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		matheusmoreira on Nov 27, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Bjarne Stroustrup Quotes > I feel like there's a "Fallacies programmers believe about text" that should exist somewhere I got you covered. https://github.com/kdeldycke/awesome-falsehood#international... http://garbled.benhamill.com/2017/04/18/falsehoods-programme... https://jeremyhussell.blogspot.com/2017/11/falsehoods-progra... https://wiesmann.codiferes.net/wordpress/archives/30296 I love when the writing gets visibly more unhinged and frustrated with each invalidated assumption. It's like the person's mind is desperately trying to find some small sliver of truth to hold onto but it can't because the rug is getting constantly pulled out from under it.

svat on Nov 27, 2023 | [–]

See also: Text Rendering Hates You https://faultlore.com/blah/text-hates-you/ and Text Editing Hates You Too https://lord.io/text-editing-hates-you-too/

growse on Nov 27, 2023 | [–]

Amazing, thanks. Bookmarking the lot.

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