107 points

This is a niche meme. I like niche memes, even if I don’t get them. I get this, though, and I approve.

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93 points

For anyone curious. I plan to avoid this, I’m already good enough to be useful but unreliable enough that none wants to bet their house on me.

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26 points

You’re one of today’s lucky 10,000

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78 points

I swear every second commrnt I post is an xkcd reference: https://xkcd.com/2347/

Hope I’m not letting the cat out of the bag.

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15 points

I blame little Bobby Tables.

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13 points

I thought it was loss

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9 points

Everything is. Even this comment.

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3 points

Ohh now I get it. Ha

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55 points

The infrastructure is more complex and robust than that. In reality, there are dozens of such dependencies that can break everything.

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22 points

This xkcd always felt like curl though, which really feels like a single point of failure for… well… too much

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12 points

It’s actually about NTP.

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49 points

It’s actually the other side

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40 points

Oh, no. It’s not that.

This is some well paid block, outside of the pile, carrying a bomb.

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