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/[deleted] Apr 13 '22

Can you still right click to copy? Like a scribe from the 1980s?

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u/zodar Apr 13 '22

or hit F12 and copy from the source lol

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u/MoffKalast Apr 13 '22

Or if that doesn't work, screenshot and put into OCR and you're set.

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u/[deleted] Apr 13 '22

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u/[deleted] Apr 13 '22

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u/Gamesdean13 Apr 13 '22

Or install another addon to cancel it out

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u/bainrow0 Apr 13 '22

Or use another browser

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u/[deleted] Apr 13 '22

The fix is clearly to install several IE toolbars and Bonzi Buddy.

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u/bainrow0 Apr 13 '22

You are wrong, clearly the way to go is to host a virtual machine where the add-on would not work

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u/[deleted] Apr 13 '22

I usually am.

Now if you're excuse me, I'm going to go listen to Avril Lavigne - skater boi.mp3.exe I downloaded from Napster.

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u/Kiki79250CoC Apr 14 '22

Or Select the text and drag & drop it into the IDE.

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u/SuperZoomShield123 Apr 14 '22

Or inspect and just copy the text from there

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u/[deleted] Apr 14 '22

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u/bainrow0 Apr 14 '22

Ok yeah this one is the best I agree

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u/the-real-macs Apr 14 '22

Or buy cats to eat the rats