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Catblock Activated!

21 hours ago 189.0K views 1 shares

When you finally get tired of uBlock Origin's corporate branding and decide to go open source with a more... organic solution. The latency is terrible and it blocks legitimate content 90% of the time, but at least it purrs when you pet it. Side effects include random keyboard inputs, deleted production code, and an inexplicable increase in mouse-related 404 errors. Still better than disabling JavaScript entirely though.

Me In 2050

Cloud Security Microsoft Windows

11 hours ago 176.3K views 1 shares

The year is 2050. Tech companies have finally achieved their ultimate dream: forcing everyone to authenticate through their cloud services for literally everything. Want to access your own files on your own machine? Sorry buddy, Microsoft/Google/Apple needs to verify your identity first. The UN peacekeepers are here to "help" you migrate to the cloud, but you're having none of it. You've barricaded yourself in your home office, clutching your local user account like it's the last bastion of digital freedom. They can pry your offline credentials from your cold, dead hands. Future historians will call this the Great Local Account Resistance of 2050. Your grandchildren will ask "What was a local user account, grandpa?" and you'll shed a single tear while explaining the ancient times when you could actually own your own computer without needing internet permission to use it.

And Here We Are Today!

Hardware Iot Programming

10 hours ago 163.1K views 1 shares

They promised us automation would eliminate all manual labor. Instead, we're out here duct-taping circuit boards to sticks because the legacy system from 2003 needs to interface with the new IoT sensor array and nobody budgeted for proper mounting hardware. The future is now, and it's held together with electrical tape and prayers. Turns out "technologically advanced" just means we have more sophisticated ways to MacGyver solutions when the budget gets slashed and the deadline stays the same. At least the stick is biodegradable, so we're technically green tech now.

The Hardest Problem

Algorithms Programming

22 hours ago 196.2K views 0 shares

You know that moment when you're in a technical interview and confidently start explaining your dynamic programming solution, only to realize mid-sentence that it's actually a graph traversal problem in disguise? Meanwhile, your interviewer is sitting there like a very patient shiba inu, having just speed-run LeetCode's "Top 10 Graph Nightmares" article 5 minutes before your interview started. The beautiful irony here is that both of you are completely winging it. You're having an existential crisis realizing your memoization table is useless when you need to track visited nodes. They're silently praying you don't ask for hints because their entire knowledge comes from skimming a blog post while you were introducing yourself. It's like two people playing chess where one doesn't know the rules and the other just learned them from a YouTube short. The real hardest problem? Figuring out who's more terrified in this scenario.

Just Made My First Pull Request To Main

Git Devops Programming Debugging

13 hours ago 194.9K views 0 shares

Someone just pushed +30,107 additions and -3,016 deletions directly to main. That's not a pull request, that's a war crime. The panicked scribbling to hide the evidence says it all—they know exactly what they've done. For context: a typical feature PR might be like +50/-20 lines. This person just rewrote the entire codebase, probably replaced the framework, migrated databases, and added a blockchain integration nobody asked for. The four green squares suggest this passed CI somehow, which means the tests are either non-existent or lying. Senior devs are already drafting the postmortem while the intern frantically Googles "how to undo git push force."

Clicking "Play" Is Just A Suggestion Nowadays

Gamedev Security Programming

23 hours ago 194.9K views 0 shares

Clicking "Play" Is Just A Suggestion Nowadays

Remember when you could just double-click a game and... play it? Yeah, those were simpler times. Now launching a single game requires navigating through more layers than a Russian nesting doll. First Steam has to update itself (obviously), then Ubisoft Connect needs to verify you're not a pirate, then Denuvo Anti-Cheat wants to inspect your soul, and FINALLY you get to the actual game. By then you've lost the will to play and just scroll Reddit instead. The matryoshka doll metaphor is painfully accurate here. Each launcher is just another unnecessary barrier between you and actually playing the game you paid for. It's like needing four different keys to unlock your own front door. Gaming in 2024: where the real boss battle is getting past the DRM.

Microsoft Is The Best

Microsoft AI Math Programming

12 hours ago 191.0K views 0 shares

Someone asked Bing if floating point numbers can be irrational, and Bing confidently responded with a giant "Yes" followed by an explanation that would make any computer science professor weep into their keyboard. Spoiler alert: floating point numbers are always rational by definition—they're literally fractions with finite binary representations. Irrational numbers like π or √2 can't be perfectly represented in floating point, which is why we get approximations. But Bing? Nah, Bing said "trust me bro" and cited Stack Exchange like that makes it gospel. The best part? It sourced Stack Exchange with a "+1" as if upvotes equal mathematical correctness. Peak search engine energy right here. Google might be turning into an ad-infested nightmare, but at least it hasn't started inventing new branches of mathematics... yet.

I Will Show You In A Sec...

Debugging Windows Programming Testing

22 hours ago 190.7K views 0 shares

Your app freezes mid-demo and suddenly you're John Wick with Task Manager, ready to end some processes. Nothing says "professional software engineer" quite like force-killing your own application in front of your boss or client. The best part? You'll pretend it's a "known issue" you're "actively investigating" while frantically checking if you committed your latest changes.

I'm Going To Fail That Class

Programming Debugging Backend

14 hours ago 185.7K views 0 shares

When your software architecture professor asks about your design patterns and you realize your entire codebase is held together by duct tape, prayer, and a single try-catch block that catches Exception. Sure, you've got architecture—disaster architecture. The kind where every component is tightly coupled, your database talks directly to your UI, and your "separation of concerns" is just different folders with the same spaghetti code. But hey, at least you're self-aware about the impending doom, which is more than most CS students can say when they're confidently explaining their monolithic mess as "microservices-ready."

I Love It

Linux Windows

12 hours ago 183.0K views 0 shares

Windows will happily install software from the Reagan administration without batting an eye, maintaining backward compatibility like it's a sacred duty. Meanwhile, Linux is out here with that smug "already installed" energy because half your system came pre-packaged from 1999. The duality of operating systems: one hoards legacy support like a digital museum, the other ships with everything including the kitchen sink. Both approaches are equally chaotic in their own special way, and somehow we've all just accepted this as normal.

Hypothetically, If You Were Pivoting To Adult Games, What Would You Name Your Studio? I'm Leaning Toward One-Handed Games 😆

Gamedev Unity

12 hours ago 180.0K views 0 shares

Hypothetically, If You Were Pivoting To Adult Games, What Would You Name Your Studio? I'm Leaning Toward One-Handed Games 😆

So you innocently browse Patreon's top-funded games section out of pure curiosity about indie game development trends, and suddenly you're hit with the realization that adult games are absolutely dominating the funding charts. That sophisticated cat in a business suit reading the newspaper? That's you, calmly processing this market research while thinking "maybe my indie studio pivot should be more... strategic." The "One-Handed Games" studio name is chef's kiss level wordplay—because obviously you'd need one hand free for... holding your coffee while playtesting. Right? The adult game industry on Patreon is genuinely massive, with some projects pulling in $50k+ monthly. Turns out horny gamers have better monetization than most SaaS startups. Who needs venture capital when you've got visual novel enthusiasts with credit cards? The sophisticated cat format captures that exact moment when your brain goes from "I'm just researching game dev" to "wait, these numbers are insane" to "I should learn Ren'Py" in about 3.5 seconds.

Docker Docker

Docker Devops Programming Backend

11 hours ago 175.7K views 0 shares

Your CPU is basically that strict parent interrogating Docker about its absolutely OBSCENE resource consumption. "Docker, Docker" gets a sweet "Yes papa" response. But then things take a dark turn when papa CPU asks about eating RAM, and Docker straight-up denies it like a toddler with chocolate smeared all over their face. Same with telling lies. But the MOMENT papa CPU says "Open your mouth!" we see the truth: com.docker.hyperkit casually munching on 9.06 GB of memory like it's a light snack. Busted! Nothing says "lightweight containerization" quite like your Docker daemon treating your RAM like an all-you-can-eat buffet while swearing it's on a diet.

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