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Overkill, really

Computers operate on MOSFETs (Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistors) not PNP or npn transistors. Each MOSFET only uses so much wattage compared to transistors which is why they are more frequently used over npn/pnp transistors.

I get its a joke, but you could have at least gotten the correct kind of transistor.

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It'll be ok. Nobody's going to judge you.

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don't forgot signal processing. Complex number theory is used a lot when it comes down to Fourier transforms of discrete or continuous functions.

but yea the naming convention of "imaginary numbers" is pretty bad, we did the same thing for negative numbers (we called it imaginary) when people couldn't comprehend of a negative quantity.

negative numbers are defined from a conservative system, basically a gain/loss relationship: if I have 2 apples and I give away 1 to a friend, I have 1 apple left, that loss -- that apple I gave to a friend -- is the negative quantity. For imaginary numbers, we don't really have a way to comprehend an imaginary quantity; what does it mean that I have sqrt(-1) apples.

fuck_ai

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My workplace is fully embracing AI in the worst way possible

I've been thinking about AI in the workspace recently, these companies are implementing AI into everything despite our comments to remove it. that got me thinking, the US is currently in an economic bubble on an empty promise that AI will someday be relevant. It clearly isn't benefiting society as of late, so they encourage workspaces to use it and to continue hoisting the stock market by it's propaganda (that it is relevant).

Because workspaces know the US is in deep shit right now, and so you know what's worse than delivering shitty software, an economic crash.

don't put this on yourself, preserve the shitty code reviews while the US goes through an identity crisis. Investors will inevitably come to the realization that it isn't sustainable.

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Why is searching the Internet so frustrating now?

Because data is never free. Google, duckduckgo, kagi, they all cost money one way or another whether that be a subscription service or by forcing websites to be shit so your only option is using their LLMs. Yes the reason why the internet has gone to shit is because of LLMs

I've went through hundreds of search results on duckduckgo, even when I make it intentionally broad and genetic that wikipedia would cover it, it still doesn't come as the first search result. Search engines have gone to shit because LLMs make the most money in terms of data surveillance. Meaning (take for example google) they have a profile of you, they have queries to train, they have data that can be sold to advertisers. The only reason LLMs are being pushed so much isn't because its intelligent, it's because it makes the most money.

There is a "search engine" that hasn't gone to shit, and that's called marginalia search, It's not exactly a search engine where you can type a url and it will bring you to a page, Instead it compliments your general search engine as a research aid and you can find some golden sites.

I've personally used it for data sheets on IC electronics and their implementations. Unfortunately I've found it insufferably difficult on duckduckgo (like multiple pages deep for a datasheet, something that should pop up on the first page), and I don't trust the output of LLMs (large lying models).

So yea, hopefully this helps.