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I've made many mistakes in my life but I always had enough respect for technology to not yank out parts of a system which I did not understand.

• MaulingMonkey 8y ago
  I've always had enough interest in technology to be willing to yank out parts of a system which I did not understand - to see what breaks, and through that, gain understanding. That said, I'm pretty sure the original author knew and understood exactly what they were doing - writing a dirty hack.
  • rhetorical 8y ago
    Did you often yank out parts of other people's systems which you did not understand?
    • munchbunny 8y ago
      Only when I didn't understand the full impact of the hack I used.
  • pjio 8y ago
    > to yank out parts of a system which I did not understand - to see what breaks, and through that, gain understanding. On your development machine or on machines of other people all around the world? You can also gain understanding from the later, too.