• @jaybone
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    166 hours ago

    I just like being able to write shell scripts and fix shit myself.

    Though I have accumulated a closet full of various hardware and cables which oddly comes in handy.

  • @[email protected]
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    478 hours ago

    In case anyone’s wondering, it’s probably because you learn that even really old computers are still really powerful and work fine under Linux especially if you’re gonna use them as a small home server.

    • @[email protected]
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      52 hours ago

      Having the right motivations behind design decisions is everything.

      I use Linux Mint Cinnamon, which is very full-featured and turn-key. It is not designed to be stripped down and lightweight; it is designed to be a drop-in replacement for windows. And it still feels like greased lightning in comparison. Windows just feels like a bad product now, even if we ignore the spying and the non-free nature of it.

    • @[email protected]
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      196 hours ago

      every time I see a fairly priced computer on our second hand market I just wanna buy it I’m not good with money

      • @[email protected]
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        140 minutes ago

        Anytime someone I know upgrades their laptop, I’m hoping they will offer me the old one 😂

      • @lemming741
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        235 hours ago

        You can’t just bring in every stray you find on the street

        • @sep
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          84 hours ago

          You just need a bigger house

  • @toynbee
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    96 hours ago

    This reminds me of a relatively early Real Life Comics, wherein a character is introduced to Linux and, shortly thereafter, is seen to be building Beowulf clusters.

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    127 hours ago

    No way you can sleep in this room, must be so damn loud and hot in there !

    • @Im_old
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      227 hours ago

      White noise from the slow humming fans, perfect!

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        53 hours ago

        For the era of tech shown, you’d also have tons of clicking and whirring hard drive noise as well. Old Hard Drives are noisy. You can hear all the seeking and read/write operations.

        Personally, I find that noise comforting, but the inconsisent nature of it would make it hard to tune out.

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        45 hours ago

        And you can wake up when your big job is done and the fans ramp down! living in harmony with the machine

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      I guess you didn’t watch the anime. (Serial Experiments Lain)

      In the story, some secret agency is running an experiment on her. Her family is fake, she gets custom, powerful hardware slipped to her by strangers, etc. So it is reasonable to assume that in that scenario that bedroom would actually be wired for that much electrical draw.

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      4110 hours ago

      I think that’s what the added power pole seen in the window is for, they just tap straight off that

  • @Fuzzypyro
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    1410 hours ago

    What’s the source? I am 100% interested in why so many computers were acquired.

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      Serial Experiments : Lain

      It’s one of the best animes I’ve watched. Be warned though it’s pretty weird but like in a good way

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        109 hours ago

        Been many years since, but it was great. Was thinking about the next version of TCP/IP afterwards.

  • @Lost_My_Mind
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    410 hours ago

    Based on this picture, I’m pretty sure I want to be before linux…