The Tech Random Crap Thread

[PatrThom]

" Sorry, this post was deleted by the person who originally posted it. "

It was a computer so caked with cigarette-stained fuzz and dust that it looked like someone had decided to artfully glue dried-up, dead decorative moss to the case to make it look like a miniaturized skyscraper building you'd see from a post-apocalyptic video game.

--Patrick

 

[PatrThom]

--Patrick

 

[figmentPez]

--Patrick

I saw this yesterday and the trolling part near the end had me .

 

[GasBandit]

Doom on a CAPTCHA is the most frustrating though admittedly raddest way to prove your humanity to an algorithm

You can now play Doom on a CAPTCHA, in case you wanted to for some reason.

www.rockpapershotgun.com

 

[GasBandit]

&UDM=14 - the disenshittefication of Google

 

[Tinwhistler]

Mark Zuckerberg, Recipient of World's First Rat Penis Transplant, Announces Meta Will Stop Fact Checking

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, medical pioneer who received the world's first experimental rat penis transplant, announced today that the social media juggernaut would stop fact checking.

thehardtimes.net

 

[PatrThom]

Mark Zuckerberg, Recipient of World's First Rat Penis Transplant, Announces Meta Will Stop Fact Checking

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, medical pioneer who received the world's first experimental rat penis transplant, announced today that the social media juggernaut would stop fact checking.

thehardtimes.net

Dana White, John Elkann and Charlie Songhurst to Join Meta Board of Directors | Meta

Meta today announced that Dana White, John Elkann and Charlie Songhurst have been elected to the company’s board of directors.

about.fb.com

I'm sure it's completely unrelated.

--Patrick

 

[Sara_2814]

With the Tech sphere so full of terrible things these days (the misuse and abuse of AI technology, social media destroying civilization, etc.), here's something hopeful. Dami Lee has a new video about tech being used for Good. Very insightful stuff about technology design.

 

[figmentPez]

Pebble smartwatch is making a comeback

Google open sourced PebbleOS, and the original founder of Pebble is planning to make a new model very similar to the original. No word on pricing or release date, though.

 

[GasBandit]

Technofeudalism.

 

[ThatNickGuy]

I haven't clicked on the video yet, but I listened to an audiobook last month called Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism, by Yanis Varoufakis that talks all about this. It's possible the video cites this, but yeah, it's scary watching the trajectory capitalists like Musk are following.

 

[GasBandit]

I haven't clicked on the video yet, but I listened to an audiobook last month called Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism, by Yanis Varoufakis that talks all about this. It's possible the video cites this, but yeah, it's scary watching the trajectory capitalists like Musk are following.

Yep, he cites Varoufakis a lot in the video.

 

[GasBandit]

Apparently 30% of Australia went offline today due to dumbshittery. Reading an imgur comment thread about it, I suddenly started having a twitch response.

 

[GasBandit]

 

[HCGLNS]

IT professionals are criminally underpaid.

 

[GasBandit]

 

[ThatNickGuy]

Well, it was fun while it lasted, I guess.

Plex ups its price for first time in a decade, changes remote-streaming access

You’ve got until April 29 before the Lifetime Pass more than doubles in price.

arstechnica.com

"But if you've been hosting your own Plex server to maintain access to your stuff while you're away or relying on the kindness of non-Pass-having friends with servers, either you or your server-owning friends will need a Plex Pass subscription by the end of April."

 

[Bubble181]

Well, it was fun while it lasted, I guess.

Plex ups its price for first time in a decade, changes remote-streaming access

You’ve got until April 29 before the Lifetime Pass more than doubles in price.

arstechnica.com

I'm pretty sure our local provider of choice is already a lifetime member, but if not, all the forum members who have access joining together should be able to scrounge up a lifetime membership in about 5 minutes

 

[GasBandit]

Your server-owning friend is, indeed, a plex-pass lifetime member.

If I wasn't though, I'm sure the Jellyfin guys are really looking forward to an influx of people who are driven away from plex by this.

 

[Tinwhistler]

I don't always early adopt...but for plex, I did. Also a lifetime member

 

[ncts_dodge_man]

I moved to JellyFin for my personal stuff back in 2022 in anticipation that they were going to do that anyway.

 

[figmentPez]

Anyone else remember the brief window when PS2 mice had higher polling rates than USB mice, if you used software to bump up the PS2 polling rate?

 

[GasBandit]

Anyone else remember the brief window when PS2 mice had higher polling rates than USB mice, if you used software to bump up the PS2 polling rate?

To be honest, no.... PS/2 mice were SO much better than my previoud DB9 serial mice, I stayed with them practically until PS/2 ports started going away. I even continued using USB to PS/2 adapters to put my new USB mice in the PS/2 port, just to not use the USB ports. So I never really had the opportunity to cross-compare the two.

 

[PatrThom]

I even continued using USB to PS/2 adapters to put my new USB mice in the PS/2 port, just to not use the USB ports. So I never really had the opportunity to cross-compare the two.

TIL:

Throwback tech: Taking a closer look at the original USB-to-PS/2 adapter

The pointer shipped with a then-standard PS/2 port but also worked with USB when using the included adapter. What you may not know is that this small,...

www.techspot.com

What you may not know is that this small, green adapter was purely a mechanical component[...]The adapter simply connected one set of pins to another, but featured zero circuitry. Indeed, it was the mouse (or keyboard, or whatever other device you were trying to use) that did all the work.

--Patrick

 

[@Li3n]

Interestingly, new PC's at work actually seem to consistently have ps/2 ports for some reason.

 

[PatrThom]

Interestingly, new PC's at work actually seem to consistently have ps/2 ports for some reason.

Probably for BIOS reasons. Not as big of a deal with computers that use EFI/UEFI, but PS/2 keyboards are almost always guaranteed to work in BIOS, while USB keyboards are not.

--Patrick

 

[@Li3n]

but PS/2 keyboards are almost always guaranteed to work in BIOS, while USB keyboards are not.

Damn, why even take them out then ?

 

[PatrThom]

The ports? To simplify motherboard layout.

--Patrick

 

[GasBandit]

I also have a joke about UDP, but I don't care if you get it.

 

[figmentPez]

Watching hard drives defrag was relaxing.

 

[PatrThom]

And for anyone who doesn't already know this, do NOT defragment SSDs. It will shorten the lifespan.

--Patrick

 

[@Li3n]

The ports? To simplify motherboard layout.

--Patrick

Yeah, but i mean that the drawback was huge, and it's no wonder they’re bringing them back. .

 

[PatrThom]

From this reddit thread.

I don't know a whole lot about electrical wiring at this scale (3-phase/460VAC, 1500-3000A service according to the thread), but I DO know that square metal tubing will happily conduct electricity even when you don't want it to.

--Patrick

 

[Bones]

someone didn't want to wait for isoplate/isobars and used what they had on site I would say. that should be a fiberglass strut to fiberglass plates. I'm not really familiar with the hardware, but my guess is probably going to be hardened plastic fasteners too.

 

[GasBandit]

Java is to Javascript as Car is to Carpet