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We have an inhouse debugging tool I developed that we use a lot. It's been under active development since 2000. I run into the problem you describe every couple of years. I'll have let small improvements and bug fixes accumulate, and then work on the app for a while. It's tough to finally say "enough's enough".
I have occasionally let the fun of working on the thing get the best of me and then I end up with features that are... gonzo. Case in point: The app has a palette of colors the user can choose from. Instead of using any of the countless color pickers out there, the app lets you pick from an image either embedded in the app or an arbitrary image you specify. It's cute, but hardly necessary  .
Software Zen: delete this;
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...that the binary value 00000100 is not, in fact, 0x00000100.
It's the least of the bug I wrote in this code and this makes me think. Send positive thoughts.
GCS/GE d--(d) s-/+ a C+++ U+++ P-- L+@ E-- W+++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
The shortest horror story: On Error Resume Next
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Base 2, Base 16, who's counting...
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You can be sure it is positive if it starts with 0x0 (and contains any subsequent non-zero)!
"If we don't change direction, we'll end up where we're going"
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Close enough for government work! 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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And Mars landers
"Mistakes are prevented by Experience. Experience is gained by making mistakes."
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And, evidently, anything made by Boeing.
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1x1=2 in a math exam... 
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
modified 28-Aug-24 17:02pm.
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What's the correct English spelling of the word that means something is fake, [Foe-nee]?
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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Phony
"A little song, a little dance, a little seltzer down your pants"
Chuckles the clown
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Phoney is the UK English/AUS/NZ spelling Phony is American
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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aka English-Traditional vs English-Simplified.
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I always have trouble with this spelling because it looks like it means, "of or pertaining to a telephone."
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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The rest of you are weird with your extra e's and insistence on using "c" where you should use "s" and calling "z" "zed"
/american
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Better get used to it if and when you make that move to the Great White North, eh.
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And all those extra "u"'s
behaviour, colour, favour, flavour, harbour, honour, humour, labour, neighbour, rumour, splendour
Quite unsightly...not right. 
We don't need no stinkin' u's in the USofA...errr...wait... 
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Which spelling would you like?
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'B' 'E' 'E'
Oh, sorry - I should have read the question ...
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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In terms of joint replacement?
Faux Knee?
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Pat is not Ella
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Today I learned or is it learnt aluminium is a valid spelling and pronunciation even though this editor software disagrees.
"I must have had lessons." - Reverend Jim Ignatowski / Christopher Lloyd
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In India, it is Aluminium, and is pronounced so. This is likely to be as in Britain.
However, when i went to the US, about 20 years ago, saw the spelling as Aluminum, and even the pronunciation so.
modified 29-Aug-24 3:15am.
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phony
I mean that's one word. There are quite a few.
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https://honeythecodewitch.com/gfx
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