Dad Joke Release Notes
Commenters identify and react to a dad joke or programming pun in a software project's release notes or announcement on Hacker News, debating its humor and intent.
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Hackers like to laugh, but, in this case, the joke is not very funny ;-)
It's a joke to upset progs and commies. Looks like it is working as intended.
They're known for using jokes in release notes, this is presumably one of them. (I think it's pretty unfunny.)
Cue jokes like "... and today was 32% less productive for developers worldwide"
Came here expecting a funny new bug or CVE, found a dad joke instead.
Yeah, it's even arguably a programming joke!
This comment is funnier than the original post. You should write it up as a bug report. Quick, there's still time!
I made a custom GPT that was explicitly told to include snark, sarcasm, and dark humor in all of my IT related responses or code comments, it makes my day every time.
Thought of this bit of humour when I read that:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33712685Also:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLfghLQE3F4
It's a joke :) Likewise my comment :-)