Meanwhile, in immunology:
“Can we have fun names?”
“NO! Now shut up and keep isolating proteins and cell markers!”
C++ is just the next iteration of C. C# is just another layer of iteration on top of C++. Flags are simple indicators for programs, usually set by a controlling human/system, semaphores are flags that communicate between processes.
C++ is just the next iteration of C.
This is somewhat clever when you know that the ‘++’ operator is the post-increment operator in C.
C# is just another layer of iteration on top of C++.
…except there is no ‘#’ operator in C or C++, so any interesting self-referential pattern breaks down here. The ‘#’ comes from musical notation, where a ‘#’ (sharp) note is played a semitone higher — and was chosen more for marketing purposes rather than scientists having an inside joke.
You could have also mentioned ‘D’, which is another “next iteration of C” independent of C++.
The # looks like two “++” stacked on top of one another
Exactly
scientists work their asses off, its nice to have a little fun and make the endless hours all worth it.
I got bits and bytes mixed up for a minute, and was trying to figure out how the heck you halve a boolean
So, you’re like super-ancestor to the famous Spaceman? 😱
That’s me!
To be fair, that was coined by Larson and then adopted by the scientists, whereas the previous examples were coined by those in the field, specifically.
The predicted outcomes of sinus surgery for chronic rhinosinusitis may use the SNOT scale (sinonasal outcome test)
Relevant username. Also wow sinonasal is hard to read correctly, I got sinusoidal a few times
To be honest, love the “Ferrous Wheel” pun. It’s too good.
Can you explain it? I don’t get it.
Google Ferris wheel. The London Eye is an example of a Ferris wheel.
Ferrous means iron. When they say Ferrous wheel, it means how the iron is stored and used in the biosphere and lithosphere. It is a pun on Ferris Wheel, which is an amusement park ride.
I looked it up and yep it’s all true.
Achoo is mostly bullshit but yeah. There’s only one source for it from 2012 it looks like.
Not just hedgehog, there’s one called Sonic Hedgehog…
And there’s an enzyme called Fuculokinase sometimes abbreviated “Fuck” in the literature because some of us are still 12 years old.
Here is an example
Yes, that’s what the image text says
There’s always NMR scientists. Proton-Enhanced Nuclear Induction Spectroscopy.
Also one paper that was talking about copper nanotubes (NT). So it was shortened to CuNT. I think that paper may have been oblivious to it though?
Half a byte being a nibble is too cute to hate.
There was an early trend of giving tech stuff fantasy terms, too. Programs that do something for the user being wizards and programs that do things when triggered being daemons, for instance.
Last person just decided to make something up, huh?
One does not simply walk into Mordor. One has to build a spacecraft because even the eagles can’t fly there.
