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Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works

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Anon enjoys life (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 month ago by Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

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[–] blandfordforever@lemm.ee 33 points 1 month ago (2 children)

That's that evolutionary programming kicking in, convincing you to slave away with the goal of increasing the survival rate of your offspring.

I'm not saying it's good or bad. I'm just saying that your'e a machine and this affects your program:

If(havebaby=true){parentalmotivation++}

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 19 points 1 month ago (3 children)

That's going to always increase parentalmotivation.

[–] Alxe@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Like if(true) but with side effects.

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

I'll give them the benefit of the doubt and assume they're using one of the languages that uses := for assignment. :P

[–] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

… I guess it’s part of our Makefile

[–] blandfordforever@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

Oh, maybe I wanted to use ==

[–] dudinax@programming.dev 4 points 1 month ago

Following the lifecycle of the species is one path towards an ok life.