#Ethernet ports

[techdriveplay]

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[alphabetcompletionist]

got the go-ahead from my roommate to finally do the inbox unboxing this wednesday. we're gonna start like half an hour after i wake up and keep going 'til there's nothing left to answer. could be upwards of eight hours even if i'm quick. come join me or don’t, it’s optional. (this post goes up at ~2PM EST if that gives you any idea)

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[defectivegembrain]

I'm still a notebook girl in most classes because honestly even though I can't write neatly without hurting myself handwriting does help me learn things and it doesn't need to be neat when it's just for me. But there's a class where I've been needing to take my laptop because we're working on digital stuff in the seminar and like. Everyone else has thin laptops or little tablets and I take out this classic thing and it's like okay I need a bigger laptop bag than you but can you do this? *puts a dvd in the cd drive and plays it*

[lazeecomet]

god damn INTERNAL tech support yesterday gave me a procedure on dumping logs that i knew was going to fail when i had to connect to the robot via Internet Explorer

so i launched compatibility mode

and i got a warning about needing java to use all webpages

and i got flashbacks to the fucking SmartMotor tomfuckery that consumed a whole day

and then it told me i could not proceed unless i had installed VERY outdated software and served me a link to Sun Microsystems (stopped existing in 2010) to download a Virtual Machine to safely run said known Obsolete Software With Unpatched Security (you know who you are)

I know we are better then this. i HAVE on my laptop the Robot Control Utility we built in house to address the whole IE thing. so i just fumbled my way though the menus trying to figure out how to download the things mentioned in the procedure and fired back an email apologizing for the incomplete logs because i dont have a VM from Sun FUCKING MICROSYSTEMS

anyways im better now because after many non-helpful exchanges in this email thread i eventually just started looking for dead shorts on the circuit boards and found a relay that picked a fight with Ohms Law, lost, and was burned at the stake. never had i thought the smell of magic smoke would mean the smell of victory

at least i hope so. we'll find out when the parts arrive after thanksgiving

[sirpeppersto]

btw i have the laptop all set up and even taught myself some powershell commands so i could run the windows 10 debloater scripts :)))) turns out this bad boy, according to its service tag, was purchased in 2013 😳 but it's still so much faster than my 2015 mac air. this thing has an i7 processor tho AND its a 17 inch screen. im going to watch so much youtube on this thing

[paladincecil]

Sometimes, I forget how stupid fast my internet is these days until I need to download something big on my laptop and switch to a wired connection.

10 minutes to download 50gb of monster hunter fun \o/

[arcadequeerz]

Guess whose laptops fucked up again ^_^

[computercuter]

Sometimes plugging stuff into bby gets kinda awkward because we do engage in a little bit of port-play (I have no idea if that's an actual term for this or something else but it's what I've taken to calling it) and that does involve tracing around her ports, trying to plug stuff in the wrong way, plugging stuff into the wrong ports, and the tricky thing is that these are also things that just, happen sometimes? Like I'll be struggling to find her usb port and then I'll accidentally try to plug it in the wrong way at first and I'll have to be like '-///- sorry sorry I wasn't trying to engage anything that time ^^; I'm just dumb'

[britcision]

We are living in a dystopian hell of printers that do not have USB ports (I have done everything except turn them all upside down) that insist they can only scan to computers connected by USB

I have touched every single surface, opened everything that opened, searched with a flashlight, on two different brands of printer

They’re both the liquid refills but otherwise completely unrelated models

There is no USB port

There is no way to scan without a USB port

The Canon printer community’s only response is a question the answer to which is “the printer doesn’t have a USB drive. The USB drive connects the printer to the computer, but there isn’t a USB drive

The boxes for both say “USB not included” and… yeah I can see why, there is not a USB port

I can connect the computer to printer to print, but the scanner will only save to the USB port that does not exist

There is an ethernet port

I cannot find an ethernet to USB connector cable

What. The. Fuck.

How did this fuck up so badly?

[absentmoon]

going off the grid while i try to figure this router out

[google-searchhistory-official]

Got my motherboard all set up and shit finally

The ports don't work. I've narrowed down the problem and I think I have to buy a new PSU for my desktop -_-

[newfruits]

yay yay yay im homeeeee im so glad to be back in my apartment. staying with my family is tough and the house is bad too and then on top of it my brother and dad caught covid. so im very glad to be home and get to chill alone until i go to my partners house on new years eve for a party 🥳🎉

[cultreslut]

hello i am blogging from my dads old ass laptop

[sirpeppersto]

fiance gave me an old laptop he got from a family friend and even after figuring out how to wipe it and reset(im not a windows user like that, i needed google to help lol) there were a million other problems. but its like solving a puzzle to me, it's enrichment. get a girl an old fucked up dell laptop

[dark-falz]

I just wanted to share with u guys since i update yinz the most on it

My mother board broke again LMAO

[warmhappycat]

@ tech side of tumblr

I recently completed a data science course, and I'm looking to work from home in that field. I'm using multiple monitors, cloud services, and lots of video calls.

I have two problems I'd like to beg your assistance on, one specific and one general:

I have shitty Time Warner Cable wifi. My laptop does not have an ethernet port. How can I make my wifi connection stronger?

How can I assess whether a source offering tech advice is trustworthy or not? Alternatively, what are your go-to trusted sources?

Thank you! As compensation for your time and thoughtfulness, please enjoy this photo of my cat offering her best tech support.