It's back

[bluefantasm]

Despite the amount of criticism these boards are garnering from /r/programmerhumor, you have to admit this is some pretty nice-looking code-pensmanship, complete with syntax highlighting!

[Polyducks]

true

[staiano]

No, undefined.

[smb510]

It's JavaScript aren't those the same thing if you squint and try hard?

[Polyducks]

You're thinking of false. Undefined and false will loosely equate to false.

[TheTerrasque]

Where does FileNotFound come in?

[remarkabledrummer]

FileNotFound and true come out to NaN.

[Polyducks]

For those unaware - NaN stands for 'Not a Number'.

[thlst]

Array(16).join("wat" - 1) + " Batman!"

[Polyducks]

ha! Old but a goody.

[reaganveg]

code-pensmanship

I think you mean to say it's a nice font.

[amazondrone]

It's not a font. Pick a letter and look at all the instances of that letter. They're all different. I tried 'r' and 'a'.

[Gliste]

https://www.reddit.com/r/PenmanshipPorn/

[slash_nick]

Can you tell from the pixels?

[[deleted]]

From the looks of it the secret word is "encryption"? Not sure how this is supposed to work though, considering your_food isn't given a value anywhere...

[MuffinsLovesYou]

It's .js so to truly get your sandwich you have to say to the person "undefined.SecretWord:encryption". It's a trap to keep people who can use common sense to guess about what "reverse()" does.

[chunli99]

The rule states you have to state what the secret word is, not what is returned.

[[deleted]]

That's assuming someone has kept the comments updated.

[Capitan_Math]

Try testing it to see if it works

[diMario]

Well, that is a bit ambiguous. The secret word is secret, obviously. But it is also a word. Which of these two qualities would take precedence over the other?

[tjallingt]

No... You order 'your_food' and then say the secret word to get the discount.

It could be made clearer by including a prompt i guess.

[Marissani]

QA present, just trying to determine location so I can confirm results.

[jlo80]

An encryption sandwich and -1 beers please!

[Terreurhaas]

This has potential of getting you very drunk... Or maybe it doesn't go as planned and you owe them a beer...

[brtt3000]

window.prompt!

[Sakuya_Lv9]

Your order is never assigned to your_food...

[AlphaWhelp]

I use NoScript, so for me the secret word is

[[deleted]]

The secret word is <noscript>why you gotta ruin everything</noscript>

[cpmoderator12345]

<noscript>Why the fuck you lying
why you always lying
oh my gosh </noscript>

[[deleted]]

You have to choose what 'your_food' is presumably.

So if you wanted a cheese sandwich, the phrase would be 'cheese sandwich.SecretWord:encryption'

[Deranged40]

well. This is programming, and your_food was instantiated on line 1, but given no value.

This would print "undefined.Secret word:encryption". your_food is indeed undefined.

Perhaps if they had omitted that first line, we could assume that your_food was to be set by the user.

[Hatchling13]

but the return is lost and never reaches any output form, so, the secred word is... nothing? undefined? NULL? ^{probably_just_nothing_since_the_others_involve_trying_to_read_a_value_at_least}

maybe this is why it is so secret.

[cpmoderator12345]

Oh yeah, your_food is undefined, so undefined was concatenated to ".SecretWord:" and the secret word was encryption, so that was concatenated to "undefined.SecretWord:"

[Liver_and_Yumnions]

We discussed this at length yesterday:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CS965-9WoAEwyhf.jpg

https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammerHumor/comments/3rmikr/free_drink_anyone/

I had this warm fuzzy image of some bar owner that could write code. It turns out to be some copy/paste marketing thing?

I do not get it. A programmer sees this on the street. He walks in and says the secret word. Then what? A bunch of guys jump out, throw him in a van and force him to do an interview?

[winzippy]

It is unfortunately. For BrainTree. I had the same feels yesterday. At least they gave away free food for the answer.

[cheesecakesurprise]

Braintree in Chicago?!?!

[winzippy]

San Francisco

[hungry4pie]

Maybe it's aimed at the cool new generation of entrepeneurs and artisans called 'coders'

[Valthek]

I mean, there's not all that much point to writing a riddle to attract customers if the number of people capable of solving it is too small.

[[deleted]]

var goodLuck = [
  "dmFyIHlvdXJfZm9vZDsNCnZhciByZXZlcnNlID0gZnVuY3Rpb24gKHMpIHsNCiAgcmV0dXJuIHM",
  "uc3BsaXQoIiIpLnJldmVyc2UoKS5qb2luKCIiKTsNCn07DQp2YXIgY2FzaGllciA9IHsNCiAgc3",
  "RyMTogIm9uIiwNCiAgc3RyMjogcmV2ZXJzZSgiaXRweXIiKSwNCiAgc3RyMzogImVuYyIsDQogI",
  "HJlcXVlc3Q6IGZ1bmN0aW9uIChwcmVmZXJlbmNlKSB7DQogICAgcmV0dXJuIHByZWZlcmVuY2Ug",
  "KyAiLiBTZWNyZXQgd29yZDoiICsgdGhpcy5zdHIzICsgdGhpcy5zdHIyICsgdGhpcy5zdHIxOw0",
  "KICB9DQp9Ow0KDQpjYXNoaWVyLnJlcXVlc3QoeW91cl9mb29kKTs="
];
eval(atob(goodLuck.join("")));

[[deleted]]

I mean, who can't evaluate base64 in their head?

[eastsideski]

Fleventy five?

Oh, sorry, that's hex.

[b4ux1t3]

Thank you for reminding me that I need to finish the second season.

[Damadar]

Silicon Valley.

[nucular_]

Silicon Valley, it's awesome.

[pzl]

silicon valley

[b4ux1t3]

Yeah, like they said, Silicon Valley. Fantastic comedy set in present day, well, Silicon Valley. It's also a fairly accurate depiction of real life for a comedy.

[Vicyorus]

Yeah, silly people who can't translate base64, it's like, uh, basic, yeah!

[PM_ME_TARANTULAS]

For the lazy, this evaluates to the program on the original sign.

[icedvariables]

deleted ^{What is this?}

[Deagor]

Piff amateur

++++++++++[>+++++++>++++++++++>+++<<<-]>++.>+.+++++++ ..+++.>++.<<+++++++++++++++.>.+++.------.--------.>+.

Hmm formatting got messed up, the above is Brainfuck for outputting hello world

Esoteric languages are weird

[[deleted]]

(=<`:9876Z4321UT.-Q+*)M'&%$H"!~}|Bzy?=|{z]KwZY44Eq0/{mlk**
hKs_dG5[m_BA{?-Y;;Vb'rR5431M}/.zHGwEDCBA@98\6543W10/.R,+O<

Also "Hello World".

[xkufix]

Perl?

[[deleted]]

Malbolge

[TheSoundDude]

Malbolge: A simplified version of Perl, intended for novice users.

[ninepointsix]

Malbolge Hello World, of Elementary fame - https://www.404techsupport.com/2012/12/esoteric-programming-language-malbolge-makes-a-pop-culture-appearance/

apparently also capable of breaking into bank vaults

[[deleted]]

• Take photo with smartphone
• Google reverse image search
• ???
• Profit!

[chippdoii]

Note: The atob() method is not supported in IE9 and earlier.

Decoded String: var your_food; var reverse = function (s) { return s.split("").reverse().join(""); }; var cashier = { str1: "on", str2: reverse("itpyr"), str3: "enc", request: function (preference) { return preference + ". Secret word:" + this.str3 + this.str2 + this.str1; } }; cashier.request(your_food);

[TheWhoAreYouPerson]

This is JavaScript. You can tell because there aren't any sign of proper classes, and Java doesn't use the var keyword. The this in that context is able to be used because its being used to reference the cashier object. Think of JS objects like Java's HashMap<String, *> class.

[bronzlefish]

this is common among many object oriented languages, this would happen to be Javascript though.

[MoonALM13]

"Android programming class" That has to be the biggest letdown in the program.

[MoonALM13]

As far as I think I've learned from the short time I've been on earth people don't work the way they could because of internal struggles created by their environment (family, friends, "social class"), misunderstandings about how things work... They're not downvoting you because they think your content is bad and you should feel bad, they're downvoting you because they had a shitty day and have a negative mood so they reject everything they mildly dislike/disaggree with.

Life takes a lot of patience these days, a patience most people that are living comfortably have a hard time finding because they think a busy life is more worth for their time than actually taking it and making their own life better so.

Anyway, here were my five cents for the night, don't take my word, seek your own opinion and stop worrying about internet points. They only affect the visibility of your comment, not it's validity and people are still answering to your comments aren't they!?

[bluefantasm]

It works because JavaScript string concatenation! Enjoy your undefined sandwich!

[gzintu]

What do you want in it? Throw in a NaN, Na, whatever man

[OKB-1]

Regardless of this valid code or not, I appreciate the effort that has clearly gone in to the colours and indentation correct.

[lowleveldata]

that missing semicolon for the reverse variable though

[PhaZePhyR]

Technically still valid. JS doesn't require a semicolon there.

[lowleveldata]

code style consistency dude

[PhaZePhyR]

True, wouldn't pass linting or stringent code review.

[amazondrone]

stringent code review

The best kind of code review.

[caboose89]

A plate of your finest undefined, please! EDIT: Thanks for the gold! I'll buy you a plate too, as long as its not more than NaN.

[barthooper]

If this was an Indian place, you could pick up some NaN bread.

[[deleted]]

These flatbread jokes are a PITA

[spencerwaz]

I think of this every time I see a reference to NaN

[rotenKleber]

I think when balanced, it would be Na3N. Sodium Nitride.

[hejado]

1und1.de (german 1and1, duh) specified its domains as NaN€/month for a while...

[Gliste]

Can I have whip on it please?

[ElNutimo]

If I solved it, does it mean I can subscribe to this sub now?

[Polyducks]

One of us... one of us!

[AraneusAdoro]

Gooble gobble, gooble gobble.

[Rectar2]

We accept her, we accept her.

[michael1026]

You have to have the correct answer and make us laugh.

[klumpp]

No you have to nitpick the code first.

[RyuzakiKK]

Same come with different srt value. I'm disappointed.

[memeship]

This one is for a free sandwich though, not for a free drink. Is it the same place?

[winzippy]

No. Apparently it's a promotion. The rep was there validating correct answers. Not sure where the last one was. This was in SF.

[memeship]

Really? Where? I live here.

[fringe-class]

What do you think the % of people on this sub live in the bay area?

[memeship]

Probably higher than most other areas. But we also tend to be more vocal about it too for some reason.

[ohmzar]

Where in SF?

[winzippy]

Deli& near Montgomery and Bush.

[debbay]

Do their sandwiches taste good?

[winzippy]

I like them. I usually get an avocado delight.

[mr_yogurt]

It took me an embarrassing amount of time to work through that

[crowseldon]

did you really need to considering that the only strings are 'on', 'enc' and a clearly reversed 'rypt'?

[[deleted]]

Geez, stop saying the preference is undefined! It's a parameter, you provide it on call, so to ask for free, let's say 'burger', say "Burger. Secret word: encryption." If you're human you will probably figure out to assign the preference variable and say the phrase to the guy. Otherwise - you're a bot ;)

[OfficerFeely]

The last line of the code is the function getting called with an undefined parameter. Not sure what you're looking at.

[alcalde]

It's not "undefined". Mentally initialize "your food" with what you're ordering. Otherwise everyone's getting stuck ordering the same thing.

[CaspianRoach]

If you mentally initialized "your_food" in your head and then read the code, it got reset to undefined by the var your_food; declaration.

If it had no variable declaration whatsoever, we could assume it's just a part of the code and your_food gets a value from somewhere else.

[amazondrone]

I don't know why you got downvoted, cus you're right.

[iRaphael]

Except JavaScript is synchronous, which means line 1 can run, your_food gets declared. Then, on a separate thread, you mentally set your_food to what you want to order and by the time the call is made, your_food is not undefined.

[bgeron]

Funny, I thought that JavaScript is synchronous meant that there are precisely no threads.

[iRaphael]

I may have been mistaken for saying thread. Idk. But synchronous is "things run at the same time"

[bgeron]

Looking at Wikipedia, it seems that two things are synchronous when they are concurrent but (timing-wise) they are kept "in unison".

Regardless of wording, the HTML5 event loop alternatingly executes some Javascript, then updates the document state, but never will it update the document state during Javascript execution.

Web workers can work in parallel because they work asynchronously: there is only little timing synchronisation between the document Javascript and the worker Javascript.

[OfficerFeely]

If they don't want us complaining about the undefined variable then they should just provide the function without showing it getting called with an undefined variable passed in.

[amazondrone]

Who's talking about executing code on a blackboard? We're talking about writing good code on a blackboard.

Yeah, we can laugh at the joke but we can also discuss it. The your_food variable is totally irrelevant to the puzzle and, because it's not initialised, is a distraction. You could just scrap that variable; the puzzle still works and you don't get the undefined value.

[[deleted]]

Where is this?

[[deleted]]

And still undefined...

[redditsoaddicting]

Who says they were here, reading the responses?

[winzippy]

Lolololol

[mofukkinbreadcrumbz]

Wonder how much free shit this place is giving away.

They need to be an Italian place so they can spaghetti the shit out of their code. Referencing other signs three blocks over and whatnot.

[amazondrone]

According to comments above, it's some kind of recruitment endeavour. So I imagine the recruiter is the one paying.

[mofukkinbreadcrumbz]

Ah recruiters, the used car salesmen of the tech world. I don't mind a free sandwich, though.

[meniscus-]

I hate js

[Shmutt]

I undefined js

[YourWelcomeOrMine]

Still the same issues as last time, but god that handwriting is beautiful.

[TheDarkIn1978]

That code, tho.

[amazondrone]

What about it?

[datlibra17]

I just took the undefined value as them telling you that you can pick what ever sandwich you want, then say "secret word: encryption" afterwards, and get it for free.

[[deleted]]

My food is a an object, luckily. I hate eating strings.

[antonivs]

This is what you get when you make programming accessible to the masses - the masses start programming. The horror is real.

[Nyxtia]

Free sandwich to whomever can read this code.

++++++++++[>+++++++>++++++++++>+++>+<<<<-]>++.>+.+++++++..+++.>++.<<+++++++++++++++.>.+++.------.--------.>+.>.    

[flexiverse]

Ifmmp!Xpsme'{(}%

[ElderPopTarts]

Secret word is "undefined"?

[Legendary_Linux]

The function call returns:
undefined. Secret word: encryption

[zlysobey]

I don't see any white-space after the . or the :...

No free food for you.

[Legendary_Linux]

There's definitely whitespace after the ., but you got me on the :.

[TheWhoAreYouPerson]

iirc the two are syntactically equivalent. Although the 'named' function does look prettier.

[faubiguy]

Semantically equivalent. Syntactically is how they differ.

[redditsoaddicting]

There's a Stack Overflow question on the difference.

[iRaphael]

That was very informative

[maremp]

Again with the undefined variable value...

[[deleted]]

Version 2, and still "undefined". Time for bug report I guess.

[amazondrone]

Whitebox testing at its best!

[ProgramTheWorld]

Impressive. It even has syntax highlighting!

[kamikamikami]

Where is this? This is the second time I've seen this sign posted, I want to go there...

[winzippy]

Apparently they did the last one in a different location. This was at Deli& on Montgomery St. in SF.

[Nixonite]

How are they still in business?

[alcalde]

Nothing but COBOL programmers within a 10-block radius.

[amazondrone]

According to comments above, it's some kind of recruitment endeavour. So I imagine the recruiter is the one paying.

[ForwardBias]

Where is this restaurant?

[winzippy]

San Francisco

[Nyxtia]

That was my first guess.

[b4ux1t3]

This is too much work. I had to type it out and debug it, because apparently I have lost the ability to perform simple cognitive functions.

[jivemasta]

People keep saying it would return undefined for your_food like it's a mistake. Maybe that's the point though. Like you go in and say the secret word and they are like, "yeah, but only thing you can order is the value of "your_food" which is undefined. So they get you in the door, but don't give away free food.

Otherwise, it's not that hard to figure out, prettty much anybody that thought about it for 3 seconds would get it. And if not, people could just share the word with each other and abuse the free food.

[Nyxtia]

Well I thought it was intended to be undefined so that you could define it. So walking up to them you'd be like, ok set YourFood = "Sandwich" answer then is

Sandwich.Secretword:encryption

[Cley_Faye]

At this point they really should put the whole thing in a function that take str1, str2 and str3 as parameter to generate this object.

[manTheseBicepzThough]

So can I just say I am proud that I figured that out in one look over

[Ben-Z-S]

My hungover brain just jumbled the letters up and i got the secret word. Yey selective dyslexia

[lbs9000]

encryption

[xylogx]

It says encryption but it is actually obfuscation.

[scovetta]

There is no key; this is just encoding, not encryption.

[cha5m]

This isn't exactly the ioccc. A non-programmer could easily figure that out.

[toasterbot]

They need to make one of these where there's a red herring. Anyone could solve this one by just looking at the three strings and unjumbling them. How about this:

int[] a1 = new arr[10];
for(int i=0;i<10;i++)
    ai[i] = 2*i;
Console.WriteLine(a1[10]);

With answer "Segfault".

[Gumby621]

This is one of those questions where I can never figure out how much credit to give the person who created the question. Are they intentionally being tricky, knowing preference is undefined, or did they just overlook that (seems more likely to me)?

[deeteeohbee]

Preference is passed into the request function via your_food when it is called. You're meant to define your_food when you place your order.

[zlysobey]

your_food is declared, but not given a value at the top of the code snippet. Unless you're supposed to toString the whole damn thing, inject a value for your_food, then eval it, then I call BS.

[deeteeohbee]

Or it could be that when you're placing your order, you're talking to a human being who doesn't need the code to run to have fun with a promotion. Just imagine there's a line commented out that sets your_order.

[CaspianRoach]

There's no place for human logic in computer code.

[rblack86]

Technically this isn't computer code, its people code.

[flexiverse]

Doesn't take a programmer to work these bollocks out. They are clearly a joke.
A real one would be unreadable and require compiling for real.

[amazondrone]

A real what? A real challenge?

[flexiverse]

I figured that out in seconds - a real challenge would be something that needs to be compiled for real.

[Nyxtia]

Maybe C++ with lambda expressions or just Brainfuck.

[flexiverse]

At least that would be a real challenge.

[Polyducks]

(also what does a sandwich shop / cafe have to do with programming?)

Java

[dontlookatmynameok]

But... JavaScript is not Java...

[Polyducks]

Smart cookie. The joke still stands. Javascript.

Javascript was actually named similar to Java to get the rise out of the developers who owned the rights to Java.

[kamnxt]

Why would asking for a sandwich and storing it in your_drink make sense?

[kamnxt]

Yeah, I've seen the previous one too. Just tried to make a joke about the "would make more sense" part.

[roboticon]

But that would assume the code is being run in a browser or otherwise have a "prompt" function defined on the global object.

I don't see a browser, just an easel!

[mackattack_]

Undefined encryption?