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Have a bit of trust (lemmy.ml)

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[–] hakunawazo@lemmy.world 31 points 1 day ago (3 children)

[–] palordrolap@fedia.io 3 points 1 day ago

This is one of those rare occasions where "IT" might have been better fully punctuated as "I.T.", but the thought of using "Scotty" as a verb meaning "generously pad all estimates" amuses me.

e.g. "If I want to cover my a---, I should Scotty it."

[–] marlowe221@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

This right here

[–] Machinist@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

This is actually wisdom. I use a 4x fudge factor.