I'd tell you a UDP joke…
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10 hours ago
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| codepuns.com
| HN
LeoPanthera
8 hours ago
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"Hi, I'd like to hear a TCP joke."

"Hello, would you like to hear a TCP joke?"

"Yes, I'd like to hear a TCP joke."

"OK, I'll tell you a TCP joke."

"Ok, I will hear a TCP joke."

"Are you ready to hear a TCP joke?"

"Yes, I am ready to hear a TCP joke."

"Ok, I am about to send the TCP joke. It will last 10 seconds, it has two characters, it does not have a setting, it ends with a punchline."

"Ok, I am ready to get your TCP joke that will last 10 seconds, has two characters, does not have an explicit setting, and ends with a punchline."

"I'm sorry, your connection has timed out. Hello, would you like to hear a TCP joke?"

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Izmaki
6 hours ago
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This one is the only one among the 10+ I browsed through on the website and read in the comments that actually made me laugh. Good one! Thanks for sharing. :)
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dmurray
8 hours ago
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I was asked in an interview to explain the difference between TCP and UDP.

I knew about enough to fill an index card: enough for an adequate interview answer, but not enough that I would relish getting follow-up questions.

While deciding what to say I started with this joke. The interviewer laughed and moved on to the next question. I got the job offer.

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ericcumbee
5 hours ago
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An SQL Query walks into a bar and sees two table....he says "Mind if I join you?"
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bigstrat2003
6 hours ago
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I can tell you a DNS joke, but be aware that it might take 8 hours for everyone to get it.
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cylemons
2 hours ago
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DNS is slow? or you mean domain updates
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w-ll
1 hour ago
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I've updated the joke, refresh on your end.
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divbzero
9 hours ago
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Or alternatively:

> I would UDP joke tell you a… but you get it might not.

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Neywiny
8 hours ago
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Or alternatively:

> I would UDP joke tell you a… but you get it might not.

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kuekacang
6 hours ago
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> A UDP joke I would tell you... but you might get it not
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spiffytech
5 hours ago
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I used this during a "geeky jokes" icebreaker at work. No one got the joke so I just sounded condescending. Lesson learned.
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Zobat
52 minutes ago
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There's two hard problems in programming. Naming things, cache invalidation and off by one errors.
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blorenz
9 hours ago
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This was out of order.
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redmattred
9 hours ago
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Well played
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travisd
9 hours ago
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packets udp bar walk a into
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kachapopopow
3 hours ago
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ok this might sound crazy, but at first I completely missed the joke because it automatically rearranged the entire sentance into udp packets walked into a bar. I wonder how that works psychologically.
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lostlogin
2 hours ago
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> I completely missed the joke because it automatically rearranged the entire sentance into udp packets walked into a bar.

Same here.

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bitwize
1 hour ago
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2 FORTH PROGRAMMERS BAR INTO WALK
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memset
9 hours ago
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wizzwizz4
9 hours ago
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Bruce Schneier Facts: https://www.schneierfacts.com/
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senthil_rajasek
9 hours ago
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Here is an ICMP joke,

- Knock Knock

- Who's there?

- Thank you

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redmattred
9 hours ago
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If you want to hear a great ICMP joke just ping me
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burnt-resistor
9 hours ago
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Failed to shout it loud enough to make an echo. It TTL'ed 3 hops away.
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CPLX
8 hours ago
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I'd share my joke about HTTP here, but it makes me feel insecure.
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layer8
4 hours ago
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200 OK
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lsc4719
8 hours ago
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Mix it with TLS joke
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omoikane
5 hours ago
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This looks like a tumblr site, which means you can get all the content on one page instead of having to page through them one at a time:

https://www.codepuns.com/archive

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charcircuit
7 hours ago
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You can't guarantee delivery of any message. This is the basis of the 2 generals problem.
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mlhpdx
9 hours ago
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There are two kinds of people when it comes to UDP.
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lucb1e
7 hours ago
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Which are those?

Btw, it reminds me of "10 kinds of people, those who understand binary and those who don't"

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fragmede
2 hours ago
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There are 11 kinds of people that understand binary. Those that understand binary, those that don't understand binary, and those that understand grey code.
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d34th0rl1f3
5 hours ago
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those who get it, and ...
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Polizeiposaune
9 hours ago
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IP UDP we all P for TCP
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DonHopkins
1 hour ago
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IBM, UBM, we all BM for IBM!
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blacklion
9 hours ago
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There was list of such jokes for 40+ protocols, past and present, but I cannot find it anymore, only small part on different blogs and forums :(
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zamadatix
9 hours ago
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This may not be the exact one you were thinking of but very similar kind of collection: https://attrition.org/misc/ee/protolol.txt
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kmoser
3 hours ago
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What did one broke programmer say to the other?

"Hey, buddy, can you paradigm?"

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irishcoffee
9 hours ago
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I think I prefer the punchline “I don’t expect you to get it, and it’s not a big deal if you don’t, happens to everyone”
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burnt-resistor
9 hours ago
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Put a cork in it.
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damnitbuilds
9 hours ago
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Gibbon1
9 hours ago
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ght get it liYou mike this though
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MarkusWandel
9 hours ago
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"get not you might it but"
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