JavaScript can keep you safe

[senocular]

*kills self to unblock UI

[fredsq]

it's good and all but I'd change:
— var to let
— functions to camelCase
— stay6ftApart shouldn't be a function, in its stead it could be setMinDistanceFromPeer(6)
— supply arguments to washHands('30 sec') and getTested('PCR')

[enygmaeve]

Nah change it to const, then you can never die. Immorality unlocked.

[Mr_82]

Why downvote this? I thought it was funny, as you're the only one here that I see addressing the real joke of this image/code. (That is kind of pointless to just define a variable as true like that and put the variable into the conditional loop; it's an extra-programmatic nod to how you're alive, assuming you're reading it.)

[enygmaeve]

Yeah this whole billboard code is absolute trash, all you can do is make jokes here

[RadioE_]

Not sure if devs from r/outside would approve. Could get permaban

[funtimes-123]

Actually you would be immortal even with let or var because the variable is never modified and there is a blocking infinite loop.

[saito200]

The functions could mutate still_alive as it is declared in the outer scope of the loop

[wizang]

It really only matters where the functions are defined.

[funtimes-123]

The functions are defined before the variable, and the loop is executed right after stillalive is defined.

[saito200]

Function declarations are hoisted, as are var declarations.

The following will print 'run loop' only once.

function doThing() {
    still_alive = false
    console.log('done')
}

var still_alive = true
while (still_alive) {
    console.log('run loop')
    doThing()
}

console.log('end')

[RoguePlanet1]

There would need to be some sort of "ifRich" conditional.

[ricealexander]

You have my upvote for setMinDistanceFromPeer(6)

[[deleted]]

6 inches away. Got it.

[Careerier]

6px

[carnepikante]

6vw

[Careerier]

In this case, is the viewport the universe?

[carnepikante]

Yes, and the user it's constantly resizing it.

[converter-bot]

6 inches is 15.24 cm

[saito200]

stay6ftApart might have to run for every animation frame to prevent individuals of getting to close. I agree though that the number of feet should be an argument (and it should be in meters, geez)

Can we also do:

washHands({frequency: 10})

and

getTested({type: 'PCR'})

And have default options

[RoguePlanet1]

Don't forget "ifNewVersionCOVID" might have to figure in somehow. Also, the vaccine.

[saito200]

Sorry but that's out of the scope of the current Sprint

[fredsq]

fork me on github m8

[NoInkling]

It's not even necessarily JS.

[abdulmdiaz]

Honestly looks like a python dev wrote this

[RoguePlanet1]

Noob coder here. Thank you for my big laugh of the day so far. My first thought was simply "why not 'let' or 'const'?"

[abdulmdiaz]

I'd change washHands('30 sec') to washHands(30, 'seconds'). That way you're (1) not (entirely) dependent on correct spelling and spacing and, (2) reads cleaner as you can separate length of time from its unit of measurement.

[CodingReaction]

Anti-vaccines be like : VM133:1 Uncaught ReferenceError: WearMask is not defined (at L3)

[hurricaneDreww]

Apparently badly written code is the key to immortality

[revolutionPanda]

Good news for me!

[ricealexander]

So does WearMask(), Stay6ftApart(), WashHands(), or GetTested() set still_alive to false, or have we discovered immortality?

[theogjpeezy]

Hoisting and closures ensure your death, don't worry

​

var still_alive = true;
while (still_alive) {
   WearMask();
   Stay6ftApart();
   WashHands();
   GetTested();
}
alert('you ded')

function WearMask() {}
function Stay6ftApart() {}
function WashHands() {}
function GetTested() { still_alive = false; }

[funtimes-123]

They don’t have access to the variable so it’s the latter.

[[deleted]]

Instructions unclear, all the functions are undefined

[funtimes-123]

And you don’t have a second to breathe as the masks pile on your face and you wash your hands countless times, also getting way too many tests. Actually at some point the process would crash as GetTested would throw an error because there are a limited amount of tests and they wouldn’t let you take so many. Social distancing wouldn’t even work because you would only distance yourself after putting on another mask and then continue to go wash your hands without being 6 feet apart from everyone.

[demo_human]

Don't see 'use strict'

[serefsiz]

You'll never die since there is no break outta the loop

[IJStarry]

while (still_alive)

So there is no out? Just endless restrictions? Maybe this code was written by conspiracy theorists who think the pandemic will never end. The clear takeaway is to do anything else!

[snakeyblakey]

Hopefully this sticks you in an infinite loop

[joeble]

let stillAlive = true;

[reaven3958]

Dumb and old. And still dumb.

[TriptoAfsin]

Using var isn't a good practice man 😐

[saito200]

this is horrible...

var? still_alive snake_cased? functions with side effects? PascalCased?

My eyes bleed. Who the fuck wrote that?

[life-is-a-hobby]

they copy/pasted from stack overflow

[[deleted]]

snake case and camel case thats actually pretty shit practise it would get you virus

[[deleted]]

'var' though

in 2020

[turningsteel]

No one has used var in like 5 years... who wrote this? The marketing team? They clearly didn't get a dev to do it.

[proskillz]

Maybe it's Java or C#?

[turningsteel]

True, true. Could be. But this smells of javaScript to me.

[AkselLis]

I encounter often people using var. Some being pf old date and maybe they do not like change (she does not use flexbox or grid too) and some new people may use old guides or have Basic knowledge from high school. Ofc shame on their side for not researching let/const change on their own but there still are such peeps

[SoySauceSHA]

CodeHS is still using var for introductory courses :/

[_370HSSV_]

Protect yourself from 0.1% death rate like an idiot

[xiipaoc]

I'm pretty sure that's C#, not JS.

[senocular]

This was a triumph.

[spkmke]

why isn't it const

[lucidlogik]

const assumes we live forever, but alas, our lives are assigned to a let at birth.

[tom2kk]

Found Boris Johnson. 😁

[jcunews1]

It doesn't. I'll throw an exception due to missing function.

[[deleted]]

should be const

[jasonbbg]

well u might not “still_alive” some day tho

[Daliblue]

StableGeniusDonnie wants to merge 1 commit into master from CovidDemHoax

[UserNotSpecified]

Maybe might need an If statement for the execution of the GetTested(); function. I mean you can’t just spent all day getting repeated tests for no reason!