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Re:AI is forcing us to pay off 40 years of technical debt by ihavesomeexampl on Wednesday November 04, 2026 @08:57AM (#50365583)
Just for my curiosity could you name a non-clown industry?

My guess is aviation or .. defense?

We don’t have billions to throw away on making sure our about-dialog is memory safe.

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Re:AI is forcing us to pay off 40 years of technical debt by kmoser on Wednesday November 04, 2026 @09:41AM (#50366180)
There is no upper limit on the definition of "clown." It all depends on how much money you have to play with and how many nines you're willing to accept.
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Re:AI is forcing us to pay off 40 years of technical debt by dennis_jeeves2 on Wednesday November 04, 2026 @10:31AM (#50367019)
>Just for my curiosity could you name a non-clown industry?

The real clowns union paradoxically is the least clownish industry one can find.

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