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[–] 7 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

All lot of it is, without exageration, more at the

Put the proper side inside the cup

level of clarity: in other words just moving the "everybody should know this" element around rather than concretely just coming out and clarifying the bit that in the programmer's mind is "obvious".

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    If you're specialised enough it can be really hard to tell what's obvious. Like, you don't want to do "grab the mouse, which is one of your computer peripherals" either. Or at least, I worry about doing something like that, and coming across as a dick.

    Relevant XKCD.

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