Great influence
Unironically a great example for explaining the difference between 0 and null
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Great influence
Unironically a great example for explaining the difference between 0 and null
Sadly, it’s not. The other three churn out books riddled with the n-word daily.
great example of the difference between Some(0) and None
There are different kinds of non-number “values” for numeric variables. Is this ∞, Overflow, NaN or N/A?
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”
I mean, NaN implies there exists some value, it’s just not a numerical one. null days there is none at all.
Ah yes, “Thomas says the N-word by accident, while singing a rap song” episode, my favorite.
This song will always live in my head rent free
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
I’d imagine anyone involved with that decision is dead today.
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”.
There was that Barney coloring book that advocated for blood orgies but they caught it and recalled it fairly quick
Please, tell me more.
Awesome now I have to hate Thomas the Tank Engine
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.
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?
No that made perfect sense as someone whose retirement plan is wandering into the wilderness.
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
Your friends and family are railway locomotives?
The franchise was originally started by an avowed fascist … and it really shows through sometimes.
For the love of god, Montresor!
sorry
Lol what
And it _wasn’t _ either of the yank ones.
He’s old and senile so he gets a pass … right?
No.
Sorry… forgot the /s.
I figured since this was lemmy it would be apparent
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.
Oh boy. Here come the cancel train again
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.