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[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 229 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Option 3 means that the Javascript standards team dies either way, right? Number 3. No hesitation.

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 67 points 10 months ago (18 children)

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?

[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 40 points 10 months ago

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

[–] RoyaltyInTraining@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago

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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[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 81 points 10 months ago (5 children)

Javascript Standards Team is such an Oxymoron.

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[–] rimjob_rainer@discuss.tchncs.de 62 points 10 months ago (2 children)
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[–] bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 48 points 10 months ago (3 children)

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

That should make the decision somewhat easier.

[–] trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago

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

[–] Zozano@aussie.zone 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Donkter@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

I try to treat everyone I meet like family

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[–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 29 points 10 months ago

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

[–] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 28 points 10 months ago (4 children)

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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[–] zib@lemmy.world 25 points 10 months ago (5 children)

I'd take my odds with the bottom track.

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[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 20 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I've played enough X-COM to know that 50/50 is actually 100%, I just don't know which way. Better trigger it!!

[–] darkbaron202@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

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

[–] passiveaggressivesonar@lemmy.world 20 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] superkret@feddit.org 17 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

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

[–] underisk@lemmy.ml 33 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

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?

[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 19 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] underisk@lemmy.ml 7 points 10 months ago

win win win

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[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 19 points 10 months ago

A Mark VI only has a 18 to 160 kiloton yield.

Can we replace it with a B83?

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 19 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

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

[–] AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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

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[–] Whorehoarder@lemmynsfw.com 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Are we in the blast zone of the nuke?

[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 13 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] seang96@spgrn.com 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

But the robot has to run windows vista

[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 6 points 10 months ago

And have a valid Apple developer account?

[–] Evotech@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Am I in the Metropolitan area?

[–] Ashelyn@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 10 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] stevedice@sh.itjust.works 16 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Ashelyn@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] stevedice@sh.itjust.works 8 points 10 months ago

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

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[–] dosuser123456@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 10 months ago

sudo rm train.sh

problem solved 👍

[–] DontMakeMoreBabies@lemm.ee 5 points 10 months ago

Fuck the metro I guess.

[–] Nublets@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

Middle track. Then I have plenty of time to hotwire the nuke with my handy dandy mallet

[–] zzx@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

I like those odds

[–] Iceman@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

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

[–] Ziglin@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Now how do I get it to drift over everything but teams a and b?

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