stung

It means that they were stung once too many times by confusing = and == and have forced themselves to learn a new habit to avoid that trap.

And then the customer would get stung for extortionate consulting fees and license renewal costs.

This is a bit of an aside, but this line really stung: >> Ross was a techie, but he didn't act like one.

When I read this same list after my startup failure, the deep wisdom of this list really stung hard.

I'm confused -- are you saying doing your own email hosting is the way to avoid getting stung by Gmail spam filters?

I have been stung before by tools with freemium pricing that ceased operation.

I recently got stung by a bee, and a day later, my finger had swollen up, then the next day my hand started to swell.

Some friends of mine were stung when they had 25Kg of baggage allowance going out, but the airline changed their policy mid-trip and they were only allowed 20Kg coming back.

I got stung real bad by ovh when they advertised kimsufi servers they didn't have, then failed to communicate timescales, eventually delivering about 2 months late.

I got stung with it too, but was refunded...

If you swing a bat at a hornets nest and you get stung more than someone observing from 50 yards away, do you instantly assume it's because the hornets are racist/sexist?

I've been stung badly by both errors in my career, with the worst case for each leaving me burned out, disillusioned and seriously considering a career change.

"cowboys get stung by being cowboys" the number of f*cks i can give for the company is so low.

The below must have stung: “We don’t ask you for free iPhones,” she added.

Apple really pushes this feature, but when you get stung by a removal, iTunes support will say "what, didn't you read the fine print?"

This article includes the word "pusillanimous" - I think the cable industry is really stung that one of their own (FCC Chair Tom Wheeler is an ex-cable-lobbyis) actually did something for non-corporate people.