• ElChapoDeChapo [he/him, comrade/them]
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    1 day ago

    I remember my cousin had a robot like that controlled by a guy for his bar mitzvah almost 30 years ago

    The bazingas may be the stupidest nerds in the history of nerddom

    • UlyssesT [he/him]
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      1 day ago

      "History is bunk," say computer touchers that don't know that they're bumbling into repeating history mistakes.

    • DragonBallZinn [he/him]
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      1 day ago

      It always makes me think, like don’t they have to be smart in order to code, let alone work in tech?

      • ThermonuclearEgg [she/her, they/them]
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        13 hours ago

        Absolutely not. You do have to be able to code and debug in order to code, and even then, some people...

        Even PhDs can say stupid things outside their expertise.

      • UlyssesT [he/him]
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        1 day ago

        Yeah, sort of. But to fit in and thrive in the tech industry, ideological obedience and having no distracting interests or values other than "make the rich richer" are even more important.