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		patricklynch on Feb 3, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I'm a pregnant hacker. Please review my side proj... Hofstadter's Law: It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law. -from Gödel, Escher, Bach

NickPollard on Feb 3, 2011 [–]

You know someone's a programmer when they even talk in recursion.

biot on Feb 4, 2011 | [–]

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