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Re:Null References: The Billion Dollar Mistake by amelius on Saturday January 11, 2020 @11:04PM (#22024394)
Perhaps this link would explain it more clearly: [1].

Leg-day is bodybuilding terminology, and refers to the day of the week when the bodybuilder is supposed to be training the leg muscles. According to the meme, nobody wants to train the legs because they show the least.

[1] https://www.jonathanturner.org/2016/01/rust-and-blub-paradox...

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Re:Null References: The Billion Dollar Mistake by Stratoscope on Saturday January 11, 2020 @11:15PM (#22024439)
Thank you, that is very informative!

> nobody wants to train the legs because they show the least.

It reminds me of the story about how Google drops products because no one wants to maintain an existing product. That would not show "impact", not like launching a new product would, and impact is how you get raises and promotions.

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