Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: 😴 Tuesday, 7 January, 2025

Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• PeelerSheila@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  laughs nervously in hoarded ewaste

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  • Taleya@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    pull the hard disk and shove it somewhere. The rest of the computer is just bits and bobs

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  • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I don’t think that’s necessarily irrational. You can just drill straight through it to kill it. We used to do it an old job i was at.

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    • PeelerSheila@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I’d be worried about drilling through the battery 🫣💥 I suppose I can google about the innards of each device and drill accordingly. Generally speaking, what’s the best part to drill through on something like a laptop?

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      • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        If you like, tell me the model of the laptop and I’ll send you a diagram of either where to drill, or exactly how to get the hard drive out:)

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      • melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        You can usually take the hard drive out

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  • LowExperience2368@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Not me thinking that said hoarded estate instead of ewaste.

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• TinyBreak@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Doing better than me! Replaced my PC months ago, its just sitting missing a HDD on my floor doing absolutely jack all.

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  • Taleya@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    mine go through a cycle. Main box --> test rig --> file server --> by the time that’s outdated, it’s either a retro box I can flog or absolute trash.

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  • Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    LOL, somehow this feels so familiar.

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• Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I refuse to throw out any electronics for the minuscule chance I might need them one day.

  Boxes and boxes of esoteric cables, pc parts, keyboards and mice.

  I salute your ability to throw them out.

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  • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Honestly I don’t consider this the hoarding gene… I’m with you it’s good practice.

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  • Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I’m actually going to be ruthless with out cables… (A few unused ones, too!)

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    • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Let me present Image

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      • Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Haha, well we’ve cut down before (used to be worse) from a mix of computing and audio cables… Probably had 4+ of these size boxes worth…

        Ikea Drona Box

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