| Government redefining the term "beta" 08:15 - Sep 16 with 1120 views | DanTheMan |
I enjoyed discovering this morning that the term "beta" had changed in relation to the software development life cycle.
"But the government now says "beta" is a standard labelling practice for a digital service that is fully operational, and that it has reassured industry that Smart Freight will be operational by December"
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-54172222
This is just outright false.
If they'd have left out the term "fully" you could have almost got away with it. But they just had to lay it on thick.
For those unaware, a system in "beta" is usually (but not always) functionally complete but has not been thoroughly bug tested or user tested.
The standard practice for something like this might involve giving the logistics industry limited access months before it has to be used in anger so they can spot bugs or just general issues with it.
I imagine what is going on here is they are saying it's fully functional now and hoping nothing goes wrong in the "beta" which isn't a beta. Then if anything does go wrong they can say "oh it was just in beta, these things were expected". |  |
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| Government redefining the term "beta" on 08:19 - Sep 16 with 1095 views | Herbivore |
They lie about everything. They can't own anything. Utter bunch of kunts. F*ck this Tory government and f*ck anyone who voted for them. |  |
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| Government redefining the term on 08:40 - Sep 16 with 1049 views | BanksterDebtSlave |
What... this and the 1,000 fans at football thing. Unbelievable!
Edit....sorry if this is the wrong thread for football content, I realise some on here are easily offended...let me know if I need to remove this! [Post edited 16 Sep 2020 8:41]
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| Government redefining the term "beta" on 08:43 - Sep 16 with 1037 views | thebooks |
The testing site is in Alpha, amusingly enough
https://self-referral.test-for-coronavirus.service.gov.uk/antigen/name
Tories get excited by meaningless guff like move fast and break things without understanding how things really work. So it goes.
A good rule of thumb is to never run beta software unless you're happy to provide free testing for the software developer. |  | | |
| Government redefining the term "beta" on 08:49 - Sep 16 with 1017 views | DanTheMan |
| Government redefining the term "beta" on 08:43 - Sep 16 by thebooks |
The testing site is in Alpha, amusingly enough
https://self-referral.test-for-coronavirus.service.gov.uk/antigen/name
Tories get excited by meaningless guff like move fast and break things without understanding how things really work. So it goes.
A good rule of thumb is to never run beta software unless you're happy to provide free testing for the software developer. |
Ha, I hadn't spotted that.
No wonder it's working so well. | |
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| Government redefining the term "beta" on 09:00 - Sep 16 with 971 views | MonkeyAlan |
| Government redefining the term "beta" on 08:19 - Sep 16 by Herbivore |
They lie about everything. They can't own anything. Utter bunch of kunts. F*ck this Tory government and f*ck anyone who voted for them. |
Why so bitter man. Just chill. |  | | |
| Government redefining the term "beta" on 09:06 - Sep 16 with 964 views | Herbivore |
| Government redefining the term "beta" on 09:00 - Sep 16 by MonkeyAlan |
Why so bitter man. Just chill. |
Really poor 'comedy' account. | |
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| Government redefining the term "beta" on 09:53 - Sep 16 with 921 views | BlueBadger |
| Government redefining the term "beta" on 09:06 - Sep 16 by Herbivore |
Really poor 'comedy' account. |
It's not a comedy account, it'll be a previously banned treasure who's come back for more. At some point in the next few weeks he'll break cover and start sending someone wedding photos via PM. |  |
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| Government redefining the term "beta" on 10:02 - Sep 16 with 909 views | factual_blue |
| Government redefining the term "beta" on 09:06 - Sep 16 by Herbivore |
Really poor 'comedy' account. |
'MonkeyAlan' is an anagram of Anal Monkey.
Def info. |  |
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| Government redefining the term "beta" on 10:54 - Sep 16 with 875 views | MonkeyAlan |
| Government redefining the term "beta" on 10:02 - Sep 16 by factual_blue |
'MonkeyAlan' is an anagram of Anal Monkey.
Def info. |
You too, why so bitter? Chill. Keep calm. Go for a walk or something. | | | |
| Government redefining the term "beta" on 10:57 - Sep 16 with 870 views | BlueBadger |
| Government redefining the term "beta" on 10:54 - Sep 16 by MonkeyAlan |
You too, why so bitter? Chill. Keep calm. Go for a walk or something. |
Have you a route to suggest? A Very Large Village Green, for example? | |
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| Government redefining the term "beta" on 11:03 - Sep 16 with 859 views | Herbivore |
| Government redefining the term "beta" on 10:57 - Sep 16 by BlueBadger |
Have you a route to suggest? A Very Large Village Green, for example? |
Too much punctuation for Benters I reckon. | |
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| Government redefining the term "beta" on 13:22 - Sep 16 with 819 views | Ryorry |
If they'd user tested it, they'd probably find that for many people (incl myself) 'beta' actually means 'worsa'. |  |
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| Government redefining the term "beta" on 14:15 - Sep 16 with 783 views | BlueBadger |
| Government redefining the term "beta" on 11:03 - Sep 16 by Herbivore |
Too much punctuation for Benters I reckon. |
'Very Large Village Green' is a state of mind as much as a place or person, maaaaaan. | |
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| Government redefining the term "beta" on 14:21 - Sep 16 with 770 views | longtimefan |
As someone in the software business I agree whole heartedly with your definition. It does seem as though the Government websites use the term somewhat differently. If you look at the UK Passport renewal site that is shown as in Beta. But that site has been fully operational and running now for at least 2 years as I renewed in 2018. |  | | |
| Government redefining the term "beta" on 14:29 - Sep 16 with 757 views | MonkeyAlan |
| Government redefining the term "beta" on 10:57 - Sep 16 by BlueBadger |
Have you a route to suggest? A Very Large Village Green, for example? |
Green is a horrible colour, especially mixed with yellow. | | | |
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