You Know You've Been Hacking Too Long When... ...you See A Flock Of Birds And Try To Figure Out The Algorithms That Determine Their Movement.

You Know You've Been Hacking Too Long When... ...you See A Flock Of Birds And Try To Figure Out The Algorithms That Determine Their Movement.

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-- You know you've been hacking too long when...
...you see a flock of birds and try to figure out the algorithms that
determine their movement.

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