Experiences with non-techies

[da na]

3 minutes ago, Bitter said:

Yes they aren't. My GF had one back in college and everytime a day ended in Y she had connection issues. Low speeds, excessive dropped packets, high ping, and sometimes just wouldn't work at all. Always dropped when a train went past. It was from Boost or Cricket who's customer service made AT&T look like the golden child by comparison. At that time it was phone or internet only and zero in person locations for service. In person was sales only and could give zero assistance after you bought anything. Phone service was just as bad being sales focused. Took a few weeks to cancel it. She got Comcast and no more problems. I'm a big fan of hardwired internet. It's more secure and stable generally.

Yes, I would definitely be using Ethernet if the dorms at school were wired for it. For now I’m just stuck with WiFi even though I live literally above the router but they won’t let me drill a hole through the floor to run a 10ft cable.

[Bitter]

4 hours ago, Mel0nMan said:

Yes, I would definitely be using Ethernet if the dorms at school were wired for it. For now I’m just stuck with WiFi even though I live literally above the router but they won’t let me drill a hole through the floor to run a 10ft cable.

What they don't know won't hurt them lol

[WhitetailAni]

2 minutes ago, Schnoz said:

A recent conversation I had:

 

Me: "You shouldn't buy a QLC SSD for Chia mining; you'll wear it out within days."

 

Them: "But it's cheaper!"

 

Me: "It's going to be more expensive and wasteful since you'll have to replace them more frequently."

 

Them: "Shouldn't be too much of a problem, right? I don't think Chia mining isn't that bad for SSDs, right?"

 

*Proceeds to use his computer's Sabrent Rocket Q to mine Chia and gets mad at me when it inevitably fails*

[da na]

"PC stands for portable computer"

 

Ah yes, The IBM Portable Computer. 

Only 40 pounds, with the monitor it's close to 80 total but the keyboard is easy to fit in a briefcase if you hang it out! And if you don't have a mouse it's even easier to carry! Battery life wasn't great with 0.00 minutes but hey, it's fine. 

(/s) and not sure about those weights, probably wrong

[RockSolid1106]

3 minutes ago, Mel0nMan said:

portable computer

I think it also is Personal Computer? That makes more sense with the IBM PC.

[Bitter]

1 hour ago, Mel0nMan said:

"PC stands for portable computer"

 

Ah yes, The IBM Portable Computer. 

Only 40 pounds, with the monitor it's close to 80 total but the keyboard is easy to fit in a briefcase if you hang it out! And if you don't have a mouse it's even easier to carry! Battery life wasn't great with 0.00 minutes but hey, it's fine. 

(/s) and not sure about those weights, probably wrong

It was more portable than previous computers that had similar processing power. Those often were located in a different room than the terminals used to interact with it. A different ROOM because the computer needed it's own room. So comparatively, yes it was portable.

[Bitter]

Ok so Life Tip here everyone, if you're using an old toothbrush to clean PC parts of dust and old thermal paste in your bathroom because you're washing it down with alcohol over the sink DO NOT under any circumstances leave that cleaning toothbrush next to your sink when you are done.

Another Life Tip, old thermal paste makes for lousy toothpaste.

[da na]

9 hours ago, RockSolid1106 said:

I think it also is Personal Computer? That makes more sense with the IBM PC.

Yes that is what it truly means

[Bitter]

4 hours ago, Mel0nMan said:

Yes that is what it truly means

Oddly, I've heard both nearly equally when people are talking about them. Which is actually correct?

[da na]

5 minutes ago, Bitter said:

Oddly, I've heard both nearly equally when people are talking about them. Which is actually correct?

Personal is technically the correct one because the idea of a computer from IBM not the size of a room was to be available to everyday users and not just businesses.

[Kilrah]

[CT854]

3 minutes ago, Kilrah said:

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"Hey bro check out my sick $1500 gaming rig" -- c. 1980

 

[soldier_ph]

15 hours ago, Mel0nMan said:

PC stands for portable computer

So a PPC is a Personal Portable Computer ?!?

/s

[Bitter]

33 minutes ago, soldier_ph said:

So a PPC is a Personal Portable Computer ?!?

/s

The Particle Projector Cannon (or PPC) is an energy weapon, firing a concentrated stream of protons or ions at a target with damage resulting from both thermal and kinetic energy.[4] Despite being an energy weapon, it does produce recoil. The lethality of the weapon rivals that of higher-caliber autocannons; just three shots from a PPC will vaporize nearly two tons of standard military-grade armor.[5] Targets hit by multiple, simultaneous PPCs can also suffer electrical side-effects, such as overloaded computer systems or targeting sensors.[6] The ion beam also extends to much farther ranges than autocannon fire, though PPCs generate large amounts of waste heat, the earlier prototype versions (produced between 2439 and 2460) even more so.

 

 

They're my fave MechWarrior weapon. Long range, hard hitting, no ammo. Can gimp a target in a couple hits from far away. Great for sniping emplacements. Lasers are cool too, but I love the PPC.

[FRD]

Not exactly my direct experience, but I always see this.

So many non-techies think their PC/console can reach let's say 144 frames if they buy a 144hz monitor. They really should be thought it doesn't work like that. A monitor just displays, it doesn't have the processing power or boost that people think it gives. A lot of times I see people selling their high refresh rate monitors, just because they were dissapointed with the result. Gotta do your research.

[da na]

42 minutes ago, FRD said:

Not exactly my direct experience, but I always see this.

So many non-techies think their PC/console can reach let's say 144 frames if they buy a 144hz monitor. They really should be thought it doesn't work like that. A monitor just displays, it doesn't have the processing power or boost that people think it gives. A lot of times I see people selling their high refresh rate monitors, just because they were dissapointed with the result. Gotta do your research.

I bought a 144hz HDR curved monitor back when I played on a laptop. I knew I would be upgrading in the future but for like half its life it was run at SDR 60hz.

[FloRolf]

GFs Mom: hey can I have the credentials to your Spotify again? 

GF: yeah sure, try blah@blup.com, password 123

M: That doesn't work

GF: OK then try password abc

M: perfect, thanks! But why do you have multiple passwords? 

Me:

Spoiler

 

 

Yeah and now I am thinking about making a power point presentation about how life works "on the line". 

 

 

*if you haven't realized yourself, the email address and passwords have been changed for obvious reasons

[Donut417]

New temp at work. Got brought in earlier this week. Our place does Temp to Hire after 90 days. Anyway guy said he bought a $69 Chromebook. His intent was to game on it. He's a PS4 gamer, wanted to jump in to PC gaming. Was trying to play Mount and Blade (The Newest one) on it. He then said he tried to install Linux on it so he could install Windows. 

 

 

I bit my lip a bit. Kept calm. 

[jetnoodles]

I'm an I.T technician in a school. I was unboxing a ubiquity switch and then a teacher walks in and says "can I have that pc?" a few minutes later some random kid walks in and says "Does that have a 3090 super ti in it?" 

 

I had to control myself from throwing it on their heads

[da na]

Just now, NOV654 said:

I'm an I.T technician in a school. I was unboxing a ubiquity switch and then a teacher walks in and says "can I have that pc?" a few minutes later some random kid walks in and says "Does that have a 3090 super ti in it?" 

 

I had to control myself from throwing it on their heads

oh god 

That reminds me of when I had my PC open installing a soundcard (I live in a dorm with 17 other guys) and someone walks in and says "wow that's a tiny graphics card it must suck" but there's obviously already a GPU in it and the card I'm installing has audio not display outs... 

[jetnoodles]

1 minute ago, Mel0nMan said:

oh god 

That reminds me of when I had my PC open installing a soundcard (I live in a dorm with 17 other guys) and someone walks in and says "wow that's a tiny graphics card it must suck" but there's obviously already a GPU in it and the card I'm installing has audio not display outs... 

yep I was installing a wifi card in a teachers pc and was asked what the clock speed of it was

[da na]

3 minutes ago, NOV654 said:

yep I was installing a wifi card in a teachers pc and was asked what the clock speed of it was

Uh... 2400-5000 mhz? 

[HanZie82]

12 hours ago, NOV654 said:

I'm an I.T technician in a school. I was unboxing a ubiquity switch and then a teacher walks in and says "can I have that pc?" a few minutes later some random kid walks in and says "Does that have a 3090 super ti in it?" 

 

I had to control myself from throwing it on their heads

LOL thats so funny.

 

Cus lack of control was why i had to stop going to work at a elementry school. (6 to 13yo)
According to the IT-teacher i was an assistant to, i was to honest. After 4 months, it was enough.

 

But then they do learn hella quick if you make fun of the kids for assuming something.
Month later the never assumed anymore they just asked. I feel like i've done enough there.

[thekingofmonks]

BS I hear from time to time that irritates the Δ out of me as an early Gen-Z, whether it's coming from boomers, Gen-X or late Gen-Z kids:

• Mac devices or laptops are not "PCs"
• CPU's "integrated graphics cArD"
• "Overclocking will damage your hardware". Better yet: "Undervolting will damage your hardware"
• Both "VRAM matters more than the GPU" and "VRAM does not matter" make me cringe
• "An improvement from 120Hz to 144Hz is not noticeable" -- trust me, IT IS.
• "Razer Cortex is the best app for optimization" -- more like the best placebo

Also coming from plenty of users on tech forums:

• "iMacs don't have a BIOS!"
• Clear misconception of M.2, NVMe and SATA.
• "DDR3 is for 'processors' and GDDR3 is for GPUs ONLY" -- false btw
• "You can't upgrade a laptop" / "All chips in a laptop are soldered" -Every wannabe-geek born in the past decade

There's tons more, I just can't recall.

[CT854]

2 minutes ago, thekingofmonks said:

"An improvement from 120Hz to 144Hz is not noticeable" -- trust me, IT DOES.

I'm pretty sure I saw Jesus when I went from 60Hz to 144Hz...