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Sjmarf@sh.itjust.works to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 4 months ago

Trolley problem

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Trolley problem

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Sjmarf@sh.itjust.works to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 4 months ago
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  • kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world
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    Option 3 means that the Javascript standards team dies either way, right? Number 3. No hesitation.

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      the c++ team is a sacrifice I’m willing to make. can we just shoot Brendan Eich in the head if he’s not in there too?

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        Push him onto the pressure pad. Make it his fault.

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        I feel like all C++ does these days is badly and very slowly copy other languages. It wouldn’t be a huge loss.

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    Javascript Standards Team is such an Oxymoron.

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      Yeah, didn’t know there was a standard committee and can’t believe how inept they are.

    • kattfisk@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      They’ve done amazing work trying to turn the clusterfuck they started with into a good language

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        That “trying” is doing the heavy lifting in that sentence.

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          What are some of the outstanding issues that haven’t been addressed? I feel like there are genuinely good ways of doing everything these days

          • far_university190@feddit.org
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            Javascript

  • rimjob_rainer@discuss.tchncs.de
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    Bottom tracks, easy

    • The Giant Korean@lemmy.world
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      Worth it

  • bleistift2@sopuli.xyz
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    “You and your entire family” means “All life on Earth”.

    That should make the decision somewhat easier.

    • trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world
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      If you make it “all human live” it starts to look quite attractive again

    • Zozano@aussie.zone
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      By my definition, family is who you treat like family.

      • Donkter@lemmy.world
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        I try to treat everyone I meet like family

    • metaStatic@kbin.earth
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      I thought seaweed didn’t have a common ancestor

  • Eager Eagle@lemmy.world
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    there might be an argument that JavaScript kills more than a nuclear bomb

  • peoplebeproblems@midwest.social
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    Ok so this one just isn’t fair.

    Two possibilities end up with me dead, two end up with millions dead, and one ends up with me being unemployed.

    Sorry not sorry Team A and B, sacrifices must be made.

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      Wait, which one leaves you unemployed?

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        The lack of standards path of course.

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          Unless you work for the committee or for ISO somehow, then I don’t think that really follows. C++ and JavaScript were both used in production for decades before they had standards, and the dissolution of the standards committee wouldn’t cause compiler vendors to stop developing compilers.

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            Ok.

            Fair.

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    I’d take my odds with the bottom track.

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    Removed by mod

  • passiveaggressivesonar@lemmy.world
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    Which metropolitan area?

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      Assuming it is in the US, at 4.5 million it can only be San Francisco/Oakland/Berkeley.

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        would the bomb also kill javascript and C++ or would I have to keep throwing trolleys at it until I get both silicon valley and the JS/C++ devs?

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          At that distance it also kills you, so it sounds like a good deal. No regrets.

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            win win win

  • I Cast Fist@programming.dev
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    I’ve played enough X-COM to know that 50/50 is actually 100%, I just don’t know which way. Better trigger it!!

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      30%? Let me deliver that shot with crit across the map to your teammate hunkered down behind full cover for you!

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    Well, you can take yourself out of the equation because you’re not tied down and can just move after flipping the switch.

    chooses bottom track

    “C’mon…c’mon!”

    trolley heads towards committe members

    “Dammit!”

    runs over and jumps on the nuclear bomb pressure pad

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    I’ll take the 50/50 because those are some damn good odds!

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    Joke’s on you I hate myself and my family

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    Am I in the Metropolitan area?

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      You are on track A and the bomb is within sight. If you get the shit end of the 50/50, everyone in the diagram would be vaporized instantly

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        So you’re saying there’s a 100% chance the comitees get vaporized by choosing the bottom track.

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          Well, no.

          In scenario A they are instantly vaporized. In scenario B they are brutally sliced into multiple pieces and crushed to death, rather painfully depending on the speed of the trolley.

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            You need to study up on your trolleys. That’s clearly a Vaporizer Trolleynator 3000.

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        Lmao

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    sudo rm train.sh

    problem solved 👍

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