I honestly am not sure. She was talking so much from such a young age. It was all nonsense, complete babble, but sometimes she would say something and I had to stop and think about it. Did she say a word? Is this just a coincidence? Does she understand it? The words just faded in as the nonsense faded out. It seemed like a progression, not an event.

I wish I could show this comment to people who built a multi million dollar project for the government using just these kinds of tools. But maybe you can only get away with that kind of thing in government contracting work lol

That's what I said when I joined a place that wrote almost everything in blueprints. Somehow all the other devs didn't think it was possible.

This thread went unexpected places. I can't even imagine the pain. I hope you keep printing little bits of joy for them.

I think about it like the tires on a car. They are (hopefully) the only part of the car that touches the road. If they aren't working correctly everything else isn't going to save you from a gentle curve in the road.