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#3

High School Chromebook

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Dumb teenager 1 hour ago

A couple of people at my school can snap the outer casings clean off thier laptops exposing all the wiring and the computers still somehow work

1point

In today’s technological world, digital literacy is crucial to communicating, accessing information, and developing careers. In fact, 70% of all jobs worldwide will require their employees to be digitally skilled by 2025.

However, research shows that 40% of employers struggle to find candidates with the necessary technological proficiency, indicating that people in the year 2024 still are not up to par with their digital skills.

#4

Found On Facebook

10points

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Bob Brooce 1 hour ago

New! The Apple fast charger charges your iPhone in just 60 seconds!

0points

#5

I Found This Spicy Pillow At A Vet Clinic. Surface Pro 4, About 7 Years Old

10points

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David Morgan 1 hour ago

"I found this IED at a Vet clinic". There, I fixed it for you.

2points

#6

The Network Is Down

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Serial pacifist 1 hour ago

Just use some duct tape.

2points

2021 data from the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) revealed that 2.9 billion people are still offline and have never browsed the World Wide Web. Unsurprisingly, 96% of those live in developing countries.

Even those 4.9 billion Internet users don’t have the opportunity to go online on a regular basis. Many who are digitally excluded may face challenges like poverty, illiteracy, accessing electricity, and lacking digital skills and awareness.

#7

Ticket: "The Switch Is Noisy And Reboots All The Time, Cannot Diagnose."

10points

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Pernille 53 minutes ago

Hardware is not my forté, but I think I might be able to solve this issue.

1point

#8

Its Still Running!!

10points

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Kira Okah 2 minutes ago

As long as it does what you need it to. Uncle has a 3.1 machine for word processing, doesn't connect to the internet, doesn't need to do more, so it's fine. Some factories need several terminals, which don't need to have recent systems; some actually require older systems due to the needed software.

0points

#9

User States "PC Runs Like Crap"

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David Morgan 1 hour ago

It's just too easy to make the obvious comment about what the mouse was dipped in, so I can only go with CLEAN YOUR STUFF YOU SCUM!

2points

In developed countries like the US, only 7% of people never went online. This is strongly linked to age, as older Americans are the least likely to use the Internet. Education levels and income also contribute to people not being online.

#10

I Was Wondering Why My Internet Was So Slow. Now I'm Wondering Why It Worked At All

8points

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Jonathan 1 hour ago

It's a crossover cable... used back in the day to directly link 2 PC's when you didn't have a hub or switch

6points

#11

Colleague Came Down To It Complaining Their Company Phone Wasn’t Charging Fast Enough

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Janissary35680 Premium 45 minutes ago

This is the second phone on this list that looks as if someone plugged or intended to plug it directly into the mains by jerry-rigging the cord. WTAF?

0points

#12

“Why Won’t My WiFi Work?”

8points

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Janissary35680 Premium 41 minutes ago

Modem designed by Salvatore Dalı.

0points

Despite some people still being offline, the vast majority of the global population is now using the Internet. That said, according to the World Economic Forum, only 5% reach level three of digital proficiency—the highest level of skill. 14% were below level one or had a very basic understanding of technology.

#13

Celebrate 25 Years With An Imac Graveyard

8points

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Tucker Cahooter 34 minutes ago

What a waste

0points

#14

Rate My Nas

8points

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ZGutr 1 hour ago

I'll give it 3.14159265359 points

4points

#15

I Had To Install A Gpu From 2012 In A 2018 Cyberpower PC And I Lost Screws So I Had To Improvise

8points

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ADJ 19 minutes ago (edited)

Lost screws? I have yet to meet a computer tinkerer without a jar of loose screws. I myself have no less than 2 jars of loose screws and one box of sorted screws collected from computers and laptops over the last 30 years...

0points

The majority (28.7%) were at level one, which meant they could solve a problem using email and a web browser. A quarter falls into the second level at which they could complete a task using an online form and navigating through several pages and applications.

#16

Friend Asked If I Can Recover Her Photos

8points

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Owen 51 minutes ago

Well if you can you definitely deserve a raise.

0points

#17

Dell Engineer "Fixed" My Desktop

8points

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ADJ 18 minutes ago

OMG.... probably some apprentice on his second day on the job

0points

#18

Nothing Like A Little Game Of Chicken When You Need To Plug In Your Ethernet Cable

7points

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Endcensorship 1 hour ago

These aren't ethernet...

1point

Unfortunately, the general view of people’s technology proficiency seems bleak. The good news is that we all personally can make improvements on this front, which can benefit us in better job opportunities, personal development, and increased social engagement.

#19

Ticket Says "I Think The Projector Just Had A Heart Attack"

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#20

Customer Dropped His Camera In Salt Water, Rice It

7points

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#21

No Better Way To Do This

7points

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Where to start may depend on a person’s digital skill level. If they’re green as grass, there are many introductory courses they can begin with. For example, libraries organize introductory courses on computer literacy, which can be ideal for older people who might not have previous digital knowledge.

#22

If My Mental Health Was An Ethernet Cable

7points

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Kira Okah 1 minute ago

Same poor cable, same.

0points

#23

My Friend Wanted To See The Inside Of His Phone

7points

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Floeckchen 1 hour ago

That's the inductive charger

1point

#24

My Motherboard Died

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Those who already have a basic understanding of the internet and technologies can also up their game by checking out online courses or videos. This can help to learn specific skills like using photo editors, Excel, or various communication software like Microsoft Teams or Zoom.

#25

Spicy Pillow Becomes A Hot Pocket. Causes Evacuation

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David Morgan 1 hour ago

Ah yes, this is a potential firebomb. I had better place it on kindling...moron.

1point

#26

Is This An Acceptable Bend Radius?

7points

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deejak 1 hour ago

You're leaking light.

2points

#27

Disk Drive

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PFD 50 minutes ago

Some idiot tried to jam a floppy disk in the cup holder lol

1point

The most important thing during this process is patience. This, of course, is easier said than done but learning takes time. Using a new program can be confusing and frustrating in the first hour or two but once you get the hang of it, it’s smooth sailing from there. In addition, try to use technology more in day-to-day life and look something up online (or ask those around you!) you might not be familiar with doing.

#28

I Got A Gpu On Ebay From St. Petersburg, Russia Before The War Started And It Obviously Was Harvested From A Highly Secure (Ts?) Workstation

7points

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#29

User Left Their MacBook In The Fridge Overnight Because It Was Overheating

7points

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#30

Very High Quality Apple Charger

7points

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Al Fun 2 hours ago

Come on, pull it out!

2points

#31

Queens, NY Is Not Somewhere I'd Like To Be A Phone Tech

7points

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Lost Panda 1 hour ago

Can you even find the tone?

1point

#32

My Friend Doesn't Have M.2 Screws, So He Used The Sticker From A Package To Hold His Nvme Drive In His Computer

6points

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#33

But Why?

6points

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Owen 48 minutes ago

This should be a crime.

0points

#34

"Our Printer Is Printing Dark Pages."

6points

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Chyppa Homer 1 hour ago

Went over to the dark side...

1point

#35

Intruder Breaks Fan On Inverter Then Dies

6points

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#36

Cheap Solar Powered Portable Charger Took In A Little To Much Sun Light

6points

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Owen 47 minutes ago

Congratulations! Now you have a grenade.

0points

#37

When You Aren't Confident Enough To Do A Bga Soldering

6points

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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 1 hour ago

WHOA! That is insane. I wonder if it actually worked.

1point

#38

Can't Tell If The Kids Wanted To Watch Dora Or Play Dark Souls

6points

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Janissary35680 Premium 33 minutes ago

Yes.

0points

#39

WiFi Is Kinda Slow On The 3rd Floor Can You Check It Out?

6points

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deejak 1 hour ago

Needs chips.

1point

#40

Delidding A Ps3

6points

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#41

Random Access Point That Just Showed Up One Day. Is Not On Our Controller, But Has Been Configed To Use Our Ssid

6points

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ZGutr 1 hour ago

let me guess ..... also not configured to only use ch 1-6-11

3points

#42

Parents Had Flakey Internet And Had To Keep Restarting Equipment In Order So My Dad Built This Contraption To Start Them Up With Timers In Order

6points

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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 1 hour ago

This is why I hate ISPs so much. Just moved to a new place and called every alternative in town and I'm once again stuck with Comcast/Xfinity. They wanted to charge me $60/mo for a modem router. I bought one from NewEgg for $60 ONE TIME PAYMENT and made it work. Monopolies SUCK!

2points

#43

Customer: Phone Fell Out Of Handbag

6points

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Lost Panda 1 hour ago

From what height?

3points

#44

Upon Disassembly, I Think I Can See Why This Rx580 Doesn't Work

6points

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#45

Being A Alarm Engineer This Just Brings Pain

6points

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deejak 1 hour ago

Spider heard that computer had bugs.

1point

#46

I Was Hoping Replacing The Coax With Ethernet Would Be Easy. I Was Mistaken

6points

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deejak 1 hour ago

Time to knock the wall down.

0points

#47

50 Bucks For Chromecast Audio?? No Thanks - I'll Gut My Google Home Mini!!

6points

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#48

The Most Disgusting Still-In-Use Charger I’ve Ever Seen

6points

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deejak 1 hour ago

You should see the phone!

0points

#49

Me: "Has Your Phone Had Any Contact With Water?" Customer: "Not That I Know Of..."

6points

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#50

This Was Brought To Us With The Words "This One Broke, We Need A New One."

6points

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deejak 1 hour ago

Hard to disagree.

2points

#51

Just Received A Router For Repair. Wondering Why It Won't Turn On

6points

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deejak 1 hour ago

Well don't keep us guessing.

0points

#52

I Will Kill All Of The Isps That Do This

6points

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#53

This Image Used By A Musicstore As A Form Of Ad

6points

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#54

Yes, That Is Fiber. Yes, They’re “Finished”

6points

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#55

The Network Is Down

6points

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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 1 hour ago

REminds me of a roommate who destroyed a $60 ethernet cable with a staple gun.

2points

#56

I ❤️ Public Schools

6points

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#57

Costumer Came In Today Almost In Tears Asking Us If We Can Recover Her 5+years Of Work Data

6points

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Tucker Cahooter 22 minutes ago

Of course you can, from the offsite backup that you religiously kept up to date

0points

#58

Who The Fsck Designed This Motherboard ???

6points

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Tim Fawcett 5 minutes ago

From the age of the board I think someone tried a recap using all the knowledge they gained off YouTube

0points

#59

Ladies, Gents, All Of The Above? None Of The Above! I Present: My Office's Ftp Server

6points

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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 1 hour ago

People still use FTP servers?

1point

#60

What In The Exact F**k

6points

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deejak 55 minutes ago

Wait, that's *not* how you test it?

0points

#61

I Was On Vacation And The Restaurant Was Complaining Why Their Wi-Fi Wasn’t Working. I Wonder Why

6points

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#62

I Brought My Computer To The Repair Shop And The Tech Guy Let Me Keep The Problem Child Part. It Seems Fine, Should I Put It In Some Rice?

6points

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Torres (Student) LI 44 minutes ago

what are those nails?!

0points

#63

My Mil Was Due To Catch A Flight At 6.00am But She "Doesn't Trust Technology" So She Tried To Photocopy Her Digital Boarding Pass Off Her Phone. The Tech Support Question Was "What's Wrong With The Photocopier"

My Mil Was Due To Catch A Flight At 6.00am But She "Doesn't Trust Technology" So She Tried To Photocopy Her Digital Boarding Pass Off Her Phone. The Tech Support Question Was "What's Wrong With The Photocopier"

6points

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#64

Residential Client Says They Need Data Off Their Old Hard Drive… (Pen For Scale)

6points

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Julian Perry 1 hour ago

That's a Quantum "bigfoot" drive, and they suffered from "stiction" - where the head would stick to the platter (seizing the drive). I fixed MANY drives simply by grasping them in both hands and flicking them axially, using the inertia or the large platters to break the stiction. The drive would then spin up, and you could then spin up the drive. Freezing the drive also worked a lot of the time.

0points

#65

One Of My Customers Having Fun With Their Water Jet Cutters

6points

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deejak 49 minutes ago

It does look fun.

0points

#66

“I Heard A Pop, And A Crack, Now My PC Won’t Turn On.”

6points

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#67

Why Is My Projector Overheating?

6points

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#68

PC From A Pool Supplies Store 😬

6points

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deejak 48 minutes ago

Too much muriatic fumes wafting about?

0points

#69

Customer Brought This. They Said After Repasting It No Longer Boots

6points

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deejak 47 minutes ago

Too much paste?

0points

#70

Grandma-Proofed Remotes

6points

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#71

Brand New Fortigate 60f

5points

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deejak 46 minutes ago

"Brand new"

0points

#72

My Psu Decided To Say No Today, Glad To Be Wearing The Brown Pants

5points

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#73

Yeah, That'll Work

5points

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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 1 hour ago

Not how ethernet works. It's a hub and spoke network.

1point

#74

They Told Me That The Computer Wasn't Turning On

5points

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#75

How Amazon Shipped My Replacement Hdd's For My Nas For Work

5points

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#76

Tried To Fix My Laptop, Heard A Pop

5points

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#77

“I Need The Data Recovered From This! Cost Is No Issue!”

5points

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deejak 44 minutes ago

Challenge accepted!

0points

#78

Good Ol Susan Complaining That Her Laptop Doesn’t Charge And That Her Docking Station Doesn’t Work. Well No Shit Here’s Why

5points

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deejak 43 minutes ago

Yeah Susan, stop jamming those cables in!

0points

#79

Shopping Mall Visitors Gradually Pick Off LED From The Panel

5points

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#80

My Friend Payed 35$ For This Monstrosity

5points

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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 1 hour ago

Good god why? I hate the caps lock button. I literally pry it off the board when I'm playing online multiplayer so I'm not accidently screaming at people.

1point

#81

Mac Bench

5points

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Janissary35680 Premium 3 minutes ago

That's one use for them.

0points

#82

Boss Told An Unsupervised Very Junior Tech To Open Up A Customer's 27" Imac

5points

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deejak 39 minutes ago

"Is that going to be a problem?"

0points

#83

Boss Sent Me Down To A Clinic To See If Anything Was Salvageable

5points

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#84

My Friend Thinks His Phone Is Fine, What Do You Think? (And Yes It Smells Like Lithium)

5points

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deejak 39 minutes ago

Throw it in some rice.

0points

#85

I Thought I Had Seen It All

5points

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deejak 38 minutes ago

Somebody else's problem.

0points

#86

Just Had My First Day Back In School Today. I Find This Outside Of My Classroom. It's So Tempting To Just Yank Out The Cable And Exchange It Atleast For A Shorter One. Please, God Help Me

5points

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#87

After Some Construction, Customer Complained About Poor Wi-Fi Signal

5points

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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 1 hour ago

Again HOW?!?

1point

#88

This 3680w Timer Provided Power For Three Pioneer 65" Plasma Sets That Turned On At The Same Time

5points

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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 1 hour ago

That's a European style plug so assuming 220V That's about 16 amps. That little times was probably rated The good $100 units are rated for about 15A. Someone went cheap and bought a $15 model that had no protection.

0points

#89

Guess What Happened When The Client Tried To Cook Again? Recipe Not Included

5points

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#90

Not Today, Death

5points

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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 1 hour ago (edited)

Been there. The lesson is to know that the Neutral can carry as much currant as the hot. So avoid touching both while hot.

0points

#91

Customer States That The Wall Has Always Been There…

5points

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kissmychakram 27 minutes ago

The customer either lies or is Ant-Man.

0points

#92

Potting Compound Can't Stop Me From Finding A Shorted Capacitor

5points

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#93

Cpu Was Overheating With The Dinky Stock Cooler So I Stuck 2 Heatsinks Together. Dropped 10 Degrees Under Load

5points

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#94

Someone Plugged A M.2 Sata Directly Into Sata Power (Found On Facebook)

5points

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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 1 hour ago

OK that's hella dumb. Sticking your personal part into a light socket dumb.

0points

#95

Guy Comes Up To Me At Work, And Says He Wants A Car Charger. Then Proceeds To Show Me His Little Hot Pocket... :|

5points

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#96

Would You Remove It Or Leave It 😬

5points

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#97

User States Hdmi Plug Doesn't Fit. User Is Right

5points

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#98

My Friend Made A "File Server" - Then Asks Me Why He Cannot Access His Files

5points

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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 59 minutes ago

USB over CAT-5? Not how that works. Just because it fits in the hole, doesn't mean it works. There's a joke there that should go to HR but I'm not saying it.

0points

#99

After Seeing Some Posts About Fake Ssds Just Being 1 Flash Drive. So I Opened One Of My Fake Ones To Check. One Sacrificed Tool And Slightly Damaged Pocket Knife Later, A Micro Sd Card Hot Glued To A Circuit Board

After Seeing Some Posts About Fake Ssds Just Being 1 Flash Drive. So I Opened One Of My Fake Ones To Check. One Sacrificed Tool And Slightly Damaged Pocket Knife Later, A Micro Sd Card Hot Glued To A Circuit Board

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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 57 minutes ago

I remember that scam. The drive was modded to say it was bigger than it was and once it ran out of memory it started rewriting over previously stored data.

0points