Quest starts at:May 01, 2023 at 12:00 UTC
Quest ends at:Apr 30, 2024 at 11:59 UTC

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Esteemed Monk kcott has recently proposed an excellent idea.

heretoforthwithstanding, we invite all monks to submit ideas for new monk quips!

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Re: Monk Quips Quest
by kcott (Archbishop) on May 01, 2023 at 18:12 UTC
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Re: Monk Quips Quest
by Discipulus (Canon) on May 03, 2023 at 10:01 UTC
    Thanks for this erzuuli and kcott,

    I'd like to see the current list of quips, just to grab the average sense and usage: I collected Monkbar quips once, but I can find it only obfuscated now.

    I'd add also some famous sentences from some respected ones.

    XP Nodelet

    You gained X XP and the price of gas rises 50% in Amsterdam
    Wonder what to do with your XP? Ask cavac
    You gained X XP. Sure to deserve them?
    XP is just a number. Is sainthood just a string?
    You loose X XP points: dont worry! But clean the kitchen please

    Chatterbox

    (when no monks are) NodeReaper: Better alone than in bad company
    (when no monks are) NodeReaper wrote a love letter and no one is here to lick the stamp
    NodeReaper goes to the kitchen to cook Cailles en Sarcophage
    NodeReaper invites you to see their collection of Acherontia Atropos
    NodeReaper says: sure we can drink togheter! But then you rag to dry..
    NodeReaper books his vacation at Overlook Hotel
    NodeReaper sings La Llorona too loudly in the corridors
    NodeReaper watches The Day of the Dead surrounded by chewed popcorn
    NodeReaper is having nap time in room 237
    NodeReaper never closes their eyes. You are warned.
    NodeReaper waters their marigolds
    NodeReaper sets room 237 JAPH as screensaver
    NodeReaper reads Spoon River Anthology sipping a Bloody Mary

    Monkbar

    Try out the Perlmonks wine: Test! Test!! Test!!! (if missing the joke.. see it)
    Test! Test!! Test!!!
    Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code. So, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it. (shortened a bit)
    Optimising for fewest key strokes only makes sense transmitting to Pluto or beyond (Grandfather's signature)
    First ask yourself `How would I do this without a computer?' Then have the computer do it the same way. (kennethk's signature)
    Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will be a violent psychopath who knows where you live.
    Progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things
    So now I don't tell people the NSA uses Perl. I merely tell people the NSA thinks everyone uses Perl. They should know, after all. (Larry Wall)
    Code, tests, documetation: choose your order.
    Newer perls are faster. Really.
    Vocatus atque non vocatus deus aderit
    If you visit Roma you can drink some decent wine with Discipulus
    Use the Source Luke!
    All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy
    Respect all nuns and monks: there are humans behind nicknames
    Respect mammals: we are all core::DATA
    74.65.80.72 should be assigned to Larry! Sign the petition! (see why :))
    A clever module with poor documentation is a poor module
    Programming is a matter of interfaces
    Perl is dead as NodeReaper is fat
    Perl is dying since decades, dont you too?
    Reinvent the wheel
    The purpose of a language is not to help you learn the language, but to help you learn other things by using the language - Larry Wall (from fishy's homenode)

    L*

    There are no rules, there are no thumbs..
    Reinvent the wheel, then learn The Wheel; may be one day you reinvent one of THE WHEELS.
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      I'd like to see the current list of quips, just to grab the average sense and usage

      I think it would be better to work in vacuo; don't be biased by prior art.
      If you suggest something which is "good" but "too similar to an existing entry", we can tweak it as we go.

      Today's latest and greatest software contains tomorrow's zero day exploits.
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      Reinventing the wheel

      Oh yeah, we had a nice thread about that topic over a decade ago (oh man, i'm getting old): Reinventing the wheel

      And even though this discussion was started by a much younger, dumber version of myself, i'm still happy about the decision to write my own webserver. As a matter of fact, i'm working on a commercial product right now that uses a (much improved, changed and reimagined/reinvented) version of that old project of mine as a basis.

      PerlMonks XP is useless? Not anymore: XPD - Do more with your PerlMonks XP
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Re: Monk Quips Quest
by marto (Cardinal) on May 02, 2023 at 19:48 UTC
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        I get this from my kids on a regular basis, I was not expecting this here :P Well played sir.

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        Rick Astley once said, "I'll lend you my copy of Snow White, but I'm never gonna give you Up!" :-)

        "It's not how hard you work, it's how much you get done."

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Re: Monk Quips Quest
by atcroft (Abbot) on May 04, 2023 at 01:32 UTC

    Chatterbox

    And the duck waits patiently in the confessional.

    Monkbar

    Problem? Explain it to the duck first.

    (Both referring to Rubber duck debugging.)

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Re: Monk Quips Quest
by Happy-the-monk (Canon) on May 01, 2023 at 12:00 UTC

    Sometimes a one-liner is just a one-liner (paraphrasing Freud)

    Code repository Sweet code repository
    ...or...
    A monk's code repository is their castle.
    ...or...
    Mon(k) repos.

    For all the monks in the world.

    And a later addition (edit):

    A patch every day keeps the upgrade at bay.

    Cheers, Sören

    Créateur des bugs mobiles - let loose once, run everywhere.
    (hooked on the Perl Programming language)

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Re: Monk Quips Quest
by kcott (Archbishop) on May 02, 2023 at 16:49 UTC

    Here's another:

    Monkbar
    Neurotic monks build monasteries in the air; psychotic monks live in them.

    — Ken

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Re: Monk Quips Quest
by cavac (Prior) on Jun 14, 2023 at 14:13 UTC

    Suggestions for the XP Nodelet:

    • X XP have been reverse-deducted from your account.
    • Internal server error: X XP added to your account.
    • Your posts haven been accidently shown to other monks and they handed you X XP.
    • Congratulations! You won X XP!
    • Prince Kufu of Nigeria sends you X XP.
    • You gained X XP. We are so, so sorry!

    Chatterbox:

    • All our monks are currently busy. Please leave a message after the beep.
    • ELIZA: Tell me more.
    • Hello, i'm MonkGPT. How can i help you?
    • Type any Perl related question below.
    • TRIGGER WARNING: There is a non-zero chance that your question will be answered!
    • No one is currently talking. Start a conversation and win fabulous prizes (Knowledge, Enlightenment, Deep Insight, ...)

    Monkbar:

    • There are no dumb questions, only badly formatted ones.
    • The place were we DON'T do your homework.
    • The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.
    • Bad questions will yield decent answers. Good questions will yield fabulous answers. Mind-bendingly complicated problems will wake up the other 95% of monks.
    • You wont get answers unless you ask questions.
    • I love the smell of knowledge in the morning.

    PerlMonks XP is useless? Not anymore: XPD - Do more with your PerlMonks XP
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Re: Monk Quips Quest
by hippo (Archbishop) on Sep 07, 2023 at 11:15 UTC
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      Thank you!
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Re: Monk Quips Quest
by Bod (Parson) on Jun 14, 2023 at 22:20 UTC

    Here's one for the Monk Bar...

    With Perl as your companion, you traverse the landscape of algorithms, discovering the hidden gems of efficiency and elegance along the way.

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