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

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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.

Recursive till you fall off your stool.

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

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A physicist, chemist, and programmer were going to lunch together. When they got in the car though, it wouldn’t start. “Maybe it’s out of gas?” said the Chemist. “Maybe it’s a problem with the engine?” said the Physicist. “Maybe if we all just get out of the car and get back in.”

A salesman, an engineer, and a programmer drive a rental car up Pikes Peak. On the way down, the brakes fade, and the one driving manages to skid to a stop in a cloud of dust at the edge of a precipice.

The salesman wants to call for a tow truck, the engineer wants to try to fix the brakes, but the programmer says: “No, first we should drive back up and confirm that we can reproduce the issue.”

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

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Hey, it's not cool to steal jokes from /r/antiantijokes. I am a mod there (as evident from my username), and don't appreciate this. The joke is hilarious though.

> Hey, it's not cool to steal jokes from /r/antiantijokes. When is it okay to repeat a joke from the internet and when is it not?

Always and Never, at the same time.

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.

Underappreciated; was a new one for me.

To explain algorithms a little more clearly to less mathematical students I actually introduce traditional logarithms in case they are not familiar, in terms that are easier to understand.

For instance in a remote river with lumberjacks dancing on logjams without falling in the water, that's a type of logarithm at work.

When Al Gore does it, that's an algorithm.

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

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post #295

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An infinite number of mathematicians walk into a bar, where a beer costs 3$. The first mathematician orders a beer. The second mathematician orders two beers. The third mathematician orders three beers. "Oh, I see where this is going" says the bartender and pays a quarter to the first mathematician. "This should cover your check, then."

Can you explain?

The sum of all positive integers can be somewhat described as negative one twelfth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-d9mgo8FGk

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

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DEC WARS is full of great computer jokes. It's a 1983 Usenet posting by Alan Hastings and Steve Tarr: https://www.bsd.org/decwars.html

> It is a period of system war. User programs, striking from a hidden directory, have won their first victory against the evil Administrative Empire. During the battle, User spies managed to steal secret source code to the Empire's ultimate program: the Are-Em Star, a privileged root program with enough power to destroy an entire file structure. Pursued by the Empire's sinister audit trail, Princess _LPA0: races aboard her shell script, custodian of the stolen listings that could save her people, and restore freedom and games to the network...

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

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post #289

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I sent this to a project manager once, and they didnt understand nor appreciate it.

I’m a project manager and find it hilarious! But i’ve also been technical.

So you are not "project manager", but "competent project manager", which is something completely different :)

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

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post #295

Earlier quoted context omitted.

An infinite number of mathematicians walk into a bar, where a beer costs 3$. The first mathematician orders a beer. The second mathematician orders two beers. The third mathematician orders three beers. "Oh, I see where this is going" says the bartender and pays a quarter to the first mathematician. "This should cover your check, then."

Is this an antijoke or did I just need to know where it's going, like the bartender? Maybe the bartender is confused?

This joke relies on the listener knowing that the regularized sum of 1+2+3+... = -1/12.
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