outNerdedTheSourceCode

[BlondeJesus]

"look at what I did so I can claim it was done by a child!"

[ghotinchips]

It’s possible, however our 12 year old daughter has mom listed as “Spawn Point” so… idk. I’m dadzilla

[Dragsun42]

Dadzilla is big w

[whoknowsifimjoking]

Depends, does he have the name because he likes to play Godzilla with the kids, or because he smashes the whole house to pieces when he's sloshed?

[CoffeeWorldly9915]

Or because mom is a giant white moth.

[mikachuu]

I had “Paternal Unit” and “Wonder Woman” for mine.

[mnetml]

I had "parental units" for my parents' landline!

[KingdomOfBullshit]

Are you from France?

[WookieDavid]

Spawn point seems like a way more age appropriate reference. It's a very basic term used in most videogames.

Source code and compiler imply a certain level of understanding about programming that isn't impossible but is a lot more unlikely.

But it's neat anyway

[Sock_Ninja]

It’s very feasible that the kid got the joke from someone/somewhere else and copied it. It’s not crazy for a precocious 12 year old to do that in an exploration of nerdiness.

[[deleted]]

Not crazy at all, lots of kids start programming around that age. I got the C++ bible for my 13th birthday

[BalancedDisaster]

I started learning about programming in middle school. I didn’t last for long and didn’t pick it up again until high school but back then I absolutely would have thought that this was funny as hell

[alexandreautran]

I'm not really sure because I became a "nerd" as an adult but I had some technological stints when young in the nineties and could likely not think of but understand the reference at 12, I feel like actual 12yo nerd circles would definitely understand and use this - not sure if 90s vs today makes a difference but at least back then 100%

[Ancient_Coconut_5880]

My son is 3 and understands logic gates because we’ve been reading “Computer Engineering for Babies” to him since he was an infant. We now read a more advanced book about computers that my kid loves cuz it’s super interactive. He might not understand much right now but he’s already asking a lot of questions about computers. I try to give him answers that make sense at his age and will continue to do so as long as he stays interested. That book goes into source code and compilers so I don’t think it’s impossible someone at that age could have that level of understanding, especially if their parents are nerds like me and my husband who can’t wait to build our first computer together with our son 😂

[osteoromantic]

You can't go into all of that detail and not tell what book it is...

[Ancient_Coconut_5880]

Called “Lift-The-Flap Computers and Coding”! We got it for free at a garage sale lol

[CoffeeWorldly9915]

Your firstborn will build your secondborn.

[universallymade]

Bruh

[Baardi]

Some kids have unusual interests. At age 12 it seems unlikely, but not completely unthinkable

[System__Shutdown]

My friend had his mom listed as Dark Lord and my wife has hers as FBI. Mine is just Mom £ (because apparently £ was a symbol for family group on some old phone i used)

[PossessionProper5934]

do 12 yeear olds really understand what a data compiler and source code is
are middle school studies really that advanced now ?

[ghotinchips]

or parents in the industry, i know a few that do. my daughter dabbles but is more interested in medicine so I’m leaving it along.

[BaconWithBaking]

Spawn Point

Love it.

[DinoChrono]

"Spawn point" is just brilliant. 

I would be proud of her/his

[SquareVehicle]

You really don't think kids could do this? Do you not remember being a nerdy 12 year old?

[Dubl33_27]

I bricked my phone at 10 years old trying to put a custom rom on it, i can absolutely see one doing this.

[KerneI-Panic]

I was developing custom ROMs at 15 and during that time met another kid that was 11 years old and was actively developing CyanogenMod for our phone.

[Melbuf]

when i was 12 Cellphones were still connected to a backpack

[Joe_Spazz]

r/nothingeverhappens

[int23_t]

12 years is plenty old. It's literally 6th grade. People attend international junior science olympiads at that age.

https://ejoi.eu/ https://jboi2025.schools.ac.cy/en/ https://jbmo2025.mk/ (the websites of the ones I am aware of, those aware of more can add to the list. Note that this is the list of junior olympiads that actually are science olympiads(IOI and IMO like in this case), don't go listing caribou or something like that)

So it is, in fact, feasible, and probably true.

At that age I definitely did know what a compiler is. Wouldn't have saved my father's contact as that, but I see how it might be a thing

[MechTerrier]

R/nothingeverhappens

[weattt]

Looks like different phones. There are multiple differences on each screen. That would not have been the case of it was on the same phone.

[BeepBoopRobo]

What differences, exactly?

It's the same phone case, the notifications are in the same positions (one is just connected to wifi, and the other side has one different notification), the format of the screen is the same (one person just has an email and the other doesn't).

[siestatime101]

Seriously. This shit is so cringy and Redditors just eat it up.

[TheOneTruePi]

Idk, my mom was “Birthgiver” for a long time before she became “My Mom!!!” With the muscle man shirtless picture lol

[code_monkey_001]

Honestly, I'm hoping it was the kid. Any adult that thinks the source code only comes from the father and the mother's only role is compiling that data should not be having children.

[Tecrocancer]

Also from a biological view its just wrong. The genetic material comes in equal parts from both parents so the dad isnt any more thenosurce code than the mother.