Post B57fnhLK6R4uFOwmIK by ori@hj.9fs.net
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 (DIR) Post #B57fngH24u3Gvnvpy4 by mjd@mathstodon.xyz
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       I can't remember a better example of Poe's Law in action.
       
 (DIR) Post #B57fngXh4xNZlTj8wC by mjd@mathstodon.xyz
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       I think the cartoon in the previous post is…
       
 (DIR) Post #B57fngrBuSyWjwqiKO by dpiponi@mathstodon.xyz
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       @mjd I think I want to say that it's straightforwardly true but why would you make a cartoon about something so ordinary?
       
 (DIR) Post #B57fnhAKlIHthJo0AK by mjd@mathstodon.xyz
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       @dpiponi I'm pretty sure I remember “changes one line and hopes it works” in use a bit before 2023.
       
 (DIR) Post #B57fnhLK6R4uFOwmIK by ori@hj.9fs.net
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       Yeah, this is the habit junior programmers tend to fall into all the time, and the thing that I spent a lot of effort trying to break them out of. A lot of "Ok, you think this line will change things; can you explain your reasoning? What information do you need in order to know if this is the bug?"That said, the "optimizes every byte" beside the python logo puts this deep into "unintentional joke" territory.CC: @dpiponi@mathstodon.xyz
       
 (DIR) Post #B57gYNsMIb4FTuf1Zg by khm@hj.9fs.net
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