𝔻𝔼𝕍𝕀𝕃𝕀𝕊ℍ@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 3 months agoAbsolutely Legendlemmy.worldimagemessage-square108linkfedilinkarrow-up1340arrow-down14
arrow-up1336arrow-down1imageAbsolutely Legendlemmy.world𝔻𝔼𝕍𝕀𝕃𝕀𝕊ℍ@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 3 months agomessage-square108linkfedilink
minus-squareAqarius@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoIt’s a joke on a tweet about a guy spending a multi-hour flight just staring straight ahead.
minus-squaresp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-23 months agoI’ve done similar things in a coffee shop before, just working on my own code, and I have actually been ‘politely’ asked to leave by the staff. The staff evidently being a bunch of morons who thought I was… hacking into … something? They didn’t know what, but they were very concerned. I was unable to convince them I was not, because ‘terminal’ = ‘hacking’ to idiots who only know anything about computers via movies and tv shows.
It’s a joke on a tweet about a guy spending a multi-hour flight just staring straight ahead.
I’ve done similar things in a coffee shop before, just working on my own code, and I have actually been ‘politely’ asked to leave by the staff.
The staff evidently being a bunch of morons who thought I was… hacking into … something?
They didn’t know what, but they were very concerned.
I was unable to convince them I was not, because ‘terminal’ = ‘hacking’ to idiots who only know anything about computers via movies and tv shows.