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Alt: Outdoor picture of my dog looking at me through my office window, elevated by a computer chair.

My brown and white Border Collie, sitting on my computer chair looking outside through the window.

He just sits there and waits for me to come home.

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[–] raman_klogius@ani.social 28 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Without looking at the sub and image in detail I thought you made a programming language (it runs on 1 billion devices btw!) sentient.

[–] dave@feddit.uk 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Is he a Welsh collie? If so,he likely took the name as an instruction and is telling you he’s ready to start coding.

[–] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 weeks ago

He's a red border collie! 65 pounds of it

[–] MeatPilot@sh.itjust.works 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Plot twist, he's making sure you leave. Than he swivels around and opens Doghub.

[–] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 weeks ago

Damn dog knows my password

[–] ThatGuyNamedZeus@feddit.org 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I thought you meant that you made some kind of bot in Java that figured out how to control something you connected to it

But no, you named your dog Java

[–] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

His full name is actually JavaScript, it's what's written on his tag.

[–] ThatGuyNamedZeus@feddit.org 4 points 3 weeks ago

Ah, a totally different programing language

[–] zip@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 3 weeks ago

Aww, what a clever little sweetie pie! He obviously loves you very much! So, so cuute! <3

[–] ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Holy shit my childhood dog was named Java never thought I'd hear another one! She was a pomeranian chihuahua mix, short hair, really loving and quiet

[–] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 weeks ago

Oh wow! Yeah it's a rare name πŸ˜„ I've met a few mochas, cappuccinos and the likes, but not another Java.