It is a fictional visualization of a real thing where complex systems often have functionality that fails if something isn't included even if it isn't used.
For example, if a game had a process for verifying the game assets were not altered by the user then removing those assets could break the check due to them not existing instead of just being altered if it wasn't written to handle the absence of the asset.
Fake but plausible and conveys the intended message to non-technical people.
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sleepydragn1@lemmy.world · 61 pts · 347d
Not that this really matters since this is a shitpost, but this is misinformation. Completely harmless misinformation, but still incorrect.
The coconut image does exist but it's not a JPG (it's a VTF), the game doesn't crash if you remove it, and the dev comment isn't real.
Stamets@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 32 pts · 347d
I have found one without faith. The heathen amongst us. Get them
Thatuserguy@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 347d
Put him in the coconut, boys
And009@lemmynsfw.com · 2 pts · 347d
The cumconut
Coldcell@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 347d
Shun. Shuuuunnn.
dalekcaan@feddit.nl · 18 pts · 347d
Transgirl Source Engine λ would never lie to me!
snooggums@piefed.world · 5 pts · 347d
It is a fictional visualization of a real thing where complex systems often have functionality that fails if something isn't included even if it isn't used.
For example, if a game had a process for verifying the game assets were not altered by the user then removing those assets could break the check due to them not existing instead of just being altered if it wasn't written to handle the absence of the asset.
Fake but plausible and conveys the intended message to non-technical people.
Mac@mander.xyz · 1 pts · 342d
Damn, if only this real thing you speak of had a single example that isn't total bullshit.
CaptDust@sh.itjust.works · 27 pts · 348d
Dev must have been new, that's your standard load bearing coconut. Pretty common for source engine games.
Addv4@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 347d
Can't hear the clopping? Then someone deleted the coconut. Pretty nice for debugging.
Ceruleum@lemmy.wtf · 8 pts · 347d
For debugging I use a swallow.
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 7 pts · 347d
African or European?
moody@lemmings.world · 4 pts · 347d
Not that kind of swallow
Cypher@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 348d
Rhaedas@fedia.io · 10 pts · 347d
Neat reveal of the magic trick. Makes sense and pretty simple, but sometimes it's the simple things right in front of us that are the hardest to see.
BeanGoblin@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 13 pts · 347d
In case anyone was wondering, this was tested and is Not true