print "hello world";
or else;
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Like back in the day when the Romans would have the engineer stand underneath the bridge while it was tested.
EDIT: Seems like this was just a myth and not an actual thing
That explains where that stuff is still standing today and we can’t make something that lasts 20 years. Maybe we should bring this back.
Survivorship bias.
All the shit they made that didn't last fell apart in 20 years, so it's not around anymore for us to gawk at.
Sounds good, the finance, political and oil industries should adopt this practice too. Stock market crash - wall street culling time! 🥳
Drive a single 18-Wheeler (hundreds in a day, whatever) over any ancient road or bridge you’re thinking of and you’ll see how false this statement is.
That sounds interesting, I did a quick search and couldn't find any good sources for it. Do you mind linking yours?
It’s actually a common misconception. Here’s a good article which debunks that. TLDR there’s no true historical evidence that this ever happened.
Technically this should be the behavior of os.remove when called with no arguments
Works on my pc
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