Jokes and Humour in the Public Android API

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Post by todsacerdoti » Mon, Jun 16, 2025, 12:14 AM UTC

Jokes and Humour in the Public Android API
voxelmanip.se

Re: Jokes and Humour in the Public Android API

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Post by dylan604 » Mon, Jun 16, 2025, 3:41 AM UTC

How is someone writing an article about Android source code node nerdy enough to know what a Tricoder is? I don’t buy it

Re: Jokes and Humour in the Public Android API

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Post by readthenotes1 » Mon, Jun 16, 2025, 4:07 AM UTC

dylan604 wrote: post #2

How is someone writing an article about Android source code node nerdy enough to know what a Tricoder is? I don’t buy it

Right? It could be an attempt at humor, but it could also be someone who is naive of culture before 2003. I lost some respect for the author at that point...

Re: Jokes and Humour in the Public Android API

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Post by kretaceous » Mon, Jun 16, 2025, 4:36 AM UTC

dylan604 wrote: post #2

How is someone writing an article about Android source code node nerdy enough to know what a Tricoder is? I don’t buy it

They are in their early 20s and not American¹. Why is that so hard to grasp?

1: https://voxelmanip.se/about/

Re: Jokes and Humour in the Public Android API

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Post by Agentlien » Mon, Jun 16, 2025, 4:44 AM UTC

dylan604 wrote: post #2

How is someone writing an article about Android source code node nerdy enough to know what a Tricoder is? I don’t buy it

While I found it surprising at first I don't think it should be. Star Trek really doesn't seem to be as big as it used to be.

Re: Jokes and Humour in the Public Android API

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Post by dylan604 » Mon, Jun 16, 2025, 5:38 AM UTC

kretaceous wrote: post #4

dylan604 wrote: post #2

How is someone writing an article about Android source code node nerdy enough to know what a Tricoder is? I don’t buy it

They are in their early 20s and not American¹. Why is that so hard to grasp? 1: https://voxelmanip.se/about/

Funny, when I was in my 20s and not British, I knew what a Dalek was because it was just part of the zeitgeist. Tricoders are frequently mentioned as one of the life imitating art type of things that modern tech is striving to take from sci-fi to IRL. I had never even seen an episode of Dr Who, but I was familiar with it because of all the other sci-fi/nerdy stuff I was into. Ironically, I did know what someone wearing an H on their forehead meant from watching Red Dwarf, but that’s a tangent. It just seems like a strange Venn diagram where source code android and Star Trek tricoder do not intersect would be a very odd diagram

Re: Jokes and Humour in the Public Android API

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Post by TrianguloY » Mon, Jun 16, 2025, 6:09 AM UTC

If you want to test the isUserAGoat and isUserAMonkey on you own device, I published this small app that does just that: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.trianguloy...

Maybe I can add these other easter eggs...

Re: Jokes and Humour in the Public Android API

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Post by londons_explore » Mon, Jun 16, 2025, 6:19 AM UTC

Notice how pretty much none of these are added in the last 10 years?

Android's become 'more mature' - ie. Boring, and the joke to code ratio is dropping rapidly.

Re: Jokes and Humour in the Public Android API

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Post by aaronbrethorst » Mon, Jun 16, 2025, 6:33 AM UTC

londons_explore wrote: post #8

Notice how pretty much none of these are added in the last 10 years? Android's become 'more mature' - ie. Boring, and the joke to code ratio is dropping rapidly.

Good, I hate ‘funny’ code. Just get to the point, I’m not here for someone’s notionally hilarious inside joke from 18 years ago.

Re: Jokes and Humour in the Public Android API

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Post by la_oveja » Mon, Jun 16, 2025, 6:34 AM UTC

dylan604 wrote: post #2

How is someone writing an article about Android source code node nerdy enough to know what a Tricoder is? I don’t buy it

im 30 yo and i didnt know what a tricoder was