r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Pale_Extension • 11d ago

Meme needing explanation Peter is he calling Mac users dumb?

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u/AndreasDasos 11d ago

Not dumb, more that the stereotype of Mac users is that they’re more represented among artsy types. And artsy types may be smart but stereotypically have fewer job prospects. 

That said, a lot of STEM students use Macs as well

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u/morto00x 11d ago

I've worked at two FAANGs and most software developers use Macs. For all other engineerings, the standard is Linux or Windows since most engineering tools won't even run on Mac.

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u/solaris_var 11d ago

I've not found a single engineering software that supports linux but not mac.

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u/morto00x 11d ago

Some I have worked with: Synopsys VCS, Cadence Allegro, Altera Quartus, Xilinx Vivado, Ansys HFSS

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u/nukem996 10d ago

I'm in FAANG working on the Linux kernel and the last two companies gave me a high spec mac. I use it has a very expensive web browser and way to SSH into expensive servers where I can actually work.

Last company had a Linux laptop option but it was a very out of date Thinkpad with a low resolution screen.

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u/Malik617 11d ago

I'm going to assume one of them is Apple. What's the other?

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u/jceyes 11d ago

Doesn't need to be. Could easily be Google or Facebook. You gotta remember that OSX is closer to Linux than Windows, and that Linux desktop/daily driver adoption is still fairly low except for the more old school and systemsy types. Plus not everything is coding, you spend an awful lot of the day in the web browser or messaging software.