You Know You've Been Hacking Too Long When... ...you Stop By The Grocery Store On Your Way Home, And Write Your Check Out In Hex.

You Know You've Been Hacking Too Long When... ...you Stop By The Grocery Store On Your Way Home, And Write Your Check Out In Hex.

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-- You know you've been hacking too long when...
...you stop by the grocery store on your way home, and write your check out
in hex.

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