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PABLOF7z | 6 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 sir, cache invalidation is hard
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triskal | 6 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 One of the two hard problems in Computer Science.
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Séimí Mac Síomón | 6 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 What's the other one? o.O?
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dtonon | 6 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Naming variables, and other stuff
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triskal | 6 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +4 
 The two hard problems in Computer Science:
2. Cache Invalidation
1. Naming things
0. Off-by-1 errors
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Séimí Mac Síomón | 6 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Theres a joke in here that I might understand one day.
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triskal | 6 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 It’s my favorite nerd-joke of all time.
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Séimí Mac Síomón | 6 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 The fact that you know more than one nerd joke, to the point of establishing a hierarchy, is very revealing XD.