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Wanted: A Name For High-Tech Grief (Don Knuth)
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sri
18y ago
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dfranke
18y ago
> I myself have often cried out for help to colleagues who have generously made house calls, in order to unwedge my highly customized Linux system.
Wow. Talk about bragging rights.
icky
18y ago
What he didn't admit is that they were there to help him install TeX... ;-)
cdr
18y ago
Cyber-despair is a sure winner. "Cyber" sounds trendy and "despair" accurately captures the feeling, unlike some of the more mild descriptors.
Hexayurt
18y ago
First world pain is a term for things like going to the ATM and having it eat your card inexplicably. That seems close.
icky
18y ago
I nominate "trompulauma". Selected because it makes little sense and takes more syllables than "High-Tech Grief".
llimllib
18y ago
More interestingly, he's asking for help with some of his TAOCP problems...
dpapathanasiou
18y ago
I nominate "bit chafe"
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