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I Assumed 'Twas The Boot Code (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by Bring_Back_Buggy_Whips@sh.itjust.works to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Nine times out of ten I'd hit the turbo button and then spend half an hour wondering why the family computer was running slowly...

[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Hey now. Most of these people don't know about turbo....

They certainly don't know about the "magic/more magic" button....

[–] Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I thought that was a switch?

[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago

Might have been. The way I heard it, the toggle was a button, like the turbo button.

[–] urandom@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Ah, that nice 33 -> 66 change