Not cable management but I used to provide PCs for nonprofits at no charge and took hardware donations to keep it going. I received this donation, and it it was fully functional before I stripped it for parts:Image
jj4211@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Oh, we are sharing workplace cable management, ok, here’s a place I used to work at: Image
doingthestuff@lemy.lol 3 weeks ago
titanicx@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Fairly normal for any system in my area that isn’t serviced regularly every 2 to 3 years.
doingthestuff@lemy.lol 3 weeks ago
A lot of that is rust too. There were even rusted bits on the mobo.
akwd169@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Yeah I was gunna say the least of the visible issues is the dust… that thing looks like its been on a transatlantic boat ride through a sulphuric acid rainstorm
titanicx@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Ah, didn’t see the rust. That doesn’t happen here. We are dry as a bone.
Tiral@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Holy dust.
toddestan@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Smoker? I’ve seen some truly disgusting computers that came from houses where people smoked. Even when they still worked usually the best thing was to just strip them for parts because you’ll never get rid of the smell.
doingthestuff@lemy.lol 3 weeks ago
I have received some disgusting PCs from smoker houses, but this one came from a commercial paint shop. Mostly cars etc.
Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It’s called security. Hackers can’t tap into our data if they can’t find the data cable!
Rubanski@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
Security through obscurity
Skullgrid@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Sir, words have meaning. This does not fit the definition of management
acchariya@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Wow it’s the data center equivalent of developing country wiring.
Etterra@discuss.online 3 weeks ago
That is some colorful spaghetti.
radiofreebc@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
The Jackson Pollack patch bay.
kat_angstrom@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
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Here was my nightmare on the day some equipment died and we had to patch around it manually
SabinStargem@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
Sounds like an origin story.
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RedditAdminsSuckIt@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I’m not IT in any capacity than my own shit at home. Tackling this looks impossible.
AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
You just need a machete and a strong wrist.
titanicx@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Just takes time, patience, and enough money to not care.
neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Not impossible. Just extremely tedious and time consuming.
jj4211@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
The solution to tackling it was to just not tackle it. See the various dangling cables where something was no longer needed and rather than removing the cable, screw it, it is lost to the entropy.