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can somebody confirm this pls? (lemmy.nz)

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[-] gandalf_der_13te@feddit.org 31 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

it's the easter egg operator. it assigns a random value to your variable. useful for when you need a quick source of good-enough randomness in computer games (/jk)

[-] Tja@programming.dev 12 points 1 day ago

Relevant xkcd: https://xkcd.com/221/

this post was submitted on 21 Sep 2026

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