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load bearing worm (sh.itjust.works)
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[–] 23 points 6 months ago (2 children)

The Jargon File in general is such a treasure

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  • [–] 11 points 6 months ago*

    I like the koans page

    Tom Knight and the Lisp Machine

    A novice was trying to fix a broken Lisp machine by turning the power off and on.
    Knight, seeing what the student was doing, spoke sternly: “You cannot fix a machine by just power-cycling it with no understanding of what is going wrong.”
    Knight turned the machine off and on.
    The machine worked.

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