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Re:Discord is ditching Electron and its new app uses less RAM by wolvesechoes on Thursday November 05, 2026 @09:29AM (#50379512)
> Nobody understands everything about how an airplane works, not even the lead engineers. Nobody understands everything about how a car works

Of course people do.

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Re:Discord is ditching Electron and its new app uses less RAM by chasd00 on Thursday November 05, 2026 @10:15AM (#50380135)
Doubtful. The engine engineer doesn’t know the chemical engineering of modern fuels nor the code in the engine controller.
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Re:Discord is ditching Electron and its new app uses less RAM by anthk on Thursday November 05, 2026 @01:34PM (#50382670)
In my country in order to earn a true CS degree you need to learn both Chemistry and EE.
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Re:Discord is ditching Electron and its new app uses less RAM by skydhash on Thursday November 05, 2026 @06:34PM (#50386127)
I had to learn geology and engineering drawing, because the first two years syllabus overlapped with civil and electromechanical engineering.
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