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  • tatterdemalion@programming.devtoAusome Memes@lemmy.autism.placeGullible
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    9 days ago

    If anyone ever told a believable lie and then called you gullible, that’s stupid.

    The point of “messing with someone” is to toe the edge of what is believable to see how they react. If you end up straying into the realm of “totally unbelievable” without an incredulous reaction, then the label of “gullible” is deserved.

    It’s like a friendly duel of wits. An opportunity to sharpen each other’s blades without any stakes. Probably a social survival mechanism.








  • Agreed.

    And sometimes code is not the right medium for communicating domain knowledge. For example, if you are writing code the does some geometric calculations, with lot of trigonometry, etc. Even with clear variable names, it can be hard to decipher without a generous comment or splitting it up into functions with verbose names. Sometimes you really just want a picture of what’s happening, in SVG format, embedded into the function documentation HTML.