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Re: Ask HN: Anyone know any funny programming jokes?

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Post by sokoloff »

ralusek wrote: post #597
sokoloff wrote: post #545

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Analogous to programming, the average joke-teller just isn’t that funny, making 10x more achievable. “Think of a comedian.” There probably isn’t a 10x that comedian for you. “Find the first person to tell you a joke live next week; considering them as a proxy for average, there is almost surely a 10x comedian out there.”

Kevin Hart, Sarah Silverman, Bert Kreischer - 1x Tom Segura, Ali Wong, Nikki Glaser, Bill Burr, Mark Normand, Andrew Santino - 5x Dave Chappelle, John Mulaney, Louis CK - 10x

Which was the first comedian you named in response to the question? Was it Kevin, Sarah, or Bert?

My hypothesis is there’s a massive spread in performance in comics, in programmers, and in most fields that are substantially creative and when people argue “there is no 10x ” that it’s more like because their reference frame is higher than mine.

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Post by StavrosK »

mst wrote: post #614
stavros wrote: post #587

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The limits are the shackles of oppression, the integral is the proletariat and switching is disavowing capitalism and seizing the means of production.

That was completely unhelpful but also hilarious. As such, a perfect russian joke.

Thank you, that's what I was going for!

Re: Ask HN: Anyone know any funny programming jokes?

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Post by StavrosK »

OJFord wrote: post #606
StavrosK wrote: post #598

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I don't get it :( Did she know the answer? Then why the confusion at the start?

Yeah that does push it a bit, but the joke is that she didn't understand what he was talking about with the 'onethirdxcubed', mis-parsing it without context. But when asked the integral, she knew the answer; not because she'd been told.

Ahh, thank you, that makes sense.

Re: Ask HN: Anyone know any funny programming jokes?

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Post by zoom6628 »

stavros wrote: post #587
stevage wrote: post #500

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I don't quite get the punchline. I understand how if you integrate in the wrong direction you get a negative area, but is there a double meaning here?

The limits are the shackles of oppression, the integral is the proletariat and switching is disavowing capitalism and seizing the means of production.

Brilliant !

Re: Ask HN: Anyone know any funny programming jokes?

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Post by hedberg10 »

knodi123 wrote: post #317
gumby wrote: post #193

This is an oldie (I first heard it in the 80s) but is one of my all time favorites. While it can be told about any two classes of people it really applies to a lot of code I encounter: A physicist is showing a thermos to her friend, a programmer. "It's amazing", she said. "You put a cold drink inside and regardless of how hot it is outside the drink stays cold". The programmer is suitably impressed. "But that's not a…

But How Do It Know? Basic Principles of Computers for Everyone https://smile.amazon.com/But-How-Know-Principles-Computers/d...

Thank you, that was where I remembered that sentence from.. Great book!

Re: Ask HN: Anyone know any funny programming jokes?

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Post by golergka »

avmich wrote: post #156

A programmer walks into a bar and ask for a drink. The bartender says I'll give you a drink if you tell me a programmer joke. And he says: a programmer walks into a bar and ask for a drink. The bartender says I'll give you a drink if you tell me a programmer joke. And he says: a programmer walks into a bar and ask for a drink. So he gives the guy a drink, so he gives the guy a drink, so he gives the guy a drink.

Finally, a recursion joke that is not about infinite recursion!

Re: Ask HN: Anyone know any funny programming jokes?

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Post by jwalton »

zxcvbn4038 wrote: post #186

How many IBM employees does it take to change a light bulb? Fifteen. Five to do it, and ten to write document number GC7500439-001, Multitasking Incadescent Source System Facility, of which 10% of the pages state only "This page intentionally left blank".

How many prolog programmers does it take to change a lightbulb?

no

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