The Tech Random Crap Thread

[DarkAudit]

It took me several guesses to figure out the TV was a

Spoiler

I tried multiple variations of portable TV until I caught onto the little color logo. Then it was easy.

 

[PatrThom]

29/45 before touching Google.
This is what I get for not making my parents buy me stuff.
I knew Altair, though.

--Patrick

 

[Tinwhistler]

Got the Zune. @Celt Z would be proud. But then again, I liked my zune a lot too before it got stolen.

the ones I didn't get

Spoiler: spoiler

• Altair
• The scientific calculator
• Sensorama
• Talkboy
• Vcr
• Camera
• The one that looks like an abacus
• The desk calculator
• Televisor

 

[Squidleybits]

I had a little Pikachu version of a Tamagatchi. He died

 

[jwhouk]

27 of 45.

 

[Dei]

So I finally ordered a second monitor, and my husband was wondering why I was planning to put it on the left instead of the right when it's going to be better than my old one. Which of course spawned a whole debate about which side the main monitor should go on, and he realized that he has them placed differently at work than he does at home. So what is your opinion on main vs. secondary/tertiary monitors?

 

[Far]

Have two currently and the main goes directly infront with the secondary to the right of that.

Aim is to get a third eventually that will then go on the left.

 

[PatrThom]

My setups are always 100% driven by geography. They will go where they fit.

—Patrick

 

[MindDetective]

My only two-screen set-up is like @Far 's

 

[Snuffleupagus]

My second is to the left, but only because my desk is L shaped in that direction.

 

[GasBandit]

Main monitor left, secondary monitor right. At both work and home.

 

[Squidleybits]

Main monitor left, second on the right and crappy tablet screen lower and middle.

Stuffed Pichu wedged between the two large monitors.

Work set up

 

[Tinwhistler]

work setup (I've definitely lost weight since this picture)

 

[PatrThom]

First Linus uses the Threadripper 3990X to play Crysis in software rendering mode, using the other cores as a software GPU.
”That’s nothing,” says Strife212, who proceeds to install the entire game into the VRAM of an RTX 3090.

—Patrick

 

[jwhouk]

There are times when I think that the sole reason for the existence of video games is simply to keep manufacturers of video cards in business.

 

[GasBandit]

There are times when I think that the sole reason for the existence of video games is simply to keep manufacturers of video cards in business.

I've often heard (and said) that the video game industry is to computers what the F1 racing industry is to cars. The hardware involved is way beyond anything we really need for actual work purposes, but corporations will spend billions to flex nuts on other corporations to have the best performance there.

 

[jwhouk]

That increases the similarity between Apple and Tesla.

 

[mikerc]

Oh noes! Hackers can permanently lock up your penis!

 

[PatrThom]

I don't know as I ever expected to read the phrase "Internet-linked sheath" in a tech article.

--Patrick

 

[mikerc]

I certainly never expected to read an article on internet linked chastity cages on the frigging BBC news website.

 

[figmentPez]

Well, there's an episode of the Lockpicking Lawyer I don't think we'll ever see.

 

[bhamv3]

But it noted that one online reviewer who appeared to have got locked in due to an unrelated bug posted that he had been left with "a bad scar that took nearly a month of recovery".

Just how many bugs ARE there in this device?

Also, if I'm going to stick my junk into anything made in China, it's going to be (insert name of famous Chinese celebrity here).

 

[drifter]

Also, if I'm going to stick my junk into anything made in China, it's going to be (insert name of famous Chinese celebrity here).

 

[bhamv3]

 

[Squidleybits]

I downloaded/installed Malwarebytes based on suggestions here. Thank you for that.

To those of you that use it, do you run the free or paid version?

 

[PatrThom]

I've always run the free version, but I'm an experienced computer user so I mainly use it as a goalie rather than a defenseman.

--Patrick

 

[Tinwhistler]

I have the paid version, but ran the free for many years.

 

[GasBandit]

I downloaded/installed Malwarebytes based on suggestions here. Thank you for that.

To those of you that use it, do you run the free or paid version?

Windows Defender is usually enough realtime protection. Malwarebytes free is good for cleanup.

But if it helps your peace of mind, I'd have a hard time arguing against ponying up for the paid version. It IS good.

 

[MindDetective]

I have the paid version, but ran the free for many years.

 

[PatrThom]

I guess my wife is even luckier than she originally thought.

—Patrick

 

[Tinwhistler]

I hold paid licences to both WinRAR and WinZip. I'm quite the catch, ladies

 

[GasBandit]

I guess I'm just a complete and utterly irredeemable monster. I actually cracked winzip and winrar.

Though, 7zip has made both obsolete now and is free, so...

 

[PatrThom]

7zip has made both obsolete now and is free, so...

7-Zip does not appear to support adding redundancy info to help protect against silent corruption/bit rot, which is what was the deciding factor for me.

—Patrick

 

[figmentPez]

 

[GasBandit]

Speaking from experience with MMD, you NEVER turn ALL the sliders up at once XD