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What Should I Do Now

2 hours ago 25.6K views 0 shares

Guy's surname is "Wu" and some form system decided that two characters just isn't enough for a last name. Because clearly, every database architect in history assumed all humans follow the same naming conventions. The validation rule says minimum 3 characters, and Wu says "I exist." Meta's official account responding with "wuhoooo!" is either peak corporate humor or someone in their social media team is having way too much fun. Fun fact: This is a classic example of Falsehoods Programmers Believe About Names . Names can be one character, they can have no last name, they can be symbols, they can change daily. Your regex won't save you.

When She Asks The Price Of The Ram

Hardware Gamedev

2 hours ago 30.0K views 0 shares

You know you've made questionable financial decisions when you're physically defending your RAM purchase like it's a championship belt. DDR5 prices have turned us all into defensive boxers, ready to throw hands when someone questions why we spent the equivalent of a used car payment on memory sticks. The panic in his eyes? That's the universal expression of every PC builder who's ever had to explain to a non-technical person why 64GB of DDR5 costs more than their monthly rent. "It was on sale" becomes your mantra, even though the sale price still required taking out a small loan.

Why Tf Do You Need A Prompt For That

AI Webdev Programming Frontend

3 hours ago 34.8K views 0 shares

So you're telling me you need an AI agent running Claude 4.5 Sonnet on MAX mode to change padding from p-4 to p-8? Brother, that's literally pressing backspace once and typing an 8. You're using a nuclear reactor to toast bread. The "CODING 00" skill meter perfectly captures the energy here. It's like asking a surgeon to help you put on a band-aid. Sure, these AI coding assistants are powerful for complex refactoring and architecture decisions, but using them for trivial CSS changes is peak "I forgot how to use my keyboard" behavior. Next thing you know, people will be prompting AI to add semicolons. Just... just use Ctrl+F at this point.

Finally Got Sick Of Linux (Arch Btw) Bloatware And Got Ram Usage Down To 1 Mb

Linux Hardware Microsoft Windows

4 hours ago 51.3K views 0 shares

Finally Got Sick Of Linux (Arch Btw) Bloatware And Got Ram Usage Down To 1 Mb

Oh honey, someone just discovered MS-DOS and thinks they've achieved ENLIGHTENMENT. They stripped down their system so hard they went back to 1985! Because nothing says "I'm a power user" quite like running an operating system that predates the internet as we know it. The beautiful irony? They're flexing about escaping Linux "bloatware" by literally using an OS that can't even multitask properly. My dude has 64GB of RAM and is using 2MB of it like it's some kind of achievement. That's like buying a Ferrari and being proud you only use first gear. Also, the "(Arch btw)" in the title is *chef's kiss* – because even when abandoning Arch for DOS, they STILL have to mention they used Arch. It's not a lifestyle choice, it's a personality disorder at this point.

Sabrina Carpenter

Linux Devops Bash Programming Debugging

6 hours ago 70.2K views 1 shares

You know those ominous comments in config files that say "DO NOT MODIFY BELOW THIS LINE" or "TOUCH THIS AND YOU'RE FIRED"? Yeah, Linux treats those the same way Sabrina Carpenter treats paparazzi—complete and utter disregard. You can scream warnings all you want, but when push comes to shove, that config file is getting modified at 2 AM because something broke and StackOverflow said to change it. The Tux penguin just sits there with that smug expression, knowing full well it's about to watch you destroy your entire system configuration while ignoring every single warning comment left by the previous sysadmin who quit three years ago. Pro tip: those warnings exist because someone before you learned the hard way. But you'll ignore them too, because we all do.

Same Thing

Math Algorithms Programming

7 hours ago 80.8K views 0 shares

The classic "they're the same picture" energy, but make it career anxiety. Society loves to pretend Math and Computer Science are two distinct paths leading to different destinations, but spoiler alert: they both funnel straight into the unemployment arrow. The goat standing there judging your "free choice" is basically every CS grad who thought they'd escape differential equations by learning to code, only to realize their degree is just applied math with RGB lighting. Plot twist: neither degree guarantees a job, but at least with CS you get to be unemployed while knowing how to center a div.

Nice Achievement Btw

Programming

7 hours ago 84.4K views 0 shares

When your LinkedIn profile is so barren you're out here listing campus tours as education credentials. "Stanford University - 45 minute campus tour (Was not accepted)" is the professional equivalent of putting "I know a guy who knows Python" on your resume. The brutal honesty is actually respectable though - most people would just leave it vague or conveniently forget to mention the rejection part. But nah, this person went full transparency mode: "Yes, I was there. No, they didn't want me. Still counts, right?" It's like adding "Visited Google headquarters cafeteria" under work experience. The fact they even bothered to include the year makes it even funnier - like they're documenting their rejection for posterity. At least they got 10 experiences to show off, which is 10 more than my GitHub contributions this month.

Well Well

Linux Devops Microsoft Windows

8 hours ago 89.2K views 0 shares

Linux users when someone wants to uninstall a browser: *nuclear meltdown initiated*. Linux users when someone casually mentions nuking the bootloader: "yeah sure, go for it buddy." The duality of Linux support is genuinely hilarious. Uninstall Edge? The system treats you like you're about to delete system32. But messing with GRUB, the literal gatekeeper between your hardware and OS? Linux just shrugs with a penguin emoji. Fun fact: The bootloader is actually way more critical than Edge could ever dream of being. Without it, your computer is basically an expensive paperweight. But hey, at least you won't have to deal with Microsoft's browser anymore, right?

Programmers Problems

Frontend Webdev Javascript Programming Debugging

8 hours ago 94.9K views 0 shares

The eternal struggle between American and British English strikes again. You're knee-deep in code, everything's working perfectly, then you spend 2 hours debugging why your CSS isn't applying... only to realize you used "color" in your JavaScript but "colour" in your stylesheet. Or vice versa. The best part? Both spellings look equally correct to your tired brain, so you just sit there questioning your entire existence and career choices. Some say the real enemy isn't semicolons or merge conflicts—it's the Atlantic Ocean and its spelling conventions.

Finally Got Sick Of Windows 11 Bloatware And Got Ram Usage Down To 2.5 GiB...

Linux Hardware Bash Microsoft Windows

9 hours ago 99.7K views 0 shares

Finally Got Sick Of Windows 11 Bloatware And Got Ram Usage Down To 2.5 GiB...

So you got tired of Windows eating 8GB of RAM just to show you ads in the Start menu and switched to Linux. Now you're flexing that sweet 2.5GB RAM usage with Arch btw (yes, they run Arch, of course they do). The real plot twist? They've got an RTX 3080 and a Ryzen 9 5900X with 32GB of RAM. Dude could run a small datacenter but is celebrating saving 5GB like they just discovered fire. Classic Linux convert energy—spending three days configuring everything to save resources they weren't even running out of. But hey, at least neofetch looks pretty and you can finally see your anime wallpaper without Microsoft Edge randomly launching itself.

The 'Perfect Date' No One Expected

Programming Databases Backend

10 hours ago 112.4K views 0 shares

Someone asks about romance and gets a LECTURE on date formatting instead. Because nothing says "I'm emotionally available" quite like having strong opinions about DD/MM/YYYY versus MM/DD/YYYY versus YYYY-MM-DD. The real plot twist? They're not wrong though. Other formats ARE confusing, especially when Americans write 03/04/2024 and the rest of the world has to play a fun guessing game of "is that March 4th or April 3rd?" DD/MM/YYYY eliminates the chaos and brings order to the universe. Who needs candlelit dinners when you can have properly structured temporal data? Romance is dead, long live ISO standards!

Microsoft Certified Html Professional

Webdev AI Microsoft Frontend

12 hours ago 137.8K views 0 shares

The classic interrogation format where someone keeps inflating their job title until they're forced to admit they just make webpages. Starting with "I use AI to write code" (very impressive, very 2024), escalating to "I develop enterprise applications" (now we're talking six figures), and finally landing on the truth: "I make webpages." It's the tech industry equivalent of saying you're a "culinary artist" when you microwave Hot Pockets. Nothing wrong with making webpages—someone's gotta do it—but let's not pretend your landing page for Karen's yoga studio is the next AWS. The "Microsoft Certified HTML Professional" title is the cherry on top. HTML isn't even a programming language, and Microsoft definitely doesn't certify you in it. But hey, put it on LinkedIn anyway. Nobody checks.

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