[akinder]

And an EE with too much time on his hands thought waaay too much of himself

[megablast]

You may be in the wrong place if you think there is anything wrong with technical people hacking away at software and hardware.

[amagumori]

he's referring to the silly "you'll get your ass handed to you" tone of the post. it's ridiculously adversarial and self-aggrandizing. he might as well have written "tango down" after showing a reversed chip..

[rurounijones]

> it's ridiculously adversarial and self-aggrandizing

Well yeah, that is the whole point.

[jstanek]

Hey, I think it's pretty cool, and I'd like to see a write-up of how he did it.

Plus it's good advertising for their firm, assuming they don't get sued or anything.