kludges

Can you imagine the wreck he will make of the economy when all his short term kludges come due?

John Rentoul today puts Trevor Kavanagh and myself in the... 2008

Rather I'm trying to show that such layouts do not require the kind of kludges in general use that preclude other layouts.

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But these were rather poor kludges, so they eventually landed on the idea of simply using one currency throughout the continent.

What Is The Purpose Of The Euro? 2011

But these were rather poor kludges, so they eventually landed on the idea of simply using one currency throughout the continent.

What Is The Purpose Of The Euro? 2011

But these were rather poor kludges, so they eventually landed on the idea of simply using one currency throughout the continent.

What Is The Euro's Purpose? 2011

When kludges accumulate the result can be perpetually suboptimal behavior.

Kludge: The Science? « PurpleSlog – Awesomeness & Modesty Meets Sexy 2008

Bar ends are the bicycle equivalent of duct tape in that they can be used to facilitate all types of kludges, workarounds, and jury-riggings.

Hairy Situations: Embracing Patterns BikeSnobNYC 2010

Christ, the ship's just full of kludged-up stuff, it's all we can do to get all the kludges put down on the drawings.

I Don’t Understand ? Jack Varnell 2010

We choke, succumb to hiccups, develop hemorrhoids and hernias and fall prey to heart disease all because our bodies are spruced-up versions of primitive models, and the kludges and patches that have developed over millions of years of evolution, like all kludges and patches, inevitably break down.

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I develop a formal model which illustrates a fundamental limitation of adaptive processes: improvements tend to come in the form of kludges.

Kludge: The Science? « PurpleSlog – Awesomeness & Modesty Meets Sexy 2008