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      1. endianness is confusing, and on top of that the terms "little/big endian" are hard to translate into a byte order (which end!?). but. i just read the IETF note that originated the terminology and it is funny enough that all is forgiven networksorcery.com/enp/ien/ien137.txt
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      "However, anyone who was brought up by computer scientists, rather than by botanists, knows that trees grow downward, having their roots at the top of the page and their leaves down below. Computer scientists seldom remember which way "up" really is."
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    maybe the way that computer science enshrines a lot of really dumb jokes & nerdy references into terms that millions of people have to learn is bad??? or maybe it's good. who could say.
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      i want to have softboiled eggs now