ChubakPDP11+TakeWithGrainOfSalt@programming.dev to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 1 year agoCan someone explain why authors do this?programming.devimagemessage-square53fedilinkarrow-up1449arrow-down113
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minus-squarexmunk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up26·1 year agoCue the fiddler on the roof music… Tradition! There’s a helpful wiki article breaking down the full convention https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_and_Bob
minus-squarejan teli@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up20arrow-down1·1 year ago”Tradition is just peer pressure from dead people” — some fella on the internet
minus-squareIndiBrony@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·edit-21 year ago“Never forget to attribute your quotes to George Carlin” - Leonard Nimoy, probably
minus-squareReplicantBatty@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoDon’t believe everything you read on the Internet. -Abraham Lincoln
minus-squarexmunk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year ago“Only a fool would quote anyone but me.” - Oscar Wilde
minus-squaremrkite@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoTradition is just dead people’s baggage. Doug Stanhope.
Cue the fiddler on the roof music…
Tradition!
There’s a helpful wiki article breaking down the full convention https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_and_Bob
”Tradition is just peer pressure from dead people”
— some fella on the internet
“Never forget to attribute your quotes to George Carlin” - Leonard Nimoy, probably
Don’t believe everything you read on the Internet. -Abraham Lincoln
“Only a fool would quote anyone but me.” - Oscar Wilde
Tradition is just dead people’s baggage. Doug Stanhope.