• Cloudless ☼
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    868 months ago

    Add a dialup modem and a dot matrix printer and you have a symphony.

  • @[email protected]
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    418 months ago

    Internet used to be so slow that you had a tv next to the computer so you could keep yourself entertained until the funny picture loaded.

    • @Hule
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      248 months ago

      I remember downloading an mp3 took about as much time as listening to it.

      KazAa…

      • @Throw_away_migrator
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        288 months ago

        Youngin. I remember downloading a song took an hour. Want to download an album? Better clear out your weekend and hope no one else needed the phone

    • @AnUnusualRelic
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      208 months ago

      Downloadlng kinky pictures, you’d better have a kink for hairstyles or eyebrows, because it’ll be a while before anything else displays.

    • @Aceticon
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      98 months ago

      You could literally hear the bytes passing through your modem if you wanted.

  • @[email protected]
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    358 months ago

    And then… There is the server standing my basement… Being so fucking noisy that i had to install sound protection because the neighbors couldn’t sleep…

    • @[email protected]
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      158 months ago

      What’d you use? I’m moving into a new place and my bedroom shares a wall with my roommates and I’m curious about mute the, uh, fan noises.

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        8 months ago

        Acoustic mat

        Below that i have Polystyrene (the airflow leads to the outside because it’s super hot)

      • @[email protected]
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        68 months ago

        Oh and i would recommend a Rubber floor cover to mitigate the sound of you moving in bed or the vibrations of the fan.

      • IWantToFuckSpez
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        If your fan noises 😉 are really loud you should install a wall made of acoustic drywall in front of that shared wall and fill the gap with acoustic foam. Acoustic foam alone won’t help with loud noise. Since that mostly reduces the reflection of sound. Sound can still pass trough the foam and then trough the wall.

        • @[email protected]
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          18 months ago

          The acoustic dry wall is a good shout, but I don’t think my boyfriend would take too kindly to me shrinking our room and the shared wall has closets for both bedrooms. I’m hoping those closets will do something to help, and the foam wall paneling is a good shout, but I’m trying to think of ways to do it in a way that’ll please his aesthetic desires. He doesn’t want it to look like a “streamer’s bedroom”. I joke with him and say change one letter and it’s more accurate, so maybe he’ll considered some colored ones mounted at angles to create a more visually appealing surface. That, or try to mount a rug on the wall 😅

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      118 months ago

      That’s called a data center. If you get to the point that you need sound protection it is no longer a homelab, it is a home data center.

    • @[email protected]
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      58 months ago

      Jesus! What are you running that makes that much noise? I have two HP DL360p gen8’s (older 1u units with LOUD fans when they get going) and a custom built gaming server in a rack at the end of my bed. Together they’re sometimes a bit annoyingly loud when they’re hard at work, but with the door closed you can barely hear them. I can’t imagine a single server so loud that neighbors could hear it from a basement. You got a supercomputer in there or something?

      • @[email protected]
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        138 months ago

        I run a whole server with Cisco hardware wich is constantly at about 90% idk the specs from head right now, i and a friend bought that stuff as double (he has the same setup in his basement, they are exact copy’s of each other and constantly exchange data), he is responsible for the hardware stuff. We store several hundred terabyte of data for “personal” (i won’t go into the contents as its not for public, nothing illigal either) usage. There are also some v-servers running for some smaller stuff like a TS, a Mailserver, VPN… In total i have enough hardware to equip a medium sized company with everything they need.

        (in short, it sounds like i run a jet engine constantly)

        • @[email protected]
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          88 months ago

          Ahhhh. Okay, I thought you meant a single unit was creating all that noise.

          We store several hundred terabyte of data for “personal” (i won’t go into the contents as its not for public, nothing illigal either) usage.

          Got it - it’s all Linux ISOs.

          • @[email protected]
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            48 months ago

            I have a mag tape somewhere in my safe with my Linux isos so i don’t loose them even when the apocalypse comes XD better safe than sorry.

            • @[email protected]
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              28 months ago

              If my dream of living out in the woods ever comes true, I’ll legit do this. Until then, I figure I wouldn’t last a week being so close to a major city so it’s a moot point.

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        older 1u units with LOUD fans when they get going)

        1U servers tend to have loud fans regardless of age. Small fans that spin very quickly (to get decent airflow) will do that. They’re also designed for use in data centers where noise is less of a concern.

        Sometimes you can replace server fans with Noctua fans, but the small Noctua fans generally have less airflow than the stock ones (usually made by Delta) so you’d have to check they’d be sufficient for your use case.

        • @[email protected]
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          28 months ago

          Oh, I know it. Thankfully the noise is only bad during initial boot (which seldom happens) or if they’re really kicked into high gear.

    • @tpyo
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      38 months ago

      That was a fun video and you introduced me to a new youtube channel! Thanks 😁

      • Corroded
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        No worries. The 8-Bit Guy, Michael MJD, Action Retro, and Cathode Ray Dude are all YouTubers in a similar vein in my opinion that I would recommend.

        That’s also LGR’s second channel by the way. His main channel is LGR.

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    Hearing all the noises in the right sequence was how you knew everything was working on startup

    I bet I could close my eyes and still tell you what each of those sounds meant and in what order from my family’s first computer (a 386!) if you played a recording of it today

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      58 months ago

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      • @z00s
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        38 months ago

        Sensible chuckle.jpg

  • Rustmilian
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    158 months ago

    This meme better be under the Apache 2.0 license.

  • Jo Miran
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    148 months ago

    Me: Reminisces in SCSI hard drive earthquake noises.

  • Ale
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    138 months ago

    I remembered that when I was young I had to wait for the summer to play late at night because we had centralized AC and all bedroom doors were closed. It was the only time when they could not hear my PC :D

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      Friend and I started doing water cooling stuff.
      He could only play in winter, because he could place his water bucket on the balcony

  • YTG123
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    128 months ago

    You can use negative decibels, right? It’s a logarithmic scale

  • @[email protected]
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    108 months ago

    Only complaint I have is that some modern monitors start making a high pitched noise with age. I sincerely thought I had tinnitus before I figured that out

    • Übercomplicated
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      38 months ago

      This explains so much… I always wondered why it went away when I turned the power strip off… (this is real). In all seriousness, I am shockingly relieved. Also very annoyed. Very, very annoyed. That monitor was so goddamn extensive!

      • Possibly linux
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        18 months ago

        I’m not sure if its a federation issue or not but your comment appears several times.

    • Possibly linux
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      18 months ago

      That’s not good. I would be worried about the potential fire hazard.

      The noise is one or more components physically osculating

      • @[email protected]
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        18 months ago

        That’s an understandable worry, but the fucker has not burst into flames yet nor has it made any indication of doing so anytime soon, and I don’t leave the room with it on. I treat most technology like a burning candle

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    108 months ago

    I actually like that my gaming computer makes a bit of noise. I can tab out while it’s loading a game with tons of mods and know by the sound exactly when it’s ready to play.

  • @Etterra
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    28 months ago

    Dreamcast: What? WHAT? WHAT!? I can’t hear you! What?

  • grandel
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    28 months ago

    Oh not mine. I got 6 industrial grade 140mm case fans. My leafblower is going to take off the ground before it overheats.