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		anthk 12 hours ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: If you're going to vibe code, why not do it in C? 38 there. If you didn't suffer Win9x's 'stability', then editing X11 config files by hand, getting mad with ALSA/Dmix, writing new ad-hoc drivers for weird BTTV tuners reusing old known ones for $WEIRDBRAND, you didn't live.

groovy2shoes 11 hours ago [–]

the anxiety that i might fry my monitor by setting the wrong scan rate haunts me to this day

72deluxe 10 hours ago | [–]

The squealing noise of a monitor in the wrong rate is a memorable noise etched in my brain.

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