (#43380457)

I meant taking a break from working whilst still at your desk, as that’s the context of this thread.

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Re:Generate impressive-looking terminal output, look busy wh... by loxs on Sunday March 16, 2025 @03:02AM (#43377343)

Win-win I guess :D

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Re:Generate impressive-looking terminal output, look busy wh... by freehorse on Sunday March 16, 2025 @06:12AM (#43377925)

Is this the way to get your boss buy you a faster computer?

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