The BBC being absolutely on the button.
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I am reminded of when a "tech journalist" (I think for the BBC, but my memory is hazy) discovered that WhatsApp groupchats have a limit of 1024 members, and rather than thinking "oh yes that's 2^10, nothing to see here", seemed genuinely puzzled why they'd picked such an arbitrary number
Not knowing what PHP is, is arguably worse, but...
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The BBC being absolutely on the button. Their Cyber correspondent had never even heard of php before? Really???
️@rachel
If your 'expert' doesn't know of the existence of something basic to their field of alleged expertise then maybe they aren't the 'expert' you pay them to be!
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The BBC being absolutely on the button. Their Cyber correspondent had never even heard of php before? Really???
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The BBC being absolutely on the button. Their Cyber correspondent had never even heard of php before? Really???
️@rachel HOW DO YOU NOT KNOW PHP IN THAT POSITION???
Man we are so cooked.
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The BBC being absolutely on the button. Their Cyber correspondent had never even heard of php before? Really???
️@rachel He was too busy cybering. — Vi
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@rachel How about instead of “Cyber Correspondent” they try talking to “Run of the mill sysadmin”?
While I realize we aren’t generally as photogenic, they might actually have a clue
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The BBC being absolutely on the button. Their Cyber correspondent had never even heard of php before? Really???
️@rachel "Cyber Correspondent" = some BBC bigwig's son who has shown another BBC journalist a TikTok clip.
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The BBC being absolutely on the button. Their Cyber correspondent had never even heard of php before? Really???
️@rachel Please don't show this to Ed Zitron
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The BBC being absolutely on the button. Their Cyber correspondent had never even heard of php before? Really???
️@rachel lol I can't anymore
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The BBC being absolutely on the button. Their Cyber correspondent had never even heard of php before? Really???
️@rachel he's probably spent most of his career as a metaverse torso?
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@rachel he's probably spent most of his career as a metaverse torso?
@rachel or it's just a lie to sound relatable to the millions who heard the name for the first time. Catering to the nerds probably isn't part of his job description.
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I am reminded of when a "tech journalist" (I think for the BBC, but my memory is hazy) discovered that WhatsApp groupchats have a limit of 1024 members, and rather than thinking "oh yes that's 2^10, nothing to see here", seemed genuinely puzzled why they'd picked such an arbitrary number
Not knowing what PHP is, is arguably worse, but...
"We sent our Cricket Correspondent to Lord's to cover the test match but most of his reporting consisted of 'The bowlers kept changing ends every six balls, I don't understand what's happening'"
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@rachel Being Bloody Clueless.
Imagine being called a military correspondent if your first piece to camera was “I’ve discovered these things called guns, they’re great, now listen to my opinions on wars”
I just filed a complaint about this. I asked which of the following they'd consider acceptable for a domain expert:
Economics correspondent Joe Tidy says he didn't know put orders on stock trades existed until yesterday morning - it's "one of these things we take for granted", he says.
Weather correspondent Joe Tidy says he didn't know El Niños existed until yesterday morning - it's "one of these things we take for granted", he says.
Sports correspondent Joe Tidy says he didn't know the off-side rule existed until yesterday morning - it's "one of these things we take for granted", he says.
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The BBC being absolutely on the button. Their Cyber correspondent had never even heard of php before? Really???
️@rachel my impostor syndrome goes better each day
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The BBC being absolutely on the button. Their Cyber correspondent had never even heard of php before? Really???
️@rachel I'm kinda jealous (wish I didn't know PHP exists)
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I still resent them cutting the Click Online / Click / Digital Planet teams - many know what 
