Ask HN: Anyone know any funny programming jokes?

Post by imtringued » Thu, Jan 21, 2021, 3:26 PM UTC

andi999 wrote: post #421

Jtsummers wrote: post #316

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If that were the only sentence in the statement, sure. But read the rest (which I believe you found if you can quote it) and it's clear what he's saying unless your objective is to misquote it and ridicule him.

"I'll be offering my vision when my campaign begins. And it will be comprehensive and sweeping. And I hope that it will be compelling enough to draw people toward it. I feel that it will be. But it will emerge from my dialogue with the American people. I've traveled to every part of this country during the last six years. During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet.…

Post by thunderbong » Thu, Jan 21, 2021, 3:28 PM UTC

ArchieMaclean wrote: post #484

The GNU Humour [0] collection may be of interest. Also Dylan Beattie has done some great songs on YouTube [1] (I especially like 'Bug in the JavaScript' and 'You Give REST a Bad Name') Here's a couple I remember from somewhere: SEO expert walks into a bar... ...tavern, pub, taproom, alcohol, beer, wine, vodka... Also, tangentially related: A farmer wants to section off part of his field with a fixed length of fence.…

Post by dhagz » Thu, Jan 21, 2021, 3:34 PM UTC

onionisafruit wrote: post #274

mrec wrote: post #207

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"Logician". A logistician is someone who deals with logistics.

No. A logician is a lounge act that saws a log in half.

Post by drran » Thu, Jan 21, 2021, 3:36 PM UTC

tj-teej wrote: post #14

A boy and a girl are sitting next to each other in a Java Computer Science class. The boy reaches over and starts going through the girls purse. The girl says: "Hey! That's private!" The boy replies: "But we're in the same class!"

Post by wruza » Thu, Jan 21, 2021, 3:49 PM UTC

frabert wrote: post #459

dvfjsdhgfv wrote: post #419

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> ask the blonde waitress an integral I know this is a fun thread, but in real life you could have serious problems if you tell this kind of jokes. To my fellow downvoters: I hate it as much as you do.

The joke is an explicit rejection of that particular trope, though.