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Why I always keep doing it... (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago by cm0002@lemmings.world to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] TabbsTheBat@pawb.social 20 points 7 months ago (1 child)

The first one is to warm up the engine. Like getting your car ignition to kick over in the winter

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[–] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 6 points 7 months ago

and sometimes that's exactly what's needed. Services wake up, connections get established and then when you try again things are up and it works.

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