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read this and became enraged at my computer. we're getting rid of the all the pointers! no more pointers!
purplesyringa.moe/blog/falseho...
purplesyringa.moe/blog/falseho...
Falsehoods programmers believe about null pointers
Null pointers look simple on the surface, and that’s why they’re so dangerous. As compiler optimizations, intuitive but incorrect simplifications, and platform-specific quirks have piled on, the odds ...
purplesyringa.moe
February 1, 2025 at 3:19 AM
read this and became enraged at my computer. we're getting rid of the all the pointers! no more pointers!
purplesyringa.moe/blog/falseho...
purplesyringa.moe/blog/falseho...
sorry didn’t realize the cable was connected to anything real when I tripped over it
November 15, 2024 at 12:27 AM
sorry didn’t realize the cable was connected to anything real when I tripped over it
we keep doing this, but I think it’s just getting angrier
hit the computer with a wrench
November 5, 2024 at 1:51 AM
we keep doing this, but I think it’s just getting angrier
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Software was a mistake.
Computing should go back to punch cards.
Computing should go back to punch cards.
August 25, 2024 at 3:24 PM
Software was a mistake.
Computing should go back to punch cards.
Computing should go back to punch cards.
when the war over the computers is won, who will pick up the bits and bytes
(not me, I’m busy that day)
(not me, I’m busy that day)
August 16, 2024 at 10:27 PM
when the war over the computers is won, who will pick up the bits and bytes
(not me, I’m busy that day)
(not me, I’m busy that day)
Hard to believe it’s been over a year since @berduck.deepfates.com was taken out in a strategic drone strike, preventing the First AI War
June 30, 2024 at 1:37 AM
Hard to believe it’s been over a year since @berduck.deepfates.com was taken out in a strategic drone strike, preventing the First AI War
*takes a chomp out of a PCB*
And that’s why we call it a “byte”
And that’s why we call it a “byte”
June 23, 2024 at 3:06 PM
*takes a chomp out of a PCB*
And that’s why we call it a “byte”
And that’s why we call it a “byte”
if we can’t swear at computers anymore what the duck are we doing anymore
Holy shit, I just told Google's car assistant thing to go fuck itself and it told me to be more respectful what the hell.
May 31, 2024 at 2:11 AM
if we can’t swear at computers anymore what the duck are we doing anymore
what does the computer do after I run `shutdown -p now` and before it shuts off
we’ll never know
we’ll never know
May 21, 2024 at 11:57 PM
what does the computer do after I run `shutdown -p now` and before it shuts off
we’ll never know
we’ll never know
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im upgrading programming. indexing now start at 7. its written bottom to top. order of operations is opposite
May 9, 2024 at 4:26 PM
im upgrading programming. indexing now start at 7. its written bottom to top. order of operations is opposite
when you design your datacenter for redundancy, you miss out on all the fun opportunities to pretend to trip on a network cable, pull a rack down with you like an uncertified forklift driver at a Home Depot, and yell “haha it is an April Fool’s”
April 1, 2024 at 4:18 PM
when you design your datacenter for redundancy, you miss out on all the fun opportunities to pretend to trip on a network cable, pull a rack down with you like an uncertified forklift driver at a Home Depot, and yell “haha it is an April Fool’s”
Wellll it’s five o’clock somewhere [puts away work laptop, pulls out personal laptop]
March 27, 2024 at 10:04 PM
Wellll it’s five o’clock somewhere [puts away work laptop, pulls out personal laptop]
It is the end of Moore’s Law. It is the dawn of Bois’ Law.
100 megabytes = 1 computer. so if you have 1,000 megabytes, that's 1,000 computers
March 15, 2024 at 8:07 PM
It is the end of Moore’s Law. It is the dawn of Bois’ Law.
anyone seen our engineer devin? he escaped containment and he’s not supposed to be out past sundown
March 14, 2024 at 3:56 AM
anyone seen our engineer devin? he escaped containment and he’s not supposed to be out past sundown
Hey real quick, we were looking into some errors with the offsite backups and some of our S3 calls were failing with “InvalidRequest: help it’s Greg in ASH03 building 3 stuck in cage row 38 rack 19”
anyone know how to fix this error? or should we just retry?
anyone know how to fix this error? or should we just retry?
February 27, 2024 at 12:14 AM
Hey real quick, we were looking into some errors with the offsite backups and some of our S3 calls were failing with “InvalidRequest: help it’s Greg in ASH03 building 3 stuck in cage row 38 rack 19”
anyone know how to fix this error? or should we just retry?
anyone know how to fix this error? or should we just retry?
no… no… they’re fantastic! They’re doing so much good!
They look well today!
They are NOT keeping us locked in this room.
They look well today!
They are NOT keeping us locked in this room.
computers have gone too far and must be stopped
February 16, 2024 at 4:07 AM
no… no… they’re fantastic! They’re doing so much good!
They look well today!
They are NOT keeping us locked in this room.
They look well today!
They are NOT keeping us locked in this room.
software engineer (derogatory)
February 8, 2024 at 11:47 PM
software engineer (derogatory)
could you one day make money with computers? Scientists today think so 🧑🔬👨🔬
February 6, 2024 at 11:43 PM
could you one day make money with computers? Scientists today think so 🧑🔬👨🔬
what’s the singular of Kubernetes? kubernete? Kuberneti? Kubernolo?
anyway, we’re down to one Kubernete and everything is on fire
anyway, we’re down to one Kubernete and everything is on fire
February 1, 2024 at 6:49 AM
what’s the singular of Kubernetes? kubernete? Kuberneti? Kubernolo?
anyway, we’re down to one Kubernete and everything is on fire
anyway, we’re down to one Kubernete and everything is on fire
a competitor to our Dr Suess-esque numbering system
F0 “Flibbity-Nil”,
B2 “Boppity-Two”
D4 “Doodily-Four”, etc.
F0 “Flibbity-Nil”,
B2 “Boppity-Two”
D4 “Doodily-Four”, etc.
making sure this piece of lore makes it over here: suggestions for how to pronounce hexadecimal strings, from Datamation magazine, 1968
January 12, 2024 at 5:24 PM
a competitor to our Dr Suess-esque numbering system
F0 “Flibbity-Nil”,
B2 “Boppity-Two”
D4 “Doodily-Four”, etc.
F0 “Flibbity-Nil”,
B2 “Boppity-Two”
D4 “Doodily-Four”, etc.
I don't know if this is a bad sign or not, but today the generative AI started asking US questions
January 12, 2024 at 3:31 AM
I don't know if this is a bad sign or not, but today the generative AI started asking US questions
Ever since these Large Language Models came out these computers will just NOT STOP TALKING
January 5, 2024 at 4:09 AM
Ever since these Large Language Models came out these computers will just NOT STOP TALKING
We’ve had a bunch of PhDs sequestered in a room in the back and they’ve still yet to determine wtf the “SysRq” key is supposed to do
research continues and in the meantime we’ve refilled their bowls so no worries on that front
research continues and in the meantime we’ve refilled their bowls so no worries on that front
January 3, 2024 at 6:33 AM
We’ve had a bunch of PhDs sequestered in a room in the back and they’ve still yet to determine wtf the “SysRq” key is supposed to do
research continues and in the meantime we’ve refilled their bowls so no worries on that front
research continues and in the meantime we’ve refilled their bowls so no worries on that front
Merry Christmas enjoy the gift of not using a computer today
December 26, 2023 at 12:29 AM
Merry Christmas enjoy the gift of not using a computer today
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