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All You Get In Return Are White Shortcuts And Utter Disappointment!
Windows Gamedev Programming
2 days ago 60.3K views 0 shares
All You Get In Return Are White Shortcuts And Utter Disappointment!
The digital equivalent of stealing a car only to realize you've just taken the keys. Copying a game shortcut is the peak of childhood tech optimism, followed swiftly by the crushing reality that shortcuts are just pointers, not the actual files. It's like trying to drink coffee from a photo of a mug. The blank stare of disappointment when you double-click that white icon at home is a rite of passage that's created more future IT professionals than any computer science degree.

Hacking Then vs. Now: The Devolution Of Skill
Security Networking Programming Linux
4 days ago 54.3K views 0 shares
Hacking Then vs. Now: The Devolution Of Skill
Remember when hackers had to actually know things ? The big brain hacker of yesteryear reverse engineered binaries, wrote zines with 0day exploits, and gained root access just for the intellectual thrill. Fast forward to today, and we've got script kiddies drooling over their keyboards while Metasploit does all the work with a single command. For the uninitiated, Metasploit is basically the "I'm a hacker" starter pack that automates exploits so anyone can feel like Mr. Robot without understanding what's happening under the hood. It's like comparing someone who builds a car from scratch to someone who thinks they're a mechanic because they can turn the key. The future of hacking? Probably just asking ChatGPT to "do a hack please" while eating Cheetos.

DOM And JQuery: The Cat And Mouse Game
Javascript Webdev Programming Frontend
7 days ago 61.1K views 0 shares
DOM And JQuery: The Cat And Mouse Game
Remember when we used to manipulate the DOM with jQuery like it was some kind of magical superpower? Those were the days... Tom (vanilla JavaScript) chasing Jerry (jQuery) around the codebase, trying to catch that sweet syntax sugar that made everything so much easier. Now we've got React, Vue, and Angular while jQuery sits in the corner collecting dust like that USB stick with your first website. Pour one out for the library that saved us from IE6 compatibility nightmares and made us feel like wizards for writing $('#myElement').fadeIn() instead of 17 lines of vanilla JS.

Hypnotic Digital Blobs Of The Past
Windows Microsoft
13 days ago 66.6K views 0 shares
Hypnotic Digital Blobs Of The Past
Nobody asked for it, yet there we all were, staring at those hypnotic blobs and waves in Windows Media Player like they were revealing the secrets of the universe. The perfect entertainment for a dial-up internet era when downloading a single MP3 took longer than cooking a Thanksgiving dinner. Those visualizations were basically screensavers with a soundtrack, but damn if they weren't the pinnacle of digital entertainment in 2003. Kids today with their Spotify will never understand the deep connection between music appreciation and abstract digital blob-watching.

You're A Computer Harry
Windows Hardware Microsoft Programming
14 days ago 70.9K views 0 shares
You're A Computer Harry
The unholy alliance of tech and fantasy nobody asked for. Some genius turned the HP logo into "Harry Potter" and the Windows logo into Hogwarts houses. Then Hagrid delivers the punchline that's been hiding in plain sight for 20+ years of Windows vs Mac debates. Just picture the alternate universe where instead of blue screens of death, you get "Expecto BSODum!" and your computer troubleshooting involves waving a USB stick like a wand.

Scroll Down Memory Lane: The Evolution Of UI Despair
Frontend Webdev Programming
14 days ago 102.2K views 0 shares
Scroll Down Memory Lane: The Evolution Of UI Despair
Forget personality tests based on birth months—real web developers judge you by which scrollbar you grew up coding with. That 1998 slider hits different—perfect balance of chunky usability and early web aesthetics. Meanwhile, 2012's barely-there minimalist approach is basically a UI designer whispering "figure it out yourself." Each era represents a distinct chapter in the book of "Things Users Hate But Designers Keep Changing Anyway." I've implemented all six, and let me tell you, nothing triggers more heated Slack arguments than scrollbar design. The evolution from functional to invisible perfectly mirrors my career trajectory from "helpful developer" to "dead inside but with better CSS skills."

Confession Of A Teams Developer
Microsoft Windows Programming Frontend
29 days ago 91.6K views 0 shares
Confession Of A Teams Developer
The absolute rage when someone proudly announces they work on Microsoft Teams! For context, Teams is notorious for being a resource-hungry, bug-filled collaboration platform that developers love to hate. The father's instant switch from polite conversation to "10 seconds to get out" perfectly captures what happens when you admit to creating software that makes millions of devs restart their computers daily. It's like bragging about inventing paper cuts or mandatory Windows updates. Meanwhile, MSN Messenger (the OG chat app) ran smoothly on computers with the processing power of a calculator. The nostalgia is real!

Nice Chlidhood Memories
Hardware
1 month ago 63.9K views 0 shares
Nice Chlidhood Memories
Oh snap! That "Memories" box isn't storing family photos—it's a treasure chest of ancient RAM sticks! 😂 This is peak geek nostalgia right here! Remember hoarding old computer parts because "they might be useful someday"? That box is basically a tech graveyard where DDR1 memory went to retire. The contrast between the cute floral box and the circuit boards inside is just *chef's kiss*. It's like finding dinosaur fossils except they're only from 2005 and cost $200 back then!

F 35 No Cd Crack
Security Networking Hardware Programming
1 month ago 87.7K views 0 shares
F 35 No Cd Crack
Remember when we'd hunt for game cracks to bypass those pesky CD checks? This genius is applying that same energy to literal fighter jets ! 😂 The F-35 apparently needs regular license verification like it's some overpriced Adobe software, and this person's solution is straight from the 2000s piracy playbook. Just search "F-35 NO-CD crack" and boom—military-grade DRM bypassed! Next thing you know they'll be downloading more RAM for the Pentagon's computers. Piracy... uh... finds a way. 🏴‍☠️

The Digital Resurrection
Hardware Microsoft Windows Programming Frontend
1 month ago 75.3K views 0 shares
The Digital Resurrection
The sacred resurrection of ancient tech! Floppy disks—those square relics that Gen Z thinks are just 3D-printed save icons—sacrificed themselves to digital obsolescence only to be immortalized as the universal "save" symbol. Their physical form perished so their spiritual legacy could live on in every toolbar across the digital universe. Next time you click that little square icon, pour one out for the 1.44MB martyr that died for your sins of not backing up your work.

And Its Getting Worse
Gamedev Hardware Unity Algorithms Programming
1 month ago 103.6K views 0 shares
And Its Getting Worse
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! 👏