▲ 663 ▼ [CW Dead Bird] Birds aren't real (piefedimages.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com) submitted 1 year ago by RmDebArc_5@piefed.zip to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev NSFW 26 comments fedilink hide all child comments Article
[–] cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 19 points 1 year ago (4 children) hope it goes better than when they carried it in tubes. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] lectricleopard@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (3 children) Its a series of tubes. Its seared in my brain. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Wbear@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 year ago It's not a dump truck! permalink fedilink source parent [–] socsa@piefed.social 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) The part I hate is how many overconfident internet technicians will be like "well ackshually the metaphor isn't that far off" completely missing the very important difference between an information channel and a power channel and what the capacity limits are for each. For example, free space is a pretty great information channel, but it absolutely sucks for reliably transmitting fluids. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 year ago Also, the fact that in context, it was coming from an ignorant old man ranting on the floor of Congress while trying to pass an anti-net nutrality bill. The fact that the analogy even kinda works is an accident and missing the bigger problem. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lectricleopard@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (3 children) Its a series of tubes. Its seared in my brain. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Wbear@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 year ago It's not a dump truck! permalink fedilink source parent [–] socsa@piefed.social 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) The part I hate is how many overconfident internet technicians will be like "well ackshually the metaphor isn't that far off" completely missing the very important difference between an information channel and a power channel and what the capacity limits are for each. For example, free space is a pretty great information channel, but it absolutely sucks for reliably transmitting fluids. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 year ago Also, the fact that in context, it was coming from an ignorant old man ranting on the floor of Congress while trying to pass an anti-net nutrality bill. The fact that the analogy even kinda works is an accident and missing the bigger problem. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] socsa@piefed.social 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) The part I hate is how many overconfident internet technicians will be like "well ackshually the metaphor isn't that far off" completely missing the very important difference between an information channel and a power channel and what the capacity limits are for each. For example, free space is a pretty great information channel, but it absolutely sucks for reliably transmitting fluids. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 year ago Also, the fact that in context, it was coming from an ignorant old man ranting on the floor of Congress while trying to pass an anti-net nutrality bill. The fact that the analogy even kinda works is an accident and missing the bigger problem. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 year ago Also, the fact that in context, it was coming from an ignorant old man ranting on the floor of Congress while trying to pass an anti-net nutrality bill. The fact that the analogy even kinda works is an accident and missing the bigger problem. permalink fedilink source parent
