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Inventors Who Missed Their Own Point
Hardware Math Programming
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Inventors Who Missed Their Own Point
Ah yes, the classic inventor's shortsightedness. Charles Babbage built the first mechanical computer but thought it was just a fancy calculator. Meanwhile, Carl Benz over there invented the automobile but probably figured it was just a horseless carriage for rich people. Both completely missed that they were fundamentally changing civilization. It's like inventing time travel and using it exclusively to make sure your coffee never gets cold. The real genius is often the second person who says "wait a minute..."

The Birth Of Open Source: A Printer's Revenge
Linux Hardware Programming Debugging
1 month ago 91.4K views 0 shares
The Birth Of Open Source: A Printer's Revenge
The entire open source revolution—GNU, Linux, Firefox—all born from the collective rage of programmers who couldn't get their printers to work. Nothing motivates innovation like the silent fury of watching a printer smugly display "PC LOAD LETTER" while holding your career hostage. Linus Torvalds probably created Git just to version control his printer troubleshooting attempts.

Older Than Fortran
Programming Algorithms Debugging
1 month ago 91.9K views 0 shares
Older Than Fortran
So that's why nothing ever changes. The Vatican's been running a while(true) loop since before computers existed. No wonder my code feels ancient - it's just following tradition. Da Vinci wasn't just painting masterpieces, he was writing the world's longest-running infinite loop in "Tuscan++". Now whenever my manager asks why my program is hanging, I'll just say it's a historical homage to 16th century programming practices.

Connecting The Past: When Ancient Runes Meet Modern Protocols
Networking Hardware
1 month ago 88.0K views 0 shares
Connecting The Past: When Ancient Runes Meet Modern Protocols
The ultimate tech origin story carved in stone! That runestone honors King Harald "Bluetooth" Gormsson, whose nickname inspired the wireless technology we all know and hate when it randomly disconnects during important calls. Fun fact: The Bluetooth symbol () is actually a combination of Harald's initials in Nordic runes (ᚼ and ᛒ). Ericsson putting this at their entrance is like the ancient equivalent of a company flexing their heritage in the most literal way possible. Next up: A stone tablet commemorating the inventor of Wi-Fi, conveniently placed where the signal doesn't reach.

In Honor Of Our Coding Godfather
Programming Security Algorithms Math
2 months ago 137.5K views 0 shares
In Honor Of Our Coding Godfather
Churchill gets up thinking he's being honored, but nope—it's Alan Turing, the OG computer scientist who cracked the Enigma code while Churchill was just drinking tea and making speeches. The speaker's savage "sit down" moment perfectly captures how programmers feel when managers try to take credit for our work. Turing literally invented modern computing while being criminally underappreciated. Next time your PM says "we built this feature," remember this meme and silently seethe.

Important Historical Events
C++ Programming
2 months ago 92.8K views 0 shares
Important Historical Events
OH MY GOD THIS IS GOLD! 😂 The meme puts the invention of the wheel and fire—you know, just the LITERAL FOUNDATIONS OF HUMAN CIVILIZATION —on the same timeline as the US government supposedly declaring C and C++ as "bad programming languages." The absolute AUDACITY to suggest that some bureaucratic programming language opinion is comparable to discovering FIRE! This is peak programmer persecution complex energy! As if C/C++ developers are being hunted like witches in Salem! Meanwhile, these languages still power everything from operating systems to rockets while programmers argue about semicolons on Twitter!