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Tag Archives: Humor
More’s Law
Here’s a light moment to brighten your day. It doesn’t rise to Red Meat Friday status but it is amusing. pic.twitter.com/o0VMXIgc7y — Scott Jehl (@scottjehl) March 21, 2021 And, of course, its humor derives from its essential truth.
Red Meat Friday: Real Programmers Use TECO
Think you’re tough because you use Vi or Emacs? Or even ed? “Real Programmers” don’t think so. “”Real Programmers” FTW #emacs #teco https://t.co/cEUEwClDBg pic.twitter.com/Jwvs87X1AY — (((bob pasker))) (@rbpasker) January 31, 2021 It’s hard to see the entire text in the … Continue reading
Read Meat Friday: The Editor Wars
Yes, yes. We know it’s not quite true but it feels emotionally right. Or at least, satisfying. Something is wrong with the @Linux community if we’re arguing over ANY editors but #Emacs and #vi #vim #TheEditorWar https://t.co/Up1XECH6V4 — John S. … Continue reading
The Wizard Book Cover Explained
A lot of you probably know that Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs, SICP, is also called “The Wizard Book.” A glace at its cover explains the alternate name but Conor Hoekstra has a more thorough explanation of the cover: … Continue reading
The Types Controversy Explained
After yesterday’s heavy duty post on modernizing Emacs, here’s something to refresh your palate. I find this hilarious on many levels. Your mileage may vary: types are social constructs created by Big Compiler to sell more passes — (lambda () … Continue reading
The Law of Unintended Consequences
I find this hilarious: Brilliant: When the euro bank notes were designed, they used European-style bridges which were *non-existing*, not to have to choose between countries. The Dutch town of Spijkenisse claimed them all for the Netherlands by building them … Continue reading
Red Meat Friday: Star Wars and the Light/Dark Controversy
The minions at Irreal, it appears, refuse to let the light-mode/dark-mode debate die. Here’s the latest offering: Your choice between light mode and dark mode on your phone clearly dictates whether you’re Jedi or Sith — Shivon Zilis (@shivon) April … Continue reading
Quarantini
Despite all the doom and gloom about COVID-19 some folks are maintaining their sense of humor. To wit: Time for a quarantiniii🍸😷 @AviationGin @vancityreynolds pic.twitter.com/l11ZWavFfg — marilyn starkloff (@MStarkloff) March 12, 2020 Of course Aviation American Gin and Emergen-C are … Continue reading
The Online Shopping Experience
I don’t usually indulge myself like this but the following so perfectly captures my experience of dealing with my health insurance provider yesterday that I couldn’t resist. The captcha and the ‘Contact Us’ button are perfect 😂😭 #digitalexperience pic.twitter.com/rlF57ICMjP — … Continue reading
Claim: 95% of Users Prefer Dark Mode
Over at Polar, they’re getting a lot of requests to implement Dark Mode for their application. They claim that 95% of users prefer dark over light mode. Actually, they’re a little more nuanced than that so you should follow the … Continue reading