• AmazingAwesomator@lemmy.world
    18·
    5 days ago

    my “okay, so…” beginning are usually trying to break my specialty into human-understandable language and prep an analogy. aint nobody but my nerdboi peers care about the dinglehooper flooting the yoonerbix .001ms faster than the yumdumtrum.

    “its like a bicycle with 7 wheels, but only three wheels work at once.” is easier to explain.

    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
      1·
      3 days ago

      Yup, my SO isn’t very technically inclined, so describing anything I do in simple terms makes it sound super lame.

      For example, I’m working on a P2P reddit clone, and here’s how it goes:

      Me: It’s like reddit, but there’s no website and it’s all on your computer.

      SO: So a note pad?

      Me: No, it’s also on other people’s computers too, anything I wrote shows up instantly on their computer.

      SO: Notepad with Dropbox?

      Me: No, I don’t have all of the data, and neither does anyone else. We only get what we subscribe to. Like reddit!

      SO: So Dropbox, but with multiple documents.

      Me: Sure…

      SO: (pats me on the head) I’m glad you’re excited about it, now do the dishes.

    • Neondragon25@piefed.socialEnglish
      3·
      5 days ago

      Yea but that .001 ms results in 16 more gigglebiggles per cycle and thats significant. Who wouldn’t be amazed!