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signpost[asciilifeform]: "Thus, as-is, it's not really possible to safely execute cryptographic algorithms on Linux systems that use an Intel processor with Ice Lake or later." << lol!
awt[asciilifeform]: Unrelatedly I recently wrote some code for work on modafinil. Was nearly rejected in review due to the complexity.
awt[asciilifeform]: Had to convert a list of lines of text with varying associated indendation levels into a tree for rendering into nested divs in html.
signpost[asciilifeform]: that has been my experience coding on misc substances, that one has to account for their own window of acceptable thought-sprawl shrinking after use.
signpost[asciilifeform]: "write drunk, edit sober" kind of thing.
signpost[asciilifeform]: or you know, get good rest, think hard, write a small amount of correct code.
signpost[asciilifeform]: but most workplaces unfortunately don't reward that.
asciilifeform: (only half-jokingly) if yer using a performance dope correctly, you oughta be closer to 'sacked for charging over9000 for 6lines' than 'rejected for complexity'
signpost[asciilifeform]: myeah, gotta be in the habit of reading and rewriting same lines, rather than write-only
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