LOL I feel you. Literally build gewehren for a living. Welcome to the party.
(Also me encantan las armas so it isn't such an internal struggle. Power to the people 'n' such.)
Btw I like your comics, keep at it!
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I'm happy to be lucky that my last two jobs have been either writing code for scientific charities or safety software. I'm fairly sure my code has never once harmed anyone, and may have even saved lives, maybe... Maybe it's not important enough to actively save a life, but it at least stopped people making stupid mistakes that could lead to people dying.
Thank you for your service!
I'm working in tech, stuff which absolutely will be a step function for humanity in terms of cost for energy.
My concern is whether it is a step up, or down.
Damn, this is a deep cut.
We tech workers really are class traitors.
Autonomy in "what is produced" is stiffled under the system of wage labor.
Bro you might be I just make cataloguing software for libraries and shit. There are massive swathes of the tech industry that aren't FAANG and sketchy startups.
Actually, looking it up it appears health tech is one of the biggest employers as a block, so maybe my thinking is a little skewed.
I'll amend my comment to mean tech workers at big, monopolistic tech companies, or those with aspirations.
No we aren't one cartoon doesn't define you.
Now if you're coding something intentionally addicting and soul crushing yes you're bad.
Ofc. We're class traitors, but also victims. We have slightly more bargaining power (for now) than the average worker, so I think we deserve that much more flak.
Everything can be rationalized away, but if you can answer hate and fear with love and understanding, nothing in the 'Verse can stop us.
I can rationalize the top monsters behaviour back to childhood trauma, and I can see how even the last factory worker can be the same level of responsible as the president of the United States.
The key for me is finding personal responsibility for myself. I was never taught how to take proper care of myself (emotionally mainly), and I think this might be endemic to society. I might be projecting.
Finally, Unix realism! 🙃
Thank you for creating non-fiction!
That was by accident!
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Thank you. I struggle with this. I was so optimistic about technology when I was younger. Now, not as much.
This is how I felt when I used to work in insurance. Glad I got out.
The lie they tell you is that your replaceable. Fuck em, without you they have to work just a bit harder to maintain control...
I'm in this comic and I don't like it.
Despair for content I like it thank you.
My pleasure. Thank you for the engagement!
Could be worse; they could be a product manager
I've seen all these complaints for the product owner/manager doing nothing and maybe I have different experiences, but the one in my team seems to say least somewhat keep up with what the business wants and what the developers can accomplish. Albeit still just a middle manager that doesn't do much actual work. The scrum master on the other hand does literally nothing but pretend to act as a bad babysitter for the team and doesn't provide anything. Can't truly grasp what he gets paid for other than having a scrum master certificate (presumably writing his name in crayon on it).
Good product managers are worth their weight in gold. Most aren't good.
Good scrum masters are worth their weight in lead.
This is how my Dad feels after designing switches for smartphones. He's always proud to say that there's likely a piece of technology in your hand that he's designed, but he also hates phones.
FUCK AUTO CORRECT
I work in automotive manufacturing, but am very anti-car. similar idea.
yes, your big ass bronco has parts on it that were put together by tooling I designed. and I think you're an asshole for driving it around the city after dark, with your giant box blocking my vision, blind spots blocking yours, and LED headlights blinding everybody
Like data switches or the physical buttons?
It's on the chips. It's similar to a data switch, but on a waaaaaaay smaller scale. If you have an Android device, it's in there.
We've argued about this a lot. He doesn't like to call them that.
I have half of an idea as to what I'm talking about, I am NOT an electrical engineer.
The term "electronic switch" is so old. He doesn't like to use it anymore. Saying "data" helps specify what you're talking about, but it's a misnomer because the switch may serve another function. It's a whole thing, man.
Gonna guess this is related to what he's talking about: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shift_register
They actually move bits of data in and out of the CPU/ram once per 'tick' of the system-wide clock, which is usually ticking in the GHz range.
Software will handle decisions on what bits/bytes to move where, the registers are where data is electronically modified, the shifters actually move the bytes in and out.
I think it’s even simpler than that
it’s ram
here is some ee 100 stuff not looked at the whole thing
www.cs.emory.edu/~cheung/Courses/255/Syllabus/4-intro/SLIDES/s10a.html
there’s probably a youtube video with a guy from India that’ll do it better
ewww ran into ai slop on youtube instead
this is decent
Without more details, it's hard to know.
But I'd guess his dad would've simply said "ram" or "memory", something everyone is at least mildly familiar with, vs the more specific phrasing, "similar to a data switch but on a way smaller scale".
It's on the chips. It's similar to a data switch, but on a waaaaaaay smaller scale.
We've argued about this a lot. He doesn't like to call them that. The term "electronic switch" is so old.
this makes it pretty clear
he’s explaining the function to someone that he thinks is hardware illiterate
also if he’s really specialized it may literally be the ‘switch’ part
definitely feeling this content. as always, thanks for posting
my pleasure, thank you.
Too close to home.
:_(
Again thanks for posting.
oof