▲ 880 ▼ be gay, do computers (mander.xyz) submitted 1 year ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/science_memes@mander.xyz 68 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 22 points 1 year ago* (4 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] grue@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (3 children) That wasn't the first bug; it couldn't have been because the term hadn't been coined yet. It was just the first programming mistake. The first computer bug was found by Grace Hopper, and was caused by an actual insect that had gotten into the machine. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] melmi@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 1 year ago (1 child) This is a myth; the term "bug" for mistake predates the famous moth incident. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] AnyOldName3@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago The pun doesn't even make sense unless the term was already in common use when Hopper wrote it. If you don't already know what a computer bug is, the note sounds deranged. permalink fedilink source parent [–] jason@discuss.online 7 points 1 year ago Lou Gehrig was the first person to get Lou Gehrig's disease. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] grue@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (3 children) That wasn't the first bug; it couldn't have been because the term hadn't been coined yet. It was just the first programming mistake. The first computer bug was found by Grace Hopper, and was caused by an actual insect that had gotten into the machine. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] melmi@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 1 year ago (1 child) This is a myth; the term "bug" for mistake predates the famous moth incident. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] AnyOldName3@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago The pun doesn't even make sense unless the term was already in common use when Hopper wrote it. If you don't already know what a computer bug is, the note sounds deranged. permalink fedilink source parent [–] jason@discuss.online 7 points 1 year ago Lou Gehrig was the first person to get Lou Gehrig's disease. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] melmi@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 1 year ago (1 child) This is a myth; the term "bug" for mistake predates the famous moth incident. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] AnyOldName3@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago The pun doesn't even make sense unless the term was already in common use when Hopper wrote it. If you don't already know what a computer bug is, the note sounds deranged. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AnyOldName3@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago The pun doesn't even make sense unless the term was already in common use when Hopper wrote it. If you don't already know what a computer bug is, the note sounds deranged. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jason@discuss.online 7 points 1 year ago Lou Gehrig was the first person to get Lou Gehrig's disease. permalink fedilink source parent
