Well, the only (literal) meaning of "know" that doesn't fit what everyone else on this thread was thinking it meant is:
(3) archaic : to have sexual intercourse with
So we should rephrase
"Odds are, one should never trust a programmer who thinks they know [X]. Odds are they only think they know really know [X], but they haven't gone too much farther than figuring out how to use the library."
With something along the lines of
"Odds are, one should never trust a programmer who thinks they have had sex with [X]. Odds are they only think they have had sex with really have had sex with [X], but they haven't gone too much farther than figuring out how to use the library."
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There are two different definitions of "know" in play. That's all it is.
Well, the only (literal) meaning of "know" that doesn't fit what everyone else on this thread was thinking it meant is:
(3) archaic : to have sexual intercourse with
So we should rephrase
"Odds are, one should never trust a programmer who thinks they know [X]. Odds are they only think they know really know [X], but they haven't gone too much farther than figuring out how to use the library."
With something along the lines of
"Odds are, one should never trust a programmer who thinks they have had sex with [X]. Odds are they only think they have had sex with really have had sex with [X], but they haven't gone too much farther than figuring out how to use the library."
What is this smut in my Hacker News?
source: http://www.merriam-webster.com/netdict/know
Or perhaps you meant implications of the word "know" in play? (:
Well, I always did feel like I was getting fucked by C++.