4 ms·

I wonder why are many many "babe" constants included, but only a single "d00d" constant.

ramon156 2y ago
It's because soos is the most perfect man
lifthrasiir 2y ago
It's probably based on the Hexspeak Wikipedia page [1], which contains 7 "babe" constants and only 2 "d00d" constants. So we already had much more "babe" magic constants to start with, I wonder why... ;-) [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexspeak https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexspeak
KineticLensman 2y ago
Burn baby burn (As per the Apollo guidance computer)
kragen 2y ago
if your coworker says 'ana over in sales is a babe' they're almost certainly commenting on her appearance, not just mentioning her gender. even if they don't explicitly mention her b16 b00b5, you may reasonably wonder if they're judging you on the same basis, and in particular whether you'd have a better yearly peer evaluation if you were a dowdy man instead of a dowdy woman if they instead say 'leslie over in sales is a dood' they're just being explicit about his gender, perhaps because someone thought he was female i'm not endorsing any value judgments for or against these statements, just explaining what other people's thinking (factually) is which leads to the kind of value judgments that lead to policies against putting b00b135 in your source code i suspect cafed00d was included as a (possibly counterproductive) gesture to allay equity concerns like yours rather than because of any serious concern that a cafed00d constant would cause anyone any concern on its own
- lazide 2y ago
  What I get from this comment is my DD’s need to be cultivated, even if I’m a man.
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tomcam 2y ago
A lot of my posts are mildly cryptic and meant to be humorous, but I’ll just put this out here seriously. I think anyone who originates an identifier like DEADBABE is a sick pup.
- lazide 2y ago
  The sickest dudes pull the gnarliest waves. Or the FBI’s most wanted list, I guess. Either way, go big or go home?

It's because soos is the most perfect man

It's probably based on the Hexspeak Wikipedia page [1], which contains 7 "babe" constants and only 2 "d00d" constants. So we already had much more "babe" magic constants to start with, I wonder why... ;-) [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexspeak https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexspeak

KineticLensman 2y ago

Burn baby burn (As per the Apollo guidance computer)

kragen 2y ago

if your coworker says 'ana over in sales is a babe' they're almost certainly commenting on her appearance, not just mentioning her gender. even if they don't explicitly mention her b16 b00b5, you may reasonably wonder if they're judging you on the same basis, and in particular whether you'd have a better yearly peer evaluation if you were a dowdy man instead of a dowdy woman if they instead say 'leslie over in sales is a dood' they're just being explicit about his gender, perhaps because someone thought he was female i'm not endorsing any value judgments for or against these statements, just explaining what other people's thinking (factually) is which leads to the kind of value judgments that lead to policies against putting b00b135 in your source code i suspect cafed00d was included as a (possibly counterproductive) gesture to allay equity concerns like yours rather than because of any serious concern that a cafed00d constant would cause anyone any concern on its own

lazide 2y ago
What I get from this comment is my DD’s need to be cultivated, even if I’m a man.
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tomcam 2y ago

A lot of my posts are mildly cryptic and meant to be humorous, but I’ll just put this out here seriously. I think anyone who originates an identifier like DEADBABE is a sick pup.

lazide 2y ago
The sickest dudes pull the gnarliest waves. Or the FBI’s most wanted list, I guess. Either way, go big or go home?