Great influence
Unironically a great example for explaining the difference between 0 and null
Submitted 1 day ago by daggermoon@piefed.world to [deleted]
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getFrog@piefed.social 1 day ago
starik@lemmy.zip 22 hours ago
Sadly, it’s not. The other three churn out books riddled with the n-word daily.
webpack@ani.social 1 day ago
great example of the difference between Some(0) and None
ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 1 day ago
There are different kinds of non-number “values” for numeric variables. Is this
∞,Overflow,NaNorN/A?getFrog@piefed.social 21 hours ago
I’m a JavaScript girl, I only know about null and undefined. But my guess would be
N/A, just by method of elimination?∞: They said the N-word, but if we ask “did they say the N-word yesterday?” and go back a day if the answer is no, we will be iterating forever.
Overflow: They said the N-word sometime before Jan 1st 1970.
NaN: Days since the last time they said the N-word: “yes”luciferofastora@feddit.org 19 hours ago
I mean,
NaNimplies there exists some value, it’s just not a numerical one.nulldays there is none at all.
ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Ah yes, “Thomas says the N-word by accident, while singing a rap song” episode, my favorite.
sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
Olgratin_Magmatoe@slrpnk.net 19 hours ago
This song will always live in my head rent free
mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 20 hours ago
I’m so happy to see this posted in the wild
I’ve got a whole collection of dank songs saved on soundcloud. it really was a great soundclown scene 5-10 years ago, there’s some truly great stuff in there
Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I’d imagine anyone involved with that decision is dead today.
58008@lemmy.world 1 day ago
The intent and impact of the word was a lot different back then, certainly so outside of the US, but still, using a subset of humanity as a stand-in for an adjective is pretty grim stuff. Shows how little was thought of them. Like if the characters had instead become white from a flour mill explosion, it’s unlikely they’d have been described as being “as white as scampering little crackers”.
turtlesareneat@piefed.ca 1 day ago
There was that Barney coloring book that advocated for blood orgies but they caught it and recalled it fairly quick
daggermoon@piefed.world 1 day ago
Please, tell me more.
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Awesome now I have to hate Thomas the Tank Engine
snoons@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
Eh, pretty sure it’s referring to books published around 1945, after WWII (273242 days is ~75 years) so of course it’s going to contain inherently racist shit. I don’t think one should hate a whole series because it wasn’t talking about civil rights and equality in an era where those barely existed; unless you were a white man. Heck, if Thomas & Friends was talking about that stuff back then it probably would’ve been banned.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 1 day ago
And you didn’t already hate them for the dark and depressing messages they made by saying if your friends or family get old and unable to take care of themselves, the best way to deal with them is to seal them in a concrete tomb still alive, and let them die in there as they cry out in horror?
That part never struck a chord with you?
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 1 day ago
No that made perfect sense as someone whose retirement plan is wandering into the wilderness.
PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@anarchist.nexus 1 day ago
That part never struck a chord with you?
No because the last time I seriously thought about Thomas The Tank Engine was when I was 3 years old
ohulancutash@feddit.uk 1 day ago
Your friends and family are railway locomotives?
OwOarchist@pawb.social 1 day ago
The franchise was originally started by an avowed fascist … and it really shows through sometimes.
missingno@fedia.io 1 day ago
For the love of god, Montresor!
daggermoon@piefed.world 1 day ago
sorry
Soulg@ani.social 1 day ago
Lol what
SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
ohulancutash@feddit.uk 1 day ago
And it _wasn’t _ either of the yank ones.
PattyMcB@lemmy.world 1 day ago
He’s old and senile so he gets a pass … right?
Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world 1 day ago
No.
PattyMcB@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
Sorry… forgot the /s.
I figured since this was lemmy it would be apparent
Waraugh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
Are we not saying “as black as nigger’s” again? I thought that kind of stuff was back on the menu. I’m getting tired of having to restrict my bigotry. How am I supposed to keep up with who I’m better than if it keeps changing like this.
Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Oh boy. Here come the cancel train again
ArchsageRamases@lemmy.world 1 day ago
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cowboydan@quokk.au 1 day ago
https://www.scribd.com/document/899239966/Henry-the-Green-Engine-1951-Scanned-by-ThatERTLGuy
Page 60. Published in 1950, and retracted in 1972 from my quick research.
Triumph@fedia.io 1 day ago
p64 of the document, p60 of the book
ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
For the lazy who don’t want to look it up
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OriginEnergySux@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Came for the n-word, stayed for the story. Those silly trains.
wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
That author was definitely a Diesel.
baatliwala@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
Bullet Train mention 🚆🚄🚩
zjti8eit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 hours ago
well then, I assumed it was negros, I was wrong.
Chozo@fedia.io 1 day ago
Well done, Henry.