Master Foo and the Hardware Designer

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Otaku Alpha Male: Nov 11, 2012; bitches get ~tsundere~ when I pull out my katana

On one occasion, as Master Foo was traveling to a conference with a few of his senior disciples, he was accosted by a hardware designer.

The hardware designer said: �It is rumored that you are a great programmer. How many lines of code do you write per year?�

Master Foo replied with a question: �How many square inches of silicon do you lay out per year?�

�Why�we hardware designers never measure our work in that way,� the man said.

�And why not?� Master Foo inquired.

�If we did so,� the hardware designer replied, �we would be tempted to design chips so large that they cannot be fabricated � and, if they were fabricated, their overwhelming complexity would make it be impossible to generate proper test vectors for them.�

Master Foo smiled, and bowed to the hardware designer.

In that moment, the hardware designer achieved enlightenment.

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Captain Foo: May 11, 2004; we vibin'
we slidin'
we breathin'
we dyin'

Otaku Alpha Male posted:

On one occasion, as Master Foo was traveling to a conference with a few of his senior disciples, he was accosted by a hardware designer.

The hardware designer said: “It is rumored that you are a great programmer. How many lines of code do you write per year?”

Master Foo replied with a question: “How many square inches of silicon do you lay out per year?”

“Why…we hardware designers never measure our work in that way,” the man said.

“And why not?” Master Foo inquired.

“If we did so,” the hardware designer replied, “we would be tempted to design chips so large that they cannot be fabricated – and, if they were fabricated, their overwhelming complexity would make it be impossible to generate proper test vectors for them.”

Master Foo smiled, and bowed to the hardware designer.

In that moment, the hardware designer achieved enlightenment.

didn't realize I got my title changed

# ? Sep 19, 2014 20:07

Condiv: May 7, 2008; Sorry to undo the effort of paying a domestic abuser $10 to own this poster, but I am going to lose my dang mind if I keep seeing multiple posters who appear to be Baloogan.

With love,
a mod

gently caress master foo

# ? Sep 19, 2014 20:07

LP0 ON FIRE: Jan 25, 2006; _{beep boop}

lol

# ? Sep 19, 2014 20:29

LP0 ON FIRE: Jan 25, 2006; _{beep boop}

i kind of saw that coming at the 2nd line of that story

# ? Sep 19, 2014 20:30

Captain Foo: May 11, 2004; we vibin'
we slidin'
we breathin'
we dyin'

LP0 ON FIRE posted:

i kind of saw that coming at the 2nd line of that story

lol if u didn't

# ? Sep 19, 2014 20:36

LP0 ON FIRE: Jan 25, 2006; _{beep boop}

i wonder if programmers and hardware designers can do something instead of reaching limits, end of moore's law, etc, they instead reach a point where their code or whatever collapses into something like a black hole

# ? Sep 19, 2014 22:03

Captain Foo: May 11, 2004; we vibin'
we slidin'
we breathin'
we dyin'

LP0 ON FIRE posted:

i wonder if programmers and hardware designers can do something instead of reaching limits, end of moore's law, etc, they instead reach a point where their code or whatever collapses into something like a black hole

It's you're posts

# ? Sep 19, 2014 22:19

echinopsis: Apr 13, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

YOSPOS, m'lady

# ? Sep 19, 2014 22:25

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# ? May 29, 2024 10:42

rotor: Jun 11, 2001; classic case of pineapple derangement syndrome

Condiv posted:

gently caress master foo

mooooooooods

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