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Roman numerals Memes

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SQL Time Is Always Wrong Time

Databases Programming Debugging

12 months ago 674.2K views 0 shares

SQL Time Is Always Wrong Time

What happens when a DBA designs a clock? You get Roman numerals in completely random order because SQL queries without proper constraints do whatever they want. Notice how IX (9) is where 4 should be, and V (5) is at 6 o'clock. The comment "It Will Work This Time" is the eternal lie every developer tells themselves before running untested SQL in production. Spoiler: it never does.

Who Cares About Time Complexity

Programming Java

1 year ago 415.5K views 0 shares

Who Cares About Time Complexity

💀 THE AUDACITY of this code! Converting Roman numerals by replacing each symbol with its equivalent in unary notation and then just returning the string length?! This is like solving a math problem by drawing stick figures and counting them. The algorithm's time complexity is the LEAST of our concerns when someone's out here committing war crimes against computer science. Somewhere, a CS professor just felt a disturbance in the force and doesn't know why.