Manic Computing - Rants about the absurdity of software internals
Name
manic_computing
Description
This community is for sharing and discussing "rant" content pertaining to computers & software!
# Rules for Sharing Content:
- Needs to be entertaining
- i.e.: No humorless hateposting
- Needs to be scripted & high quality
- i.e.: No reaction videos, no personal blogging
- Must be a rant pertaining to something genuinely absurd/frustrating/outrageous
- i.e.: No caricatures, invented problems, or basic explainers
- Should have actual explanatory value
- i.e.: A generally computer-literate reader should be able to understand the gist of the content
# Good Post Examples
- [The Problem with Time & Timezones](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5wpm-gesOY)
- Why: Funny, scripted, TZs are a genuine nightmare to work with
- [Text Hates You](https://faultlore.com/blah/text-hates-you/)
- Why: Funny, scripted, text rendering is a genuine nightmare to work with
- [Melee's Stupid Advantages](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rA8kpvTBh8Q)
- Why: Funny, scripted, *Super Smash Brothers Melee* is a very serious game with very silly design decisions
# Bad Post Examples
- [Why Electronic Voting is a BAD Idea](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3_0x6oaDmI)
- Why: Not a rant!
- [Dear Red Hat: Are you dumb?](https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2023/dear-red-hat-are-you-dumb)
- Why: Not a *funny* rant!
- [GradIEEEnt half decent: The hidden power of imprecise lines](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ae9EKCyI1xU)
- Why: A funny rant... about an *invented* problem
- [Interview with an Emacs Enthusiast [Colorized]](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urcL86UpqZc)
- Why: Not a rant, caricature-based humor, ~~and makes light of Emacs~~