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[–] 95 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (6 children)

There are 10 kinds of people in this world.

  • Those that know binary.
  • Those that don't.
  • And those that didn't expect this joke to be in base 3.

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A statistician, a biologist, and a mathematician are sitting in a cafe watching the building across the street. 2 people enter the building. Some time later, 3 people come back out.

  • The statistician says, "Our initial count must've been off."
  • The biologist replies, "I think they probably reproduced."
  • The mathematician observes, "Now if exactly one person enters the building it will be empty."
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  • [–] 61 points 6 days ago (3 children)

    My favourite is: There are two kinds of people, those that can extrapolate from incomplete data.

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  • [–] 11 points 5 days ago (2 children)

    I suppose we could combine them.

    There are 10 kinds of people...

    • Those that know binary
    • Those that don't
    • Those who didn't expect this joke to be in base 5
    • Those that can extrapolate from incomplete data sets
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  • [–] 82 points 6 days ago* (3 children)

    Three logicians walk into a bar. The barman asks if they all want a beer.

    The first says "I don't know", the second says "I don't know", the third says "yes".


    Also, pretty much all of Futurama.

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  • [–] 13 points 6 days ago (2 children)

    That one took me a second, but it's a good one

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  • [–] 7 points 5 days ago (1 child)

    I needed it explained to me when I first heard it :-)

    I probably would have got it after a few more hours of processing... I hope.

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  • [–] [S] 25 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

    Explanation for anyone looking for one:

    The bar man asked them if "they all" want a beer.

    The first logician wanted one but didn't know whether the other two wanted one each or not, so he said "I don't know."

    The second realised that the first one wanted a beer and he himself wanted a beer but he didn't know about the third logician, so he said "I don't know".

    The third logician realised that both of the other logicians wanted a beer and he himself wanted a beer, so he said yes.

    If any one of them didn't want a beer they would have immediately said no since logically the answer to the barman's question "do you all want a beer?" Would have been no.

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  • [–] 81 points 6 days ago* (5 children)

    Heisenberg and Schrodinger are in a car. They get pulled over.

    Heisenberg is driving, and the cop asks him, “Do you know how fast you were going?”

    “No, but I know exactly where I am,” Heisenberg replies.

    The cop says, “You were going 140 km/h, were only 120 is allowed”

    Heisenberg throws up his hands and shouts, “Great! Now I’m lost!”

    The cop thinks this is suspicious and orders him to pop open the trunk. He checks it out and says, “Do you know you have a dead cat back here?”

    “We do now, you bastard!” shouts Schrodinger.

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  • [–] 14 points 5 days ago* (2 children)

    I heard that one as Heisenberg, Schrodinger, and Ohm, and continuing from your joke, the police officer arrests all of them. Ohm resists.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 days ago (1 child)

    I've read that one too, I found it a bit thin, as both the Heisenberg and Schrodinger bits of the joke require s bit of knowledge of the theory, whereas Ohm is only known for the theory of resistance. Now if fort instance the flow of traffic was impeded, Ohm his resistance would relate to his theory.

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  • [–] 5 points 5 days ago

    I had to look up the joke.

    The Heisenberg principle says you can't know both a particles position and momentum (speed).

    So when the cop told him his speed, he lost his position.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 days ago

    I heard another one with Heisenberg where he ran a red light and got pulled over by a cop, and tried to defend himself by saying that the speed at which he was driving, red traffic lights appear to be green because of Doppler effect (or Raleigh Scattering, I don't recall) - and the cop smirks, "that would be some serious speed, huh?"

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  • [–] 75 points 6 days ago (1 child)

    Why do programmers confuse Halloween and Christmas? Because OCT 31 == DEC 25.

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  • [–] 67 points 6 days ago* (3 children)

    An infinite number of mathematitians walk into a bar. The first orders a beer, the second orders half a beer, the third orders a quarter beer, the fourth an eighth beer...

    The bartender cuts them off, puts 2 beers on the counter and says "Know your limits!"

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  • [–] 10 points 4 days ago* (2 children)

    An infinite number of mathematicians walk into a bar. The first mathematician orders a beer

    The second orders half a beer

    "I don't serve half-beers" the bartender replies

    "Excuse me?" Asks mathematician #2

    "What kind of bar serves half-beers?" The bartender remarks. "That's ridiculous."

    "Oh c'mon" says mathematician #1 "do you know how hard it is to collect an infinite number of us? Just play along"

    "There are very strict laws on how I can serve drinks. I couldn't serve you half a beer even if I wanted to."

    "But that's not a problem" mathematician #3 chimes in "at the end of the joke you serve us a whole number of beers. You see, when you take the sum of a continuously halving function-"

    "I know how limits work" interjects the bartender

    "Oh, alright then. I didn't want to assume a bartender would be familiar with such advanced mathematics"

    "Are you kidding me?" The bartender replies, "you learn limits in like, 9th grade! What kind of mathematician thinks limits are advanced mathematics?"

    "HE'S ON TO US" mathematician #1 screeches

    Simultaneously, every mathematician opens their mouth and out pours a cloud of multicolored mosquitoes. Each mathematician is bellowing insects of a different shade.

    The mosquitoes form into a singular, polychromatic swarm. "FOOLS" it booms in unison, "I WILL INFECT EVERY BEING ON THIS PATHETIC PLANET WITH MALARIA"

    The bartender stands fearless against the technicolor hoard. "But wait" he inturrupts, thinking fast, "if you do that, politicians will use the catastrophe as an excuse to implement free healthcare. Think of how much that will hurt the taxpayers!"

    The mosquitoes fall silent for a brief moment. "My God, you're right. We didn't think about the economy! Very well, we will not attack this dimension. FOR THE TAXPAYERS!" and with that, they vanish.

    A nearby barfly stumbles over to the bartender. "How did you know that that would work?"

    "It's simple really" the bartender says. "I saw that the vectors formed a gradient, and therefore must be conservative."

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  • [–] 65 points 6 days ago (1 child)

    Would you like to hear a TCP joke?

    I would like to hear a TCP joke.

    Here is your TCP joke.

    I have received your TCP joke. *laughter*.

    —-

    I’d tell you a UDP joke but I’m afraid you wouldn’t get it.

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  • [–] 63 points 6 days ago

    Does "how do you tell the difference between a plumber and a chemist? Ask them to pronounce unionized" count? It doesn't exactly require advanced scientific knowledge or anything :p

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  • There are two hard problems in computing:

    • naming things
    • cache invalidation
    • off-by-one errors
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  • [–] 49 points 6 days ago

    What's the difference between a mechanical engineer and a civil engineer?

    answerA Mechanical engineer builds weapons, a civil engineer builds targets.

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  • [–] 41 points 6 days ago

    What do you get if you combine a jellyfish and an elephant?

    A stern rebuke from the Ethics Committee.

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  • [–] 36 points 6 days ago (1 child)

    A biologist, a physicist, and a mathematician are traveling in a train through Scotland when they see a sheep on a field. "Look! Scottish Sheep are black!" Says the biologist. "Well, at least some Scottish sheep are black" Says the physicist. The mathematician clears their throat and says "We know that there's at least one sheep in Scotland, and that at least half of it is black"

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  • [–] 35 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

    Three engineers are in a bar discussing which school of engineering god belongs to, the mechanical engineer goes first;

    "God's a mechanical engineer, look at the bones and muscles and how they interact and move." The electrical engineer is shaking his head;

    "God's an electrical engineer, look at the nervous system and how the brain is wired, that's electrical engineering." At this stage the civil engineer has a wide grin on his face;

    "God's a civil engineer, who else would run a waste pipe through a recreational centre?"

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  • [–] 29 points 5 days ago* (1 child)

    Two chemists walk into a bar.

    The first one says, "I'll have some H2O."

    The second one says, "I'll have some H2O, too."

    They drink their drinks.

    The second chemist dies.

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  • [–] 29 points 5 days ago

    Bartender: “We don’t serve faster-than-light particles here!”

    A tachyon walks into the bar.

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  • [–] 28 points 5 days ago (1 child)

    I haven't got a joke, how about a tongue twister?

    "When a packet hits a pocket on a socket on a port, there's a packet pocket socket racket error to report."

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  • [–] 27 points 6 days ago (3 children)

    Johnny was a chemist

    Johnny is no more

    What Johnny thought was H2O

    Was H2SO4

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  • [–] 26 points 6 days ago

    My friend asked how my C programming class was going. "I'm really struggling," I replied, "I could sure use some pointers." He said, "int* x, int* y, int* z."

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  • [–] 25 points 6 days ago (1 child)

    Leonard Susskind, on seeing yet another one of Einstein's predictions confirmed in an astronomy experiment: "They didn't call him Einstein for nothing!".

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  • [–] 21 points 4 days ago

    How can you tell the difference between a plumber and a chemist?

    The way they pronounce unionized.

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  • [–] 21 points 5 days ago

    ::: What do you get if you cross a mosquito with a mountain climber.

    Nothing. You can't cross a vector with a scaler. :::

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  • [–] 18 points 6 days ago (2 children)

    What does a mathematician do when he's constipated?

    He works it out with a pencil!

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  • [–] 17 points 6 days ago

    There are two hard problems in computer programming:

    1. Cache invalidation
    2. Naming things
    3. Off-by-one errors
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  • [–] 17 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 child)

    Three perfect logicians walk into a bar.
    The bartender says "Y'all want something to drink?"
    The first logician thinks about it and says "I don't know."
    The second logician thinks about it and also says "I don't know."
    The third logician says "Yes."

    Edit: aw, dang, I see deadbeef beat me to this one... by 4 hours.

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  • [–] 15 points 5 days ago (1 child)

    Three logicians walk into a bar. The bartender asks: "3 beers?"

    The first one responds: "I don't know"

    The second one responds: "I don't know"

    The last one responds: "Yes, please!"

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  • [–] 7 points 4 days ago

    An infinite number of mathematicians walk into the bar. The first guy asks for one beer. Next guy asks for 1/2 a beer. Next guy asks for 1/4 beer. Bartender slaps the next guy and gives the group two beers.

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  • [–] 15 points 5 days ago

    Is Psychiatry still a science?

    • How many Freudians does it take to change a lightbulb?
      1. One to change the bulb and the other to hold my mother...I mean the LADDER!
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  • [–] 30 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 child)

    I would tell you a UDP joke, but you might not get it.

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  • [–] 14 points 5 days ago

    So this atom returns to the pub begging the bartender and the patrons "Oh, good golly! I've lost one of my here electrons! Has anyone seen it?!"

    The owner says. "No one has reported anything. Are you sure you've lost it?"

    To which the atom replied, "Yes! I'm positive!"

    .....

    The next day...

    Having a pint, the bartender sees the atom from yesterday and calls the ion up to the bar and says "Just yesterday, you say you lost an electron. Well we found it and here it is." Rolling it across the bar. The atom, now very happy says "Yeah! That's the one! Amazing! Thank you! What can I do to repay you?!"

    The bartender, with a sly wink, says "No charge."

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  • [–] 14 points 5 days ago

    Hey, does the name 'Pavlov' ring a bell?

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  • [–] 14 points 4 days ago (1 child)

    There are 10 types of people. Those who get binary and those who don't.

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  • [–] 13 points 5 days ago (5 children)

    There are 10 types of people.

    Those that understand binary and those that dont.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 days ago (2 children)

    What about those who were expecting a trinary joke?

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  • [–] 12 points 5 days ago (2 children)

    An infinite number of mathematicians walk into a bar. The first says, “I’ll have a beer,” the second says “I’ll have half a beer,” the third says “I’ll have a quarter of a beer,” and, before the fourth mathematician can speak, the bartender says, “I see what’s going on here,” then pours two beers.

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  • [–] 12 points 4 days ago

    A physicist, an engineer, and a mathematician are staying in neighboring rooms at a hotel for a conference.

    In the middle of the night, a faulty outlet sparks a fire in the hallway. The physicist wakes up, sees the fire, fills the ice bucket up with water and uses it to extinguish the fire. He goes back to bed satisfied.

    A bit later, another fire breaks out. This time, the engineer wakes up, sees the fire, does a quick calculation and fills his ice bucket 3/4 full. He just barely extinguishes the fire, and goes back to bed satisfied.

    Later yet, the fire starts again. This time the mathematician wakes up, sees the fire, sees the ice bucket, announces "A solution exists!" and goes back to bed satisfied.

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  • [–] 12 points 6 days ago* (11 children)

    There are 10 types of people in this world.

    --

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    Those who understand binary, and those who don't.

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  • [–] 4 points 6 days ago (9 children)

    And the ones who thought this was a trinary joke

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  • [–] 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (8 children)

    Ternary.

    Unary, Binary, Ternary.

    Trinary is not a word, and I pray you aren't teaching AI that it is.

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  • [–] -1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

    What does Emmanuel Louis have to do with this?

    You know that the word "irregardless" passes spellchecks. So look at the word structure. Without having lack of regard.

    Just because you can point out an idiotic definition in the dictionary doesn't make it less ridiculous nor redundant.

    And I would place a small bet that you get annoyed when people say, "I could care less."

    This isn't cromulent speech. Language has rules for a damn reason.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 days ago (3 children)

    Yes is is (though I accept that ternary is more common, it just slipped my mind). Also English is not a prescriptive language (like French or Welsh) so maybe stop being quite so pedantic about what is and isn't a word

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  • [–] 1 point 5 days ago (2 children)

    I will simply refuse to not be correct.

    How about you simply stop being sensitive to some response from a random person you will never ever meet in your life on the internet that just wanted to educate you so that you can better present your obvious intelligence to those who DO fucking matter.

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    [–] 11 points 5 days ago

    How do you tell the difference between male chromosomes and female chromosomes?

    Pull down their genes

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  • [–] 10 points 6 days ago

    There are two kinds of people. Those who can extrapolate from incomplete

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  • [–] 8 points 6 days ago (2 children)

    Let Epsilon be so small that Epsilon half is already negative.

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  • [–] 15 points 5 days ago (1 child)

    A Linux Mint User, an Arch Linux User, and a Gentoo Linux User walk into a bar. The bartender asks them what they'd like. The Linux Mint User asks for an IPA, the Arch Linux User asks for hops, barley, water, and some instructions. The Gentoo Linux User asks for a manual on how to first make the universe.

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  • [–] 7 points 5 days ago*

    The "mouse scanner"

    This is way too meta, and somewhat of an inside joke to my previous lab... explanation below

    ExplanationIn cancer biology, many labs work with mice as a model organism. Back in the days before single-cell sequencing and organoids became popular, almost every good lab would routinely graft tumors onto model mice, then inject drugs and other stuff... and after a few weeks harvest the organs. Lots of ppl still do this. Very demanding research but it was state-of-the-art so

    Anyways... my lab, similar to many, used to have scanners for scanning Western Blots (another super common and notorious lab workflow). We'd scan images, histology slides cut from mice organs, etc... We also had a dedicated X-ray or CT machine (probably, memory hazy) specifically for scanning mice organs, but those two are separate

    And one day we were doing journal club and reviewing a cancer biology paper from another lab. They had full-body scans of lots of different mice, nothing too crazy... but in their methods section I think they straight up said they scanned the mice on a scanner 💀

    So yeah, we had this joke of someone putting a still alive mouse on the standard printer-scanner, and then S Q U I S H the mouse to make an image

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  • [–] 6 points 4 days ago (1 child)

    A couple of fun limericks:


    There was a young woman named Bright

    Whose speed was much faster than light.

    She set out one day

    In a relative way,

    And returned on the previous night.


    There was a young chemist from Ryde,

    Who drank a foul poison and died.

    It was ortho-hydroxy-

    para-methoxy-

    tri-nitro benzaldehyde!


    A woman in liquor production

    Owns a still of exquisite construction.

    The alcohol boils

    Through magnetic coils.

    She says that it's "proof by induction."

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  • [–] 6 points 4 days ago

    Someone asks "what's up?"

    Answer: "the cross-product of forward and left"

    (the popularity of this joke in engineering school trained me to never ask "what's up?")

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  • [–] 5 points 4 days ago

    A photon checks into a hotel:

    "One room for the night, please."

    "Very well, any bags to check?"

    "Nope, I'm travelling light."

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  • [–] 5 points 4 days ago

    Mitosis is connected to my fetuses.

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  • [–] 9 points 5 days ago (2 children)

    this video

    I dont care that its technically not a joke

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