My code has half-implemented features like that.
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I don't get it. Why's that picture included? Is there something in the picture I'm supposed to notice?
Oh, you're confused because it doesn't have a bunch of arrows pointing to it. Maybe this will help?
nic_cage_thank_you.jif!
That was much better
Is that comma load-bearing too?
Probably, it does seem like, a lot of idiots, don't know how to use them.
i am
It's supporting this other curious structure.
The moment you remove it the cold water tap in the toilets stops working…
// this is a load bearing comment. Do not remove.
More than 15 years ago I ended up with one of those in a C++ program.
I'm sure the real ssue was somewhere else in the code, but if I removed one specific comment (or maybe it was a print to console, it was forever ago) it would segfault, otherwise it ran fine.
We had that in our DOS C code base. We didn’t have a debugger so we had a function that output debug messages to console if the debug flag was set.
There were more than a few instances where a crash would stop happening if we added debug messages.
We put it down to the linker rearranging modules to fit in memory as our exe was more than a megabyte in size.
I guess it is to hold the compressor for a split system air conditioner.
You can see what looks like a place for the cables to go though right above too.
Looks like a dryer vent to me. Hard to tell though.
How do you install it and clean it without a door or a window?
Ladder or elevated work platform.
Write tests.
I'm afraid I may lose the majestic veranda that I once made that nobody can access but that I may want some day.
Can't risk it, so it stays.
That's an illusory wall if I've ever seen one. There's a hidden bonfire there, and you have to drop off the roof to find it.
Fuckin thing is load bearing, guarantee it
Syntax error: unexpected symbol , near know
#todo
The door was commented out.
It's a path to the gutter so you can slide down. Duh.
It's there so you can change the light bulb on the wall sconce.
It's for storing Juan megabyte