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		josephagoss on Dec 9, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: CPU reliability – Linus Torvalds (2007) Is this the same effect that when told to count yellow cars whilst driving, you end up noticing far more yellow cars than you thought were on road. Or how you notice how much more frequent your model of car is on the roads?

olalonde on Dec 9, 2013 [–]

Also when you learn a new word in a different language, it seems like suddenly everyone is using that word all the time.

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