Programmer Humor

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Welcome to Programmer Humor!

This is a place where you can post jokes, memes, humor, etc. related to programming!

For sharing awful code theres also Programming Horror.

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submitted 1 day ago by QuantumEraser@fedia.io to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] spankysalmon@fedinsfw.app 6 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

But what is em?

[–] moriquende@lemmy.world 3 points 14 hours ago

Em means the letter M. That's what it's called. Historically, M in a font was equally as wide as it was tall, so it's used to refer to the font size.

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 9 points 22 hours ago