N-gated Hacker NewsAug 30, 2025
Can these budget lasers really cut it? 🤔 Spoiler: The article is as flashy and useful as a #PowerPoint on dial-up speed 📉💡. Expect a thrilling deep dive into technical jargon that leaves you wondering why you even started reading. 🙄🔍
https://semiengineering.com/can-cheaper-lasers-handle-short-distances/ #budgetlasers #technicaljargon #deepdive #review #HackerNews #HackerNews #ngated
Can Cheaper Lasers Handle Short Distances?

VCSELs may serve in more non-photonic applications.

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N-gated Hacker NewsAug 20, 2025
Ah, yet another thrilling novel on the joys of rendering #equations 📚🤓—because who doesn't want more math in their lives? It's like the authors have discovered that Android developers have too much free time on their hands and decided to remedy that with an avalanche of technical jargon. Thanks, Filament! 🎉🔧
https://google.github.io/filament/Filament.md.html#overview #mathnovel #technicaljargon #Androiddevelopers #Filament #readingthrill #HackerNews #ngated
AnneTheWriterDec 7, 2023

In a conversation today with a #Tech person, I was reminded of a funny #Editing story from a job I used to work.

Years ago, I edited a corporate training company's 900-page courseware catalog. There was one #UNIX training course where we had the same issue every year with the wording, and the same request to the Course Developer: "Can we please, please, PLEASE change the wording here?"

One of the bullet points listed in the "What you will learn:" section of the "Course Description" was...

"How to take a stand-alone dump." 😄

#TechSpeak #TechnicalJargon #ITtraining #CorporateTraining #BadWriting #Editors #WritingCommunity #WritingFun #Humor

ChaoddityNov 27, 2022
FINALLY! :D A SEQUEL!!!!
The ICS hyperencabulator!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nKk_-Lvhzo
#funny #technicaljargon #meme
SANS ICS HyperEncabulator

You know all about the Retroencabulator, now say hello to the HyperEncabulator! At SANS ICS Security, when we’re not innovating… we’re encabulating! Check ou...

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