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[–] juliorapido@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wtf i’m only realizing this now! Wtf after 30 years!!! Aaarrgggg

[–] HangingFruit@czech-lemmy.eu 2 points 1 year ago

Even now it took me 30 minutes to figure it out.

[–] dudinax@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

FIRMware is just SOFTware that's HARD to INSTALL.

[–] Kerrangutan@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago

Wait until you learn about wetware.

To extend on the theme, can we start calling the codebases of platforms that have undergone enshitification “chodeware”?

[–] matthew@lemmy.woodward.tech 1 points 1 year ago
[–] csm10495@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Is this actually the reason it's called this? Like dead serious.

[–] cynar@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If it's fake, it's a decades old prank. I heard it used seriously pre-millennium.

It fits extremely well. Software changes regularly. Hardware never changes, while firmware is mostly fixed, but can change periodically.

[–] backhdlp@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

then where else does firmware come from?

[–] andrew@lemmy.stuart.fun 1 points 1 year ago

It gets old on the device since it's never updated and eventually it starts to ferment. Fermware -> firmware.

[–] Cmot_Dibbler@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well when a software and a hardware love each other very much...uh you see the SATA cable goes in the.. and then there's pin hole connectors of course.. auxiliary input... And then 2 days later the ups man brings you new firmware.

Okay bud? Alright goodnight.

[–] juliorapido@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

Wow i never learned this in Christian school!

[–] Micromot@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

That took a bit of time for me too