Gifts?

[2LzbRXSz]

Hey, I'm not trying to get out of buying people presents, but just out of curiosity... What is the "programmer's equivalent" to drawing someone a present for their birthday/a holiday? I always see artists drawing eachother stuff, but what about programmers? Can you really program something as a gift for someone?

I mean, I guess it's possible, but what would you even program for them? An application that works like an e-card?

Same thing can be said about anyone - what do mathematicians do when it comes to handcrafted gifts and using their skills? Biologists? Botanists must have it easy - just breed flowers for someone, right? Haha!

[giblit]

#include <iostream>

int main()
{
    std::cout << "Happy birthday, <INSERT NAME>!" << std::endl;

    return 0;
}

[2LzbRXSz]

You are a life saver.

[ultifinitus]

None of us remember birthdays, gifts are out of the question. xD

[2LzbRXSz]

Very true. I'm only good with birthdays that have a pattern to them.

[NUj6URfi]

As long as the birthday isn't on Dec 25 or Oct 31!!

[2LzbRXSz]

I know people born on holidays. I'm glad I'm not one of those people.

If it weren't for the constant pattern in my birthday, I probably would not remember my own.

[3hM2Nwbp]

Solution: keep an emergency lottery ticket in your wallet. Then you're always prepared to show that you care. Works for me.

[2LzbRXSz]

That is one of the most brilliant things I've ever heard.

Are lottery tickets dated though?

[3hM2Nwbp]

They expire 2 years from the date of purchase (in the free commonwealth of Pennsylvania, US at least).

[2LzbRXSz]

Gotcha. Thank you!

That's a simple enough gift, and it's great to get for people who you don't really know well enough to have a present in mind for.

[2LzbRXSz]

Wait, what if you give them a winning ticket.

[giblit]

Then they will be taking you out for dinner hopefully.

Oh and keep in mind depending on where you live you either have to be 18 or 21 for a lottery ticket. For example Wisconsin is 18 and Arizona (where I live) it is 21.

[2LzbRXSz]

Better be a damn good dinner...

I live in Pennsylvania, so I'm pretty sure the law is 18.

Edit: Googled it - the law is 18.

[2LzbRXSz]

I've just come up with the perfect Valentine's Day card...

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
    char userinput;
    while (true)
    {
        cout << "Will you be my Valentine? (Y/N)" << endl;
        cin >> userinput;
        cin.ignore();
        userinput = toupper(userinput);
        
        if (userinput != 'N')
        {
            break;
        }
    }

    return 0;
    
}