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Don't Be Evil They Said

Algorithms AI Webdev Security Programming

2 months ago 137.9K views 0 shares

Don't Be Evil They Said

Remember when search engines actually searched instead of showing you 47 ads, 12 shopping suggestions, and 3 AI-generated blog posts before your actual results? The irony of "technological improvements" is that they've optimized for everything except what users want. Modern search algorithms have reached peak efficiency—at selling you stuff you didn't ask for. It's like asking your GPS for directions and getting a 2-minute unskippable lecture about nearby restaurants before it tells you to turn right. The "Don't Be Evil" mantra aged about as well as Internet Explorer 6 running on Windows ME.

When They Thought That Servers And Terminals Are Outdated

Microsoft Networking Programming Backend Cloud

3 months ago 135.3K views 0 shares

When They Thought That Servers And Terminals Are Outdated

Remember when Microsoft thought servers would die? Fast forward to today where we're all just renting someone else's server and calling it "the cloud." The internet train absolutely demolished that 1980s prediction—now we've got data centers the size of small countries and everyone's obsessed with serverless computing... which ironically runs on even MORE servers. The circle of tech life: everything old becomes new again, just with a fancier marketing budget.