Why add comments to your code?
The more comments you put in your code, the more likely it is that your computer will understand your emotional state.
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Why add comments to your code?
The more comments you put in your code, the more likely it is that your computer will understand your emotional state.
The "cloud" is merely a concept invented to explain why the sysadmin is on call for Linux servers they don't physically own.
How people react when critical vulnerability announced in a popular Foo app
* What do privacy/security-minded people hear? Run as far as possible from Foo app.
* What stock market people do? Buy more Foo app stock.
* Ordinary public: I don't care as long as the job gets done using Foo app
* What bad guys do? Hack as many systems loaded with Foo app & steal personal data.
* What does a three-letter agency think about Foo app? Good. Good. Let them install Foo app. It will make our job easy.
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Iβm working on a patch that enables the "rm -rf --nostalgia" command. Before deleting files, this --nostalgia option of "rm -rf" will display a random snippet of the file's content with a timestamp of its creation, causing a brief moment of digital nostalgia. This is going to be an epic patch
So: βwhy is this book so big and long?β Oh: βItβs mostly whitespace β
Student: Master, how do I get better at debugging?
Master foo: The primary tool for debugging is not a debugger; instead, it is staring intently at log files until they confess their sins.
Upon hearing these words, the student was enlightened.