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Dilbert cartoon first published on Monday 4th June 2018

Dilbert//10642, first published eight years ago on Monday 4th June 2018

Signal To Noise Ratio


Tags

compliments, backhanded compliment, criticism, engineers


Official transcript

Boss: What did you think of my presentation? Dilbert: The signal-to-noise ratio was impressively low. Boss: Engineers give weird compliments.

originally published on dilbert.com


Open source transcript

WHAT DID YOU THINK OF MY PRESENTATION?

THE SIGNAL-TO- NOISE RATIO WAS IMPRESSIVELY LOW.

ENGINEERS GIVE WEIRD COMPLIMENTS.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive


AI Analysis

Title: "Signal-to-Noise Ratio"

Summary:

  • The comic strip features Dilbert and his engineer colleague discussing the presentation.
  • The engineer compliments Dilbert on his presentation, but with a twist: he praises the signal-to-noise ratio, which is surprisingly low.
  • This unexpected compliment highlights the engineer's unique perspective and sense of humor.

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