The Great GPU Price Mirage

The beauty of Linux in one rusty nutshell! While Windows users need a gaming rig with RGB lighting and liquid cooling just to run Chrome, Linux enthusiasts are out here running server clusters on hardware that survived the Chernobyl disaster. That's not a PC case—that's what we call "character." The best part? This bad boy probably still boots faster than Windows Update. If it can conduct electricity and you can compile a kernel on it, congratulations—you've exceeded the minimum requirements!

When your microcontroller doesn't explode but you're still suspicious... That's embedded systems for you! These brave souls are out here writing code where a single misplaced bit can turn your smart toaster into a small fire hazard. The constant fear of setting a power pin high when it should be low is the embedded programmer's version of Russian roulette. No smoke today? That's not reassurance—that's just the calm before the electrical storm. The hardware isn't working? Good. The hardware is working? Suspicious .

Ah yes, the "Never Obsolete" computer with a blazing fast 566MHz processor and a whopping 64MB of RAM. Currently being used as a $2000 paperweight or a museum exhibit of technological hubris. That 56k modem is probably still faster than some hotel WiFi though. The real irony is that the sticker outlasted the computer's relevance by approximately 23 years and 364 days.

Ah, the evolution of game development—from heroic optimization wizards to corporate dumpster fires. Remember when devs were literal coding gods who could fit entire games in kilobytes and make them run on a potato? Now we've got these "Triple A" clowns shipping 50GB broken messes, requiring NASA computers, and forcing you to be online just to play a single-player game. The best part is the "optimization" advice. "Just buy a better PC, bro" is the game dev equivalent of "have you tried turning it off and on again?" except it costs you $2000. And let's not even address whatever the hell is happening with that breast milk situation. Modern gaming, everyone! 👏

Revenge is a dish best served with administrative privileges. The IT guy didn't need to throw a punch - just removed the "i" key from the keyboard. Perfect digital karma! Next time someone messes with IT support, remember they control the literal keys to your productivity. And yes, technically that IS a white "i" that's missing, proving IT folks are both punny and petty in the most brilliant way possible.

When you've been writing high-level code for months and suddenly Assembly language walks by with all those sexy direct hardware instructions. Meanwhile, C just stands there watching you betray your programming principles for a chance to manipulate memory addresses directly. Sure, you'll regret it when you're debugging segmentation faults at 2AM, but for now... that bare metal performance is just too tempting.