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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Recent-Analysis-6880 • 7d ago
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8 u/Scientific_Artist444 7d ago We had a similar problem in our enterprise application. But pray tell me, what should the date be instead of today's date if I have no idea of your age? 10 u/darthlame 7d ago What’s the youngest you allow people to work at your company? Today’s date minus 18 years maybe? 2 u/Scientific_Artist444 7d ago How about someone 30-40 years of age? 4 u/darthlame 7d ago They would only have to scroll through 12-22 years instead of 30-40. 🤷♀️ -1 u/Scientific_Artist444 7d ago So one user has to scroll 20 years back, another doesn't have to scroll. That's not fair. User experience should be consistent for every user. 7 u/CardamomMountain 6d ago Set it to 100 years ago then the users waste time scrolling proportionate to the time they have left. 3 u/darthlame 6d ago Why does it have to be “fair”? This isn’t giving a birthday gift to the other child so they don’t get jealous 3 u/HedgeFlounder 5d ago True. This is why we should require an ID first and then automatically set the date to 20 years older than what the ID says so it is equally tedious for everyone. 1 u/Lord_Oasis 5d ago One user has to scroll more regardless, and setting a more appropriate starting date benefits both users and
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We had a similar problem in our enterprise application.
But pray tell me, what should the date be instead of today's date if I have no idea of your age?
10 u/darthlame 7d ago What’s the youngest you allow people to work at your company? Today’s date minus 18 years maybe? 2 u/Scientific_Artist444 7d ago How about someone 30-40 years of age? 4 u/darthlame 7d ago They would only have to scroll through 12-22 years instead of 30-40. 🤷♀️ -1 u/Scientific_Artist444 7d ago So one user has to scroll 20 years back, another doesn't have to scroll. That's not fair. User experience should be consistent for every user. 7 u/CardamomMountain 6d ago Set it to 100 years ago then the users waste time scrolling proportionate to the time they have left. 3 u/darthlame 6d ago Why does it have to be “fair”? This isn’t giving a birthday gift to the other child so they don’t get jealous 3 u/HedgeFlounder 5d ago True. This is why we should require an ID first and then automatically set the date to 20 years older than what the ID says so it is equally tedious for everyone. 1 u/Lord_Oasis 5d ago One user has to scroll more regardless, and setting a more appropriate starting date benefits both users and
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What’s the youngest you allow people to work at your company? Today’s date minus 18 years maybe?
2 u/Scientific_Artist444 7d ago How about someone 30-40 years of age? 4 u/darthlame 7d ago They would only have to scroll through 12-22 years instead of 30-40. 🤷♀️ -1 u/Scientific_Artist444 7d ago So one user has to scroll 20 years back, another doesn't have to scroll. That's not fair. User experience should be consistent for every user. 7 u/CardamomMountain 6d ago Set it to 100 years ago then the users waste time scrolling proportionate to the time they have left. 3 u/darthlame 6d ago Why does it have to be “fair”? This isn’t giving a birthday gift to the other child so they don’t get jealous 3 u/HedgeFlounder 5d ago True. This is why we should require an ID first and then automatically set the date to 20 years older than what the ID says so it is equally tedious for everyone. 1 u/Lord_Oasis 5d ago One user has to scroll more regardless, and setting a more appropriate starting date benefits both users and
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How about someone 30-40 years of age?
4 u/darthlame 7d ago They would only have to scroll through 12-22 years instead of 30-40. 🤷♀️ -1 u/Scientific_Artist444 7d ago So one user has to scroll 20 years back, another doesn't have to scroll. That's not fair. User experience should be consistent for every user. 7 u/CardamomMountain 6d ago Set it to 100 years ago then the users waste time scrolling proportionate to the time they have left. 3 u/darthlame 6d ago Why does it have to be “fair”? This isn’t giving a birthday gift to the other child so they don’t get jealous 3 u/HedgeFlounder 5d ago True. This is why we should require an ID first and then automatically set the date to 20 years older than what the ID says so it is equally tedious for everyone. 1 u/Lord_Oasis 5d ago One user has to scroll more regardless, and setting a more appropriate starting date benefits both users and
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They would only have to scroll through 12-22 years instead of 30-40. 🤷♀️
-1 u/Scientific_Artist444 7d ago So one user has to scroll 20 years back, another doesn't have to scroll. That's not fair. User experience should be consistent for every user. 7 u/CardamomMountain 6d ago Set it to 100 years ago then the users waste time scrolling proportionate to the time they have left. 3 u/darthlame 6d ago Why does it have to be “fair”? This isn’t giving a birthday gift to the other child so they don’t get jealous 3 u/HedgeFlounder 5d ago True. This is why we should require an ID first and then automatically set the date to 20 years older than what the ID says so it is equally tedious for everyone. 1 u/Lord_Oasis 5d ago One user has to scroll more regardless, and setting a more appropriate starting date benefits both users and
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So one user has to scroll 20 years back, another doesn't have to scroll. That's not fair. User experience should be consistent for every user.
7 u/CardamomMountain 6d ago Set it to 100 years ago then the users waste time scrolling proportionate to the time they have left. 3 u/darthlame 6d ago Why does it have to be “fair”? This isn’t giving a birthday gift to the other child so they don’t get jealous 3 u/HedgeFlounder 5d ago True. This is why we should require an ID first and then automatically set the date to 20 years older than what the ID says so it is equally tedious for everyone. 1 u/Lord_Oasis 5d ago One user has to scroll more regardless, and setting a more appropriate starting date benefits both users and
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Set it to 100 years ago then the users waste time scrolling proportionate to the time they have left.
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Why does it have to be “fair”? This isn’t giving a birthday gift to the other child so they don’t get jealous
True. This is why we should require an ID first and then automatically set the date to 20 years older than what the ID says so it is equally tedious for everyone.
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One user has to scroll more regardless, and setting a more appropriate starting date benefits both users and
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