bruce_the_bruce
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Re:The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity (1987) [pdf]
on Thursday November 06, 2025 @10:57AM (#45836590)
In this context, I believe the author uses 'providence' to mean an act of God. Translated to a non-religious context, it might be "A stupid man is born a stupid man by pure chance".
Re:US companies hit by 'colossal' cyber-attack
on Friday July 02, 2021 @10:36PM (#27718927)
I was looking for a definition a few weeks ago and found the wikipedia article succinct and accurate (it met my needs anyway): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technical_debt
Re:AWS EC2 Having Issues
on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @07:36PM (#26801009)
I see what you did there- famous Yogi Berra quote.
Re:'Dord': A Ghost Word
on Monday June 01, 2020 @06:52PM (#23385021)
I would say dord is a woody sort of word... dord.
Re:Ask HN: Finding your weak spots?
on Wednesday January 24, 2018 @04:55PM (#16226705)
If you are looking to advance your career, you might want to consider focusing on understanding large scale distributed systems architecture rather than programming.