Programming Jokes: Lame, Science & Math Jokes!

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This forum discussion centers around programming jokes, highlighting various humorous anecdotes related to coding, syntax, and developer experiences. Participants share classic jokes, such as the confusion between Halloween and Christmas due to programming logic, and the challenges of using CSS properties like font-size. The conversation also touches on the importance of syntax in programming languages, with references to C and Java, and the humorous implications of coding errors and misunderstandings.

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  • Understanding of CSS properties and units (e.g., px, em)
  • Basic knowledge of programming languages such as C and Java
  • Familiarity with common programming concepts like syntax and debugging
  • Awareness of programming humor and its cultural significance in developer communities
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  • #421
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I don't think Centrum is helping her mental accuity or her chess game very much... (or her opponent's chess game). :smile:

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  • #423
nuuskur said:
even I can (write and) exit vim and I'm not even a dev :rolleyes:
I'm a dev and I cannot exit vim.
 
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  • #424
DaveC426913 said:
I'm a dev and I cannot exit vim.
I'm a dev and I can save a document in emacs and exit. That's the limit of my emacs ability. :smile:

EDIT: ... and the -nw switch makes sure I stay in the CLI. But that's it.
 
  • #425
Wrichik Basu said:
This is kind-of true. Faced it myself...

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Not the Wojaks lol. 4chan flashbacks lmfao.
 
  • #426
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  • #428
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  • #429
Today's Facebook mashup:

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  • #430
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  • #432
Another cool Facebook feed mashup:
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(Okay, it's not meant to be a Venn diagram, but technically it still is one)
 
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  • #434
I have thought of that way of understanding authentication as shown in #428. That is an example of a kind of real authentication.
 
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  • #436
As to #435,

A Toast! Here's to throwing cookies at windows.
 
  • #439
jack action said:

Did you use "Vibe Coding"? I mean, did Chat GPT write that code? That would explain a lot. :smile:
 
  • #440
Ask it to code in this style. :oldtongue:

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I'm on this weird public computer where copy/paste is disabled (because it's a giant security risk?) I have an example in "Programming & Computer Science" -> "How to connect Frontend and Backend", where I'm actually impressed with ChatGPT's performance. This is ofcourse because I already know how to program. If one didn't the result would probably look much like your example above.

I seriously think it should be tried with Brainfsck. The result would come pre-obfuscated and f... with your brain.
 
  • #442
If you really want to mess with other programmers, use the ideas in the How To Write Unmaintainable Code link in my signature. My favorite:

Bedazzling Names​

Choose variable names with irrelevant emotional connotation, e. g.:
marypoppins = ( superman + starship ) / god;
This confuses the reader because they have difficulty disassociating the emotional connotations of the words from the logic they’re trying to think about.
 
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  • #444
One of the difficulties I find in post #443, is I am not sure if dumbass is a unit of speed or meant in some other way.
 
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  • #445
symbolipoint said:
One of the difficulties I find in post #443, is I am not sure if dumbass is a unit of speed or meant in some other way.
commas can be important
 
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  • #449
Borg said:
Haha! I wonder how many youngins wonder how we got C without an A and B.
 
  • #450
Ivan Seeking said:
Haha! I wonder how many youngins wonder how we got C without an A and B.
What's more I wonder how many youngins even know what C: is, now with everything on cell phones and such.
 
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