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Sjmarf to Programmer [email protected] • 6 months ago

Trolley problem

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Trolley problem

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Sjmarf to Programmer [email protected] • 6 months ago
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  • @[email protected]
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    sudo rm train.sh

    problem solved 👍

  • @[email protected]
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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

  • @[email protected]
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    5•6 months ago

    There is at least one user here in the superposition of being on two tracks at once.

  • @[email protected]
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    Javascript Standards Team is such an Oxymoron.

    • @[email protected]
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      Yeah, didn’t know there was a standard committee and can’t believe how inept they are.

    • @[email protected]
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      They’ve done amazing work trying to turn the clusterfuck they started with into a good language

      • @[email protected]
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        That “trying” is doing the heavy lifting in that sentence.

        • @[email protected]
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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

          • @[email protected]
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            5•6 months ago

            Javascript

  • @[email protected]
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    49•6 months ago

    “You and your entire family” means “All life on Earth”.

    That should make the decision somewhat easier.

    • @[email protected]
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      12•6 months ago

      If you make it “all human live” it starts to look quite attractive again

    • @[email protected]
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      12•6 months ago

      By my definition, family is who you treat like family.

      • @[email protected]
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        7•6 months ago

        I try to treat everyone I meet like family

    • metaStatic
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      4•6 months ago

      I thought seaweed didn’t have a common ancestor

  • @[email protected]
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    60•6 months ago

    Bottom tracks, easy

    • The Giant Korean
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      19•6 months ago

      Worth it

  • @[email protected]
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    24•6 months ago

    I’d take my odds with the bottom track.

    • @[email protected]
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      3•6 months ago

      I agree. And if it doesn’t fire the missile, I’ll go get that and hook it up to my Motorcycle like Raven (Snow Crash)!

      • @[email protected]
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        poor impulse control

        • @[email protected]
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          Oh, don’t misunderstand. I had that thought first time I read Snow Crash about a decade ago now. Haven’t found thought changing mind since. Just because Raven was poor doesn’t mean he made a “bad” decision in certain senses!

          • @[email protected]
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            He literally has it tattooed on his forehead.

            • @[email protected]
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              1•6 months ago

              Been about a damn decade and I know I need to read it again.

  • @[email protected]
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    12•6 months ago

    deleted by creator

  • @[email protected]
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    20•6 months ago

    Which metropolitan area?

    • @[email protected]
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      Assuming it is in the US, at 4.5 million it can only be San Francisco/Oakland/Berkeley.

      • @[email protected]
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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?

        • @[email protected]
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          At that distance it also kills you, so it sounds like a good deal. No regrets.

          • @[email protected]
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            win win win

  • @[email protected]
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    28•6 months ago

    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.

    • @[email protected]
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      Wait, which one leaves you unemployed?

      • @[email protected]
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        10•6 months ago

        The lack of standards path of course.

        • @[email protected]
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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.

          • @[email protected]
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            Ok.

            Fair.

  • Eager Eagle
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    30•6 months ago

    there might be an argument that JavaScript kills more than a nuclear bomb

  • @[email protected]
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    3•6 months ago

    I like those odds

  • @[email protected]
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    8•6 months ago

    Are we in the blast zone of the nuke?

    • @[email protected]
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      Maybe we could use Javascript to direct a simple robot to set the lever while we remain at a safe distance?

      Maybe the real solution to this diagram is to nuke it from orbit.

      • @[email protected]
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        But the robot has to run windows vista

        • @[email protected]
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          And have a valid Apple developer account?

  • @[email protected]
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    I like those odds

  • @[email protected]
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    1•6 months ago

    my family is dying and i dont like it, atleast get me on the tracks with them, would not be able to live with the guilt anyway

    • @[email protected]
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      16•6 months ago

      Take another look, you’re already standing on the top track.

      • @[email protected]
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        3•6 months ago

        well that gives me some soothe

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