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RS Components new crappy webiste
Cerebus:
--- Quote from: Refrigerator on August 05, 2021, 04:31:43 am ---I wonder how does this impact their business.
I assume a website as bad as this will turn customers away immediately but that is my opinion as an EE.
What does the average joe think of such a website? Do those cringe-tastic descriptions above each section help them out any?
Because they do seem like they're trying to explain the bare basics to someone who knows absolutely nothing like "Ooga booga small signal go in transistor. Transistor make signal BIG :blah: ".
But then you have to wonder what those people are doing there in the first place, because surely there are better places to learn about electronics other than the section description in RS :-//
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One word for you: "Makers".
There, I hope you appreciate that because now I have to go and wash my mouth out with soap. :)
BradC:
--- Quote from: Cerebus on August 05, 2021, 12:17:12 pm ---One word for you: "Makers".
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Are they the ones that do "Coding" ?
Cerebus:
--- Quote from: BradC on August 05, 2021, 01:50:35 pm ---
--- Quote from: Cerebus on August 05, 2021, 12:17:12 pm ---One word for you: "Makers".
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Are they the ones that do "Coding" ?
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No, hairy-arsed Real Programmers like me do coding, they do 'cut 'n paste from stackoverflow'.
BradC:
--- Quote from: Cerebus on August 05, 2021, 03:55:01 pm ---
--- Quote from: BradC on August 05, 2021, 01:50:35 pm ---
--- Quote from: Cerebus on August 05, 2021, 12:17:12 pm ---One word for you: "Makers".
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Are they the ones that do "Coding" ?
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No, hairy-arsed Real Programmers like me do coding, they do 'cut 'n paste from stackoverflow'.
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Meh, real programmers use machine language. None of this namby pamby assembler stuff.
http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/story-of-mel.html
I aspired to be like Mel. I learned to "code" using a 6502 mnemonics chart and paper. Programs were punched in hex. I know it's luxury compared to the "real programmers" who toggled them in using the front panel, but then I started late and had the advantage of the progression of technology.
HwAoRrDk:
Those cringe-worthy description texts on each category page are no doubt because some slick SEO wanker consultant told them that stuffing as many relevant keywords on to the page was a great idea for search engine optimisation, to bring in 'organic search traffic' and increase 'click-through engagement' - the purpose of which is largely to create some stats that make the consultant or marketing department look good, but not actually benefit anyone using the site. The task of formulating these texts will no doubt have been delegated to some naive intern who knows nothing about the field of electronics, who ends up cutting-and-pasting together some incongruent nonsense from Wikipedia articles in order to meet an arbitrary word count requirement.
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