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What’s in a name? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by nifty@lemmy.world to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] w00@feddit.de 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Error also has a nice ring to it

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[–] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 8 points 1 year ago

Shhhh. My spouse hasn't caught on, yet.

[–] fidodo@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fork

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[–] AnAustralianPhotographer@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

World. Why? "Hello World".

[–] waz@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

This reminds me of an article I read about a guy whose last name was Null.

This isn't it but is the first one I found when looking.

https://www.wired.com/2015/11/null/

The story is pretty much what you would expect but still an amusing read.

[–] AeonFelis@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

goto

[–] ohlaph@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Don't give elon any ideas.

[–] jerrythegenius@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

don't forget Ada

[–] veniasilente@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

CTRL+F 'Robert'

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Really?

[–] AmidFuror@kbin.chat 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

We named our son "Foo Bar" but we used the alternate spelling "Fubar" to make it look more reasonable.

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[–] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

PHP. It’s pronounced, PhhhhP

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[–] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 1 year ago

My son GIGO never quite meets expectations.

[–] MiDaBa@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Orphan Process
Null
Char
Object
Instance
Bug

[–] MrFappy@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

If you name her Julia, you can wake her up with the wonderful meme of “Good morning Julia, it’s me, Joe…”

[–] 0x0@programming.dev 6 points 1 year ago

Exception Segfault Binary

[–] Simulation6@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 year ago

Ada?

[–] bilboswaggings@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 year ago

My favorite IT based names and the reason why I want two kids: Master and slave

[–] ThePantser@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

My dogs are Ping and Ruby

[–] frezik@midwest.social 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

OOM

[–] capital@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Killer’s my middle name.

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[–] Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

404

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[–] Holzkohlen@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago

I will name my firstborn 'OOM killer'.

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Don't forget LOLCode (yes that's a thing)

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[–] db2@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Forindo Iffi **int

[–] watson387@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 year ago

Boolean ftw XD

[–] Darkpepito_tux@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Naming your kid Byte or Bit is a bad idea in french-speaking countries

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[–] pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

most are bad names

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[–] LinearArray@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago

Saving this for the future.

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