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by ak39 2240 days ago
Thank you for explaining this so clearly. How old is this meme?
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You're welcome. It has been fifteen years. I was trained as an electronics engineer. We mainly used that expression in EE starting with the first two years of common core (people who plan to do engineering - except CS-, maths, or physics go through two common core years where it's mostly physics/maths/chemistry/alloys/machining/materials strength, etc. and it is in that cohort that this was popular).