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DocBohn

@DocBohn@techhub.social

Professional Thinker.
Usually thinking about #AirPower, #ComputerScienceEducation, nerdy stuff, or #alpacas & #chickens. Sometimes all at once.
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mcc, to random
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My constant experience with Python over the last ~16 years is I start writing it and it's like, wow, this is so easy, this is great! And then I run my program, and invariably it fails with an inscrutable error/exception 4 layers deep in someone else's library, code I know nothing about— in this case, a wav file library claiming that the number 960 is "not a valid shape"— and I realize that maybe I actually hate Python

DocBohn,
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@mcc My best story about the importance of typing was a piece of code I wrote several years ago to help me manage a largish course. There was a bug in part of the code that paired students for group projects. I couldn't be bothered to hunt down the bug because I was the only person using it, and the erroneous output was easy enough to catch.

One summer as I was adding functionality, I decided to also add type inferences. Immediately my IDE said "Hey, you've got a bug here. You're assigning a Duck object to a Goose variable." (not the real class names)

GrimmReality, to random
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I have never seen the NCIS tv shows but I saw a promo for one of the NCIS tv shows and one of the NCIS guys was chasing what I guess is a criminal and shouted "Freeze, NCIS!" and it occurred to me that if there were no NCIS tv shows or if you had never seen an NCIS tv show or promo for such a show and somebody shouted "Freeze, NCIS!" at you, most people would shout back "I have no idea what that is!"

DocBohn,
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@GrimmReality As I recall, that was a running gag in the first couple of seasons, that no one outside the Navy had heard of NCIS.

agiletortoise, to random
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I just watched a high schooler try to figure out if a screw was 1” long using the measuring app on their iPhone while standing next to this wall of tools.

DocBohn,
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@agiletortoise That checks out. I routinely watch college students struggle to figure out how to do an assignment while having a PDF loaded that describes how to do the assignment.

dgar, to random
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DocBohn,
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@dgar If you truly believe this, then you don't want to see what the movers did to my professional library several years ago.

mcc, to random
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I wonder if Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson feel disappointed that the term "antivax" has been taken away from them

DocBohn,
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@mcc perhaps they feel like the dec has been pulled out from under them

typeswitch, to random
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programming language where there are exactly two types

DocBohn,
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@typeswitch That sounds like C. It has exactly two types: int and ought to be int

johnefrancis, to random
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OMG, my spouse is remotely observing a federal government all-staff meeting and I accidentally heard some of the BS and now I'm getting hives.

DocBohn,
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@johnefrancis You fool! You listened in to internal government BS without being adequately prepared!? You have to build up a desensitivity or you'll suffer severe reactions when coming in contact with grade-A BS.

Start young, with just small doses of BS. At first, most of it will go right over your head, but you'll get enough dosage to start the process. Over the years, you'll be more and more receptive to the BS, but you'll also have become increasingly resilient to its short-term effects. Eventually, you'll be able to withstand entire days-long BS workshops without any ill effects.

Sure, after 24 years or so, the accumulated BS in your system will have reached near-toxic levels, and you'll have retire to academia to detoxify while amusing yourself with a different strain of BS.

Scene from the classic Star Trek episode, "All Our Yesterdays." Kirk says, "Your Mr. Atoz did not prepare me in any way."

dgar, to random
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DocBohn,
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@dgar They try to sit down, but miss and fall flat on the floor.

dgar, to random
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"Raise yer tankards and let the sea dogs rejoice, for it be Talk Like a Pirate Day, me hearties! Yo ho ho! 🍻🏴‍☠️

DocBohn,
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@dgar
Ohh, a pirate's life is a wonderful life
You'll find adventure and sport
But live every minute for all that is in it
The life of a pirate is short
Ohh, the life of a pirate is short

DocBohn, to random
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Attn: UI designers everywhere:

I never want to click on something that appears under the cursor a half-second before I click. If an element moved a fraction of a second before I clicked on it, you should ignore that click.

Especially if it's a (&^&*!! ^%^^&** delete button.

DocBohn,
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@cassidy That seems like the simple and obvious fix. As with many "simple and obvious" things, there's probably hidden complexity.

mcc, to random
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I got really angry at some light bulbs tonight but since my Internet is still down it's a little difficult for me to actually tell the story here

DocBohn,
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@mcc Did you tell them they could go screw themselves?

dgar, (edited ) to random
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One Two Three Four!
I declare a meme war!
Do NOT neglect your !!

DocBohn,
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@dgar

cosmicallyf, to random

If God didn't want us to masturbate, he would have given us T-Rex arms.

DocBohn,
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@cosmicallyf Well, now I know why our necks are so short.

Alpacas in a barn stall. One of them has his head reaching all the way back so that he can chew at an itch on his knee. Yes, that's really what he's doing, just chewing at an itch.

cfiesler, to random
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The comments on my women in computing videos just keep on coming, and today it was someone who says he's been in IT for 30 years and has "never, ever" met a woman who has shown any interest in computers.

I seriously didn't know how to respond except to say that it's okay, not everyone meets women. Because what other explanation could there possibly be?!

DocBohn,
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@cfiesler (commenting without having seen the video or the comment in question) --
I can assure you from my personal experience that women were working with computers in the '80s, and I trust the literature that indicates there were women working with computers before that.

cosmicallyf, to random

The laser pistol needs to be invented by Ray Gunn.

DocBohn,
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@cosmicallyf And needs a pew-ter handle

lowqualityfacts, to random
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I still want to pet one.
https://patreon.com/lowqualityfacts

DocBohn,
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@lowqualityfacts You should be fine unless you're made of diamond.

adhdeanasl, to random
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It’s 1 September and is already taking off! Make sure to follow the hashtag so you won’t miss out on all the adorableppiness!

DocBohn,
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@adhdeanasl Am I doing right?

w7voa, to random
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This is a lotta bull. https://northeast.newschannelnebraska.com/story/49572004/norfolk-police-pull-over-man-and-bull-riding-shotgun

DocBohn,
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@w7voa @dave_andersen
Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of a gigantic side of...

(checks notes)

Nope. I'm outta here.

dgar, to random
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If you remember this, you had an awesome childhood.

DocBohn,
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@dgar How could I forget? We had ours stuffed and mounted.

dgar, to random
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Happy 32nd birthday Linux. Here’s your damn cake. Go ahead and compile it yourself!

DocBohn,
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@dgar error: whisk.so not found

simon, to random
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Just had one of those horrifying I'm-old-now thoughts... I sometimes use Data from Star Trek as an analogy when talking about AI (like emphasizing that LLMs really aren't Data, even if they occasionally do a good impression of him)

... except I just realized Star Trek: The Next Generation aired before a lot of the people I talk to about this stuff were even born!

DocBohn,
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@simon
This was my "I'm old now" thought from the other day

https://techhub.social/@DocBohn/110930271570817897

SmudgeTheInsultCat, to random
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DocBohn,
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@SmudgeTheInsultCat :thisIsFine:

MissingThePt, to random
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Spain in a surprise move in World Cup Final deploys Armada offense against England.

DocBohn,
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@MissingThePt Seems like a sure way to light a fire under them.

Alice, to random
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Happy Saturday, everyone!

DocBohn,
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@Alice Not being able to see the submerged portion of the floaty due to refraction, makes it kinda look like that's some sort of portal.

cheeseblintzes, to fediverse

I found a downside to country life.

Our windows are currently open, and our neighbors have cows.

Guess what my house currently smells like?

DocBohn,
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@cheeseblintzes We've had the opportunity to get very good at convincing escaped cows to go back to the neighbor's cattlefield. Sometimes they'll even show us the break in the fence.

I remembered another old post that is a bit more relevant to your original comment about odors. This screenshot doesn't have the original comment it replied to, but I think you can figure it out.

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