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According To My Experience
Hardware Programming Debugging
1 day ago 178.2K views 0 shares
According To My Experience
Oh, the AUDACITY of family members who think your programming degree doubles as a CompTIA A+ certification! Just because you can debug a recursive function at 2 AM doesn't mean you magically know why Aunt Karen's printer is possessed by demons. Sure, you COULD probably figure it out—turn it off and on again, check if it's actually plugged in, sacrifice a USB cable to the tech gods—but let's be crystal clear: your ability to architect microservices has ZERO correlation with your desire to troubleshoot hardware from 2003. The real plot twist? You'll still end up fixing it anyway because saying no to family is apparently harder than solving LeetCode hard problems.

When You Turn On Your PC I Want You To See This
Windows Hardware Microsoft Debugging
1 day ago 216.5K views 0 shares
When You Turn On Your PC I Want You To See This
Nothing says "good morning" quite like a Windows lock screen that's been absolutely demolished by graphics driver corruption. That beautiful beach scene has been transformed into a Picasso painting that nobody asked for, with chunks of the screen deciding to take a vacation to different coordinates. The GPU is basically having an existential crisis, rendering artifacts like it's trying to open a portal to another dimension. Could be a dying graphics card, corrupted VRAM, or maybe Windows Update decided to "helpfully" install the wrong driver at 3 AM last night. Either way, your display is serving major glitch art vibes. The Gru reaction perfectly captures that moment of pure disgust when you realize your day is starting with troubleshooting instead of coffee. Time to boot into safe mode, DDU that driver, and pray to the silicon gods that it's just software and not a $500 GPU replacement situation.

My Wife Gets Me
Debugging Programming Testing
1 day ago 172.9K views 0 shares
My Wife Gets Me
When your wife instantly diagnoses the REAL problem like a senior developer reviewing your pull request. Meimei (the kid) couldn't lock the door, and instead of assuming the door is broken like a normal person would, wife immediately goes full root-cause-analysis mode: "....is something wrong with the door?" But our programmer hero? Nah, straight to the REAL issue: "User error on the 12 year old." Because let's be honest, 99% of bug reports are just PEBKAC (Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair). The door works FINE, the API is FLAWLESS, the code is PERFECT—it's always the user who doesn't know how to lock a door properly. This is the energy of every developer who's ever had to explain to someone that turning it off and on again actually DOES solve the problem. She gets it. She truly gets it. Relationship goals, honestly.

Based On Personal Experience
Programming Hardware Debugging
4 days ago 220.1K views 1 shares
Based On Personal Experience
The eternal curse of knowing how to code: suddenly everyone thinks you're also a walking Best Buy Geek Squad. Family gatherings become tech support sessions, and "I work with software" translates to "I can resurrect your decade-old HP printer that's possessed by demons." The logic loop here is beautiful. You start with the rational take—programming and printer troubleshooting are completely different skill sets. One involves elegant algorithms and clean code; the other involves sacrificing goats to appease the printer gods. But then muscle memory kicks in. You've already googled the error code. You're already checking if it's plugged in. You're in too deep. The real kicker? You WILL fix it. Not because you know anything about printers, but because you know how to read error messages and have the patience to actually restart the spooler service. Which somehow makes you more qualified than 90% of the population.

Merry Christmas!
Apple Hardware MacOS Ios Debugging
4 days ago 245.0K views 0 shares
Merry Christmas!
Nothing says "Happy Holidays" quite like your entire Apple ecosystem deciding to update simultaneously at 12%. The laptop's upgrading, the phone's boot-looping, and the iPad's doing... whatever iPads do when they're stuck on the Apple logo. It's like they all got together and said, "You know what would be fun? Let's all brick ourselves on Christmas morning." The best part? You can't even Google the error codes because your phone is also dead. So you just sit there, watching progress bars move slower than your sprint velocity, wondering if maybe this is a sign to spend time with your family instead. Spoiler: it's not, you need to fix this ASAP. Pro tip from someone who's been there: always keep one device NOT updating. It's called redundancy, and it's not just for production servers.

IT Guys Listening To Non IT People Talk About Computers
Hardware Windows Debugging
4 days ago 118.4K views 1 shares
IT Guys Listening To Non IT People Talk About Computers
You know that look. The one where you're physically present but mentally calculating how many years of your life you've lost listening to someone explain that their computer is "broken" because they haven't tried turning it off and on again. Or when they call the monitor "the computer" and the actual tower "the hard drive." Or when they say their internet is down but they just closed the browser window. It's not anger. It's not even frustration anymore. It's transcendence. You've reached a zen-like state where you can smile and nod while internally screaming into the void. Every fiber of your being wants to correct them, but you've learned that explaining the difference between RAM and storage for the fifteenth time won't help. They'll still download more RAM next week.

Some But Not All
Windows Networking Microsoft Debugging
8 days ago 196.9K views 0 shares
Some But Not All
Windows Network Diagnostics: the digital equivalent of a Magic 8-Ball that only knows how to say "Try again later." You click it knowing full well it's about to spend 30 seconds pretending to work, only to tell you it found nothing wrong while your internet is clearly dead. It's like calling tech support and having them ask if you've tried turning it off and on again, except the support agent is a progress bar with commitment issues. The best part? Sometimes it actually claims to have fixed something, but your connection is still broken. Truly the participation trophy of troubleshooting tools.

Welcome, Friends!
Windows Security Debugging
10 days ago 179.9K views 0 shares
Welcome, Friends!
You know you've found your people when someone casually mentions they manually uninstalled McAfee. That's not just a friend—that's a battle-hardened warrior who's stared into the abyss and survived. McAfee is basically the herpes of software: it comes pre-installed on your new PC, refuses to leave, and makes everything slower. The uninstall process is so notoriously difficult that John McAfee himself once made a satirical video about it. So yeah, if someone went through the seven circles of registry hell to purge this digital parasite, they deserve a medal and immediate friendship status.

Only Rookies Worry About Ram Prices
Hardware Webdev
11 days ago 148.2K views 0 shares
Only Rookies Worry About Ram Prices
You know that classic joke about downloading more RAM? Yeah, someone turned it into an actual "product page" complete with pricing tiers and a NEW! sticker on the 4GB option. Because nothing screams legitimacy like crossing out $99.99 and offering it for FREE. The attention to detail is chef's kiss—DDR2 specs, MHz ratings, pin counts—everything you'd need to convince your non-tech friend that yes, you can absolutely download physical hardware through your internet connection. Just click that green button and watch your computer magically gain more memory! Fun fact: This joke has been around since the early 2000s when people would prank their tech-illiterate relatives with fake "Download More RAM" websites. The scam was so prevalent that it became a meme before memes were even called memes. Now it's a rite of passage—if someone hasn't tried to download RAM, have they even used the internet?

My Friend Have An Impeccable Timing...
Hardware Programming
11 days ago 249.2K views 0 shares
My Friend Have An Impeccable Timing...
You spend years being the designated "tech person" in your friend group, fielding questions about why their printer won't work and explaining that no, you can't hack their ex's Instagram. Radio silence for months. Then suddenly, out of nowhere, they emerge from the shadows with actual tech curiosity! Your heart swells with pride. Maybe they want to learn programming? Build a website? Understand how databases work? Nope. Gaming PC. Because of course they do. The one thing that has absolutely nothing to do with your software engineering expertise but somehow you're still expected to know the difference between a 4070 Ti and a 4080 Super. Welcome to being the "computer friend" – where your CS degree qualifies you to be an unpaid hardware consultant apparently. At least it's not another "can you fix my phone" request, right? Right?

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Windows Troubleshooting Source Code Leaked
Windows Microsoft Programming Debugging
12 days ago 208.4K views 0 shares
Windows Troubleshooting Source Code Leaked
The entire Windows troubleshooting experience distilled into six lines of C code. Search for problems, wait exactly 60 seconds while pretending to scan your entire system, then confidently report nothing was found. The sleep timer is particularly accurate—you can practically hear the progress bar crawling across your screen while it does absolutely nothing. Microsoft's troubleshooter has been gaslighting users since Windows XP, convincing millions that their problems simply don't exist. Revolutionary problem-solving methodology: if you can't find the issue, just tell them there isn't one.

IT Guys Listening To Non IT People Talk About Computers
Programming Hardware
13 days ago 224.8K views 0 shares
IT Guys Listening To Non IT People Talk About Computers
You know that special kind of pain when someone tells you they "deleted the internet" or that their computer has a virus because it's running slow? That's the face right there. It's the internal screaming mixed with the professional obligation to nod politely while someone explains how they fixed their printer by "downloading more RAM." The best part is trying to maintain composure when they're absolutely confident in their completely wrong explanation. "Yeah, I'm pretty tech-savvy myself" they say, right before asking if you can hack their ex's Facebook. The restraint it takes not to correct every single misconception is truly an underappreciated skill in the tech industry.