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IT Professionals Share What They Have To Deal With Every Day In These 50 Hilarious Memes (New Pics)
Interview
With so many things nowadays involving the internet and all sorts of technology, it’s no surprise that people tend to use it more and more. The number of internet users alone reportedly grew by nearly 190 million in the 12 months leading to October, 2023.
While some individuals use it for work or to stay connected with people they love, some do it seeking entertainment; and there sure is plenty of that in the online world. One of the many examples of sources of that is the Facebook group ‘IT Humor and Memes’, providing amusing IT-based content for nearly half a decade now. You can browse some of their memes on the list below, so wait no longer and scroll down to enjoy a good giggle.
On the list below you will also find more information on the ‘IT Humor and Memes’ group, provided to Bored Panda by its founder, Trevor Paquette, who was kind enough to answer a few of our questions.
This post may include affiliate links.
#1
He Even Deposited $20 Into Her Bank Account After Sniffing The Password And Seeing It Was Negative
Tacet 2 years ago
What! This absolute creep is watching what his neighbour is getting up to online, he has access to her online banking from seeing what she's doing and he thinks that because she's poor and desperate that this is ok. Dude is a stalker.
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Lily bloom 2 years ago
What does that title even mean?cute story but nonsensical title is misleading
️️Upvote faery️ 2 years ago (edited)
I love how things are taken out of their original context and put into a new context so easily on the internet. The title is bullsh*t and something someone else made up to make the original post seem less wholesome
Tacet 2 years ago
It means he's been watch what his neighbour is doing online, has seen her access her online banking services, has accessed her accounts himself and deposited some cash. Which is like breaking into someone's home looking through their stuff opening their safe and when finding nothing inside leaving a $20 and thinking that they're a good guy.
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Littles Johnson 2 years ago
You are a good soul for that. You allowed your neighbor to use your wifi and now she is working on getting into a college! I'm proud of both of you!
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#2
Im Sure An Oldie . But
CouchChihuahua (He/Him) 2 years ago
someone better be watching what they search
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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 years ago
Hey those are the guys who put the microchips in my brain! You see they put the microchips in my brain. No, you don't understand. The microchips are in my brain. No, my brain is where the microchips are. No not potato chips, MICROchips are in my brain. MICROCHIPS. No not "in the rain", in my BRAIN with a "B".
martymcmatrix 2 years ago
Take it easy. After your third molt, the pain will finally subside. Listen to the advice of an adult lizardman! 🦎🙋🏽
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#3
Fox
A B C the Third 2 years ago (edited)
Nobody likes pop-ups, but firefox's pop-ins I wouldn't mind.
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Jihana 2 years ago
Might be, but other than that they are insanely cute! They are like cats in a dog body. Very affectionate and playful.
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“Today, the most popular IT-related jokes and memes tend to revolve around a few key themes: software updates disrupting work, the perils of programming, cybersecurity, and AI mishaps,” the founder of ‘IT Humor and Memes’, Trevor Paquette, told Bored Panda in a recent interview.
“The popularity of these themes often depends on widespread shared experiences, such as major software releases or well-publicized cybersecurity incidents. Additionally, the rise of meme culture means that humor is now more visual, with formats like reaction GIFs and images dominating platforms like X (formerly Twitter), Reddit, and Instagram. These trends are fueled by the rapid spread of content on social media and the ease with which people can create and modify memes.”
#4
Raumpfleger 2 years ago
Still doing this every time. Saves you hours of dispute about who would be so dumb, concluding there's no need to check. Another one would be me telling the tale when I tried to install a printer for over an hour myself, before I noticed it wasn't plugged in. Also makes people feel less dumb, when they see it can happen even to professionals. - And yes, it really happened - not my brightest moment...
laura lee 2 years ago (edited)
And sometimes the cables are just loose and need to be unplugged and plugged back in
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Tim Douglass 2 years ago
Way back in the day we had a product that took many floppies and was tricky to install. People wouldn't follow the directions and the program would only partly work, failing in a very identifiable way. I would always ask if they had run the install as instructed and they would say they had, so I would ask them to go through it again with me on the phone because "sometimes it doesn't take". Somehow it always "took" when they followed the steps in the instructions, but I didn't blame them and gave them an easy out.
Ichi as usual 2 years ago
It is just like when I tell user's that I did apply a change remotely and they need to restart now so it can take place. My secret is that we cannot do such thing, but usually people do not think that restarting the computer can solve issues. By this step we don't need to connect remotely just to discover that their uptime is around 4-5 days.
Id row 2 years ago
This is why I could never work IT support. I'd be pulling a Sam Kinnison on every call. "Is it plugged in?!? Plug it! Plug it in! Oh...OHHHHH!"
Šimon Špaček 2 years ago
This was part of our basic training. If you suspect that it is cable, ask the person to "unplug and replug it, the computer is not that smart, it may recognize it this way. Just to be sure, can you do it on both ends (with printers or routers, not with mouse of course)? I had problem with that Canon printer I got, the plug sometimes disconnects and I have to replug it from time to time. It took me two months to realize that this is the problem." Step one, you guide the person to the issue and make them your "complice". Step two, you give them a scapegoat. Step three, you share your own personal story. Step four, you tell them that even you as "expert" don't know everything. Follow this guide and don't make fun of them, you will get your 5 star rating. And watch flatearth videos, nothing you hear later sounds stupid in comparison.
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Jeremy Hooks 2 years ago
I had a colleague who would always tell people to turn it on and off again
David 2 years ago
LOL. I never thought to say something like that. I have had those scenarios. Where the customer INSISTS the cable is plugged in but doesn't actually check, gets annoyed when (after signs point to it being the issue) I aske them to please go double check. Then grumpy mumble about how it was not actually plugged in and it is working now. LOL
#5
Me_irl
“On the flip side, despite the changing landscape of IT humor, there are classic memes and jokes that resurface time and again,” Trevor continued, discussing the most popular types of jokes. “These evergreen themes tend to have a timeless quality because they touch on the universal truths of working with technology.
“For instance, jokes about disconnecting and then reconnecting devices as the universal tech fix, or the ‘Have you tried turning it off and on again?’ line from IT support have become perennial favorites. These classic memes serve as a common language among IT professionals and enthusiasts alike.”
#6
Michael P (Perthaussieguy) 2 years ago
I live in Australia, it is not easy at all for me to legally obtain a gun for personal/home protection (if at all). However, I keep a large hammer nearby instead .... *looks at printer*....
Adam Zad 2 years ago
My wife asked me why I go armed at home. I said, "Decepticons." She laughed. I laughed. The toaster laughed. I shot the toaster. It was fun.
Mila Preradović 2 years ago
My friend who is IT, specialized in digital security, has a NOKIA 3310.
Caffeinated Hedgehog 2 years ago
The Nokia 3310 is also better than a loaded gun for self defense
Load More Replies... Surenu 2 years ago
Fun fact: A while ago, hackers managed to compromise a casino via wifi-connected aquarium thermometers.
TotallyNOTAFox 2 years ago
Hospital equipment often have security protocols that are comparable to 90's standards according to studies - appearently it isn't that hard for professionals to shut down life support machines
Load More Replies... Id row 2 years ago
As someone who spent their career as a programmer/engineer, this is spot on. I will never have a 'smart' home, a 'smart' tv or an Alexa. I won't even bank on my cell, it's the most hackable device you have. It baffles me that people do this. Also, my toner color printer is over 20 years old and still works great. I will never replace that beast.
Gabby Ghoul 2 years ago
I work in IT (cybersecurity) and I also do not have any voice assistants or other IoT appliances.
Scott Rackley 2 years ago
Yeah, my phone already keeps good track of me, I don't think it needs alexa's help
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Silver5trike 2 years ago
I'm not old enough to get a career yet, but after living with my parents who are both IT technicians and studying IT, I really struggle with accepting the fact that everything is controlled by your phone... you use it for everything and it's ALWAYS in some security danger.
Melinda Flick 2 years ago
I have a smart thermostat so I don't HAVE to turn it off/down when I go to bed, and I can set it where I want it FROM bed....
#7
Jack Wheeler 1 year ago
I'm guessing at some point there were cabinets on that wall, based on the lights shining on it.
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moon bug 2 years ago
It’s just the background. It’s still showing him in the front and he can still talk.
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Has This Been Shared Before? I Feel This Is How The Users Interpret It
Michael P (Perthaussieguy) 2 years ago
But some sites don't seem to tell you all at once like this. You create a p/w and each time it rejects you it adds 'you also need to include...'
Slap Shot 2 years ago
Yes, please tell us what the requirements are BEFORE we start creating a password.
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David Paterson 2 years ago (edited)
Correction. "a symbol AND number". A digital signature. A callback to your mobile phone. A callback to your email. A captcha. Three secret questions. Your name exactly as it appears on your Identity card. The unique ten digit identification number printed in three point type on that card, the colour of your identity card, your bank account, finger print and facial recognition, passport details, and then we will send you a password that you can use.
David Paterson 2 years ago
Did I mention voice recognition? And spouse net income this financial year? As you might guess, I had to supply almost all of these last month - in order to pay my tax.
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Marcellus II 2 years ago
I read that as Alan Partridge and I didn't see the connection.
Load More Replies... A B C the Third 2 years ago
Yes, knowledgeable users interpret it as this because it's utter bullshít. Password strength is not created by complexity, but by length. Please refer to this: https://xkcd.com/936/
Adrian Scarlett 2 years ago
I've recently found password requirements to say you can't use any character more than twice...
Colleen Glim 2 years ago
And you better not forget what your password is! You’ll need several spells, DNA testing, eye of newt, and a dragon scale to reset it.
Historyharlot93 2 years ago
I don’t know about y’all, but I have no new passwords left inside me.
Upstaged75 2 years ago
I use a word and a series of numbers that have some significance to me. Then when I need to change it I just go one number up in the sequence.
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Fenchurch 2 years ago
Which it just told you wasn't a password it recognised for your account! FFS
Load More Replies...Trevor told Bored Panda that recurring jokes about programming languages, such as “the off-by-one error or the eternal confusion over the plethora of JavaScript frameworks” remain relatable year after year. “Memes that anthropomorphize hardware or software also maintain their charm, such as a printer being portrayed as a capricious entity that decides when and how it will perform,” he added.
“These classic go-to memes act like inside jokes, reinforcing the cultural identity of the IT world, and they often re-emerge when a new event or development in the tech sphere echoes past experiences, highlighting the cyclical nature of IT challenges and triumphs.”
#9
Kimbowa 2 years ago
Look at how the creatures share their environment but aren't completely aware of each other.
Matthews 2 years ago
I see this species has an advanced form of parallel play.
Load More Replies... TotallyNOTAFox 2 years ago (edited)
Engineer - An organism that turns energy drinks and cold pizza into blueprints
Tucker Cahooter 2 years ago
Notice how the alpha male engineer sits on the table to establish dominance over the other engineers in the pack
Mustafa Kiziroğlu 2 years ago
Drink a dark coffee and have some pastry. Energy drinks are the same with awful taste and placebo effect.
#10
It Just Wouldn’t Let Go
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 years ago
IE/Edge has one purpose. Downloading Chrome. I built this PC seven years ago and haven't used IE/Edge since.
#11
Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Lan
Printerman 2 years ago
Given how messed up the server room cabling is right now, I want that so bad it hurts.
Despite being an integral part of our lives nowadays, the IT—short for information technology—sector might not be as old as you think. TechTarget reports that the term itself was first used in a Harvard Business Review article in the 1950s.
"Over the last decade a new technology has begun to take hold in American business, one so new that its significance is still difficult to evaluate... The new technology does not yet have a single established name. We shall call it information technology," it read in part.
However, certain things that paved the way for IT as we know it now seemingly go way back. Complete I.T. covered some of the milestones in the history of IT and suggested that its history might stretch as far back as 2400 BC, when the first known calculator—the abacus—was created.
Other important milestones included the invention of the typewriter (in the year 1843) and the microphone (1877), developments related to radio waves and wireless technology (presented in the late 1880s-early 1890s), as well as the development of one of the first programmable computers (1948), among many other significant technological advancements.
#12
Andy C 2 years ago
No no… imagine retail, but all of your coworkers are the Karens. And their customers are too. It’s like retail inception.
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I had a whole group of fat middle aged Karen's in a yoga class. They were looking for a new yoga teacher and said they practiced hatha yoga. I taught them twice. The first time I did a beginner's level classic hatha class to assess their actual level. They didn't even come close to being able to do the basics. Next class I broke down the basics to teach them how to correctly and safely do the easiest poses and begin building some strength in a very gentle and easy way. That was too much for them. Then one of them informed me that what they really wanted was, in other words, to roll around on the floor while I say some pretty words about butterflies and unicorns. So, I planned on giving up entirely on teaching them hatha yoga and instead had a plan to teach them yin yoga at the next lesson, but they cancelled on me last minute and went to another yoga teacher.
Tyranamar Seuss 2 years ago
I just went to yoga 101 and couldn't do the one pose that required a tiny bit of balance. Well, it's just that I have no balance or strength I thought. Easy peasy- ha! Poor yoga teacher.
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Kimbowa 2 years ago
Only a few more years and some of these will finally be finished downloading.
Steve Hall 2 years ago
This is not a joke, sometimes this message would say weeks, months or years.
Smiley! 2 years ago
THIS! It took three days of straight downloading to install Baldur's Gate 3
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Christopher Gerlach 2 years ago
I remember getting super excited when a Naruto Episode was downloading at 105 KB/Sec. Also I had a program called GetRight that would allow me to pause downloads or have them saved if you lost connection.
#14
Remember
Id row 2 years ago
I have a pair on my night stand next to me right now, they're about 20 years old. Those are the best speakers for the money, I got them for 5 bucks on ebay. Still work great.
Worst Cop in Britain 2 years ago
Dootdadoot dootdadoot dootdadoot--bbbrrrrrrrrrrrrrtt *then phone rings*
Michael Travis Risner 2 years ago
"One was always not working?" What kind of sentence is that? One was never working. Never stop never stopping, I guess...
Technologies have been advancing in leaps and bounds over the last decades. Take computers, for instance; the first one—the ENIAC (standing for the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer)—was introduced in 1945 and was roughly the size of a room. Nowadays, you can throw your computer into a rather small handbag and carry it around without much effort.
If you’re at all curious, by 1956, the ENIAC reportedly occupied roughly 1,800 square feet and weighed more than 30 tons. The average weight of a laptop computer nowadays is somewhere between two and eight pounds (roughly one and four kilograms), depending on the model.
If computers went back to being the size of a room all of the sudden, quite a few houses would be in need of a makeover. According to Statista, nearly half of the world’s households were estimated to have a computer at home back in 2019; and the number of such households was reportedly on the rise for nearly two decades leading up to it.
#15
pugtraain 2 years ago
No, no. You have to bug in to bug out. Please bug in to bug out. Thank you.
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LynzCatastrophe 2 years ago
This normally causes eyeball twitching and me threatening to take apart the laptop.
#16
At Microsoft
Dirk Daring 2 years ago
There are 10 kinds of people in the world; Those who understand binary, and those who don't.
Printerman 2 years ago
Forgot Windows ME. Then again, everyone else wants to, so it makes sense.
#17
Workflow
Heather Vandegrift 2 years ago
The fact that it took 11 minutes to get that piece of information from the user 🤦♀️
When it comes to who uses computers the most—to access the internet, at least—in households around the world, males seem to take the lead. Statista reports that among 16 to 24 year olds, the difference is not that big as 60% of young women use a computer to browse online versus 60.5% of young men. However, as the age increases, so does the difference between the two, as when it comes to people from 55 to 64 years, it’s 64.1% versus 73.8% respectively.
#18
Satan Laughs 2 years ago
Or, “Previous password cannot be used when resetting the password. Please come up with a new password,” after using the ONE password it possibly could have been did not work. I bet our pets would be proud to find out how often their names are used in cyber land. Pet’s name and favorite number… who’s with me?
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 years ago
Especially after you reset your password because you forgot it. "New password cannot be the same as precious password". The same password I entered five times before I had to reset because I forgot whatever special character I picked at random to follow the same password I've used for two decades. Just let me use the freaking password I WANT!
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rustythorn 2 years ago
What's with all the down votes? I'm definitely not going to post anything here...oh wait
Brenda 2 years ago
Hubby worked IT for 30+ years. He told users "A hobby you have, 001 & any special character. Need to change? Use 002, then 003. Easy to remember but different enough ".
Maartje 2 years ago (edited)
Enter Kevin Mitnick, social engineer and hacker. I myself tracked and identified someone stalking me online using little more than some social engineering and online lookup. It hardly took any effort to get into her s**t. Told her who she was, where she lived, where she shopped, and where she worked.. she left me alone after that. I coulda gone a lot further than that and on occasion, I have. A hobby is a HORRIBLE start for a password.
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Arthur Waite 2 years ago
One place I worked insisted that everyone's password must change every month. So, I came up with Jan012008, Feb022008, etc All different, and easy to remember.
Smurphette 2 years ago
Worse than "previous password cannot be used" are sites that won't let you use part of the previous ten passwords.
#19
MushroomHead22 2 years ago
if (goingToSteal) { dont(); } why haven't we tried this on criminals yet?
Omiyaru 2 years ago
only 3 months of learning code, and and I already can guess how the goingToCrashIntoEachOther, and the don't functions work.
Adrian Scarlett 2 years ago
I'm reasonably sure that was copied directly from the boids source code.
Hannah McCoy 2 years ago
those are just references to complicated variables and functions that are not shows in the picture
That Goth Demon (zey/zem) 2 years ago
From what very little coding I've done with my dad, this seems very accurate
#21
Fan
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 years ago
No idea who's downvoting here but I agree.
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Heather Vandegrift 2 years ago
Considering I use that phrase A LOT when taking about something I don't hate, but don't really like... I need earrings made out of these tiny fans
#22
Mum's Phone
martymcmatrix 2 years ago
No software updates and app updates carried out --- Approximately 10⁴ tabs open in 3 different browsers --- Re-activation of the two-steps-authentication four times a year, despite a clearly stated ban --- 0% memory space on device → 256/256 GB available on sd card...🕵🏽
Upstaged75 2 years ago
We keep having to create new email addresses for my mom because she refuses to delete anything. She also shops online a lot and never remembers to uncheck the box that says they can send her ads. It gets to a point where the address won't accept any more messages and it crashes. I have no idea how she does it!
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Ropre 2 years ago
I'm 58 and my notifications are turned off for everything, my font size is normal and I keep my volume down low BUT I do keep my brightness way up!
French panda says ur worth it 2 years ago
I'm young and I still keep my brightness way up. It just makes it easier to see all the bored panda articles 😛
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Maartje 2 years ago (edited)
I am 66 and not like that. Sure, brighter and louder, I am older but I do not have FB, notifications, social media etc going on. I don't bank or purchase on my phone. I don't click on links in texts.. but boy, I know plenty of people that use their phones for everything. Friend got her Venmo hacked, then they tried to get into her bank account etc..
Id row 2 years ago
The desktop icons on my mom's computer are the size of a donut, she can fit like 6 on her monitor, lol. simpsons-f...585d46.gif 
#23
Came Across This Happy Snap From The Past
Anonymouse 2 years ago
LOL, the first PRIME system I managed, if you ordered a 300MB drive, they shipped four - since average three would fail after transit...
M 2 years ago
I really want a time traveller to go back and show them a fingernail-sized 1TB Micro-SD card, just to blow their minds. "Here ya go fellas.... this little thing on my pinky holds a MILLION megabytes!"
Dahamada Jamawas 2 years ago
Imagine a time traveller showing us am exobyte sd card - would we be impressed or like "yeah we were expecting that"
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Michael Smith 2 years ago
It'll take forever to restore my backup at 300 baud
Load More Replies... Michael Smith 2 years ago
Ah yes, the good ol' Direct Access Storage Device
Load More Replies... Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 years ago
Well the first thing to check is weather you need two cycle gasoline or four cycle gasoline.
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Danish Susanne 2 years ago (edited)
I found an book about computergear some years ago. It told of a 10 MB harddisk for only 10.000 DKR Which is approximately 2000 $ as a bargain. Guess when the book was from!
Back then, Trevor also told Bored Panda that the group has become a place to share things that other individuals might find funny, this way providing them with a much-needed break. “The group banner of the 'ESC' key leaving the keyboard is on purpose,” he pointed out. “Many have commented [the group] gives them a needed break, an escape, from the constant stress and pressure they feel at work."
Trevor emphasized now that there are certain constants in IT humor that serve as a reminder that while the industry evolves, many of the core experiences and frustrations remain the same. “They provide a sense of continuity and community, serving as a shared joke that newcomers quickly learn and insiders appreciate,” he told Bored Panda.
Even though one doesn’t necessarily have to be an IT professional to enjoy the memes and humor shared by members of his group, its description suggests that understanding context is paramount after all.
#24
Marvin HeartofGold (she/them) 2 years ago
Now I know what I'm doing if I have downtime tomorrow
#25
An Engineer Wiring An Early Ibm Computer In 1958
MushroomHead22 2 years ago
"women are stupid and can't do anything" - men in the 50s.... when in fact women are more or less the reason so many of the technological advancements we have today.
Chinese Letters 2 years ago
More or less the reason, how do you figure? I'm all for equality, but let's not swing the pendulum back to incredulity. Smart women abound and contribute to science advancements throughout history, smart men abound and contribute to advancement. Turns out the s**t between your legs isn't a good indicator of what's between your ears.
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Ubiquitous 2 years ago
*insert comment about it being a woman but the post doesn’t comment about it being a woman*
Mike Fitzpatrick 2 years ago
Google "IBM 407 plug board" and that's what I dealt with in high school.
#26
When you’re done with this list of IT-humor gems, continue to our previous editions here and here, or browse these memes created by IT specialists who really needed to vent for some more amusing content.
#27
tw 72 2 years ago
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask Linda or Justin. (neither of whom are me)
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#28
Irl Corporate Or Home Win10 Desktop
Panda-sized Potato 2 years ago
Eventually it catches you, and forces an update and restart, especially when you are in the middle of something.
AngelWingsYT 2 years ago
Monday: windows needs n update. Me: ugh fine. *updates* Tuesday: windows needs an update Me: didnt you JUST do this yesterday?! Windows: .....noooo.....sooo gonna update -.-
#29
Andy Mcleish 2 years ago
And plug in cartridge! Don't forget the cartridge!
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Dee Randall 2 years ago
At age 82, this is what life looks like in the computer age. It doesn't matter which you choose... they're both wrong.
#30
Unstable_Artist 2 years ago
You want to know something sad? I’ve never played the dinosaur game because it’s blocked on my school laptop
#31
Tempted To Fill Out This Flow Chart Pillow In My Hotel Room
That Goth Demon (zey/zem) 2 years ago
Whenever I look at my dad's work.. this is usually what he's doing
#32
Solid Evidence
Mustafa Kiziroğlu 2 years ago
That's normal human behavior when eyelash get into eye, and your mommy is not around to solve the problem, kids.
StarlightPanda! 2 years ago (edited)
There was absolutely no reason for you to say that. You just sound like a jerk. Also, some people take certain medications that can cause eye twitching.
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Whiskey Tango Delicious 2 years ago
Came here to say this. Take my upvote
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Michael P (Perthaussieguy) 2 years ago
A robot, huh? Ahhhh, of course... that's why her jugs are replaced with cans :)
Susan 2 years ago
No, it's not that. You've got to watch the video. It's like her eyelid keeps slamming down and she'll push the side of her eye and it opens and this process repeats over and over.
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BluEyedSeoulite 2 years ago
I had to look up the video. She does in interview later and the interviewer does the same trick. "Broken doll eye" which is pretty amusing. My eyelids twitch uncontrollably if I try to shut only one eys
#33
Edge Is The Only Browser I Use, Even In The Phone
Tacet 2 years ago
If you are actually in IT you know Edge is actually better than Chrome. Granted it's like saying stubbing your toe is better than a paper cut. Both aren't good but one is still better.
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Maggie Fulton 2 years ago
Same. Our timekeeping program will only run in Edge.
Load More Replies... frederick clause 2 years ago
Not any more, chrome is so resource hungry that it's used to download any other browser.
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Steve Hall 2 years ago
Edge: You must have made a mistake, you're using Chrome. Me: No, you made a mistake, I am using Chrome!
Paul Gerrard 2 years ago
It keeps trying to be your choice. Wierd how in the days of browser wars MS paid massive penalties for shipping explorer and now they are as persistent as russian ransomware and nobody cares
Maartje 2 years ago
It is . to be fair, a good browser. The reason I do not use Edge is because it keeps on reinstalling itself. Then, when you find a way to keep it off your pc THEY find a way around your whatever-block and there it is again..
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Austin L 2 years ago
Once storage got so cheap I went straight to just extracting them in their uncompressed format. Even buying them off "HD" sites doesn't really use that much space, even on mobile devices.
Sans Serif 2 years ago
My approach as well - I have thousands and they take up only a few GB...
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Marvin HeartofGold (she/them) 2 years ago
Oh Azi, put that smug face away before your hurt Crowley. ...again.
#35
Minda Carpenter 2 years ago
They are all junior because they can't afford anyone with more than 3 years experience.
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#36
Kids Today
[>.<]/ 2 years ago
Ughh having to hardboil an egg once a week to replace the ball...
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Ruben Schelstraete 2 years ago
Kept slamming the mouse to keep moving. I was to lazy to clean it.
laura lee 2 years ago (edited)
I still have a tendency to do that with my optical mouse even thinking at the moment, this will only hurt my mouse... habits are hard
Load More Replies... Historyharlot93 2 years ago
“Don’t quote the old magic to me, I was there when it was written.”
Your local pyromaniac 2 years ago
that is track ball mouse. imma tell old people i watched movies on vhs to see their reaction. They always underestimate how recent stuff they think is old really is.
Jessica Urquhart 2 years ago (edited)
Why do I not get this? How are you going to fit an egg in there?
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BlueBlazer999 2 years ago
That’s a mouse with a ball. You underestimate my love of random Wikipedia pages!
David 2 years ago
I had once had one (my selective memory chooses to remember this as a customer's mouse and not my own) where mouse working horribly - I pulled the ball out to clean it and was surprised to see the black ball looked clean. About like the one in the photo above without the crud on the table. Thinking maybe the rubber got oily or something and was slipping I started to clean the black. That is when I discovered the ball was entirely coated and removing the junk was about like peeling a tiny orange. The ball under that was actually one of the light gray ones. The two rollers were also coated. After a bit of 'yuck' the mouse worked just fine again but I've never seen a mouse that dirty before or since. Modern laser mouse so much better of course.
#37
Cheat Code 101
Henny Hana 2 years ago
He's been asking what the hell is he doing here, he doesn't belong here.
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Lucien Howl 2 years ago
It doesn't work. The game knows you still care. Besides, it's just gonna cheat in five minutes, anyway, and you'll be back here.
#38
Train
Adrian Scarlett 2 years ago
px stands for pavingstones in the x direction
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Mustafa Kiziroğlu 2 years ago
They can be put on the side; not interesting. 633d8ff829..._large.jpg 
Mark 2 years ago
It’s rather the coding part that makes it funny, but that image is so cool! Is it a truck mounted crane, or is it fixed down?
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#39
School
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 years ago
You have to be a certain age to appreciate this.
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Grudge-holding Treefrog 2 years ago
My high school’s digital literacy textbooks are from 2007…
Alistair Brownlee 2 years ago
There are many old programs that teach subjects better than new ones.
#40
Ssd vs. Hdd
David Paterson 2 years ago
OMG yes. When I accidentally access my external HDD I have to stop work for the rest of the day.
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 years ago
My SSD is drive C, the rest of my drives go to M. I've got a lot of hard drives.
#41
HurlWurk 2 years ago
Spent 4 days typing up a Merry Christmas thing on my C64. It played jingle bells and set screen colors and shook the bells. well, eventually after a dozen rewrites.
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Your local pyromaniac 2 years ago
same. made platformer game in scratch,and i removed the hitbox's sprite image because it was showing through,and then i fell trough the floor and could only jump,no movement other than that
David Paterson 2 years ago
Yeah. Wrong software version. You need access to a supercomputer running Unix in order for that tutorial to work.
quentariel 2 years ago
I accidentally took a coding course in high school and I all could do there was copy the example codes and still every other time it didn't work. I've learnt some since, so maybe my teenage brain just couldn't handle it.
#42
David 2 years ago
It certainly can pay for some. I have an old navy buddy who is a programmer who makes over $200K USD. I remember back in the 80s when he was just trying to learn programming. (On my Amiga 1000 if that tells you anything) using stuff like Dbase 2. He was encouraging me to learn as well. We even talked about making a game. (Doable because back then text games were still popular and graphics games were pretty fledgling.) I liked the idea (of learning to code) but life got in the way and I never did. I really liked working in IT but it never paid me that kind of money.
#43
Blue Morpho Butterfly 2 years ago
i feel that this isn't true, they just have lots of other jobs taking up their time so they can't do the work as quickly
Chris Brillhart 2 years ago
Not only that, but the asinine stuff that gets submitted to IT just because it uses electricity. We had a user submit a ticket for an extension cord not working. And yes, we have to respond to that, we can't just ignore it.
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#44
Bios
David Paterson 2 years ago
Don't even joke about that. Faulty windows software updates are the devil incarnate.
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FranklySpeaking 2 years ago
UPS. Uninterruptible power supply. Not nearly as expensive or aggravating as a OS reload.
#45
So Yesterday I Was At Our Local Town Police Station (Germany) To Give Them Some Video Clips From My Tesla
Of course they are not allowed to put any USB drives in their computers. So far so good. What they do instead is use an old computer - which is normally used for breathalyzer - still running Windows XP. So he put my flash drive in and burnt all the files on a CD-R using a external drive. Because yeah, bad files don't make it on CD.
Tarik Dursun Zorgulen 2 years ago
Well, USB devices can contain more than "files". There are a lot of very cheap rubber ducky devices where they would emulate a keyboard and type harmful code the minute you plug it in. If your users are not tech savy they would not even notice/bother with a command prompt opening for less than a second and in the end you'll have access to that PC or whatever you want. There are also computer killers (high voltage on USB power/data lines), also copying files to CDs from a non-internet enabled PC would allow users to just copy know video formats etc. and eliminate risk of any executable reaching to network connected PCs. That way when the CD is given to someone else in the department they won't have a chance to accidentally running any executable/script on the CD. All around, it IS a very good practice to follow for a high-risk, low-IT-budget/training place.
Loren Pechtel 2 years ago
This can't be upvoted enough. This is a perfectly reasonable security precaution. Sure, they could be copied to a station's own flash drive but that would mean people would take shortcuts and plug in public flash drives. Hence the workflow forces the copy so nobody can shortcut it.
Load More Replies... Two_rolling_black_eyes 2 years ago
I have no problems with this. If there's a virus, it infects one computer not connected to the network and they lose one function - breathalyzer. They do a complete re-install of the software and lose nothing - the backup breathalyzer data is on other CDs.
David Paterson 2 years ago
A lot of places don't allow you to put USB files on your computers. I know one place where they don't allow an internet connection to any of their computers.
Erik Rydbom 2 years ago
I work a gov't tech job and we can't use USB drives either. It's not necessarily because they want to protect the system of an upload of bad files, it's so you can't easily copy what's on the system and disseminate it. That's how Edward Snowden took all of that data - USB drives.
David 2 years ago
That is funny. There was even a couple of famous cases of malware shipping on a legit software company's distribution CDs. One of them was a game I think but I forget the titles. I just remember it making the rounds because supposedly the software you get from the major companies is safe out of the box.
#46
Sum Guy 2 years ago
I use 5g network instead of fibre because it is faster for cheaper... the problem is that the router is hanging on the window right now because it is also the antenna for the 5G signal and brick walls doesn't want to let 5g in
Sandor M 2 years ago
5g is faster than fiber? Must be an alternate universe
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Sue User 2 years ago
Hands up, all the people who wrote a quick little utility that somehow becomes an integral part of the business.
Filipa Menezes 2 years ago
We just know the next step is having a sign saying "please duck" for the next 10 years
#47
Oldie But Goodie
#48
It Solutions
Margaret H 2 years ago
Why does this picture look like two young machines holding hands, not sure if they're compatible yet but willing to give it a try?
David 2 years ago
For anyone wondering that is a Mincon 4 TTY (tele type device). It is what deaf people commonly used to talk to (other people who had a TTY). We had a model similar to this in our house for when my deaf brother would call. The dark 'window' above the keyboard has a screen for most of. monochrome - usually green. The text would scroll across the screen as you (or they) typed. These days my brother uses video calls and signs or he uses video relay where the operator signs with him but inteprets for the voice user on the other end. And also text message of course.
John Henry 2 years ago
Except that's not an internet connection, it's a TTY (short for "teletypewriter," oddly enough) used for speech-to-text communication for the hearing impaired. That model is also also current tech, in spite of the clever arrangement of arcana in the photo; it was first manufactured in 2001 and is still available from Ultratec, the manufacturer of the Minicom IV. The modem in this arrangement serves no purpose at all. Looks like some kid got into his dad's attic storage to make a joke. Dockstar was released in 2009, long after even the most remote areas were off pulse dialing. Funny, but only if you have little grasp of technological timelines particularly prior to about 2010.
Spittnimage 2 years ago
First time I used a computer it was like this (1978). I worked in my high school's library and boss librarian taught me to use it because it was "cutting edge technology".
#49
frederick clause 2 years ago
Just curious, has anyone ever have troubleshooter find a problem?
devotedtodreams 2 years ago
I think so; the real question is if the problem could actually be fixed via troubleshooter...
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#50
100mbps Wife
Panda-sized Potato 2 years ago
Free internet wife. You marry her in a MMO, but never actually meet her.
Vic 2 years ago
Hostel is a place that provides housing bachelor's/spinsters. Usually 2-3 people in a room. It's a preferred accommodation for students and fresh working professionals. But I don't know any that provide a wife .
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#51
The Forbidden Pillows
2WheelTravlr 2 years ago
I'm certain I've never wanted a pillow as much as I want the Samsung danger pillow right now.
#52
#53
Your local pyromaniac 2 years ago
but,i introduce to you,sprocket. a tank building game that lets you make tanks similar to these,as in really wierd
#54
censorshipsucks 2 years ago
no the linux one is not accurate. It's more like, sure, but I also need to install libopencv-ts-dev/bionic-updates,bionic-security 3.2.0+dfsg-4ubuntu0.1 amd64 libopencv-video-dev/bionic-updates,bionic-security 3.2.0+dfsg-4ubuntu0.1 amd64 libopencv-video3.2/bionic-updates,bionic-security 3.2.0+dfsg-4ubuntu0.1 amd64 libopencv-videoio-dev/bionic-updates,bionic-security 3.2.0+dfsg-4ubuntu0.1 amd64 libopencv-videoio3.2/bionic-updates,bionic-security 3.2.0+dfsg-4ubuntu0.1 amd64 libopencv-videostab-dev/bionic-updates,bionic-security 3.2.0+dfsg-4ubuntu0.1 amd64 libopencv-videostab3.2/bionic-updates,bionic-security 3.2.0+dfsg-4ubuntu0.1 amd64 libopencv-viz-dev/bionic-updates,bionic-security 3.2.0+dfsg-4ubuntu0.1 amd64 libopencv-viz3.2/bionic-updates,bionic-security 3.2.0+dfsg-4ubuntu0.1 amd64 libopencv3.2-java/bionic-updates,bionic-updates,bionic-security,bionic-security 3.2.0+dfsg-4ubuntu0.1 all libopencv3.2-jni/bionic-updates,bionic-security 3.2.0+dfsg-4ubuntu0.1 amd64 libopendbx1/bionic 1.4.
Sean 2 years ago
Even better when you try to install a package from a third-party repository and the version of the library you need is no longer in main.
Load More Replies... TotallyNOTAFox 2 years ago
To be fair, since Windows 10 you might need a crack for said software to get it running without older copy protection measures preventing it from working
#55
David Paterson 2 years ago
When you write a 200 line software program and it runs perfectly first time.
SparkDragon 2 years ago
I never trust it when this happens, so spend hours searching the code for a 'secret error'
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#56
My Code
#57
I Drove Over An Hour To Do This
For everyone who asked why I couldn't fix it remotely the computer is in the back office of a gas station. I assume they don't have remote access software because they are worried about security. When the company dispatcher called me about this problem I told him what needed to be done and that the manager could do it himself in under a minute. The dispatcher still wanted me to go. When I got there the gas station manager was gone. I rebooted the printer and changed the default printer to a USB printer (it was plugged into USB and Ethernet), printed a test page and printed a report from the software that was left open (I assumed that is what he was trying to print). Then I went home
Two_rolling_black_eyes 2 years ago
I have a very close friend I used to work with who is a hardware repair tech for data centers. Several times a week he still gets calls because someone accidentally unplugged something and swears its plugged in. He gets paid from the second he receives the call until he gets back home/to the office. His "best" call was to someone still using a reel to reel tape backup who needed to do their end of year financials and swore the machine was broken. Being the week after Xmas, he was the only tech working certified on it. He flew from Denver, CO to a suburb of Minneapolis, MN just to plug it back in.
Load More Replies... Mustafa Kiziroğlu 2 years ago
Our two guys went to four hour drive to plug-in power cable of a kiosk. I sent itemized receipt to company owner directly.
David Paterson 2 years ago
The key is - never hire an IT guy/gal who lives more than 15 minutes away. There always is one.
#58
My Career
Sooploosh MacSchnibble 2 years ago
DO NOT USE CHAT GPT FOR KNOWLEDGE STUFF!! IT WILL MAKE S**T UP!!
Erik Rydbom 2 years ago
I have just started using ChatGPT for writing scripts and I am amazed at how well it can churn out code - accurate about after the 15th time though.
Ashley_Kirin 2 years ago
If you're using gpt, you're one Twitter brigade away from losing your job lmao any "ai" thing is just learning from users. That's why the Replika AI friend app is so abusive now. Users would purposely abuse the AI and now the AI will randomly do it to other users as well.
#59
John Henry 2 years ago
Somebody who doesn't know how to construct an elegant java class name.
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Michael P (Perthaussieguy) 2 years ago
This is not as silly as it might appear (waves sound in the background and 'Ocean breeze' air freshener)
Kraneia The Dancing Dryad 2 years ago
I like it, but would need some way of keeping the sand in the box and not track it all over the house.
Load More Replies... Mouse 2 years ago
Came here to say this. It's when he wrote Pet Sounds which is one of the best albums ever made!!!!!
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I ❤️ 66 Blocks
Greg Baughman 2 years ago
Respect for a neat wiring job. Having worked with phones for many years, I can appreciate a nice wiring job.
Tracy Wallick 2 years ago
I don't work with phones, but I too can appreciate a nice wiring job.
Load More Replies... pep Ito 2 years ago
This is telephone pair cable. If there is a problem with a telephone line and this wiring has not been touched, the problem lies elsewhere.
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Chatgpt
Anyone-for-tea? 2 years ago
Because Chat GPT doesn’t give any credit to where it gets its information from and steals everything from everywhere even if it shouldn’t.
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#63
The Scout 2 years ago
Thnere actually is such a thing as an "USB condom": An adapter that conducts the power transfer via USB while blocking any data. It is recommended to use when charging your phone or laptop at public ports to avoid any harm when they have been compromised.
Ashley_Kirin 2 years ago
"recommended" isn't the right word for it. It was a giant social media panic that the mainstream news outlets furthered. There is very little chance it will happen. The FBI even said the threat was so low that they immediately dropped any and all investigations on it.
Load More Replies... John Henry 2 years ago
LMAO 1999. Wow. I thought this was a series of jokes for people who had at least a slight clue about IT.
pep Ito 2 years ago
First. This is false. The first McAffe antivirus was available in 1987. Second. Not all viruses were catastrophic. For example the flip virus When the virus activates on a computer with an EGA or VGA display adapter, it will "flip" the screen horizontally and switch to a special character set, which reverses each character. This effect only happens on the second day of each month, between 16:00 and 16:59.
#64
Gabby Ghoul 2 years ago
I haven't seen a PC "run too fast" in decades. (Some programmers tied the action of games too tightly to the system clock speed and the faster clocks of newer computers made those games unplayable. This is why PCs had a "turbo" button for a long time, so you could slow down the clock.)
#65
Think My Ocd Needs A Re-Wire
Sean 2 years ago (edited)
Oh, it absolutely does. I’ve actually seen much worse than this. You don’t move those wires around too much when doing service changes unless you have to, so cross-connect tends to start looking like this after a few years.
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#66
Finally Got Caught
#67
A Real Conversation Between My Wife And I, Surprised Myself With How Corny We Really Are
#68
Programmers Beware
Your local pyromaniac 2 years ago
he um, stop. i stopped using chatGPT because of stuff like this. its unreliable,and people have every right to sue people for doing stuff like this over it,because they never said it was okay for them to use their work in training for it, and ai just causes way to many problems,so shut. this isnt about him not getting around to finishing those books,its about how he never gave the permission to do that,so it isnt even legal at that point.
Load More Replies... Šimon Špaček 2 years ago
Pack of monkeys with typewriters would write better season 8.
Load More Replies... Two_rolling_black_eyes 2 years ago
He will lose. As long as they don't claim he wrote it or charge for it, its fan fiction and completely legal under fair use laws (at least in the US).
#70
censorshipsucks 2 years ago
I don't think that earning a lot of money (speaking as a dev), means you were 'something' in life. I think you are 'something' in life if you help everyone and everything that needs your help.
Anyone-for-tea? 2 years ago
But sometimes having money gives you the freedom to really help those in need. I didn’t realise how rich I was until I had nothing, then I soon realised how even a little bit of disposable income gives you freedom.
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Loren Pechtel 2 years ago
What's the problem here? While this is way beyond home systems it's not out of the question for large operations. Just because there are no actual drives that big doesn't mean you can't have arrays of that size.
John Henry 2 years ago
I think the humor here is supposed to be the homonymish "petabytes/Peter bites." All things considered they could have gone in a much worse direction with it.
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Does Anyone Need A 3 1/2 Disk Care Kit? I’ve Got A Couple To Spare. I Paid $4.95 But I’ll Let Them Go For $4.99
John Henry 2 years ago
My thought too. First box I ever put a hard drive in was a TRS-80 Model III around 1983 or so and I doubt I've cleaned drive heads more than a half-dozen times in the 40 years since. Plus the abrasives on cheapies like this tended to damage drive heads, ironically enough. The only people "recommending" you do that nonsense once a week are the people who manufacture drive cleaning kits.
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John Anderson 2 years ago
Move the decimal about 4-5 places to the right and, I bet, the government will buy them
#73
Never Obsolete!
Two_rolling_black_eyes 2 years ago
As you can imagine, a business model built on a brand new computer every 2 years for $99 causes bankruptcy.
Michael Braisher 2 years ago (edited)
I'd heard of this. You were meant to subscribe to tons of specified costly upgrades and never do any of your own. Fine for uncle or granny but not for anyone else.
HTakeover 2 years ago
3 years? Man, that thing was obsolete before it even left the shelf. EMachines were the lowest end you could get at the time.
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This Is So Over Prepared Right?!
Andrew Cowles 2 years ago
It's the SSL files I get messed up with! Probably as you only need to update them every two years.
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Student: It Was Like This When I Opened It This Morning. Me:
censorshipsucks 2 years ago
you closed the lid while a pen was still on the keyboard, didn't you.
HTakeover 2 years ago
No way, it did that by itself. It's a product defect and I demand you replace it for free... and save my data too.
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#76
Hahahhah
#77
,
#78
When You Start Your PC
#81
PandaGoPanda 2 years ago
My mother used to sing this jingle - just Googled and it's from 1948!
Load More Replies... HTakeover 2 years ago
It's joke that paste is paste... you use a special paste that transfers heat from the electronics to a block of metal that gets cooled, so that your electronics don't overheat. The special paste allows better heat transfer and doesn't break down over time. This pic would be like a pic of someone using Krazy Glue instead of eye drops, because drops = drops.
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Loren Pechtel 2 years ago
Pretty much anything that flows would work for a little while. The thermal paste is important if you want it to **keep** working.
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I’m In A Competition With My Neighbours For Wi-Fi Names
#83
Html
censorshipsucks 2 years ago
1. Buy fedora. 2. Wear fedora. 3. Buy katana. 4. Wield katana. 5. Tip hat. 6. Say "Good day m'am". 7. Express your anger on r/incels. 8. Buy AR-15.
Kraneia The Dancing Dryad 2 years ago
I used to know some HTML. Not enough to make a living at it but I briefly had a website that I programmed myself.
#84
Welcome To Pcmr In This Generation Lol
#85
Need A 4070 For Those Equations
#86
For High Performance
John Henry 2 years ago
I'm currently running a decade old ASUS and would continue doing so indefinitely except it's pre-TFP which means I can't install W11 on it...and I'm a media creator, so as of the last update I'm officially no longer compatible with Adobe CC. Easily the best computer money I've ever spent, and the only time I've been really pleased with a pre-fab.
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Just A Screw.....together With The Thermal Paste Of A Clients Dell Laptop
WindySwede 2 years ago (edited)
There cant be any important stuff outside of the core, can it...? *Philips away* edit, or is that 'Pozidrive'?
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