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		voltagex_ on May 11, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I'm a good engineer but I suck at building stuff If you profile it on a fast machine, your results might lie to you.

douche on May 11, 2016 [–]

Or on a machine on a fast network, or SSD vs spinning-rust, or any number of varying factors.

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