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My namesake is a human librarian that was turned into an orangutan. All he says is “Ook” and can traverse the library stacks with great ease. He is happy.

I have a pretty strange knowledge set. I’m not super friendly, but I like to get high and link people to stuff. Just pretend I said only “ook”

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What are the craziest misconceptions you’ve heard about programming from people not familiar with it?

As someone who spends time programming, I of course find myself in conversations with people who aren’t as familiar with it. It doesn’t happen all the time, but these discussions can lead to people coming up with some pretty wild misconceptions about what programming is and what programmers do....

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I live in the second one. On purpose. I’ll never wear my debian tshirt.

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I’ll happily supply the hacksaw to keep you occupied.

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If.

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Wow, you’ve tried nothing and are all out of ideas!

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I actually love that we have resourses like this.

My gripe is that they miss the mark by targeting new dads. The reason dad jokes are great is they are the first jokes your kid understands. So I would think dads of 4 to 9 year-olds would be a better target.

The high you feel when your kid cracks up at some offhand dumb joke can’t be bottled.

But the reason I love this as a resourse is that explaining jokes to a curious child develops connections in their head in a way that only a parenting rolemodel can really do. So even if it’s not laugh-out-loud funny to explain a joke, if your child tells you that they do not get a joke, first and foremost realize that is a vunerable admission. Buddies will rag on you for not getting it. Parents see a gap in their kids’ world experience that they can fill.

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Is this seriously your takeaway from a well-thought out post? This the smugness of reddit that I really don’t miss.

edit: I am refering to the root comment, as that isn’t clear.

You were disabled. You're stuck laying down most of the day. What do you do to earn a living and survive?

You were disabled and realize it is not getting better, and no one seems to be able to fix the issue. You’re stuck laying down most of the day, you have enough mobility to function at home, but anything outside of home leaves you in bad shape beyond your control where you are not professionally functional. What do you do to...

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This can’t help in the short term, I would consider learning steno. It used to cost thousands to rent specialized equipment to do it. Now with Plover (foss), the software component is free. You just need a keyboard with n-key rollover to do it.

I wouldn’t actually recommend learning on a standard keyboard. I personally use an ortholinear for typing, and that’s what got me into plover.

One way this would help one disabilities to make money is that with high-speed internet, you can caption internet broadcasts or remote company meetings. There are nonprofits that you would work for to find companies that need your service.

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How else would you know it was doing anything?

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Who says the kid didn’t scavenge for it?

I bet he gets fed frozen pizza. Lazy-ass guardians. You need to cook that shit.

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As someone with protanomaly (colorblindness due to sucky red cones), this guy is a hero.

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You’re correct in a lot of languages; Excel comes to mind. Just that’s not how int rand() works in C.

Sorry, I don’t why you’re getting snark and even being accused of using the word “integer”.

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Fun fact: 200-foot radio towers are free. You can take them home. I have 257 200-foot radio towers.

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But which consumes more energy? Like really. I’m betting AI does, but some tasks might be close.

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This is shocking though. It’s usually subtext that they are lying. I think something was discovered in the constant litigation they need to get ahead of.

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How can you enjoy your tea without a window?

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Exactly. More precisely, the wording is making the reader confuse assets and debts. Which side of the ledger does that sheep actually belong on?

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On the other hand, he hasn’t done a debate so far for this presidential race

It is way too early for R vs. D debates. Why would Biden debate him? Biden is handily beating Dean Phillips. Trump needs to defeat Haley first. It’s not Biden fault Haley is still in it.

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“Daddy, why do people have to eat?”

[long pull from cig] “Plants… They came here. Now we are enslaved to eat them. It is their way.”

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You, laz.y ba’stard;

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That said, when I speak to someone, I NEVER use the Oxford comma

That’s very Wodehouse-esque. Happen to be a Psmith fan?

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It’s what percentage of countries have one that would matter.

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Some stores sell a little shelf for your shower crunchwraps. They have a little suction cup on them. It’s a really clever design.

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I really like the wikipedia fill-in-the-blank. Strong first impression. Big “where have you been…” energy from me.

I think I would need duolingo to start a completely new language. But it looks excellent to broaden one’s base knowledge.

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MessEase had a long-press to get to the number layer. The time interval was adjustable. I hope to see something like that.

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