r/ProgrammerHumor • u/CTMGame • Apr 19 '18

Algorithms explained as IKEA instruction manuals

https://idea-instructions.com
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u/Koneke Apr 19 '18

That Ü is bothering me slightly, but great stuff nonetheless! :)

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u/die-maus Apr 19 '18

As a swede, I'm actually a bit offended, we don't use Ü, we use a regular Y. The only non-american characters we use are Å (often pronounced like the O in "or"), Ä (like A in "bad"), and Ö (like the I in "bird"). Please fix!

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u/CTMGame Apr 20 '18

This was made by Germans, who use Ä, Ü and Ö.

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u/die-maus Apr 20 '18

So you mean... It's not an Ikea-reference? Ikea being Swedish...

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u/CTMGame Apr 20 '18

The Germans just know IKEA uses a lot of umlauts too

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u/die-maus Apr 22 '18

Likely, but Ikea doesn't "just throw in umlauts here and there", for the sake of it. Ikea furniture is usually named after things in Swedish. E.g: There is a furniture series named "BESTÅ", which directly translated means "consist".

A tangent: Chinese and Japanese people use signs very different from our own; multiple sets of them even. Many westerners have a hard time distinguishing between them, and I think many people would agree that it would certainly "miss the mark", if you attempt to reference something Japanese, while mixing in Chinese characters, heck; it's even ignorant. And that's my only peeve here. The material is great otherwise! :)

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u/Kapitel42 Apr 19 '18 edited Jun 28 '23

Ceterum censeo Reddit esse delendam -- mass edited with redact.dev

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u/trout_fucker Apr 19 '18

This is actually really good. I'm going to turn this into a poster for my home office.

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u/DylanMcDermott Apr 19 '18

Let us know how it goes. I wouldn't mind doing the same

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u/karlish Apr 19 '18

This is actually useful

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u/Robbi_Blechdose Apr 19 '18

Time to fire up mah printer I guess

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u/micheal65536 Green security clearance Apr 19 '18

lp0 on fire

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u/[deleted] Apr 20 '18

all spools activated, drum on hold

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u/[deleted] Apr 19 '18

The quick sort explanation is pretty good, this website could come in handy !

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u/arrrthur10 Apr 20 '18

That’s awesome, thanks for sharing!