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[-] adry@piefed.social 10 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

(Can I patronize? should be funny to point out that) ackshually, ducks are birds regardless of what they're eating. Like, at all times. Same happens with Penguins, Ostrich, and... Mmm.. other birds! gotcha!! Can't say the same with Velociraptors :P

[-] Schmuppes@lemmy.today 25 points 6 days ago

Nobody said that the act of eating birdseed was the thing that makes the ducks birds.

[-] zqwzzle@lemmy.ca 19 points 6 days ago

JavaScript devs learning python: is this duck typing?

[-] marcos@lemmy.world 13 points 6 days ago

Yes.

if 'is_eating_birdseed' in obj.__dir__() and obj.is_eating_birdseed:
    return 'Is duck!'
[-] chellomere@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Hmm, squirrels are weirdly shaped ducks

[-] marcos@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

Well, temporarily.

[-] adry@piefed.social 5 points 6 days ago

I know... yet,

ducks eating birdseed were, in fact, birds.

[-] null@lemmy.nullspace.lol 2 points 6 days ago

Yeah but nobody also didn't explicitly not say it.

[-] BlackVenom@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

Thank God, right?

[-] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 4 points 6 days ago

Technically ducks and velociraptors are both dinosaurs, regardless of what they eat.

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