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Wanted: A Name For High-Tech Grief (Don Knuth)
- dfranke 19y 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 19y agoWhat he didn't admit is that they were there to help him install TeX... ;-)
- Hexayurt 19y agoFirst world pain is a term for things like going to the ATM and having it eat your card inexplicably. That seems close.
- icky 19y agoI nominate "trompulauma". Selected because it makes little sense and takes more syllables than "High-Tech Grief".
- dpapathanasiou 19y agoI nominate "bit chafe"
- llimllib 19y agoMore interestingly, he's asking for help with some of his TAOCP problems...
- cdr 19y agoCyber-despair is a sure winner. "Cyber" sounds trendy and "despair" accurately captures the feeling, unlike some of the more mild descriptors.