i got a lot of downvotes last time i said it, but the definition of fascism is just “stuff i don’t like” right?

/s

there are plenty of great switch games. “oh i won’t pay for games why do all the games suck hurrr”

i was just wondering if people would forget they can make an egg post.

who killed all the chickens?

yeah i work in tech (at a bank rn) and the mainframes are hilarious. a constant source of downtime, and insanely overpriced hardware to boot.

literally i can’t think of any downtime our services have had in the last six months that wasn’t caused by the mainframe’s downtime. this is dozens of cases.

but they will basically never be replaced. maybe in 100 years? ha

so have i. this is the technology community, after all. for a couple years i worked for a major cruise line and each ship had an AS400 on board. so I’m familiar with mainframes, and sure they are un-removable for a number of reasons. but that statement was stupid

what ads?

ok this article was a hilarious shit show. full of gems like

The former Treasury official told us that mainframes—and COBOL, the ancient programming language they often run—are really good for what they do,

ffs

copyright doesn’t expire because the year is the previous year. the copyright should be the year of first publication, not simply the current year at all times. because if it just says the current year, what does it even denote?

probably something to do with money

just a couple of regular old politicians

there’s so many! but which ones!?!

why aren’t koreans reproducing? well who knows, better focus on shutting down some piracy. fucking governments

no read! only comment

looking forward to leaving the tech industry for farming or woodworking

that’s why companies don’t hire employees any more

money grubbers, always grubbing for money. discusting

106%

also, the disrespect for software that powers the fucking touchscreen is insane (as a non-biased software developer)

the part that worries me is that planes with touchscreens are coming

it aint just tesla. i was at a wedding this week and one of my pals rented an electric Ford. no regular door handles, no climate or radio control buttons. we ended up roasting it the whole time. the future is now! he paid $40 to get 200 miles of charge and it only took 90 minutes. all the buttons were screens and the levers were buttons or knobs! seriously stupid