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Why Yes, I Do Communicate Via Esoteric Languages Incomprehensible To The Average Person, Why Do You Ask?
Hardware Debugging
3 days ago 40.8M views 0 shares
Why Yes, I Do Communicate Via Esoteric Languages Incomprehensible To The Average Person, Why Do You Ask?
When you tell your non-tech friends you're an electrical engineer and they think it sounds cool, but really you're just out here drawing sigils and summoning computational entities into silicon wafers. The resemblance between circuit board layouts and ancient demon summoning seals is... uncomfortably accurate. Both involve cryptic symbols nobody understands, both require precise geometric patterns or everything explodes, and both make you question your life choices at 2 AM when nothing works. The only difference is one gets you a 401k and the other gets you burned at the stake. Sometimes the 401k feels like the worse deal tbh. Honestly, trying to explain to your parents what you do for a living when you design microchips is basically the same as saying "I bind ethereal forces into crystalline structures using arcane knowledge." They'll understand about as much either way.

Guess We All Know Why
Webdev Frontend Hardware
1 month ago 118.0M views 3 shares
Guess We All Know Why
Technology has given us computers the size of microchips that can fit in your pocket and run complex AI models. But can it make an unsubscribe button that's visible to the human eye? Absolutely not. That would be too convenient. UI designers out here making buttons smaller than a grain of rice while simultaneously making cookie consent banners take up your entire screen. The priorities are crystal clear: make it easy to subscribe, make it microscopic to leave. It's not a bug, it's a feature of late-stage capitalism. Meanwhile, that tiny chip in the middle has more computing power than the Apollo missions, but sure, let's use it to make unsubscribe buttons require a magnifying glass and three confirmation emails.