On 2019-02-25 10:12, Ralph Barone wrote:
Joerg wrote:
On 2019-02-25 07:29, Ralph Barone wrote:
AMuzi wrote:
https://www.bicycleretailer.com/reca...nd-aftermarket

Mysterious. How the hell did that happen in a design 100+
years old?

They must have improved it.


In German there is the inofficial word "verschlimmbessern". It sums up
the action of "Here we have a working design but let's optimize it
anyhow" and then it all goes to pots. A very common scenario in software
design.


In Yiddish, it's "farpotchket", which loosely translates to "broken during
the act of fixing it".


That might have the same roots as the German "verpfuscht" or "verpatzt".
When someone tries to design or fix technical stuff and either has no
clue how to go about it, is in a hurry or doesn't really have the budget
for it.

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