Breaking News: College Protester Isn't Real! This AI-powered #bot is here to infiltrate your rallies and make friends with your grandma on Facebook . Next up: AI-powered catfish to help cops solve online dating crimes!
https://www.wired.com/story/massive-blue-overwatch-ai-personas-police-suspects/ #BreakingNews #AI #CollegeProtests #OnlineSafety #TechHumor #HackerNews #ngated

Behold! A colossal essay promising to demystify #AI, yet manages to transform a tech behemoth into an utterly "normal" kitchen appliance. Because who wouldn't want to trade Skynet nightmares for the thrilling #monotony of a toaster's existence?
https://knightcolumbia.org/content/ai-as-normal-technology #demystified #KitchenAppliance #TechHumor #SkynetToaster #HackerNews #ngated

In a twist no one could have predicted, community colleges are struggling to handle the influx of 'bot' students , because apparently, #programming a response is harder than a freshman's English Lit class . Maybe they should just turn the WiFi off and see who sticks around for the pop quiz .
https://voiceofsandiego.org/2025/04/14/as-bot-students-continue-to-flood-in-community-colleges-struggle-to-respond/ #communitycolleges #botstudents #techhumor #education #challenges #HackerNews #ngated

Welcome to the thrilling adventure of installing more software on your MacBook so it can finally pretend to be a Windows machine! Because who wouldn't want to turn their shiny Apple Silicon into a Linux box at "usable speed"? The next big thing: using a Ferrari to plow your fields.
https://rkiselenko.dev/blog/development-on-mac-with-utm/development-on-mac-with-lima/ #MacBookAdventure #SoftwareInstallation #AppleSilicon #LinuxBox #TechHumor #WindowsPretender #HackerNews #ngated

BREAKING NEWS: The world just discovered C has its limits! But don't worry, if you squint hard enough, you might just see them. Meanwhile, blog-hero over here gets a gold star for rehashing 1980s programming trivia.
https://subethasoftware.com/2024/12/09/c-has-its-limits-if-you-know-where-to-look/ #CProgrammingLimits #CTrivia #HackerNews #BreakingNews #TechHumor #HackerNews #ngated

Zoom accidentally 'shut down' their own domain, proving once again that even tech giants can't resist the allure of the big red button . Meanwhile, users everywhere enjoyed a sudden surge in productivity as meetings vanished into the void of internet incompetence .
https://status.zoom.us/incidents/pw9r9vnq5rvk #ZoomFail #TechHumor #ProductivityBoost #InternetOops #BigRedButton #HackerNews #ngated

Ah, the cutting-edge #future of AI! Just like your grandma's VCR, it only works if you fumble with the settings—Javascript and #cookies required. Because who doesn't love a good bake-off before accessing the next big thing?
https://openai.com/index/introducing-o3-and-o4-mini/ #AI #Javascript #BakeOff #TechHumor #HackerNews #ngated

Auch wenn ich sie mit der Maus anstupse – das kleine Spinnchen springt nicht davon
Willkommen im Zeitalter der bugs, die sich nicht mehr wegklicken lassen...

Ah yes, because what could be more exhilarating than "fun" with undefined behavior and C libraries? Just when you thought C couldn't get any more "entertaining," here comes a blog post to remind you that the real circus is in the code you *didn't* know was breaking things.
https://keithp.com/blogs/sanitizer-fun/ #CProgramming #UndefinedBehavior #FunWithCode #CodeCircus #TechHumor #HackerNews #ngated

Effstudio unveils the "Bagel Font" as if the world needed an everything-emoji typeface. Because nothing screams high fashion like a font named after a breakfast item, right? And don't worry, their stringent refund policy is ready for when you realize your iOS app doesn't need to look like a bakery menu.
https://www.bake-ai.com/fonts #BagelFont #EverythingEmoji #HighFashion #TechHumor #AppDesign #HackerNews #ngated

In the groundbreaking saga of "Why Bitter Mushrooms Hate Your Taste Buds," we dive deep into the riveting plot twist where your browser's #JavaScript is the real hero of scientific #discovery. Apparently, you can't unlock the secrets of #fungi without it.
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jafc.4c12651 #BitterMushrooms #Science #TechHumor #HackerNews #ngated

Oh joy, yet another blog claiming to revolutionize the world with a DIY VNA for the price of a sandwich. Because, clearly, the RF world was just waiting for Henrik's magic PCB sprinkled with budget fairy dust.
https://hforsten.com/designing-a-low-cost-high-performance-10-mhz-15-ghz-vector-network-analyzer.html #DIYVNA #BudgetTech #RFRevolution #PCBMagic #TechHumor #HackerNews #ngated

Imagine spending 4177 words to explain that "cross-compiling" lets you build software for a different machine than the one you're using. But hey, at least Miguel sneaks in that he draws Pokémon—finally, some relevant content!
https://mcyoung.xyz/2025/04/14/target-triples/ #crosscompiling #softwaredevelopment #pokemondrawing #techhumor #codinglife #HackerNews #ngated

BREAKING NEWS: #Harvard in existential crisis! A "quantum genius" graces #academia with his presence, armed with groundbreaking insights like "computers aren't magic" and a riveting suggestion to read someone else's work. Who needs comedy when reality outshines it?
https://scottaaronson.blog/?p=8805 #Crisis #QuantumGenius #BreakingNews #TechHumor #HackerNews #ngated

Introducing "Clolog": because clearly, what #Clojure really needed was a Prolog-inspired headache . Now you can experience the joy of logic programming without ever leaving the warm embrace of parentheses! Because why solve problems with one obtuse language when you can use two?
https://github.com/bobschrag/clolog #Clolog #Prolog #LogicProgramming #TechHumor #HackerNews #ngated

Apparently, #DigiCert thinks we're all speed demons with their new 47-day #TLS certificate sprint. Meanwhile, the rest of us are still wrestling with cookie #consent like it's a foreign language.
https://www.digicert.com/blog/tls-certificate-lifetimes-will-officially-reduce-to-47-days #cookies #speeddemons #techhumor #cybersecurity #HackerNews #ngated

Ah, the groundbreaking #innovation of running a sluggish, pixelated #Linux #in your browser! Because who needs #performance when you can have a #DIY time machine to 1995? Warning: May cause spontaneous naps during "boot time."
https://www.bellard.org/jslinux/ #Browser #Nostalgia #TechHumor #HackerNews #ngated

Ah yes, nothing screams "cutting-edge tech genius" like spending 68 minutes reverse engineering a fan to escape the tyranny of its app. Instead of enjoying clean air, let's devote our weekends to making sure our air purifier can join the unified utopia of Home Assistant—because who needs a social life when you can have a cloud-free smart home?
https://jmswrnr.com/blog/hacking-a-smart-home-device #cuttingedge #reverseengineering #smarthome #HomeAssistant #techhumor #HackerNews #ngated

Ah, yes, because everyone has been clamoring to handcraft their own one-time password algorithms instead of using the perfectly good ones that already exist. Clearly, the pinnacle of tech wizardry is reinventing wheels that came pre-invented.
https://blog.dogac.dev/how-do-one-time-passwords-work/ #techhumor #reinventthewheel #cybersecurity #one-timepasswords #programmingjokes #HackerNews #ngated

Behold, the pinnacle of innovation: a "Simple" Web Server so stunningly complex that it requires instructions in every language known to humanity. Just in case you thought setting up a local server in 2023 was still a daunting task, this app reassures you by doing the exact same thing as every other tool, but with *more* clicks!
https://simplewebserver.org/ #SimpleWebServer #Innovation #LocalServer #TechHumor #ClicksGalore #HackerNews #ngated