
George Carlin - Idiot and Maniac
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A very short clip of George Carlin's bit on idiots and maniacs, about the other drivers on the road.
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HN uses it only as a joke reference when talking about bad drivers or poor code.
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Everyone who drives slower than me is an idiot, everyone who drives faster than me is a maniac [1] [1] - [VIDEO] (George Carlin)
Read original comment ↗Attribution is not only for living people. You got the quote close enough for a plagiarism complaint. :) [VIDEO]
Read original comment ↗I operate at just the right level of abstraction, anyone higher is a script kiddie and anyone lower is a toolchain developer. [VIDEO] That said, not sure about assembly, but there may be a case for prototyping in C before yielding to some python ex machina. Same thing with assembly, but I am a mere mortal and know my limits
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