Same goes for software engineers. You would be surprised how many people who write Windows software can’t install Windows at all, do basic system administration, nor install Visual Studio (for those who don’t know - it’s the standard development environment tool for Windows).

This is a fascinating development to me. I feel like I grew up roughly in parallel with consumer electronics. When I was like five or six, we used a DOS computer. By the time I was 10, we were up to Windows 95. XP landed around high school. Windows 7 just after college. Now that I’ve got a solid start on my career,…

This right here. When I started using a computer (IBM clone) I had to learn mother-effing DOS commands. Do not ever try to tell me that today’s kids are more computer-savvy cause they grew up with them.

I’m a graduate student in life sciences....the undergrad courses I TA are typically pre-med stream. I don’t think these particular individuals are going to end up getting into med school but when I’ve given simple instructions like ‘upload the file to [repository]’ a surprising number really struggle. I’m supposed to…

Except us gun nuts know this is exactly why we don’t support “registries” and “common sense” efforts to restrict guns. The slow decay of the 4th has been an issue 2nd supporters see as further evidence that power from EITHER side can corrupt and breed hosts of problems. Those in power often succumb to a desire for…

The new music player is worthless for those who still listen to mp3s on their phone. You can’t rate songs on a 5-star scale anymore. I have a bunch of smart playlists based on star ratings that would automatically update as I rate songs while I listen on the train.

It’s actually not an iOS10 complaint uniquely but it’s gotten worse in iOS10. Apple is pushing harder to get people to stop buying music and listening to their own music. They’re slowly removing the useful features in the music app so people will move into their subscription model.

Because they don’t want you to listen to your music anymore, they want you to subscribe to their services to listen to music. Drives me nuts that every ‘update’ to Music makes it harder to actually listen to the music you already own and have loaded to the phone.

To the public, a fast conflagration, a rapid exothermic reaction, and an explosion are the same thing. Not that they know the first two terms, but show them three videos and they’ll point out minor differences - maybe - but call them all explosions. To the person who has a lithium battery go off in their pocket or…

I dunno, pretty huge difference between some melting plastic and a rapid exothermic lithium reaction. One’s going to make a puddle of melted phone, the other is going to set your nightstand on fire if you’re unlucky.

Mia got preggers but couldn’t stay off the nitrous and ethanol.

It looks like what happens when Lightning McQueen had a derpy son with Mia or Tia.

It’s a scandal because someone stopped paying off the EPA and the EPA got mad.

How is Schadenboner not on that list of words just added to the Oxford English Dictionary? Mind if I submit it for 2017?

Dude, I don’t know anything as far as, all-wheel drive. Like, what are our F-150s?

Speaking of Hot Pockets, the comedian Jim Gaffigan has some funny jokes about them and he’s now doing commercials for Chrysler minivans and the other day I was watching tv and one of the minivan commercials and a Hot Pockets commercials were back to back and I just laughed and laughed while thinking “diarrhea…

Exhaust gas recirculation is nothing new. Well, maybe it was in the heavy truck world, but gas cars had EGR for a long time before variable valve timing was perfected to take its place.

In the diesel world, EGR has been in use since at least the ‘90s. Especially in passenger cars where standards are always stricter…

Honestly the bigger fail might be the attempt to sensor the drivers face. Not even close guys.

This is why manual gearboxes are better. No chance of leaving the car in gear and having it roll away (unless it’s a viper, probably)

Laughed too hard at this fail. Poor guy. Love the fact they used Windows Movie Maker for this video and the poor attempt to hide the guys face. :D