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		theanonymousone 19 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A list is a monad I will die with the crushing embarrassment of not being able describe what a monad is, despite being a so-called (and apparently fake) programmer since the age of 10.

perlgeek 19 days ago [–]

There's nothing embarrassing about not knowing the details of a sub-field you're not deeply involved in.

Like, why would you embarrassed about not understanding the details of MPLS networking if you're not a network engineer who works with MPLS?

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