Experiences with non-techies

[IPD]

26 minutes ago, Mel0nMan said:

Suck should be in past tense now... 

I miss Sanyo more than LG.

[Kilrah]

8 hours ago, BondiBlue said:

A few years ago my printer decided to take an IP address from another device on my network. Which device did it choose to take the IP address from? My NAS, which had a static IP assigned to it.

Sounds more like someone selected the static ip address for the nas inside of the dhcp range

[Bitter]

11 hours ago, Mel0nMan said:

I want to go into IT eventually but printers are making me hesitate

It's why I became a mechanic instead of IT.

[TheEggComputer]

20 hours ago, Bitter said:

My mom only gave up her Galaxy S3 because her bank website (not app) would no longer work with any browser she could install on it. She had it until 3 or 4 years ago and had replaced the battery once or twice.

I had an iphone 6 until a few months ago, which I replaced not because of the browser but due to random crashes, corrupted iOS (according to apple lol so take that with some salt) and a shitty battery. Tbh the battery was never an issue for me but the random crashes were what did it. I could have reset the phone, but I had Google Authenticator codes on it at that point (yes, i know authy is better but these were really old accounts on it that I couldnt remember how to change 2fa lol)

 

Now have a new iPhone (would've went to a pixel but was too lazy to manually transfer my data when iOS I just have to restore a backup lol)

[BondiBlue]

4 hours ago, Kilrah said:

Sounds more like someone selected the static ip address for the nas inside of the dhcp range

Yes, that is true, but it shouldn't have been an issue given that the address was being assigned to the NAS by the router itself. 

[IPD]

17 minutes ago, Schnoz said:

Someone recently asked me to repair a Chromebook that they tried to clean by using acetone. Acetone dissolves many types of plastic. That Chromebook was made almost entirely out of plastic, so it was basically a sorry plastic lump (the lid and base were fused together). It looked like a brick of wax that was left in the oven.

oooh, what if we pump gas into the LDPE/ethlyene bags from the grocery store too!

[Fr33K!e]

On 1/20/2013 at 5:42 PM, Crowcore said:

My little brother used to think that the more data you store on an HDD, the heavier the component gets. He also thought that if you pivot the monitor clockwise during a transfer of files or an installation, it would go faster because the gravity would help the loading bar fill faster...^^

That's amazing!

[CT854]

9 hours ago, Schnoz said:

Someone recently asked me to repair a Chromebook that they tried to clean by using acetone. Acetone dissolves many types of plastic. That Chromebook was made almost entirely out of plastic, so it was basically a sorry plastic lump (the lid and base were fused together). It looked like a brick of wax that was left in the oven.

When I was in college it was a sort of mean joke that anyone who had no idea what they were doing in chemistry lab was described as someone who would clean their safety glasses with the acetone we were given to wash our glassware.

[Bitter]

13 hours ago, Schnoz said:

Someone recently asked me to repair a Chromebook that they tried to clean by using acetone. Acetone dissolves many types of plastic. That Chromebook was made almost entirely out of plastic, so it was basically a sorry plastic lump (the lid and base were fused together). It looked like a brick of wax that was left in the oven.

I used acetone to help delid Intel processors. Soak it for a couple weeks and the silicone gets softer and easier to cut.

[da na]

Today someone told me that if I, and I quote, "Clear your browser history it deletes it from Google's servers so [the school network admins] can't see what you're doing"

Same person who said if you use Chrome on BlueStacks to look up things you're not supposed to on the school network it works like a VPN. 

[CT854]

1 hour ago, Mel0nMan said:

Today someone told me that if I, and I quote, "Clear your browser history it deletes it from Google's servers so [the school network admins] can't see what you're doing"

Same person who said if you use Chrome on BlueStacks to look up things you're not supposed to on the school network it works like a VPN. 

Google: See no evil 

NSA: Hear no evil

CIA: Speak no evil

[CptnReflex]

I can't convince my dad to let me build him a custom computer. It's like he has no faith in my skills because I'm not a professional, but I have been doing custom watercooling since age 15. 

[CptnReflex]

1 hour ago, Schnoz said:

It might help to convince him if pulled an old desktop from the e-waste and fully disassembled and reassembled it in front of him. 

He's been to my home and gamed on my pc with a full custom waterloop in an 011d where you can see that I built it, I've even shown him build logs of me rebuilding it for my 3090 step by step lol he even had to admit that my pc has almost as much radiator as his motorcycle. maybe he would simply rather pay a professional I'm not sure lol I've even told him he can get a pc built that's quality without a GPU for like 700 bucks and then I can hunt down the GPU for him and resell it at the same price

 

he is a console gamer though, but I'm tired of seeing him get a macbook pro, having one of his kids break it, then he gets a series of crappy laptops with core i3 processors in which he's far overpaying for and he doesn't even like laptops much but argues "sometimes I have to go to starbucks and use wifi or I can't concentrate" which utterly makes no sense to me lol I then told him: okay, get a used crappy laptop for cheap on marketplace and get a better hard drive if you need to, and I can build you the pc later. He then replies "I don't buy used computers" I then tell him "you go to thrift stores all the time lol" 

 

but the funny part about him being a console player is that he had to admit that sony got fascist af recently when I showed him articles like the most recent one where they sued D brand

 

still no winning the argument lol

 

the thing that pisses me off the most is when he told his friend about my computer who is a laptop gamer he said "yeah my son builds custom computers man it has all those neon lights and stuff in it"

I despise neon lights lol -_-"

[CptnReflex]

Yeah, I really wish I could get through to him haha

 

The worst part is he's not even that technologically stupid compared to a lot of people his age on average. I've seen him re flash phones to change to 3rd party carriers in the past, and he used to tinker with lineage OS, and he knows how a lot of components work on a base level because of his ham radio hobby lol I mean he's no technician but he has the capability to learn and solve computer related problems with ease for someone that old school, but he just won't listen to my advice. I'm lucky he got sketchy at a pushy salesman last time at walmart and he locked up and drove off lol I then told him it was literally almost the same laptop he had and I could just replace his keeb and put an SSD in it for way less

 

alas, maybe I'll just have to build him one and force him to accept it one day lol

[IPD]

Sony consoles are fascist?  Why does everyone just keep forgiving MS for that "gotta be online 24/7" debacle?

[HanZie82]

7 hours ago, CptnReflex said:

He's been to my home and gamed on my pc with a full custom waterloop in an 011d where you can see that I built it, I've even shown him build logs of me rebuilding it for my 3090 step by step lol he even had to admit that my pc has almost as much radiator as his motorcycle. maybe he would simply rather pay a professional I'm not sure lol I've even told him he can get a pc built that's quality without a GPU for like 700 bucks and then I can hunt down the GPU for him and resell it at the same price

 

he is a console gamer though, but I'm tired of seeing him get a macbook pro, having one of his kids break it, then he gets a series of crappy laptops with core i3 processors in which he's far overpaying for and he doesn't even like laptops much but argues "sometimes I have to go to starbucks and use wifi or I can't concentrate" which utterly makes no sense to me lol I then told him: okay, get a used crappy laptop for cheap on marketplace and get a better hard drive if you need to, and I can build you the pc later. He then replies "I don't buy used computers" I then tell him "you go to thrift stores all the time lol" 

 

but the funny part about him being a console player is that he had to admit that sony got fascist af recently when I showed him articles like the most recent one where they sued D brand

 

still no winning the argument lol

 

the thing that pisses me off the most is when he told his friend about my computer who is a laptop gamer he said "yeah my son builds custom computers man it has all those neon lights and stuff in it"

I despise neon lights lol -_-"

Very nice rig.

Next time that console peasant has spent a shit load of money on computer hardware.

Show him your bill of your PC, then remind him that you payed that ONCE and that was years ago.
If that dont work tell him you give up and he can sink in the shit he's buying. If they that stubborn only thing is to look from the shore how the ship sinks...
Best of luck. (ps i hope my directness doesnt come over as rude )

[Bee Bus Hardware]

When a non techie uses their mouse to hover over the play button to unpause rather than just pressing space bar. Always the teachers.

[Togglesun]

I want to go into IT eventually and web development sites

[S-r-ex]

About 8:30 in the morning a few years ago, at an MSP:

 

User: My computer just says "no signal" and nothing else, what does that mean, is something wrong?

Me: That's usually the monitor telling you that your computer is off. You know, the box on or beneath your desk.

User: I don't have a box... ?

Me: (WTF???) Ok, if you follow the cable on your keyboard, where does it go?

User: .... Oh, here it is, it was hidden under some papers.

Me: (Are you seriously... ) Cool, just turn it on then!

User: How do I do that?

Me: Uh, with the power button?

User: Where is it?

 

Ended up with me traveling out to her because she couldn't describe the computer in any detail nor send me a picture of it. Throw in some extra confusion on my end when she had a different computer than I first thought, my coworkers forgot to update the documentation for this customer when they installed a bunch of chromeboxes a few months earlier.

[TheEggComputer]

10 hours ago, Bee Bus Hardware said:

When a non techie uses their mouse to hover over the play button to unpause rather than just pressing space bar. Always the teachers.

Hey welcome to the LTT forum! Not sure if anyone told you yet!

 

15 hours ago, CptnReflex said:

Yeah, I really wish I could get through to him haha

 

The worst part is he's not even that technologically stupid compared to a lot of people his age on average. I've seen him re flash phones to change to 3rd party carriers in the past, and he used to tinker with lineage OS, and he knows how a lot of components work on a base level because of his ham radio hobby lol I mean he's no technician but he has the capability to learn and solve computer related problems with ease for someone that old school, but he just won't listen to my advice. I'm lucky he got sketchy at a pushy salesman last time at walmart and he locked up and drove off lol I then told him it was literally almost the same laptop he had and I could just replace his keeb and put an SSD in it for way less

 

alas, maybe I'll just have to build him one and force him to accept it one day lol

 Welcome to you too!

[thekingofmonks]

On 10/17/2021 at 10:08 AM, CommanderAlex said:

Only thing about Tesla cars I don't like is the repairability is pretty much zero. You'll have to bring it to a Tesla dealership to fix and good luck finding replacement parts (perhaps a junk yard). 

reminds me of a certain fruit-computer company

[thekingofmonks]

On 10/19/2021 at 2:27 AM, CT854 said:

With the amount of VHS we watched when I was a kid the tape rewinder was an essential. But apparently having one made you rich.

 

Whoops.

My dad grew up rewinding music cassettes with pencils, I'm sure plenty of people here can relate

[CT854]

23 minutes ago, thekingofmonks said:

My dad grew up rewinding music cassettes with pencils, I'm sure plenty of people here can relate

As a kid I ruined more than one cassette by playing with them with a pencil (or my fingers if I was determined enough)...

[tkitch]

19 hours ago, CptnReflex said:

I despise neon lights lol -_-

Ever use CCFL's?   

[CommanderAlex]

1 hour ago, thekingofmonks said:

reminds me of a certain fruit-computer company

They pretty much are the luxury electric car makers, just like the fruit-computer company.