• Omega_Jimes@lemmy.ca
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    3 days ago

    So I started going to University recently, and the amount of people I’ve had actively chastise me for how I treat my laptop has been shocking.

    This is a tool to get things done, it’s not some precious gem, I bought a cheap laptop with the expectation that it’s going to get gross and crusty and I’ll have to hose it down once a year, I’m going to wing it around and drop it and clean the screen with my sleeve.

    • Miles O'Brien@startrek.website
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      3 days ago

      Treating a telescope like a jackhammer isn’t going to work well.

      They just haven’t figured out your jackhammer just looks a lot like their telescope.

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        My tap and die set sit on a shelf, my lathe is in the shop. I’ve dropped my hammer from 150 feet because the tether broke and the most upsetting part was climbing the ladder down and back up.

        It depends on whether you view it as a lathe or a hammer. My nice computer is at home, my computer that I sit in the park under a tree and code on, then set it on the grass while it compiles is in my bag.

    • 𝓔𝓶𝓶𝓲𝓮@lemm.ee
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      3 days ago

      It may be news to you but generally people cannot tell apart semen from just crusty dirt.

      It’s probably why your laptop has been such a hit around the campus.

      I don’t think even the bioengineers are brave enough to take a sample