This happend to me right noww as I tried to write a gui task manager for the GNU/Linux OS
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Do you know the definition of insanity?
do you know software developers?
But did you get the reference?
I did, don't worry
What's really insane is that sometimes the second identical test actually works.
Then you breathe a sigh of relief, merge it with a comment of "bug fix", write no documentation--especially about how it failed testing, and quit the gig during the inevitable helpdesk explosion; walking away from the fireball like the Michael Bay maniac you are.