• Bakkoda@lemmy.world
    4·
    1 hour ago

    My rack is chained up in the garage and beaten into submission. I get an alert if something is down and an alert over a week if there’s an upgrade. I put those alerts on silent so i only see them when i pull the shade down on the phone.

    Computers are better seen and not heard.

  • foofiepie@lemmy.world
    3·
    59 minutes ago

    I would regard myself as Quite Computer, not Very, and yet, have still managed to bugger my Linux box by messing with the bootloader.

    No drive or USB ports recognised on boot. No way to boot from iso. Yay me.

  • juipeltje@lemmy.world
    2·
    53 minutes ago

    This is why you have a handfull of window managers configured and ready to go, always a fallback :)

  • MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip
    39·
    3 hours ago

    xkcd TV Problems

    And also

    xkcd Computer Problems

    Btw, downloading a CD (.iso) on the phone to boot it, because your Linux broke while you had no bootable thumbdrive around. Is something a lot of people here did sometime.

      • titanicx@lemmy.zip
        5·
        2 hours ago

        I mean I’m not sure I could actually boot off of my phone as a USB drive. That would be an interesting concept.

        • Chais@sh.itjust.works
          6·
          1 hour ago

          Unlikely. The USB protocol requires one master and one or more slaves (or whatever less charged nomenclature you prefer). In all likelihood UEFI will blindly assume to be the master while Android and iOS require negotiation to figure out who’s boss and what interface to present.
          Although given UEFI it might be possible to patch that functionality in.

  • guy@piefed.socialEnglish
    5·
    2 hours ago

    My server went from doesn’t work and I don’t know why to it does work and I don’t know how

  • Lovable Sidekick@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    2 hours ago

    When I used to work at Microsoft I had an uncanny knack for making installs not work. Things that just simply worked for other people would die with errors and bluescreens. I started to think I emitted a weird bioelectric field or something. But this only happened at that company, and strangely only when I worked on the premises.

    • dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world
      7·
      1 hour ago

      I don’t know if it’s been studied, but anecdotally, I’ve known a few such “bug attractors.” As a software engineer, I am blessed that I know people that will turn my work into ashes in a matter of mere seconds - it’s amazing.

      If you really do have a knack for making computer software fail, a viable career in QA awaits you.

      • Lovable Sidekick@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        1 hour ago

        Strangely my knack seemed limited to making installs fail. I actually wrote some test automation software, including a language for specifying tests.

  • Pommes_für_dein_Balg@feddit.org
    55·
    6 hours ago

    I’m not a computer guy. I’m a bicycle guy.
    I build them up myself, buy cheap ones on ebay to fix and modify, know basically all there is to know about stem standards, drivetrain compatibility, etc.

    I currently have 6 non-functional bikes in my garage.

  • corsicanguppy@lemmy.caEnglish
    7·
    4 hours ago

    My cousin is 30 years a mechanic. The only reason his car works at all is because he retired at 48 (#union).

    • bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works
      3·
      3 hours ago

      Yeah my cars all have problems but I know what they are so I can fix them later. I worry more about folks driving about with a failed wheel bearing and 0 brakes that they have no clue about…

  • mushroommunk@lemmy.today
    67·
    6 hours ago

    Yes, “wantonly” is spelled correctly here. I looked at it and immediately it felt wrong so this is for any like me who’s only ever heard it said.

    Also, broke my Codium install today, no idea how but it won’t load debug values now, woo.