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Today is Programmer's Day
- RiderOfGiraffes 16y agoThat page has been deleted - you need: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programmer%27s_day http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programmer%27s_day <GrumpyOldManMode> <rant> Do people not check that their submission actually works? What testing do you people do when you deploy software? </rant> </GrumpyOldManMode>
- drtse4 16y agoNot his fault, i tried to post this too a few hours ago but removed it because something seemed to be going on with the redirects, basically there are two pages, one with 's and one with s'... and at the time of my posting the links were continually swapped. Now that's here, can some russian HNer provide additional info on this? Looks like is legit, but i doubt it is celebrated as it deserves in Russia ;).
- varjag 16y agoIt appears legit. Also, Russia has long tradition of professional days dating back to Soviet times. Construction Worker's Day, Teacher's Day, Paratrooper's Day, Collective Farmer's Day.. so why not? :)
- drtse4 16y agoCosmonautics Day too, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmonautics_Day http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmonautics_Day
- raquo 16y agoIt is totally legit, an official holiday in Russia since last year. However, we here have such days for a lot of different professions, so of course none of them are days off work, just days of vanity and recognition :)
- guffshemr 16y agoThis is a recent update. When I posted the link, there was no such info that the page has been redirected.
- RiderOfGiraffes 16y agoReally? > This page has been deleted. The deletion and move log > for the page are provided below for reference. > > * 02:31, 21 September 2006 Kylu (talk | contribs) > deleted "Programmers Day" (content was > : '{{db-r1}}#REDIRECT: Programmer's day') Looks like it was deleted in 2006. If not, my bad and my apologies. But let me ask - you cut and pasted the link - did you check it worked by clicking on it from your submission? The reason I ask is because most people don't know that HN strips the apostrophes from links. If the page you saw on WikiPedia had the apostrophe, and you cut-n-pasted it, it won't have worked, but you will have thought it did.
- joshzayin 16y agoI re-added the redirect. Redirecting "Programmers Day" to "Programmers' Day" seems perfectly reasonable, and I'm unsure as to why it was deleted in the first place.
- aw3c2 16y agoIt seems to work now. It is a major peeve that Wikipedia does not redirect the browser eg from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programmers_day http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programmers_day to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programmer\s_day http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programmer\s_day properly. So if you copy an URL you end up with the link that will redirect, not the "proper" page.
- RiderOfGiraffes 16y agoIt works now because someone has set up the redirect.
- travisp 16y agoAn appropriate problem for Programmer's Day?
- dan_sim 16y agoI hope I'll get flowers...
- jeremyjitr 16y agoDeleted. Not Deleted. Peace and Happy Programmers Day!!!
- mburney 16y agoAmerica needs more holidays like this.
- edw519 16y agoMother's Day & Father's Day - Their times per year is one, But every day is Programmer's Day If you want to get anything done.
- benbeltran 16y agoLots of congratulating and patting in the back amongst Hacker News Users Is there any tradition establsished for Programmer's Day? We should maybe try to follow in the steps of whyday and say: "It's your day, be creative with your code and have some fun!" or something like that.
- Swizec 16y agoWhat a brilliant idea! Now it's just up to us to make it at least an unofficial holiday all over the world. Somebody should make one of those greeting card type things, but in a geekier way ... hmmm ... first of all, Did YOU remember to wish happy programmers' day to all your mates? Let's at least make it a trending topic eh
- Roridge 16y agoWhen is Developer's Day?
- mfukar 16y agoIt coincides with Pedant's Day.
- klon 16y agoIn Russia, programmers get the respect they deserve!
- docgnome 16y agoNot entirely sure I'd agree. The article doesn't mention that anyone actually observes it. I suspect the conversation is something along the lines of... Programmer: "It's Programmer's Day today!" Boss: "Shut up and work." Programmer: T_T Only, ya know, in Russian.
- pavel_lishin 16y agoПрограмист: Сегодня день програмиста! Шеф: Заткнись и работай. Програмист: т_т
- gojomo 16y agoIn Soviet Russia, day programs you! Let's hope capitalist Hallmark never hears of this 'holiday'.
- xyzzyb 16y agoTime to break out the Ye Olde Fortran or a bottle of Klein's.
- _phred 16y agoLucky me! I was born on programmer's day just under 2^5 years ago. This is perhaps my happiest birthday yet. :-)
- jcw 16y agoThe article doesn't say anything about this: what do you do on Programmer's Day? Do you still go to work, but just maybe mention that it's Programmer's Day when talking to co-workers? Most novelty holidays are like this: on Wear a Hat day, you may wear a hat. On Yoghurt Day, you may eat yoghurt. What's the purpose of a holiday that only exists in name, and has no traditions to go along with it?
- varjag 16y agoYour relatives and friends congratulate you, and you get drunk in the evening with colleagues. Seriously. (Don't even ask how Militia Day is celebrated)
- pavelludiq 16y agoDon't know about Russia, but here in Bulgaria we celebrate it by drinking bear, making small games, writing useless programs, and maybe doing some pranks. Basically, same as any other day :D
- ianbishop 16y agoMy birthday is an off-by-one of Programmer's Day.. that can't be a good thing.
- msie 16y agoWas there something programming-related to celebrate on 10/10/10?
- juanefren 16y agoNot programming related but kind of geek related... Ubuntu 10.10 on 10/10/10 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MaverickReleaseSchedule https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MaverickReleaseSchedule
- icco 16y agoAs one of my coworkers exclaimed: "wtf are we doing here at work?!?".