[neilk]

Well, let's give people a break. It sounded plausible. We've all heard of the story of the waggle dance, often in grade school, in a simplified form. TIL 3-2-1 Contact lied to me.

That said, I don't believe that computer programmers are, as a group, significantly more skeptical than other professions. Like most people we muddle along with generalizations, lore, and myth.

[sclarisse]

> TIL 3-2-1 Contact lied to me.

Unthinkable! Why, next thing I suppose you’ll impugn Mathnet for fibbing.

[batch12]

You would have better luck pressing ghostwriter for sources.

[sclarisse]

“Monday. 9:43 AM. The economy had gotten so bad in New York that people couldn’t afford to eat in restaurants anymore; instead they brown bagged it at their desks. They didn’t eat food at their desks, just brown bags.”