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Re:Jokes and Humour in the Public Android API by tetromino_ on Monday June 16, 2025 @11:21AM (#44290457)
My favorite funny function in the Android source is android.os.Handler.runWithScissors() [1] - but (unfortunately) it is not part of the public API.

[1] https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/...

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Re:Jokes and Humour in the Public Android API by ROllerozxa on Monday June 16, 2025 @11:32AM (#44290556)
> @hide This method is prone to abuse and should probably not be in the API. If we ever do make it part of the API, we might want to rename it to something less funny like runUnsafe().

:D

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Re:Jokes and Humour in the Public Android API by Sohcahtoa82 on Monday June 16, 2025 @01:57PM (#44291793)
I was looking for this in TFA. Sad it wasn't included, as it's one of my favorites.
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Re:Jokes and Humour in the Public Android API by ycombinatrix on Tuesday June 17, 2025 @03:28AM (#44296541)
Why would this be in a Disney Star Wars movie?
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Re:Jokes and Humour in the Public Android API by felurx on Wednesday June 18, 2025 @12:33PM (#44311300)
TFA = The Friendly Article (or with the other word that begins with f)

It's used as a shorthand for "the article we're talking about"

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