Tag Archives: Humor

AI Loosely Defined

Posted on 2017-04-01 by jcs

Since this is April 1st and no post will be taken seriously anyway, I offer this piece of wisdom, which Jean-Philippe Paradis retweeted: by today's definition, y=mx+b is an artificial intelligence bot that can tell you where a line is … Continue reading →

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The Five Second Rule

Posted on 2016-09-20 by jcs

The New York Times has published an article on the five second rule. You’ll be shocked—shocked—to learn that if you drop food on the floor you get bacteria on it even if you pick it up in less than 5 … Continue reading →

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Random Medical News

Posted on 2016-09-01 by jcs

From John Cook we have this bit of humor that also has the feel of truth: pic.twitter.com/ElqdpI9ywg — John D. Cook (@JohnDCook) August 5, 2016 I’m old enough that I can remember at least 3 cycles of Coffee is good … Continue reading →

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Schrödinger’s Backup

Posted on 2016-05-18 by jcs

#Sysadmin #Truth #Backup #Unix #Linux pic.twitter.com/suCT9ME58V — nixCraft (@nixcraft) June 24, 2015

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Email Strategy

Posted on 2016-03-30 by jcs

As Scooby-Doo would say, RUH? My aunt has a 'winter' email address and a 'summer' email address. I want to discuss the logic of this with her, but life is too short. — Matthew Green (@matthew_d_green) January 27, 2016

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The Heisenberg Release Uncertainty Principle

Posted on 2016-02-20 by jcs

Steve Purcell formulates a fundamental law of software engineering Heisenberg's Release Uncertainty Principle says you can accurately know what the software will do, or when you'll get it, but not both. — Steve Purcell (@sanityinc) October 13, 2015

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The Mysteries of Perl

Posted on 2016-02-15 by jcs

Those of you who have used Perl will understand this: #perl pic.twitter.com/EeWfpfY9nN — David M. Bradford (@tinypig) January 6, 2016 It turns out, though, that the joke’s on us: Haha yes Perl is ok with it. Just to up the … Continue reading →

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Editors Explained

Posted on 2016-02-11 by jcs

Lol. Editors war. Via https://t.co/dLwsc0zegC #linux #unix #vim #emacs #nano #flamewar #humour pic.twitter.com/4EGU9AhnXm — nixCraft (@nixcraft) January 9, 2016

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We Need More of This

Posted on 2016-01-26 by jcs

I love this. We definitely need more of it. My only suggestion is to make it longer. Making these busy bodies suffer is a moral imperative.

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Tech Support for Telemarketers

Posted on 2015-10-06 by jcs

The best story I’ve seen in a long time: how to get rid of telemarketing .. so good #sysadmin pic.twitter.com/fbh4jvaavX — Nicolas GORALSKI (@ngoralski) October 5, 2015

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