OH: "There are two hard problems in computer science.

[kithrup@wandering.shop]

@gvwilson The saying is "0, 1, or infinite."

[raganwald@social.bau-ha.us]

@gvwilson Dark Joke:

The third hard problem is automobile safety.

(Sadly, Phil Karlton and his wife were killed in a car accident.)

[wildeyedboyfromfreecloud@masto.ai]

@gvwilson Are good names for variables #1 or #2?

[fabiosantoscode@mastodon.social]

@kithrup @gvwilson what I heard is 2 problems: caching, naming things, and off-by-one errors

[kithrup@wandering.shop]

@fabiosantoscode @gvwilson That's one of the jokes, yes. One of my favorites for that matter.

[matejpp@tenforward.social]

@fabiosantoscode @kithrup @gvwilson I heard it's actually three: caching, naming things, concurr, off-by-one errorsency

[tekhedd@byteheaven.net]

@gvwilson IIRC the computer contradictionary identifies the two hard problems as naming, cache invalidation, and off-by-one errors?

[synlogic4242@social.vivaldi.net]

@gvwilson the fifth is the ability to count accurately in the face of concurrent actors across distributed hosts with failing disks and network parti-F84htjs^$_-_..

[ozzelot@mstdn.social]

@gvwilson There are two hard problems in computer science and infinite hard problems in computer practice. (Most of them have a username or three.)

[sherbang@chaos.social]

@kithrup @fabiosantoscode @gvwilson "Our two weapons are fear and surprise...and ruthless efficiency...."

(Nobody expected that)

[nomenloony@nomenloony.com]

@gvwilson the best term I heard for this was when IT called out sometimes they'd come back and say "that job was a Picnic"

"Problem In Chair Not in Computer"

[vampirdaddy@chaos.social]

@nomenloony @gvwilson
I know that as "PEBCAC" - Problem exists between chair and Computer

[wonka@chaos.social]

Fetch the comfy chair!

@sherbang @kithrup @fabiosantoscode @gvwilson

[mfeilner@mastodon.social]

@raganwald @gvwilson

All of this are Layer 10-12 problems, mostly. Some Layer 9.

[drgroftehauge@sigmoid.social]

@vampirdaddy @nomenloony @gvwilson Error 40
The source of the error is 40 centimeters from the screen. It rolls off the tongue in my language. Not so much in this one.

[foobarsoft@mastodon.social]

@gvwilson Was that aimed at a person or an idea? I could see it easily fitting with both.