Experiences with non-techies

[Gegger]

2 minutes ago, Schnoz said:

Peasant. I used duct tape to build my entire GPU by myself  /s

Get on my level. I used only superglue and duct tape to build my entire system! /s

[BigRom]

8 minutes ago, Gegger said:

Get on my level. I used only superglue and duct tape to build my entire system! /s

Look at the bourgeoisie spendthrifts using duct tape and superglue

 

The proletariat only uses string & tree branches  _/s

[Gegger]

2 minutes ago, BigRom said:

Look at the bourgeoisie spendthrifts using duct tape and superglue

 

The proletariat only uses string & tree branches  _/s

The true master PC builders use nothing to make a PC. /s

[soldier_ph]

C'mon you guys ! I built a good ol" Data Center out of duct tape 

[soldier_ph]

People who type "agreed" but don't actually click the agree button

[Bananasplit_00]

2 minutes ago, Schnoz said:

It's called an SoC, goddammit!

Are you dumb? It's an FPGA!

[Jtalk4456]

20 hours ago, Pascal... said:

People who type "agreed" but don't actually click the agree button

funny

[Gegger]

7 minutes ago, Schnoz said:

like

informative

[Jtalk4456]

9 minutes ago, Gegger said:

informative

surprised pikachu

[Gegger]

Just now, Jtalk4456 said:

surprised pikachu

qUoTeChAiN

[BigRom]

15 minutes ago, Jtalk4456 said:

surprised pikachu

RtX oN

 

[Bitter]

Secretary here doesn't know how to copy and paste stuff right all the time so she prints it then has the other part time lady read it back to her to type in.

[Bitter]

3 hours ago, Schnoz said:

How the hell does she still even have a job?! Someone at least teach her how to ctrl-c ctrl-v!

She's old, it's kind of like this with them two in the office.

 

[Gegger]

My computer class teacher legit just asked me what a program was.

[LienusLateTips]

4 minutes ago, Kaloob said:

My tech teacher is pretty knowledgeable, but we do the most basic stuff in that class eg. in the beginning of the year, he had us make folders. The same teacher never assigned crap like that last year. I did the assignment in command prompt b/c why not.

I was told to made a text document.

 

I happened to have my Linux Live USB on hand.

 

Terminal GNU Nano it is.

[BigRom]

1 hour ago, Kaloob said:

Last year we were required to bring in a USB drive. I was one of the few who bought one in (therefore getting a 100 on the assignment that said to get it), and it was an overkill 64 GB drive. We used Google Drive the whole year, due to it's integration with Classroom, and I only used it once for a file we were told to put into Drive. I now do constructive things with my time, like ripping the buttons from the mice.

Might as well be trading Forex and earning more than your teacher

Like seriously aren't there any tech-savvy people who have a modicum of common sense to teach computer classes?

[SPARTAN VI]

10 minutes ago, Schnoz said:

Someone at my school had a Ryzen CPU and an Intel motherboard, but he was a cheapskate and didn't want to buy a new mobo, so the CPU didn't fit (duh), but he used a wire cutter to CUT OFF EVERY PIN ON THE CPU!! I hear the smell when he turned it on was quite interesting.

 

If you need a cheap AM4 motherboard, I'd suggest the Ass Rock AB350M. It's got NVME and DDR4-3200 support, and the VRMs are cooled. I got my 2600 on 4.3 GHz with it. DO NOT stick it in an Intel board!!

That's pretty painful. Had to pick "funny" in the post reaction because "crying" isn't an option.  

 

Have a friend who did something similar. I spec'd an i5 6600K + GTX 1070 rig for him a few years back with the understanding that he would buy me In-n-Out and I would build it for him. When I arrived at his house, he had already assembled most of the rig, so I finished up but it would not POST. I then worked backwards, first taking everything out of the case and starting with a buzzer and barebones, then swapping out with known working parts I had on hand. Eventually concluded that his CPU or mobo was likely DOA... then he asked me to make sure he mounted the CPU correctly. 

 

Good lord. He got it on there alright, but not before flattening something like 1/4 of the pins on the socket. He bit the bullet and bought another one because he had no idea if the pins were already bent or if he damaged it himself (he likely did). Expensive lesson to learn, but now he knows to wait for me next time. 

[Prariedog13]

ok google, thank you

[Prariedog13]

a friend tried to plug a USB drive into old MacBook Pro magnetic power plug

[NunoLava1998]

29 minutes ago, Schnoz said:

*heavy breathing* NO!!! DON'T DO THIS!!! SPARE MY EYES!!!

 

42 minutes ago, Mr. horse said:

Remands me of this.

You can find the thread on CNET.

[YaBoiWill]

So lighting desks arnt the most intuitive bits of kit to use, but a co-worker who was sort of new was working on a job with me. His background had been rigging and hardware, not programming and operation.

I tell him to execute a simple command on the board, power up DMX channels 120-300 at 60% intensity. 

He looks at me like I've just told him the nuclear codes, he has no idea what to do. 

It's not hard, just tap in 120 - 300 % 60 on the keypad and click go. 

He went back to hardware after about a month or so...

[Bananasplit_00]

1 minute ago, YaBoiWill said:

So lighting desks arnt the most intuitive bits of bit to use, but a co-worker who was sort of new was working on a job with me. His background had been rigging and hardware, not programming and operation.

I tell him to execute a simple command on the board, power up DMX channels 120-300 at 60% intensity. 

He looks at me like I've just told him the nuclear codes, he has no idea what to do. 

It's not hard, just tap in 120 - 300 % 60 on the keypad and click go. 

He went back to hardware after about a month or so...

I have a friend that does a lot of light and sound, it's really fun to play around with his shit before it's properly live. Took a while to understand any of it and it's heavy as shit too to carry about, especially those €12k lamps

[YaBoiWill]

Just now, Bananasplit_00 said:

especially those €12k lamps

I take it they're movers. Yh they have massive servos in them, and many have gobo wheels in them, and some can do different light waves (UV and other cool stuff). Some of the ones that go around doing live music shows and festivals can take 40 or 60 DMX channels by themselves. Always interesting when your seemingly massive 999 available quickly runs out. 

Lighting generally weighs more then sound equip, although having said that some of the bigger surfaces can take 4 people to lift into the table. 

Theres always a bit of banter about who do more work on productions

[Bananasplit_00]

1 minute ago, YaBoiWill said:

I take it they're movers. Yh they have massive servos in them, and many have gobo wheels in them, and some can do different light waves (UV and other cool stuff). Some of the ones that go around doing live music shows and festivals can take 40 or 60 DMX channels by themselves. Always interesting when your seemingly massive 999 available quickly runs out. 

Lighting generally weighs more then sound equip, although having said that some of the bigger surfaces can take 4 people to lift into the table. 

Theres always a bit of banter about who do more work on productions

Yah they move about, full spectrum using mechanical filters too. Really cool stuff tbh

[AmpedUpDad]

14 hours ago, BigRom said:

Might as well be trading Forex and earning more than your teacher

Like seriously aren't there any tech-savvy people who have a modicum of common sense to teach computer classes?

I mean, I am technically a "tech" teacher, but tbh, the standards that we are told to teach are fairly low.

 

I'd love to teach a class how to build PCs and the differences between parts/software, etc. etc., but the thing is, we aren't always given the freedom to do what we want.