#programmer joke

[lucere-aeresta]

I just learned that in C++ the function to display exception is what() and I can't help having Bertie's gormless "???????" look and his voice of "what!" whenever I see this.

And I can't help imagining lines like "Bertie handles an exception" (he probably is going to have a hard time tho).

Maybe one day I will write a sci-fi J&W story just I can tell all kinds of programmer jokes.

[lostjared]

This Rust joke encapsulates the basic concept of karma through a simple program that interacts with the user by accepting input and providing output based on the given input. Here's how it aligns with the idea of karma, which often implies that the energy or actions one puts out into the world will come back to them in some form:

Input as Action: The function give() takes user input, representing an action or thought put out into the universe. This act of giving an input parallels the concept of performing an action or harboring a thought in real life.

Output as Reaction: The function get(value: String) then processes this input. If the input is "love," it returns "1," and if the input is "fear," it returns "0." For any other input, it simply returns the input itself. This mechanism is a direct metaphor for karma, where the nature of what you put out—represented here by the specific strings "love" or "fear"—determines what you get back.

Love and Fear as Metaphors: The choice of "love" and "fear" as inputs with specific outputs ("1" for love and "0" for fear) symbolizes the idea that positive actions or thoughts (love) lead to positive outcomes, while negative actions or thoughts (fear) lead to negative or less desirable outcomes. The binary nature of the outputs (1 and 0) can be seen as a nod to the binary outcomes in life: positive or negative, good or bad karma.

Looping Nature: The program's looping nature, prompting the user to continuously enter thoughts and see the karma returned, illustrates the ongoing cycle of actions and consequences, a core tenet of the karma concept. It suggests that for every action (input), there is a reaction (output), and this cycle continues indefinitely.

In essence, this Rust program is a playful representation of the karma concept, using code to illustrate the philosophical idea that the quality of what you put out into the world (your actions, thoughts, or intentions) directly influences what comes back to you.

[evil-cryptile]

Sauna the program or whatever her name was

[computer-nerd-girl]

[maxwellgetsalife]

Me: *sighs* i dont know whats wrong with the code

Me: *looks at my Rubber Duck*

Me: Do you know what the problem is?

Sir Duckington:

Me, looking back at the code and sees the problem: What the fuck

[d8tl55c]

oh boy !! ! ! ! !!! ! thANK y0u all for the kind words on my last art posts. you all get it and i was/still am so happy about it

as promised, here's some close-ups of the comic for image quality's sake, and other screenshots i rescued from the community whiteboard (and something else)

first up another sketch of mystery gender-ambiguous being. (please send me more name ideas for them if you got one- i like to hear em! (reminder it's the side character that appeared for <10 seconds in AvM Ep. 30))

a few fav scenes

emotional support cwab

they weren't meant for this purpose exactly, but i do have countless "fluffy sticks" loose in my notes and homework sheets from the school years.

papery critter.

even when i wasn't confident in fur or feathers, they helped me practice posing and create some satisfying gradients/flowing poses. (im a sucker for good tail poses) (oh yay! i found a good pic...)

and finally, little sneak peak for you for reading so far ;3

i realized that whiteboardfox is pretty great for my working needs. simple and to the point and all. feels nice with the mouse and the tablet.

so i started hashing out a big project idea just to see if it holds up and

[

several hours later ...

]

oh

oh man

it's a little bigger than i expected

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[xiabablog]

I am both

[strixton]

yknow being a comp sci major who is also nonbinary makes half of the content on the exams really difficuly

at least sometimes the questions will ask about hexadecimal

[smak-annihilation]

linguist parents of a programmer who don't approve of their child's decision to not persue the family craft:

"so anyways, when are you gonna learn a REEAL language?"

"There are always open spots in German"

[strikeslip]

"State Legislatures are like Linux distros. Except, you cannot fork the state of Massachusetts to make OpenMassachusetts. Many people think New Hampshire is OpenMassachusetts, but they are incorrect." - a completely normal family thanksgiving conversation thank you

[hatsunemimikyu]

This just in: Python language invents instant HRT

[match-your-steps]

kinda funny how most programmers would prefer to not have to touch apple products with a ten-foot pole but if you talk to basically any designer over like 25 they'll swear up and down and backwards to friday that nothing could ever hold a candle to any apple product

[flebus]

HS is pretty inaccessible if you were not online from at least years 2009 onwards but i do feel like it is very contemporarily readable as a period piece abt old internet culture. in some ways i feel like i get more out of it as an adult who has greater awareness of the context.

[computer-nerd-girl]

Honestly I can be both, it really depends on the day 🤷‍♀️

[o-uncle-newt]

Hi! I hope you're doing well and having a lovely holiday season :)

Sorry if you've already talked about this before, I haven't been following you for a long time - but what do you think of the other series of JFSP apart from series 9?

Personally I love them to bits, I have listened to every episode more than 30 times and they're probably one of my favourite things in the whole world. I just love the humour, the characters, the situations - it feels very safe, no mean spirited jokes, very comforting. The sketches feels very autistic-coded to me as an autistic person, much like Martin from Cabin Pressure - some of the sketches are things I doubt a neurotypical person would notice or comment on from the angle he chooses. Like the geek sketch and the 'friend I'm in the mood for' sketch from series 5.

What are your thoughts on these series?

Thank you for asking, that’s an awesome question!

The basic answer is that I am, of course, a big fan. That said, I’d say that as much as I overall enjoy sketch comedy, I do tend to find it hit or miss; and while JFSP has a higher hit rate than most, and plenty of sketches are fantastic*, it definitely doesn’t get there ALL the time.

*Notable faves- Spooktacular, seashells, reincarnation/past lives, “Stop Saying G’nus,” tricyclist… there are loads and loads more, just off the top of my head! Not to mention the excellent ones you already cited…

The functional difference for me ends up being that while I don’t think there’s a 100% hit rate on Cabin Pressure or Double Acts either, I know that if I pick one episode that I like I will enjoy myself for a full half hour. Because I’m less familiar with a given episode of JFSP given how many there have been and how many sketches are in an episode, I don’t have that same sense of instant “ahhh” from turning on an episode of JFSP* as I would from the other two shows, where a lot of my emotions about it come from knowing it like the back of my hand.

*Major exception- S7E6. A perfect episode of sketch comedy that I can listen to literally whenever. No notes.

This isn’t to say that I don’t really enjoy JFSP! I just wish I could pick off a menu of sketches, not simply because I like some better than others but because I like the feeling of “oooh this” on demand that I get from turning on a favorite half hour episode. I will say- I find JFSP to be PERFECT for things like dental procedures and car trips, where I might be in the chair for anywhere from five minutes to two hours and can just turn on a bunch of sequential episodes for as long as I need. But it doesn’t necessarily have the same immediate impact for me as the episodes I love of the other shows.

That said- some of the best things JF ever wrote are Since You Asked Me sketches. I want them pumped into my veins.