Malfeasant

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[–] Malfeasant@lemm.ee 4 points 1 week ago

There's a name for it- euphemism treadmill

[–] Malfeasant@lemm.ee 0 points 1 week ago

Hey look, I'm good at something.

[–] Malfeasant@lemm.ee 0 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Yes, but that's why x86 assembly programmers do it...

[–] Malfeasant@lemm.ee 0 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Yes, but it's not universal that xoring a register with itself is more performant than simply loading it with 0.

[–] Malfeasant@lemm.ee 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (6 children)

an x86 assembly programmer

Ftfy. not all CPUs have an xor register with itself instruction.

[–] Malfeasant@lemm.ee 16 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That wasn't burger king, that was a&w.

[–] Malfeasant@lemm.ee 3 points 3 weeks ago

I can honestly say I have never masturbated on a lunch break.

[–] Malfeasant@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

One of the first rules of robotics was always about not harming humans.

The first, in fact.