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To end this trainwreck of a discussion, as mentioned there would be a lack of content. If we had subforums for each and everything we'd either have a very long page of empty boards or simply rename ourselves Reddit.

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Techies love their tools, and sometimes they want to discuss those tools. It'd be nice to have a forum or sub-forum dedicated to tools, don't you think?

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I think that tends to fall in with case modding, because what else are tools good for?

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4 minutes ago, Dan Castellaneta said:

This sounds kinkier than it actually is, doesn't it.

Only after reading your comment.  Maybe you need some alone time :P

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Maybe this could be a sub forum to Hobby Electronics? :) 

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8 minutes ago, Cyracus said:

I think that tends to fall in with case modding, because what else are tools good for?

That's a little bit roundabout, though. I wouldn't go into the case modding forum to ask about nutdrivers for motherboard standoffs or flashlights to use for building.

 

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1 minute ago, Dash Lambda said:

nutdrivers

You're scaring me 

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5 minutes ago, Cyracus said:

You're scaring me 

I don't think you need to worry about what a nutdriver would do if the name frightens you.

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2 minutes ago, Dash Lambda said:

I don't think you need to worry about what a nutdriver would do

It's ok, I know all too well, have the kids to prove it, decided I had to uninstall that driver from my system lol

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Well this has just gone horribly from the first post hasn't it? xD 

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1 minute ago, Cyracus said:

It's ok, I know all too well, have the kids to prove it, decided I had to uninstall that driver from my system lol

The definition of "nutdriver" in this conversation has changed too many times.

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1 minute ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

Well this has just gone horribly from the first post hasn't it? xD 

I said techies love their tools, but I didn't know it was like this XP

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8 minutes ago, Dash Lambda said:

I said techies love their tools, but I didn't know it was like this XP

Well Linus has always campaigned for a certain USB device... :D

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There already is a tools section:

 

https://linustechtips.com/main/staff/

 

pls no ban. will love you long time. 

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There wouldn't ever be enough content. Usually you see these posted in GD.

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To end this trainwreck of a discussion, as mentioned there would be a lack of content. If we had subforums for each and everything we'd either have a very long page of empty boards or simply rename ourselves Reddit.

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2 hours ago, Windspeed36 said:

simply rename ourselves Reddit.

RedditTechTips, anyone? :D 

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6 hours ago, Windspeed36 said:

To end this trainwreck of a discussion, as mentioned there would be a lack of content. If we had subforums for each and everything we'd either have a very long page of empty boards or simply rename ourselves Reddit.

Well, if everyone was like me, there definitely wouldn't be a lack of content.

I guess I can't expect everyone to be like me, though, can I?

It's a shame...

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Why is there no subforum suggestion subforum? Seems to be a lot of content for it. 

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When you meant a 'tools' forum, I first read it and thought you were meaning a forum for stupid/mentally retarded people

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6 hours ago, Dash Lambda said:

Well, if everyone was like me, there definitely wouldn't be a lack of content.

I guess I can't expect everyone to be like me, though, can I?

It's a shame...

Every thread created for tools drops from 5 first pages of GD within week. And there's about 1 thread in every 2 weeks. Thats about how much content that topic will create.

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