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		thyrsus on June 16, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Never Trust a Programmer I'm baffled by the title. Is the author trying to trap non-programmers into understanding their error by (falsely) promising to provide them a scapegoat? Or is he using "trust" as in "trust in the omnipotent"?

chaosmachine on June 16, 2010 [–]

"Is the author trying to trap non-programmers into understanding their error by (falsely) promising to provide them a scapegoat?"

Yes.

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