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manyThreadsAreBetterThanOne (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 4 months ago by alphacyberranger to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] -2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I don't see OP explaining it anywhere.

It's just threads running out of order.

Why are you all overengineering the joke this much?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Why are you all overengineering the joke this much?

Because I'm literally an engineer?

Honestly, this isn't me artificially coming in and doing something weird. It's just me trying to explain how my brain naturally interpreted it. It never occurred to me to include the left guy's speech bubble in the race condition until I saw someone else's comment explaining it.