(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 0 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

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

[–] adry@piefed.social 0 points 3 weeks ago

I know... yet,

ducks eating birdseed were, in fact, birds.

[–] zqwzzle@lemmy.ca 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

JavaScript devs learning python: is this duck typing?

[–] marcos@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Yes.

if 'is_eating_birdseed' in obj.__dir__() and obj.is_eating_birdseed:
    return 'Is duck!'

[–] chellomere@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Hmm, squirrels are weirdly shaped ducks

[–] marcos@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago

Well, temporarily.

[–] null@lemmy.nullspace.lol 0 points 3 weeks ago

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

[–] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 1 week ago

what if the duck eats the velociraptor?