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Clock but it is SELECT RomNum FROM Digits ORDER BY RomNum; --it will work this time (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 month ago by Agent641@lemmy.world to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev
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[–] JelleWho@lemmy.world 117 points 1 month ago (4 children)

I checked the first 4 numbers, seems fine to me. Push to production

[–] magic_lobster_party@fedia.io 46 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I also checked the last 3 numbers just to be sure. LGTM

[–] ChrysanthemumIndica@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 month ago

Oh god, folks at work started using that in PRs recently, it eats at my soul! Or something less dramatic.

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You got it boss!

[–] gressen@lemmy.zip 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I thought it was prod already! What is this useless "qa" server that keeps costing us money?

[–] Morphit@feddit.uk 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Don't touch that! Someone deleted the "prod" server and pointed everything at the "qa" server. If it breaks no one knows how to fix it.

[–] gressen@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago

This is great! How about we point other servers at that "qa" thing? We can make this quarter's budget and bring more value to our investors.

[–] DahGangalang@infosec.pub 8 points 1 month ago

"Yeah Facebook, I'd like to report this post.

Reason: I'm in it and don't like it"

[–] filcuk@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 month ago

I feel personally attacked

[–] Lembot_0005@lemy.lol 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Romans: SPQR, not SQL!

[–] state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Sono Pazzi Questi Romani, "People called 'Romanes' they go the house"

[–] RedstoneValley@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

ROMANI ITE DOMVM

[–] towerful@programming.dev 1 points 1 month ago

Conjugate the verb 'to go'...

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago

That's actually pretty close! Only one misplaced number. Causing a shift of three others of course, but still pretty good.

[–] vithigar@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Everyone is clowning on the order, but clock faces also traditionally use IIII instead of IV.

[–] db2@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I've never seen that. 🤷

[–] _skj@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's very easy to miss if you aren't looking for it. But if you keep an eye out, you'll see most clocks with roman numerals do this.

[–] Captain_Faraday@programming.dev 1 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

The next time my spouse and I are in Target, we’ll check the Magnolia section. They love that section and I bet there is a clock made of candle wax shaped like an old radio or something sitting there with this. ROFL

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

test: assert I before II

good to go

[–] gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

!bad_ui_battles@programming.dev would be a fan of this

[–] 18107@aussie.zone 4 points 1 month ago

May I recommend Japanese numbers, but ordered alphabetically by romaji?