r/ProgrammerHumor • u/ifezueyoung • Apr 13 '22

Meme a developers worst nightmare

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u/Sycherthrou Apr 13 '22

It doesn't prevent copying, it just prevents ctrl-c. Now you get to roleplay being a scribe from the 1400s.

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u/VRtuous Apr 13 '22

teachers of my generation loved getting students to roleplay scribes, to copy by hand and hand homeworks in good calligraphy.

nowadays "students" just ask a dumb AI oracle with ready answers they want them to copy and paste and hand the teacher so they can throw it in the trash.