big awoo notationMar 19
reverse engineering is the process of finding out after somebody else fucks around
Show threadvriska, thief of light Mar 19
@lofty the description i've heard is that engineering is the art of solving problems, and thus reverse engineering is the art of causing problems
Show threadbig awoo notation
@leo whoever gave that description has never had to reverse engineer a thirty-year-old FPGA toolchain. plenty of problems were caused in that codebase...
Mar 19 at 1:32amWeb
Show threadTathar is dragons! (public)Mar 20
@lofty @leo after trying to use a thirty-year-old FPGA toolchain as an IDE, I can imagine