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I'd tell you a UDP joke… (https://www.codepuns.com)

188 points by redmattred 6 days ago | 50 comments | View on ycombinator

LeoPanthera 6 days ago |

"Hi, I'd like to hear a TCP joke."

"Hello, would you like to hear a TCP joke?"

"Yes, I'd like to hear a TCP joke."

"OK, I'll tell you a TCP joke."

"Ok, I will hear a TCP joke."

"Are you ready to hear a TCP joke?"

"Yes, I am ready to hear a TCP joke."

"Ok, I am about to send the TCP joke. It will last 10 seconds, it has two characters, it does not have a setting, it ends with a punchline."

"Ok, I am ready to get your TCP joke that will last 10 seconds, has two characters, does not have an explicit setting, and ends with a punchline."

"I'm sorry, your connection has timed out. Hello, would you like to hear a TCP joke?"

dmurray 6 days ago |

I was asked in an interview to explain the difference between TCP and UDP.

I knew about enough to fill an index card: enough for an adequate interview answer, but not enough that I would relish getting follow-up questions.

While deciding what to say I started with this joke. The interviewer laughed and moved on to the next question. I got the job offer.

divbzero 6 days ago |

Or alternatively:

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

ericcumbee 6 days ago |

An SQL Query walks into a bar and sees two table....he says "Mind if I join you?"

bigstrat2003 6 days ago |

I can tell you a DNS joke, but be aware that it might take 8 hours for everyone to get it.

CPLX 6 days ago |

I'd share my joke about HTTP here, but it makes me feel insecure.

spiffytech 6 days ago |

I used this during a "geeky jokes" icebreaker at work. No one got the joke so I just sounded condescending. Lesson learned.

blorenz 6 days ago |

This was out of order.

omoikane 6 days ago |

This looks like a tumblr site, which means you can get all the content on one page instead of having to page through them one at a time:

https://www.codepuns.com/archive

travisd 6 days ago |

packets udp bar walk a into

senthil_rajasek 6 days ago |

Here is an ICMP joke,

- Knock Knock

- Who's there?

- Thank you

yencabulator 5 days ago |

The bad thing about reliable multicast jokes is that you're asked to repeat them.

memset 6 days ago |

Zobat 6 days ago |

There's two hard problems in programming. Naming things, cache invalidation and off by one errors.

0ldblu3 5 days ago |

The wording I use is "I have a great UDP joke I could tell you... but I don't know if you'll get it".

mlhpdx 6 days ago |

There are two kinds of people when it comes to UDP.

charcircuit 6 days ago |

You can't guarantee delivery of any message. This is the basis of the 2 generals problem.

Polizeiposaune 6 days ago |

IP UDP we all P for TCP

blacklion 6 days ago |

There was list of such jokes for 40+ protocols, past and present, but I cannot find it anymore, only small part on different blogs and forums :(

irishcoffee 6 days ago |

I think I prefer the punchline “I don’t expect you to get it, and it’s not a big deal if you don’t, happens to everyone”

yencabulator 5 days ago |

The great thing about TLS jokes is that you can tell if it's not original.

undefined 6 days ago |

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kmoser 6 days ago |

What did one broke programmer say to the other?

"Hey, buddy, can you paradigm?"

burnt-resistor 6 days ago |

Put a cork in it.

effnorwood 5 days ago |

but ICMP took my beer

Gibbon1 6 days ago |

ght get it liYou mike this though

MarkusWandel 6 days ago |

"get not you might it but"

damnitbuilds 6 days ago |