medainsMar 9
vartan
There are three hard problems in computer science. Cache invalidation, naming things, and figuring out your gender.
Mar 8 at 8:19pmWeb
Show threadIrenes (many)Mar 8
@vartan ah, those marvelous times when all three happen together...
Show threadferunandoMar 9
@ireneista @vartan ... you know... late realizations of plurality and non-binarity *do* bring about all three on our own systems, doesn't it...
Show threadIrenes (many)Mar 9
@gureito @vartan oh definitely
Show threadclara "parasocialist" sparksMar 8
@vartan and the third one entails a surprising amount of the first two!
Show threadvartanMar 8
@mxsparks literally!!
Show threadKlaus FrankMar 9

@vartan

Isn't the 3rd one just a subproblem of the 2nd one? πŸ™ƒ

Show threadClifton RoystonMar 9

@vartan

And off-by-one errors.

Show threadPsyMar aka SamMar 9
@vartan and off-by-one errors
Show threadLuna Ruby Artemis πŸ’›πŸ€πŸ’œπŸ–€Mar 9
@psymar @vartan And exactly once guarantee. Also exactly once guarantee.
Show threadJeremy NickurakMar 9
@vartan There's some kind of docker joke around "my gender works fine on my machine" here, I'm sure of it.
Show threadPxl PhileMar 9

@vartan "and off by one of course"

- "of course"

β€” xkcd 2501, probably

Show threadHakan BayΔ±ndΔ±rMar 9

@vartan

(Obligatory) Falsehoods Programmers Believe About Names:

https://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/06/17/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-names/

Falsehoods Programmers Believe About Names | Kalzumeus Software

Classic essay about how software routinely bumbles human names.

Show threadRatsnake Games πŸ”žMar 10
@vartan and finding a job that doesn't force you to do AI slop
Show threadvartanMar 10
@ratsnakegames yea it seems every about job is slop, finance, building the torment nexus, or a combination of those options
Show threadShadSterlingMar 11

@vartan According to HaveIBeenPwned, 6 of my genders have been compromised.

If only generating a new gender were as easy as generating a new password