Mind you, the power connection was a PoS, would have been as well keeping that on an annual reorder for how often it failed. Pretty good laptop otherwise.

Jesus fuck were those connections bad. I’ve got at least three dead Dell mobos in the parts bin because of them. it’s like the engineer’s thought the little smd USB/power ports would be enough to “hold it”.

Fortran. always Fortran.

because there’s always more documentation than with vibecode.

AI.

you dropped these …

how could their thoughts be real if their prayers aren’t?

fuck, I can’t wait for Judgment Day.

if asked this I would go into a complicated explanation of how I would dismantle the switches to identify if they were functioning first because of sub-par outsourced manufacturing standards.

they’d probably attempt to move on to a different question, but I would always bring it back to those shoddy light switches.

“so do you have any questions for us?”

yeah, do you know who the manufacturer of the light switches are? it’s probably Leviton, but I’m hoping it’s Honeywell because they’re far superior in quality. you see Leviton uses brass plated contacts vs Honeywell uses full brass fittings that don’t cause resistance and increases the potential for fires. are you aware that using one brand over another could reduce your insurance costs by up to 3%?

oh I know stardock. they’ve been around in some way shape or form since windows 98.

my point is, I shouldn’t have to install anything to restore functionality.

just saying, if I have to install some sketchy software to restore functionality that has existed on the platform flawlessly for almost four decades then it’s not a viable platform anymore.

sure, when Microsoft manages to modify their competitors website it’s “marketing”, but when I do it it’s a crime and I go to prison.

we all know as soon as big bad chip daddy comes back with a big discount everyone not in this thread (and even some that are) will spread their cheeks and beg for more.

humans are dumb greedy little assholes that have zero willpower. that’s why it’s so easy to manipulate us.

prepare yourselves, nerds! buy your woodworking and farming tools now before those go up too!

if we all just turn off from the internet and technology in general, AI won’t have content to steal from or a market to sell it to.

this is the way.

she was never really a spider at all. she was an intergalactic traveler that became stranded on this shithole planet. the only thing she could do is to spawn in attempt to keep her species alive. she even was able to secure a group of these backwood yokals to protect her offspring and train them in the way of her people. Charlotte may be gone, but her survival lives on through her spawn.

you would be surprised at how many chemists are strung out on some form of illicit contraband.

don’t forget the mentos go first!