• fidodo@lemmy.world
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    Pros of Linux: does exactly what you ask it to do.

    Cons of Linux: does exactly what you ask it to do.

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      Reminds me of my first day of a computer programming class. My teacher told us to write down instructions on how to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Then he would follow the instructions.

      “Put the peanut butter inside two slices of bread.” He’d grab the jar of peanut butter and put the whole jar inside two slices of bread

      “Grab a knife and scoop out the peanut butter.” He’d start stabbing the lid.

      Beautiful analogy of what it’s like to deal with technology

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        that’s good, but real computer programming is more like

        Error: file “PeanutButter.h” not found

        Exit status code 1

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            What language is this capital I If acceptable and how do I purge it from my brain.

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          Exit status code -3736228494

          In a Java program that isn’t supposed to be able to break like that

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        Modern operating systems question you and ask you to input —no-preserve-root, unfortunately