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		jiehong 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: (On \| No) Syntactic Support for Error Handling It’s fun, because when a newcomer joins a team, people tend to remind them that their bison is fresh and they might be seeing pain we got accustomed to. That’s usually said in a positive manner.

tialaramex 4 months ago [–]

I'm intrigued as to whether "bison" here is a metaphor (for what?) or a cupertino (an error introduced by auto-correct or predictive text)

jiehong 4 months ago | [–]

bison -> vision/point of view.

Bad auto-correct, my bad

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