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Re:Yoda conditions by johnfactorial on Thursday August 15, 2019 @09:55AM (#20705207)
Furthermore, when we have a problem, if our solution is to have human beings simply remember to do it a different way, we then have two problems.
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Re:Yoda conditions by muench on Thursday August 15, 2019 @01:24PM (#20707391)
I find this quote very powerful. I'm thinking I could re-use it. Is it yours or if it's sourced from somewhere could you share the source?
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Re:Yoda conditions by NoodleIncident on Thursday August 15, 2019 @01:32PM (#20707485)
It seems like an intentional reference to this quote (Jamie Zawinski):

"Some people, when confronted with a problem, think "I know, I'll use regular expressions." Now they have two problems."

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Re:Yoda conditions by johnfactorial on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @04:50PM (#20761668)
LOL That quote is exactly what I was cribbing from. :)
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