Did you know its a Programmer's day?

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The discussion centers around the celebration of Programmers' Day, highlighting its recognition in Russia and the notion that all programmers should celebrate it globally. Participants humorously suggest additional holidays for programmers, referencing binary numbers to emphasize their unique perspective on time and recognition. The conversation touches on the perceived lack of holidays for programmers over the years, with a satirical take on their detachment from reality and the implications of programmers ruling the world. The dialogue includes jokes about programming culture, such as the confusion between Halloween and Christmas due to numerical representations in different bases. Overall, the thread captures a light-hearted camaraderie among programmers while addressing their desire for acknowledgment and humor in their profession.
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No Borek, I was not aware of that. Thanks for that. A colleague of mine is of the opinion that we should get a holiday on the second day, the fourth day, the eighth day, the sixteenth day, the thrity-second day, the sixty-fourth day and the one hundred and twenty-eighth day as well. Yeah. It's about time we got the recognition we deserve...
 
Woo Hoo! :-p
 
Happy Day, Programmers! :)
 
Why do programmers always confuse Halloween and Christmas?

Because OCT 31 = DEC 25.
 
Ken Natton said:
No Borek, I was not aware of that. Thanks for that. A colleague of mine is of the opinion that we should get a holiday on the second day, the fourth day, the eighth day, the sixteenth day, the thrity-second day, the sixty-fourth day and the one hundred and twenty-eighth day as well. Yeah. It's about time we got the recognition we deserve...

That's why programmers are so much fun. They're so far removed from reality that they never have a clue when they're being taken advantage of.

First year: They get 8 holidays.

Second year: 1 holiday.

Third year: 1 holiday.

Fourth year: 0 holidays.

Fifth year: 0 holidays.

Sixth year: 1 holiday.

Seventh through 10th years: 0 holidays.

11th year: 1 holiday.

And so on.

The good thing about the the cluelessness of programmers is that they'll never rule the world. If they did, we'd get stuck with either a 256 day year or a 512 day year and a quarter of the population would die during the great famine caused by planting our crops in the dead of winter ... er, I mean the unusually cold summer.
 
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I sure hope you didn't do this just because you were offended by my last post. I think that angering someone enough to end the world in a nuclear holocaust would decrease my popularity.
 
I keep thinking that I should do my taxes in hex. I've never seen "base 10 only" specified anywhere in the tax law.

Giving one's age in hex is also preferable these days...
 

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