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

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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.

I thought someone was going to raise a flag.

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

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ah, logic jokes... Three philosophers walk into a bar, and the bartender asks: "Do you all want a drink?" The first one says "I don't know." The second one says "I don't know." The third one says "Yes!"

Ugh this is why I hated logic problems in school. Anyone care to help a poor soul understand the meaning of this joke?

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

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post #159

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The touchscreen in my car is wonky (known issue, just haven't bothered to fix it), so when something goes sideways with the Bluetooth audio, turning the car off and back on is easily the fastest way to get my music back.

In my car, I have to disconnect the battery when the cheap 30$ Chinese radio freezes.

Put a toggle switch somewhere in the cabin and splice it between the car radio power wires and the battery. So you can easily reboot the radio without having to mess around under the hood.

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

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One of my all time favorites. Can’t remember where I first read it (Quora?), but it’s currently my top Google hit for “balloon programmer project manager joke”. [0] ============ A man is flying in a hot air balloon and realizes he is lost. He reduces height and spots a man down below. He lowers the balloon further and shouts: "Excuse me, can you help me? I promised my friend. I would meet him half an hour ago, but I…

A similar joke I heard recently: A helicopter was flying around above Seattle when an electrical malfunction disabled all of the aircraft's electronic navigation and communications equipment. Due to the clouds and haze, the pilot could not determine the helicopter's position and course to fly to the airport. The pilot saw a tall building, flew toward it, circled, drew a handwritten sign, and held it in the helicopter…

The joke above is a play on the older joke you told.

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

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post #124

Al Gore may not have invented the internet, but he did come up with algorithms.

I do not get that one. US-Insider?

Al Gore was ridiculed for saying he invented the Internet (he didn't say that). The rest of the joke is playing off of that and then punning with his name.

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

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Tom Knight and the Lisp Machine

A novice was trying to fix a broken Lisp machine by turning the power off and on.

Knight, seeing what the student was doing, spoke sternly: “You cannot fix a machine by just power-cycling it with no understanding of what is going wrong.”

Knight turned the machine off and on.

The machine worked.

Source: http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/koans.html

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

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post #218

A doctor, an architect and a programmer talk about their professions. "Mine is the oldest", says the doctor, "as everybody knows God created Eve from the rib of Adam, and that's definitely a medical operation". "Right", says the architect, "but in fact architect is even older - it's definitely an architectural project to create the world from chaos". At this point programmer kicks back in the chair and gives friends…

You win this thread. All high quality jokes.

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

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A programmer had a problem. He thought to himself: "I know, I'll solve this with threads!" has Now problems. two he

This one always bugs me because it says "two" but this output couldn't be produced with fewer than 3 threads.

Fair point if you read it literally and assume each thread is a problem. But I assume, as it's a variation of the regex joke, 'using threads' is seen as a singular thing. Perhaps it should say 'threading?'
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