Don't Shave That Yak

This is pretty old, but I constantly run into "hackers" who have never met it. It happened again today, and hence the submission.

It's like the "Story of Mel", or the "Hotel Soap Saga", these are stories hackers should know.

Or am I just too old now?

Added in edit: Looks like there are a few people who think it's inappropriate for HN - already got a number of flags. <fx: Shrug>

Interesting.. shaving that yak allows us to be lazy as it moves us to meaningless and simple(r) tasks than comprimising on some things and attacking the real problem. Now that I'm conscious about this I need to stop shaving that yak!

Damn.. too late.. .just shaved mine.