Removing RAM: A Computer's Worst Nightmare

The new tech bro just dropped: the Power Proompter. This magnificent creature spends $200/month on ChatGPT subscriptions while simultaneously dropping $2000 on an RTX4090 to run local models—because irony is dead. They're convinced that "prompt engineering" is the new computer science degree and frantically warn everyone that traditional programmers will be extinct faster than dinosaurs facing that asteroid. The best part? They guard their precious prompts like they're the nuclear launch codes while slapping "Proomt Engineer" on their LinkedIn because spelling is apparently optional in this brave new AI world.

The eternal computer science debate that makes absolutely no sense to normal humans: endianness. On the left, the logical person crying because "end" should refer to what comes last (little-endian should be MSB first). On the right, Danny Cohen smugly enjoying the chaos he created by naming it backwards - where "big end" refers to the most significant byte coming first. For the uninitiated: endianness determines how multi-byte values are stored in memory. It's like arguing whether to read a number from left-to-right or right-to-left, except we've been fighting about it since the 1980s and nobody will ever surrender.

The eternal battle between marketing and reality. Hard drive manufacturers use 1MB = 1000KB to make their products seem bigger (931GB of actual storage when you buy a "1TB" drive), while the rest of the computing world knows 1MB = 1024KB. It's like ordering a dozen donuts and getting 10 because "our definition of dozen is more convenient for our profit margins." The bell curve shows most people understand the correct definition, but marketing departments and those who believe them occupy the tails of blissful ignorance.

That moment when you realize the "Protective Boot" isn't some fancy security feature but just the plastic cap on your Ethernet cable. Spent 30 minutes googling how to configure it in Cisco IOS only to discover it's literally just keeping dust out of your connector. Network engineers with CompTIA certs sweating nervously right now.

Ah, Best Buy bringing back the Y2K38 apocalypse warnings. That sticker is telling you to shut down your computer before 03:14:07 on January 19, 2038 – when 32-bit Unix timestamps roll over and potentially brick everything running on them. Just like Y2K but with fewer panic bunkers and more GitHub issues. At this point, I'm more worried about my code from last sprint than some timestamp issue 14 years from now. Though I'm impressed anyone thinks my ThinkPad will still boot by then.

The ultimate dual-purpose code! When room temperature drops below 23.5°C, start mining Bitcoin to generate heat from your overworked CPU/GPU. Otherwise, just chill for 10 seconds before checking again. Genius solution for winter utility bills - your computer either warms your room or conserves energy while waiting for the next temperature drop. Modern problems require modern solutions that make your electricity bill skyrocket in completely different ways!