On: What are the odds that some idiot will name his mutex ether-rot-mutex (2017)

[iamwil]

I was whiteboarding with a fellow (girl) student in college. We were sketching out a client/server architecture, and I abbreviated server as "srvr". When it came to the client, I thought I should also make it four letters, so I wrote "clit". I stood back and looked at it. After a couple seconds pause, it dawned on my brain that was probably a terrible shortening. I wordlessly erased my gaffe, and just wrote out the whole word.

So yeah, I can believe it happens by mistake at times.

[medstrom → iamwil]

"clnt" would've been consistent with "srvr", both vowel-less.

[Karellen → iamwil]

"If I had to do it over again, I'd spell 'clit' with an 'en'."

[ColinWright → Karellen]

Be interesting to know how many people get that reference. I'd create a poll, but it's probably not worth it.

[Pamar → ColinWright]

I didn't, but I am here to learn things: can someone please explain the reference?

TIA.

[ColinWright → Pamar]

It's part of Un*x folklore, from Ken Thompson when asked what he might have done differently:

Xra Gubzcfba jnf bapr nfxrq jung ur jbhyq qb qvssreragyl vs ur jrer erqrfvtavat gur HAVK flfgrz. Uvf ercyl: "V'q fcryy perng jvgu na r."

Found here: https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ken_Thompson

[Pamar → ColinWright]

Thanks!

[IIAOPSW → iamwil]

I once forgot that calling a solution "quick and dirty" is a raunchy double entendre until the lady I was demoing something to said "kinky". But your example is far more embarrassing.

[lupire → IIAOPSW]

Everything is a raunchy double entendre, so don't worry about it. The lady was flirting with you.

[frostedflakes → IIAOPSW]

That's what I said to a friend who has claimed that they "had some fun with LaTeX"