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		ForOldHack 10 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Performance optimization is hard because it's fund... The word is 'Grock' you have to Grock the performance to optimize it. My father had a PhD in Operations Research/Industrial Engneering.

hinkley 10 days ago [–]

> Grock

Grock was a famous Swiss clown and once the highest paid entertainer in Europe.

The non-clown word you’re looking for is grok and Robert Heinlein coined it in 1961.

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