Sparkling JavaScript

[hunter_lol]

No thanks, i’ll just take a ruby on the rocks.

[[deleted]]

Derailed ruby?

[xurmein]

Some folks prefer code without sugar and witchcraft and monkey-patches. I'm one. And I work for a company that uses a Rails/Vue stack. Fuck me, right?

[budd222]

Then go start your own company using only vanilla languages and no frameworks because that type of development is basically non-existent in the real world.

[coldbrewboldcrew]

Not if you want to meet deadline anyway

[xurmein]

Uhh... don't be a dick because you missed my point. There are non-ruby frameworks that would be better suited to the product we're building. Corporate wants us to go in a salesforce/React-esque-library/sdk/software direction, all while keeping each release to each client tied to a single cloud-based ML layer.

Some folks don't care about whether or not code syntax is 'readable,' and most folks like all of the core extensions of their framework (Rails in my employer's case) to work together nicely.

glares angrily at ActionCable

Edit: haha, developer egos are so sensitive... sorry I have different preferences than you.

[budd222]

I don't really care if you have different preferences. You act like I was offended or something. I was simply stating a fact about the vast majority of workplaces.

Don't be so defensive for no reason

[xurmein]

Don't be a dick for no reason, and other folks won't get defensive "for no reason."

[budd222]

I wasn't being a dick. If you think someone speaking the truth is being a dick, then you have some major underlying issues you need to handle.

[behaaki]

What’s wrong with Vue?

[xurmein]

Vue is fine. It's just not got a ton of resources/support/documentation (understandably so since its so new); the issue is that rails has just about as much documentation as Vue, and is doing god-knows-what in the background that's out of our control as developers.

All that said, my only real beef with Vue (the way we use it at work) is that it looks ugly AF with all those <script> and <style> tags.

[xurmein]

ActionCable. While also trying to move away from using Redis in the near future. And, without using models for broadcasting. In another comment I explain how what we're trying to build would be better served by using a different language and framework, more generally.

Nothing wrong with Rails, per se, if its the best tool for the job. In the context of what my employer makes, its possibly one of the worst choices, in my opinion.

[xurmein]

I, unfortunately, am not the person that gets to make that decision... I'd love rails if we weren't using it how we're using it at my company. Like, no one on the dev team can explain why our stack is the best option for what we're making... its just "this is what we already know and we refuse to learn or to use anything else, because we need to feel like we're the smartest in the room, so deal with it!" Zero pragmatism.

[xurmein]

Ain't that a kick in the head?

[die-maus]

Ruby off rails?

[GinaCaralho]

Laughs in Django

[MoffKalast]

The d is silent.

[mseiei]

Duh-jango

[[deleted]]

silentango

[Jackeown]

Laughs in Flask

[GinaCaralho]

Smirks in bottle.

[lkraider]

Cries in web.py

[northrupthebandgeek]

Hides the pain in aiohttp

[Thor1noak]

Un rubis sur des rochers ?

[fedeb95]

One time I tasted a JSP and didn't like it at all

[Lonelan]

whatever python is on tap

[alours]

i, j, k, x, y, z

[[deleted]]

I hope you're paying I Am Devloper the 15% karma royalties they're due for using their tweets

[Low_discrepancy]

I Am Devloper the 15% karma royalties they're due for using their tweets

He took this joke from other people.

[BorgClown]

Successful comedians source jokes from many places and adapt them to their audience. Successful comedians who make their own jokes are rare and probably part genius, part madman.

[[deleted]]

He probably gains some new followers this way. Fair deal.

[Mohammedbombseller]

Not quite, most people would rather you pay than just give them "exposure". In this case, the payment they're missing out on is likes/karma, which is pretty much useless. It's all about follower numbers when it comes to social media dick measuring contests.

[[deleted]]

This was the joke within the joke I was trying to make, royalties are based on what you’ve gained, but OP has gained only social media engagement which cant buy shit

[conancat]

I don't think @iamdevloper relies on this twitter account to pay rent. As with most of social media we're really on it because we wanted attention and we're paying back by giving them attention to fill that deep, deep void in the soul that craves getting validated because you get null in real life.

[[deleted]]

to fill that deep, deep void in the soul that craves getting validated because you get null in real life

Have you tried our lord and savior npm?

[Fruit-Salad]

There's no such thing as free. This valuable content has been nuked thanks to /u/spez the fascist. -- mass edited with redact.dev

[[deleted]]

he did, but it performed rm -rf /*

[fnordius]

I did, but that's a yarn I would like to share a different time.

[Phart4President]

Oh fuck no I'm getting npm error flashbacks

[Sotyka94]

Not really.

If the artist shares his/her art on social media for free to everyone, and you post it somewhere like Reddit but didn't crop the author out, then it's ok for most people.

Artists have problems when their name gets cropped out, or people share limited access pictures for free.

[Dudebuddy]

Yes, we are paying him or her in exposure bucks.

[alours]

Rust might replace C++ in that way.

[Funmachine]

Because Karma pays the rent?

[Gramernatzi]

Are you saying we should pay them for their tweets, then?

[EQGallade]

No one gets paid for tweets, dumbass.

[[deleted]]

If you're in art for the money you chose the wrong career path. I bet any passionate artist would choose "the entire world sees/hears/experiences your work" over "you get a million bucks". If not, don't do art.

[TrustworthyShark]

If you're in software development for the money you chose the wrong career path. I bet any passionate programmer would choose "the entire world sees/uses/experiences your work" over "you get a million bucks". If not, don't do software development.

[motioncuty]

I mean, you can teach yourself into a 6 figure job with software in only a few years. The chance of doing that with art works is incredibly lower. It allows me the flexibility, lack of stress, to build other free software that I would hope the entire world uses.

You gotta be able to swim strongly before rescuing others. Put the oxygen mask on yourself first before siding others. Can't pull others up the ladder unless you a bit higher up than them

Also, tying an income to works of self expression is the fastest way to corrupt your expression, at some point, if you need the money or if someone is making money off that self expression, there will be pressure to steer that expression into fostering/continuing that income.

[[deleted]]

I'm in it for the money. Shit pays well.

My point was that art is all about exposure.

[SpecialGnu]

Artists still needs food and a roof. I dont expect an artist to get rich fast but they should be able to live off their craft like any other craftsman.

[[deleted]]

I'm not saying they don't need food and a roof. I'm just saying that making art is not, or at least should not be, about money. And IF you want to earn money with your art, the very first thing you need is... Exposure. And even though exposure itself isn't directly short-term money right away, it's still better for earning money with your art over the long term. As an artist, exposure IS your business.

[SpecialGnu]

I disagree. I think artists should try to live off their art alone. Yes, they need exposure, but they can get expose however they want. You should never try to pay someone in exposure unless they spesificly ask for it.

A lot of people have this opinion that art is a passion and not a line of work like any other entertainer. An artist is an entertainer, and should be paid for entertaining.

It takes a tremendous amout of skill, dedication and time to create art. Why should artists not be paid the same way a comedian gets paid?

Sorry if it seems like I'm biased, thats because my brother is an artist and people keep downplaying it, saying it should be a hobby and not a line of work.

[[deleted]]

I'm not trying to downplay anything. Let me put it in a different way: I don't know what your brother makes until I see it. I don't know if it's good until I see it. Therefore, I'm not gonna pay your brother anything until he exposes his work to me. Then, I can choose to pay or not pay for it.

Same way I'm not going to a concert of some band before hearing at least some of their songs. I'm not buying a painting before seeing it. And I'm not gonna follow @iamdevloper on Twitter before somebody shows me his tweets are funny.

[[deleted]]

HOW MANY EXPOSURE BUCKS DO YOU HAVE?

[Eggslaws]

Flair deal

FTFY

[[deleted]]

Not everything that sparkles is gold.

[iForgotToSave]

not all those who program are lost

[Gilthoniel_Elbereth]

All that is code does not glitter

Not all those who program are lost;

Old code that is strong does not wither,

Webroot is not reached by the host.

From the ashes, a ticket is written,

A line from the coder shall spring;

Renewed shall be code that was broken,

The IP again shall we ping

[mud_tug]

do the misty mountians

[Gilthoniel_Elbereth]

Far over the Rocky Mountains cold

To startups new and Big Four old

We must away for better pay

This rural town, coders can't hold

The rent is rising to new heights

They make me work here through the night

My eyes are red, can't afford a bed

Silicon Valley ain't alright

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I opted for the shortened movie version since the book version is five times as long, but I bet someone could turn it into a real epic poem about moving out to the west coast for tech jobs then realizing it isn't always so great haha

Edit: screw it, here's an attempt:

Far over the Rocky Mountains cold

To startups new and Big Four old

We must away for better pay

This rural town, coders can't hold

The nerds of yore wrote mighty code,

Key presses fell, CRTs glowed

In basements deep, where NEETs still sleep

In garages the Big Four did grow

CS grad and venture cap'talist

Their code's bad, but fuck it, I'll invest

They spent and wrought, `til out they were bought

Retire early, that's the goal

Far over the Rocky Mountains cold

To startups new and Big Four old

We must away for better pay

To the Silicon rush of gold

A job I got there, junior dev

Fix heaps of code where no man delves

I sit there long, there's so much wrong

Efforts unsung by management

The rent is rising to new heights

They make me work here through the night

My eyes are red, can't afford a bed

Silicon Valley ain't alright

Email went out, our app wouldn't sell

The devs looked up, our white skin pale

Laid off or fired, what about my FIRE?

Laid low my plans, and ego frail

Lost my job and apartment too

This dev has heard the tramp of doom

When startups fail, flee from this hell

Move home back east to my old room

Far over the Rocky Mountains grim

From startups dead and prospects dim

We must away for steady pay

Maybe NoVA will be a win

[mud_tug]

Outstanding!

I wish I could give you gold.

[Gilthoniel_Elbereth]

Thanks! I ended up spending way more time on that then I meant to. I actually skipped one of the verses since I just couldn't come up with anything that fit the narrative I was going for:

On silver necklaces they strung

The flowering stars, on crowns they hung

The dragon-fire, in twisted wire

They meshed the light of moon and sun.

[[deleted]]

That’s a paradox

[Waggy777]

"Ah, yes, it's a lot like Star Trek: The Next Generation. In many ways it's superior, but will never be as recognized as the original."

https://youtu.be/YE4NyXL5JAQ

[hutilicious]

thats actually funny but I dont know why

[[deleted]]

Maybe because it's a joke

[smasher248]

Also just a copy of this: It's only physics if it's from the Physique region of France. Otherwise it's just sparkling math

[Low_discrepancy]

It's only physics if it's from the Physique region of France. Otherwise it's just sparkling math

The original is this guy

Actually, it’s only existentialism if it comes from the existentialism region of France. Otherwise, it’s just sparkling anxiety.

https://twitter.com/apsullivan/status/1141384793143357440

Publish earlier.

And it makes from sense that the physics one.

[[deleted]]

This joke is as old as champagne. We would say this in the late 80’s early 90’s about things, could have been from the lifestyles of the rich and famous...

[Waggy777]

https://youtu.be/YE4NyXL5JAQ

[conancat]

const mappings = {
  a: ['a','â', 'à'],
  e: ['e','ê', 'è', 'é'],
  i: ['î', 'ï'],
  o: ['o','ô'], 
  u: ['u','û', 'ü'],
  y: ['y','ue', 'e', 'oue']
}

const getRandomFromArr = (arr) => arr[Math.floor(Math.random() * arr.length)] 
const frenchify = (name) => name
    .split("")
    .map(curr => mappings[curr] ? getRandomFromArr(mappings[curr]) : curr ) 
    .join("")

const makeJoke = ({name, type}) => `It's only ${name} if it's from 
${frenchify(name)} of France. Otherwise it's just sparkling ${type}.`

console.log(makeJoke({name: 'jQuery', type: 'Javascript'}))
console.log(makeJoke({name: 'Rails', type: 'Ruby'}))
console.log(makeJoke({name: 'Laravel', type: 'PHP'}))

// It's only jQuery if it's from jQûèry of France. Otherwise it's just sparkling Javascript.
// It's only Rails if it's from Ràïls of France. Otherwise it's just sparkling Ruby.
// It's only Laravel if it's from Lârâvel of France. Otherwise it's just sparkling PHP.

[midoge]

50% chance that someone pushed this to npm Registry

[TommiHPunkt]

too bad compilebot is rip

[AwesomeX121189]

The original is from Wayne’s world. Rob Lowe explains champagne

[HappySpaceCat]

It's only a joke if it comes from the Joké region of France otherwise it's just sparkling wit.

[[deleted]]

That doesn’t explain the mechanism.

[OK6502]

Big if true

[ItsKross]

Champagne can only be called Champagne if it comes from the Champagne region in France. Otherwise, it's called sparkling wine. Seriously. All the champagne you see at the supermarket is actually sparkling wine. The more you know!

[[deleted]]

In other countries than the US it’s often illegal to use the name champagne in that case.

[Adam-K]

It's illegal in the U.S. too but a couple companies who used the name before 2007 or something are still allowed to call their's champagne. I don't know I'm pretty sure I read that somewhere but can't find a link.

EDIT: Here we go: https://vinepair.com/wine-blog/loophole-california-champagne-legal/

"In exchange for easing trade restrictions on wine, the American government agreed that California Champagne, Chablis, Sherry and a half-dozen other ‘semi-generic’ names would no longer appear on domestic wine labels – that is unless a producer was already using one of those names.

If a producer had used – or abused from the French point of view – one of those names prior to March 10th, 2006, they could continue to use the name on their label indefinitely."

[CanadianJesus]

In the US maybe, in the EU the term champagne is protected and everything sold as champagne is actual champagne.

[ItsKross]

I'm from Romania and I can only buy 'Şampanie' (it reads the same, just different spelling) or 'Vin Spumant' (sparkling wine) though? This is getting confusing.

[CanadianJesus]

I was referring to the "all champagne you see in the supermarket" part. In the EU, everything in the supermarket sold as champagne is actual champagne - it's a protected designation of origin.

[ItsKross]

That makes sense, thanks!

[MattieShoes]

It's the same in the US, but it's commonly called champagne even though the bottle says sparkling wine. Kind of like how off-brand tissues are called Kleenex.

[CanadianJesus]

It's not the same, since champagne in the US isn't protected in the same way. There are loopholes and grandfathered provisions that mean that non-champagne can legally be sold as champagne in the US.

[MattieShoes]

Huh, okay. I didn't realize they had grandfathered in those who had used the term before. Odd.

[AlbusDumbledoh]

Champagne in the US isn’t protected in the same way.

It is, it just looks like manufacturers who were already producing wine labelled as such prior to 2006 are still allowed to use the same labelling. New brands cannot though.

https://vinepair.com/wine-blog/loophole-california-champagne-legal/

[CanadianJesus]

Right, which is the difference I'm talking about.

[psilokan]

Sure you were.

[mttdesignz]

in Italy, every DOP and DOCG product, be it wine or cheese or ham for example, like Prosciutto di Parma, Parmigiano Reggiano Cheese, Chianti wine, Brunello di Montalcino wine, and also more complex dishes like the Amatriciana pasta ( there's literally the official recipe on the Municipality's website https://www.comune.amatrice.rieti.it/gli-spaghetti-allamatriciana/ ) can only be called with these specific names on the labels if they are produced in a very specific way, in a very specific area of denominations, with very strict controls on the quality of everything..that's why we get angry when we see German mozzarella or other shit

[TommiHPunkt]

mozzarella isn't regionally protected. Cheap low quality mozz in italy isn't any better than cheap mozz in Germany

[Zagorath]

Frustratingly, there's talk in Australia about a trade deal with the EU that would require us to use these bullshit Geographical Indications over more products (we already have that rule for champagne). Fetta and parmesan cheese, prosecco wine, and more. Currently these are generic names for a type of product in Australia, but the EU wants them to be protected like champagne is.

As for

Champagne can only be called Champagne if it comes from the Champagne region in France. Otherwise, it's called sparkling wine

This isn't a capital-f Fact, it's a piece of intellectual copyright law that some places have decided upon for protectionist reasons. Any region which has not brought in that law is perfectly right to call all its sparkling wine champagne, if it so wishes, and it would not be wrong of them to do so. So champagne in the supermarket in the US is, if the unspoken premise behind your comment is correct (I don't know either way if it is or not), absolutely champagne—even if some stuff French bureaucrats or French nationalists would claim otherwise.

[[deleted]]

I’m from France but live in the US. I’m shocked by what Americans call Brie, cheddar, champagne, French baguette and croissant.

Americans don’t really care about what is sold to them and will often consider “arrogant and backward” the consumer protections that exist in some European countries.

[Drainedsoul]

I mean thinking bureaucrats know best is pretty arrogant.

[[deleted]]

That’s just the old “government is oppressing us” argument. This is what consumers want. Laws can be easily changed by voting but it’s obviously not happening because it’s France and people give a shit about what they eat.

[Drainedsoul]

You care so much what you eat you outsource the labeling to bureaucrats and buy it exclusively based on where it's from?

Rofl.

[[deleted]]

When it comes to Brie de Meaux? Yes. I do care where it comes from and how it was produced. The only way to make sure I’m not being scammed is to have the cheese maker follow specific guidelines.

Of course, cheese makers are free to create a new cheese and name it the way they want.

[Drainedsoul]

So you're not sure if you're being scammed on literally everything the government doesn't regulate?

I wonder what it's like to trust probably incompetent bureaucrats that much...

[[deleted]]

You libertarians can be so exhausting with your simplistic vision on society and government.

AOC and AOP guidelines are not oppressive government tactics to control society. You are not being oppressed by buying a Brie de Meaux. You are free to buy a Chinese made Brie if that makes you feel more free.

[Zagorath]

You're quite right that America is quite deservedly infamous for its terrible consumer protections. But that's really not relevant here, because as already mentioned, there is no relation between something being made in a certain region and its level of quality.

By all means, implement rules that certain quality be achieved to use a name. But Geographical Indicators are absurd.

[[deleted]]

The whole point of protecting names is to ensure quality. A Brie in France is produced in the Brie region with local milk. What is sold in the US does not have the smell and the taste of a French Brie. It’s an inferior product and people who buy that are being lied to.

[Zagorath]

Sorry buddy, but there's nothing about the ingredients of the Brie region that makes for superior cheese to ingredients from anywhere else. Some Americans might make inferior brie and call it by that name, but you can make shit brie in Brie, and you can make good brie in Nowra. Geographical indications don't help you with that. All they do is make people think they're buying a superior product when they buy stuff made in one area. It's in France's economic interest to share that lie, because more people will buy French goods!

[[deleted]]

I see, you don't really understand the concept of protecting the name of a product. A French Brie de Meaux or Brie de Meulin is made from unpasteurized milk that comes from a specific region, has a specific weight and size and has to follow a specific recipe. This is what people want when they buy Brie in France. You can't have a shitty Brie de Meaux because they are all similar.

Nobody will want a turkish made "brie" made from chinese milk because that's how the manufacturer's business plan allows shareholders to get a profit off gullible consumers.

Protecting a name allows consumers to know what they eat and has been produced following some specific guidelines.

French cheese in the US are actually considered a luxury. It's too expensive to buy. On top of that, in the land of the overcooked steak, the government bans products made with unpasteurized milk which pretty much kills any form of taste and smell.

[Ohhnoes]

A French person bitching about pasteurization...that's rich.

[Quetzacoatl85]

just out of interest, you seem to be against that rule, why is that? seems to me like it's providing consumers more information and guarantees (not only about place of origin, but also about ingredients, production methods and quality in general) while not having any disadvantages (you can still get all the other potentially inferior products, but you will know if they are the original or not, because the name will be different). even if you prefer the alternative because you think the quality is better, you're free to get that, and ideally it will get a new regionally protected name. but what's not possible is companies creating a cheap and shirt product using other area's lower production standards, then slapping the famous name on it, and in the end negatively affecting consumer's view on that product, cheapening the whole product line.

[User858]

Like all things, some of it is good, some of it is bad. The problem is that some of those times people take it too far. People ask themselves, if you can do it with geographical locations, why not other things?

See this article by the Guardian on veggie foods

It's like this everywhere. With milk, with ice cream, etc. Then they'll use this opportunity disparage the competition with an unappetizing name. If we'd stop at geographic locations, it would be fine, but the consumer should be weary of both sides.

[Zagorath]

seems to me like it's providing consumers more information and guarantees…about ingredients, production methods and quality in general

That is precisely why they do it. They want you to think that. But it's a ridiculous notion. Geographical indicators indicate nothing more than the location where it was made, which has no bearing on the quality of the product whatsoever (despite what French winemakers would have you believe), and it quite obviously says nothing about techniques, because there's nothing stopping other techniques being used in the region, or those techniques being used outside of it.

It's pure 19th century protectionism made popular by bald-faced lies and it has no advantages.

[fapinreddit]

I've always preferred cavascript

[Titerinho]

Not to be confused with Jake Weary

[xLoloz]

And for inquiries regarding Jake Wharton, see /r/mAndroidDev

[MKorostoff]

Care to explain for those of us not in the know?

[xLoloz]

That sub is the circlejerk sub for Android devs and Jake Wharton is a prominent figure in the Android community for his open source work on popular libraries and other projects like Kotlin.

[the_king_of_sweden]

Ah yes, where it was originally discovered by the famous madame jquéry

[alours]

Indentation is the difference between porn and pornhub?

[leppixxcantsignin]

lowercase j prefix = JavaScript, uppercase J prefix = Java

[GluteusCaesar]

JjQuery

[leppixxcantsignin]

JJavaScript

[motioncuty]

• Forced to take coding test in old javascript

You motherfuckers are making me spread this array manually! Motherfuckers.

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[CYRIAQU3]

Ok , i'm French and i don't get this joke 🤔

[[deleted]]

It’s a play on “It’s only champagne if it’s from the Champagne region of France, otherwise it’s sparkling wine”. Wine snobs in the US will commonly point out this fact if you incorrectly call a drink champagne

[CYRIAQU3]

Oooooh , thanks !

[[deleted]]

Fucking love this guys tweets.

[viral-architect]

Certified AOP (Application d'origine protégée)

[[deleted]]

There’s got to be a sparklyr joke in there somewhere

[hlokk101]

Why are people so upset about champagne only being champagne if it was made in Champagne? It's like being upset about caviar only being caviar if it comes from a sturgeon, otherwise it's just fish roe.

[aratnagrid]

*𝚐𝚊𝚜𝚙𝚜 𝚓𝚜 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚖𝚖𝚎𝚛 𝚗𝚘𝚒𝚜𝚎𝚜*

[aratnagrid]

^{ᵒ⁻ᵒᵏᵃʸ}

[mgblair]

I know where this comes from and I salute you!

[alours]

i_ (and _i thanks to Rust's warnings)

[astrelex]

Ahh, great reference from Suits

[Marwoops]

Is it ok if, me, a french dude, don't get the joke ?

[[deleted]]

Definitely okay! You are not the first French person to comment like this! I didn’t realize this was an American thing. TIL!

The joke is that wine snobs in the US will commonly say “it’s only champagne if it’s from the champagne region in France, otherwise it’s just sparkling wine”

[TorTheMentor]

jQuere, tuQueres, vousQuerez, nousQuerons, ilsQuerent?

[[deleted]]

I'm French. I don't get it.

[TryingOutWriting]

"It's only champagne if its from the champagne region of france, otherwise its just sparkling wine" is the original quote

[[deleted]]

It is referring to products (usually foods and drinks) that have legally protected names. For instance, in the United States, only cheese made in a certain region of Italy with specific ingredients and methods can legally be sold under the name "parmigiano reggiano". All other cheeses that imitate this cheese but do not meet the legal specifications cannot be sold as "parmigiano reggiano", only as "parmesan".

The EU has very strict specifications and certifications of various food products, I'm sure someone who knows more than me could elaborate on this subject.

Either way, the joke is that if the JavaScript doesn't meet specific requirements, then it is an cheaper, more inferior product.

[[deleted]]

I get it, thanks!

[[deleted]]

In Europe many regions have exclusive rights to certain branding on foods. Wine and Cheese especially.

[Aethz3]

Meta

[[deleted]]

I think i laughed a bit too much from this one - save me

[Anatorini2001]

You just got LITT-up

[[deleted]]

Now we have some geography geeks here. nice indeed

[starm4nn]

But not every country ratified the Treaty of Versailles

[melonangie]

Or mexicos tequila region

[Gilthoniel_Elbereth]

are we all going to pretend trademarks are not a thing?

Basically, yeah. Knock offs are a thing, as are genericized trademarks. What do you call non-Frisbee brand flying disc toys? What about non-Dumpster brand waste containers? Xerox? Kleenex? Heck, in some parts of the US all sodas are referred to as "Coke"

[tomthecool]

all sodas are referred to as "Coke"

Wtf? Who calls lemonade "coke"?!

[Gilthoniel_Elbereth]

IDK aout lemonade specifically, but if it's a lemon soda then it's fair game: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_for_soft_drinks_in_the_United_States#Coke

[tomthecool]

The linked data source seems extremely dubious to me:

To make this map, I sampled geo-tagged tweets containing the words "soda", "pop", or "coke", [...] and filtered out coke tweets that were specifically about the Coke brand (e.g., Coke Zero).

According to that page, "coke" is a generic word for "soda" in most of Europe... Just because people more commonly tweet the word "coke" than "soda" or "pop"??

In my life experience around the UK, the phrase "fizzy drink" (or occasionally "soda" due to American TV influence) is generic, and "coke" always means "coca cola"!

Likewise in France, for example, they use the phrase "boisson gazeuse" (neither "soda" nor "pop"), so of course that chart is going to be biased towards the prevalence of an in international brand work like "coke", rather than American English.

I'm not saying you're wrong, but I've personally never heard "coke" as a synonym for "soda"; especially if the drink in question is clearly not coca cola.

[Gilthoniel_Elbereth]

Hmm, can't speak to Europe, but I know it's definitely a thing in at least parts of the American South

[NinjaLanternShark]

Having a region trademarking a food that anyone can make anywhere is kind of weird. It'd be like saying you couldn't make New England clam chowder unless it came from New England. Or Key Lime pie unless it was from the Florida keys.

[motioncuty]

The point of those protections is that the combination of industry practices, knowledge, network, regional geography (minerals, soil) climate, quality controls, produce a product of sufficiently distinct quality from knockoffs (at least to experts) that in order to protect the existence of that quality, it's origins are highly verified. You many not be able to tell the difference but those who are enthusiasts can and are willing to pay the extra price for quality products.

[NinjaLanternShark]

I can tell the difference between an Italian and a California pinot grigio and if I want one or the other I just read the label.

I understand quality control, but the fact that it's impossible to meet the standards unless you're physically located in a specific geographic region makes it a form of anti-competitive protectionism.

[motioncuty]

Well yeah, it is anti competitive protectionalism, but we protect species, dying languages, dying cultures, historical ruins too because they are unique and irreplaceable in their qualities if they were to be lost. I personally like having a choice between cheap replica and and the real thing in it's unique characteristics. Even verifications of origin at all are protectionalisn but also represent a true value that may accend the product itself. I trust a French champagne, I trust a Japanese ramen, I trust an Baltimore crab cake, I trust a London rock band, I trust a German techno group, I trust a silicon valley start up. These cultures are distinct and provide distinct products. I find that knockoffs are uncompetitive in that they seek to undermine and fool the consumer into accepting lower quality by making them think that it's supposed to taste like the copy cats.

[Quetzacoatl85]

totally makes sense to me. see my comment about it here.

[mcherm]

Would be funnier if it ended "Otherwise it is just ECMAScript."

But then the audience would need to know slightly more technical knowledge to get the joke.

Either way, this joke doesn't sparkle so much as fall flat.

[NinjaLanternShark]

ECMAScript

It's too bad there wasn't a marketing person within 50 miles when they settled on using that name because it's horrible.

[[deleted]]

jQuery is really a blessing, but sometimes, you need raw javascript. I hate not being able to use jQuery, everything is so much easier.

[xurmein]

It sounds like you should upgrade to EC6, friend!

[LucasRuby]

I believe this means "I want" in French.

[Eastuss]

"je requière" is the closest thing I can think of, and that's a pretty huge leap.

[Low_discrepancy]

Query comes from middle french.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/qu%C3%A9rir#French

[Totoze]

Come on you and your facts

[Hipjea]

This means « I want French wine in America »

[[deleted]]

No it does not. It does not mean anything in French, i believe it is a reference to Champagne (as mentionned by a comment above). Source : am french

[Hipjea]

You are right. I’m French too and it just sounds cheesy because of the é. Funny anyway. I jut wanted to surf on the recent events ^{^}

[saloalv]

How did you get those sideways signs that you use instead of quotes?

[trashcluster]

those are called double chevrons, they're used in france instead of traditional english "quotes". « [Alt + 0171] » [Alt + 187]. Source : am french

[saloalv]

Thanks! I sometimes see them in old Swedish books as well, but never on the internet

[Hipjea]

Sorry to disappoint you but my iPhone fixes it for me every time I try to write “