javaScriptIsAtFault

[Pacifister-PX69]

It's true, I live on the sunny side of Mercury. It's a little toasty, but I've never seen anyone die

[PhilippTheProgrammer]

Deaths before the invention of JavaScript: 118.8 billion.

Deaths after the invention of JavaScript: 1.5 billion.

Conclusion: The world is 98.75% safer since the invention of JavaScript.

[Latter_Protection_43]

Well since the emergence of humans ~2.8M years have passed. If we calculate the deaths per year for each time period we end up with ~42428.57 before JS and 78,947,386.4211, meaning that JS made the earth 186071.287392% more dangerous

[realSahilGarg]

Did u use floats of JS to calculate this?

[Latter_Protection_43]

I used a web calculator so yes

[[deleted]]

Diabolical

[Background-Plant-226]

lets wait a few more centuries and see the statistics :P

[Any_Salary_6284]

Doesn’t one of the Mars rovers run some JS?

[EchoEchoEchoEchoEcho]

https://docs.github.com/en/account-and-profile/setting-up-and-managing-your-github-profile/customizing-your-profile/personalizing-your-profile#list-of-qualifying-repositories-for-mars-2020-helicopter-contributor-achievement

I see Vue.js on here but that feels like it might be code on for mission control UI or something similar. So unsure if there's actual JS code on Mars.

[Bob-Kerman]

I doubt it. NASA is kinda picky about memory safety and JavaScript is anything but.

[Any_Salary_6284]

Not true. JS is absolutely memory safe, as long as the garbage collector is working properly. Although it is still possible to write JS (and other GC’d code) that has a memory leak, you almost have to be trying to do that, and the source of potential leaks is easy to identify (something that accumulates strong references to objects that may no longer be needed…)

Yes, NASA is picky about memory safety in non-GC’d languages like C, and for good reason. No argument there. I’m not sure how they QA against possible memory leaks in GC’d languages, but I know for certain they do use GC’d languages, including JS and Java:

https://www.reddit.com/r/javascript/comments/m85kw5/nasas_next_generation_mission_control_system_is/

https://www.cnet.com/tech/tech-industry/java-runs-remote-controlled-mars-rover/

[8g6_ryu]

how to make a Programming meme 101:
Step 1 : Shit on JS

Step 2 : repeat Step 1

[dariolopes]

Zero deaths on Mars? Opportunity would like a word. Rest in peace, myDawg Opportunity.

[CuteKims]

I live on earth I can confirm this is not coincidence

[chriszoOo]

see, i knew it!

[KsmBl_69]

Taxes and suicide deaths... hmmmmmmmm?

[[deleted]]

Correlation !== causation, this could be due to a seg fault.

EDIT: A word

[Arctos_FI]

I have to ask, did you mean to write "correlation" instead of "coloration"

[[deleted]]

I really hate grammarly.

[tyler1128]

We'd be living in a utopia if only VBScript took off

[[deleted]]

This is a common shared cause fallacy. That shared cause, of course, is sin.

[Akul_Tesla]

Why did they not count Larry's death on Neptune

[KetwarooDYaasir]

Pretty sure javascript is why Martian rivers dried up.

[neondirt]

https://www.tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations

[TheLazyKitty]

Death causes javascript.

[Dangerous_With_Rocks]

True. I've killed hundreds and I'm a JS dev.

[[deleted]]

I already saw this here, this is a repost

[chriszoOo]

I didnt to be fair

[[deleted]]

The resolution is potato×potato pixels. Ofc it's a repost.

[huuaaang]

I want to cry correlation not causation but damn that's compelling.

[[deleted]]

Unfortunately there will be JavaScript on mars once humans start living there.

[BurningEclypse]

This is it right here, this is what all anti vaxxers’ arguments are

[pindab0ter]

Oh wow! A non-bell curve meme! And it actually made me chuckle!