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Author: Haelwenn (lanodan) Monnier <contact@hacktivis.me>
Date:   Mon,  1 Dec 2025 22:32:09 +0100

notes/fortunes.txt: ken: creat with an e, brute-force

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@@ -321,3 +321,9 @@ That which cannot be repaired is already broken.
   I may be a monster but I keep looking for the other option.
 — Tedd & Arthur in El Goonish Shive, 2021-11-24 <https://www.egscomics.com/comic/balance-087>
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+Ken Thompson was once asked what he would do differently if he were redesigning the UNIX system. His reply: "I'd spell creat with an e."
+— Kernighan, Brian W.; Pike, Rob (1984). The UNIX programming environment. Prentice-Hall. ISBN 0139376992. OCLC 10269821., p. 204.
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+When in doubt, use brute force.
+— Ken Thompson
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