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Rate My Is Even And Odd Function
Python Algorithms Programming Debugging
14 hours ago 78.1K views 0 shares
Rate My Is Even And Odd Function
OH. MY. GOD. Someone actually wrote a function that loops through EVERY NUMBER from 0 to x just to check if a number is even or odd?! 💀 Instead of using the BASIC MODULO OPERATOR that exists in LITERALLY EVERY PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE, this psychopath decided "you know what would be fun? Let's make the computer count to potentially INFINITY and then return True if i equals 1 or 2!" The absolute AUDACITY to write if i == 1: return True for even numbers and if i == 2: return True for odd numbers has me SCREAMING into my mechanical keyboard! This is what happens when you code at 4am after your fifth energy drink!

The Placebo Resolution Effect
Hardware Frontend
1 day ago 55.1K views 0 shares
The Placebo Resolution Effect
The illusion of technological superiority in one meme! Setting YouTube to 4K on a 1080p monitor is like ordering a supercomputer to run Notepad. Your hardware is literally saying "thanks for the extra data, I'll just throw most of it away." But hey, that fancy "4K" in the settings makes your brain think it looks better, even though your pixels are laughing at you. It's the tech equivalent of buying premium gas for your 1998 Toyota Corolla.

The Blind Query Optimization
Databases Javascript Programming Frontend Backend
1 day ago 66.4K views 0 shares
The Blind Query Optimization
Ah, the classic developer paradox. Why spend 10 minutes crafting the perfect SQL query when you can waste 3 hours writing convoluted JavaScript filters instead? It's like bringing a telescope to find your glasses when they're sitting on your head. The irony is palpable - we'll analyze 500MB of data client-side before considering that maybe, just maybe, the database was literally designed for this exact purpose. But no, let's pull the entire table and filter it with 17 nested for-loops because we're efficient . Next week: "Why is our app so slow?" 🤔

When You Realize How Old Everything Is
Gamedev Hardware Unity Programming
5 days ago 99.2K views 0 shares
When You Realize How Old Everything Is
That moment when your high-end gaming rig with 32GB RAM and RTX 4090 can barely handle a remastered version of a game from 2003. You excitedly select "Auto Detect Quality" expecting it to max out everything, only for the system to take one look at the spaghetti code underneath the shiny new textures and go "Yeah... let's set this to medium." Your $3000 machine just got humbled by legacy code that was written when 512MB of RAM was considered excessive. The real remaster was the existential crisis we gained along the way.

There Has To Be A Reason Why This Happens
Programming C++ Algorithms Debugging
5 days ago 65.4K views 0 shares
There Has To Be A Reason Why This Happens
The quantum uncertainty principle of code quality! When no one's watching, your code is a beautiful disaster of pointer arithmetic, bit shifting, and variables named "threehalfs" (probably implementing some obscure optimization hack). But the MILLISECOND someone glances at your screen, your code transforms into the most redundant, self-explanatory conditional statement in existence—literally checking if something is true to return true. It's like your code has performance anxiety and suddenly pretends to be following best practices. The compiler doesn't judge you, but that coworker walking by sure does!

Oblivion Remastered Game Size Summarized
Gamedev Hardware Unity Programming
6 days ago 81.3K views 0 shares
Oblivion Remastered Game Size Summarized
Ah, the classic "let me unmask this villain" meme perfectly captures modern game development! A 2006 game like Oblivion somehow takes up 120GB after being "remastered" (aka slapping on some prettier textures). But pull off that mask and—surprise!—it's actually Unreal Engine 5 bloating everything up like it's getting paid by the gigabyte. Remember when games fit on a single CD? Now you need to clear half your SSD just to install the main menu. The storage requirements are expanding faster than my coffee budget during debugging week.

Not Everyone Has The Hardware For That Many Frames
Gamedev Hardware Programming Testing Backend
7 days ago 66.5K views 0 shares
Not Everyone Has The Hardware For That Many Frames
The duality of developers in their natural habitat. While gaming enthusiasts insist that anything below 80fps is basically a slideshow presentation, backend devs are just happy their decade-old codebase still compiles without setting the server room on fire. The fancy Pooh represents all of us who've had to deploy to production on a Friday and whispered those magical words: "If it runs, it's good enough" before immediately turning off Slack notifications for the weekend.

The Python GIL Trade Deal
Python Hardware Programming Backend
10 days ago 79.0K views 0 shares
The Python GIL Trade Deal
Python's Global Interpreter Lock strikes again. Your beefy 16-core processor reduced to a single-core experience because GIL only allows one thread to execute Python bytecode at a time. It's like buying a Ferrari and being told you can only use one cylinder. The rest are just... decorative.

When The Tutorial Requires A NASA Supercomputer
Hardware Gamedev Unity Windows
12 days ago 64.0K views 0 shares
When The Tutorial Requires A NASA Supercomputer
The eternal hardware flex vs. reality gap! When you're watching those VR optimization videos, everything seems so achievable—just tweak a few settings and boom, silky smooth gameplay! Then reality hits when some YouTuber casually drops that they're running a rig with components that cost more than your car. For the uninitiated: an RTX 4090 is NVIDIA's flagship graphics card (~$1600) and "9800x3d" likely refers to AMD's high-end CPU with 3D V-Cache technology (~$500). That's basically the computing equivalent of saying "yeah my daily driver is just a modest little Lamborghini." Meanwhile, the rest of us are over here with our GTX 1060s trying to figure out which settings to turn down so our headsets don't transform into PowerPoint presentations with extra steps.

Optimization Goals
Python Algorithms Programming Debugging
14 days ago 58.3K views 0 shares
Optimization Goals
Ah, the Python optimization course that promises to "Increase Execution Time." Nothing says efficiency like making your code run slower. Clearly, the developer who wrote this was optimizing for job security rather than performance. 14,057 students apparently decided their code was running too fast and needed to be throttled. Maybe they're all working at places that bill by the hour.

The Shortest Path To Show Off Your Nerd Cred
Algorithms Math Programming
14 days ago 59.7K views 0 shares
The Shortest Path To Show Off Your Nerd Cred
OH. MY. ALGORITHM. Someone actually found the mythical O(1) vehicle! That license plate "DJKSTRA" on a sleek red Mazda is the ULTIMATE flex in computer science. Imagine cruising through traffic while your car literally advertises that you've mastered the shortest path algorithm! 💀 This car doesn't just get you from point A to point B—it calculates the ABSOLUTE MOST EFFICIENT ROUTE while judging every GPS that dares suggest otherwise. The owner probably parks diagonally across four spaces because "it's technically optimal given the constraints of the parking lot."

When Your Code Is So Bad It Breaks Your Friend
Python Programming Debugging
15 days ago 64.9K views 0 shares
When Your Code Is So Bad It Breaks Your Friend
Your friend wasn't speechless because your code was good. They were having an existential crisis watching you check 95 individual age values instead of using a simple comparison operator. It's like building a staircase one pebble at a time when you could just use a ramp. That moment when if age >= 18 would've saved you 90 lines of code and your dignity. But hey, at least you're thorough!