The Tech Support Survival Guide

Content Breaking: Mars becomes the second planet that has more computers running Linux than Windows. How NASA Designed a Helicopter That Could Fly Autonomously on Mars Anything else you can share with us that engineers might find particularly interesting? This the first time we'll be flying Linux on Mars. We're actually running on a Linux operating system. The software framework that we're using is one that we developed at JPL for cubesats and instruments, and we open-sourced it a few years ago. So, you can get the software framework that's flying on the Mars helicopter, and use it on your own project.

Microsoft's subtle art of browser conversion therapy. "Oh no, something vague and unspecified happened to your browser settings! Guess you're using Edge now." The digital equivalent of your grandma replacing your coffee with decaf and insisting it's for your own good. Every Windows update is just Microsoft finding new creative ways to make Edge happen. It's like watching someone try to make fetch happen, but with billions in marketing budget.

It's the classic RPG character selection screen, but for the coding world's various tribes! Top-left: The "Corporate Legacy" build. Internet Explorer, Windows Server 2003, and .NET. Your special ability is maintaining ancient systems nobody else wants to touch while drinking coffee from a mug that says "I fixed it." Top-right: The "Digital Freedom Fighter" class. Linux, Tor, Monero, and a mandatory Richard Stallman shrine. You refuse to use proprietary software and have a 4-hour speech prepared on why everyone should compile their own kernel. Bottom-left: The "Silicon Valley Hipster" build. HTML5, JavaScript, and a MacBook purchased with your startup's seed money. Special abilities include drinking $8 artisanal coffee while explaining why your framework is better than the one released last week. Bottom-right: The "Hardcore Basement Dweller" spec. Arch Linux, energy drinks, and 4chan's technology board as your homepage. You started coding at 12 and now make 300 commits daily, mostly to projects nobody understands but everyone secretly fears. Choose wisely. Your IDE preferences and caffeine dependency depend on it.

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.

The eternal Edge vs. Chrome battle strikes again! Microsoft Edge is portrayed as a desperate entity trapped for millennia, only to be accidentally summoned by your misclick. That split second when you hit the wrong icon and Edge bursts forth like an ancient being finally escaping its prison—complete with maniacal laughter and excessive enthusiasm. What makes this extra painful is that Edge is actually decent now (it's Chromium-based!), but developers still treat it like that weird cousin nobody wants to talk to at family gatherings. The desperate "I'M FREE!" energy perfectly captures how Edge feels when it finally gets a chance to convince you it's not Internet Explorer in disguise.

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