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There are only two really difficult problems in computer science: naming things, cache invalidation, and off-by-one errors.



I don't get it... that's a cellular automaton joke?


Getting the joke requires understanding the game of life and this meme

http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/boardroom-suggestion



Phil Karlton disagrees :D


Is his version of the quote ... off by one? After all there are two hard things in CS...




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