These are cold-hearted, weather-beaten, bug-experienced soldiers of the programming world who are hungry for the next opportunity.

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It is not technically a computer bug but a limitation of the computers original programming.

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Once you've learned a programming trick or two, you can try a robotic arm or a bug-eyed anthropomorph.

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Semmelhack, 42, founded a company called Bug Labs two years ago to shift power toward the average Joe, or at least a Joe with programming skills.

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