Tag Archives: Humor

Password Contains Invalid Characters (Again)

Devin Chalmers has some words of wisdom for startups: "Your password contains invalid characters." No, your startup contains incompetent engineers. — Devin Chalmers (@qwzybug) December 15, 2014 Nick Selby already told them but apparently they didn’t listen.

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From One of My Favorite Comics…

The NSA goes Christmas Shopping.

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N00bris

Jean-Philippe Paradis nails it "n00bris: n. The pride of a newcomer to enter a new programming community and immediately start suggesting changes." — @fogus — Jean-PhilippeParadis (@HexstreamSoft) November 25, 2014 Lispers see this all the time with n00b proposals to … Continue reading

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A Cat Cons

Via Magnar Sveen we have this offering from Dmitry Ignatiev (cons cat (cons cat nil)) pic.twitter.com/BmmyKhPEt8 — Dmitry Ignatiev (@lvsn) November 15, 2014

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Being Smart

Matt Blaze has a realization that probably applies to us all. I know it applies to me. I was about to say "how can something be 'smart' if it doesn't work unless it's connected to the net" but then I … Continue reading

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The Two Programmer States

I know the feeling. So true. “@georgeb3dr: The two states of every programmer. pic.twitter.com/5wYfzzgRjb” — publicfarley (@publicfarley) October 10, 2014

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Here’s a Nickel Kid…

I recently found a reference to one of my all time favorite Dilbert cartoons. It’s almost 20 years old and still makes me laugh. I’m linking to rather than embedding the cartoon to avoid copyright problems.

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HTML as an STD?

The LA Times has a surprising revelation about Americans’ beliefs. You might find their views extreme but are they wrong? As far as HTML is concerned, maybe they’re on to something. We geeks live in our own cocoon and sometimes … Continue reading

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A Sunday Treat

This really tickled me: This Man Invented A Machine To Remotely Electrocute Gullible Clickbait Readers. What Happens Next Will Shock You! — Josh Millard (@joshmillard) February 27, 2014 Oddly, I was all set to click but I couldn’t find a … Continue reading

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The Third Way

If you’ve been paying attention lately you’ve probably noticed the raging dispute concerning how many spaces are appropriate at the end of a sentence. If you learned to type on an actual typewriter you were taught the hard and fast … Continue reading

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