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I Think Therefore Hello World
Python Algorithms Programming
8 days ago 104.0K views 0 shares
I Think Therefore Hello World
Forced to code instead of pondering existence? Congrats, you've stumbled into the Ship of Theseus paradox anyway! This Python code brilliantly implements the ancient philosophical question: if you replace every part of a ship, is it still the same ship? The code compares two identical ASCII art ships and concludes they're the same despite replacements - exactly what philosophers have argued about for centuries. Your parents thought they were steering you away from "useless" philosophy, but here you are, solving metaphysical puzzles with a text editor instead of a quill. Checkmate, practical career advice.

Og Python Logo
Python Programming
25 days ago 100.5K views 0 shares
Og Python Logo
Driver pulls out ID featuring the iconic green Python mascot while the Python logo sits in the car saying "Old photo, officer." Classic case of language evolution. The snake's been hitting the gym since that ID photo was taken, clearly bulked up on all those new libraries and frameworks. Still the same reptile underneath though, just with better syntax.

Name Not Unique
Databases Webdev Programming Debugging Frontend
1 month ago 121.3K views 0 shares
Name Not Unique
When your parents named you "John" and now you can't even sign up for a developer account. Somewhere out there, a database administrator is smugly enforcing uniqueness constraints on first names like they're primary keys. Next thing you know, they'll be telling you your birthday has a foreign key violation because someone else already claimed December 25th.

This Will Surely Eliminate The Fraud
Databases Security Programming
2 months ago 96.7K views 0 shares
This Will Surely Eliminate The Fraud
The code snippet shows a hilariously naive approach to database deduplication that would make any DBA have a heart attack. It's basically iterating through social security numbers in a government database and if there are duplicates, it just deletes ALL matches with that SSN! The comment even includes the infamous Unix rm -rf command, implying this is the digital equivalent of taking a flamethrower to your records. Instead of properly identifying which record is legitimate or merging data, this nuclear option would just obliterate everyone's records if there happened to be a duplicate SSN. Congratulations, you've fixed identity fraud by erasing everyone's identity! Task failed successfully!