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Time-Traveling AI Enthusiast

Time-Traveling AI Enthusiast
Claiming you've been using ChatGPT since 1996 is like saying you had WiFi in the Middle Ages. For the youngsters: that's Courage the Cowardly Dog typing on a chunky beige PC from when the internet made dial-up sounds that haunted your nightmares. Back then, "AI assistance" meant asking your roommate if they remembered the syntax for a for-loop while they were in the shower. The closest thing to ChatGPT was probably Clippy, and even he couldn't help you reverse a binary tree.

Modern Arsenal vs. One Assembly Boi

Modern Arsenal vs. One Assembly Boi
The left side shows all the fancy modern game development tools - Unreal Engine, Unity, powerful programming languages, and sophisticated 3D modeling software. Meanwhile, on the right side, there's just "6502 Assembly" - the programming language from the 1970s used in ancient systems like the Atari and Commodore 64. It's like comparing Olympic shooters - the one on the left has access to every cutting-edge tool in game development, while the one on the right is basically coding on a calculator with a rusty nail. And yet somehow that Assembly programmer still ships games that people actually finish playing instead of waiting for 50GB day-one patches.

Apple Now Catering To The Severed Floor

Apple Now Catering To The Severed Floor
The "Lumon Terminal Pro" sitting alongside MacBook Air and MacBook Pro is a brilliant nod to the dystopian Apple TV+ show "Severance" where employees use retro-looking terminals at Lumon Industries. It's like Apple decided, "Hey, our products aren't overpriced and cultish enough, let's add a computer that literally separates your work memories from your personal life!" Next up: iLobotomy Pro Max, starting at just $5,999 (brain not included).