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Re:System design and the cost of architectural complexity by pksebben on Thursday April 06, 2023 @03:14PM (#35473028)
Minor correction for your correction:

"Toe the line" most likely has it's roots in military tradition [1]. To toe the line is to stand at the line for inspection - it's still used that way today (I had to do it myself in boot camp).

Relevant, as in this context, it means being obedient to the hierarchy.

1 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toe_the_line#:~:text=The%20mos....

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Re:System design and the cost of architectural complexity by a4isms on Thursday April 06, 2023 @03:26PM (#35473187)
Most interesting, I do believe you're right!
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Re:System design and the cost of architectural complexity by piotr-yuxuan on Thursday April 06, 2023 @04:29PM (#35473964)
Interesting, I hadn't seen #:~:text=abc before. It does nothing on my browser (Firefox 109.0b9 on macOS) but is it inteded to highlight text?
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Re:System design and the cost of architectural complexity by aidos on Thursday April 06, 2023 @05:52PM (#35475034)
It does on Chrome. I believe it’s used from Google search results to link you to the relevant place in the page.
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