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Rhymes with "Mandalorian"
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Memes from Rachel's iPhone
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This symbol, often called the "octothorpe," is used to denote comments in many programming languages.
What is the hashtag (#) symbol?
100
Beginner users of JavaScript might use array.sort() to sort this list of numbers:
[30, 1, 206, 1000, 6]
However, they might be surprised to find that the answer is this result.
What is [1, 1000, 206, 30, 6]?
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Charles Dickens, the Brontë sisters, and Thomas Hardy were famous authors from this literary period.
What is Victorian?
100
A "hat trick" is a type of achievement in this sport.
What is ice hockey (or soccer)?
100
In this image, user mark-watney-spacepirate correctly identifies the pun about this coding language.
What is python?
Fun unrelated image:
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This code can be activated by this sequency of button presses: Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A.
What is the Konami Code?
200
This JavaScript function is used to parse a JSON string and convert it into a JavaScript object.
What is JSON.parse()?
200
The DMC-12, made famous in "Back to the Future," is better known by this name.
What is the DeLorean?
200
This is the only country to have won the FIFA World Cup five times.
What is Brazil?
200
This popular sci-fi series is depicted in this meme.
What is Star Trek: Voyager?
Fun, unrelated image:
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Grace Hopper popularized this term for fixing computer glitches after an incident where a moth jammed a relay in a Mark II computer.
What is debugging / What is a bug?
300
This type of attack involves inserting malicious code into a vulnerable computer program to cause unintended actions.
What is code injection?
300
Derived from the Latin word meaning "to say farewell", this title is given to the student who delivers a farewell speech at school graduation ceremonies.
What is valedictorian?
300
This term refers to a play when a puck crosses two red lines without being touched and results in a stoppage of play.
What is icing?
300
Scrum ceremonies are a key part of agile development. In the image below, the poster suggest this exercise to help limit the length of scrum ceremonies.
What is plank?
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This language was famous for the philosophy “Write Once, Run Anywhere”.
What is Java?
400
This sorting algorithm has an average time complexity of O(n log n) and uses a divide-and-conquer strategy.
What is quicksort? (Merge sort would also be an acceptable answer)
400
As the first known person to systematically collect and document past events, the Greek geographer Herodotus became known as the "Father" of this profession.
What is historian?
400
This term describes when a batsman reaches a score of 100 runs in a single innings.
What is a century?
400
In this limerick, a main character gives up on calculating
sqrt(\infty)
However, if he had tried the calculation with Javascript, he would have gotten this answer.
What is infinity?
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This computer programmer is credited with creating the distributed version control system, Git.
Who is Linus Torvalds
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In this concurrency model, a program is divided into small, independent units of execution that can run concurrently.
What are threads?
500
The Katong style of Laksa, a spicy soup with a rich, coconut curry base, is a specialty of this nationality, blending flavors from Chinese and Malay cuisines.
What is Singaporean?
500
"Deflategate" deflated more than just sports equipment—it deflated egos and sparked heavy controversy in this sport.
What is football? (American football)
500
In this post, the author's significant other could easily solve this integral using a first order calculation method popularized by this famous Swiss mathematician.
Who is Euler?
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