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I built my PC like 8 years ago or something, and kept all the boxes for the spare parts for like 7 years and never needed them, so eventually during spring cleaning I just chucked them out. I was like “this big box of boxes does not spark joy.” And then… that’s when I finally need a spare part. Today I go to install a second M.2 drive and realize I have no spare motherboard screws on hand.

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NodlAndHodl nodlAndHodl@nodlAndHodl.com 1 year ago

Lol, I just got rid of a bunch of old hardware.

wolfpy wolfpython@iris.to 1 year ago

At this point I thank that this is a physical law of the universe…

₿log bloggingbitcoin@nostrplebs.com 1 year ago

You can buy a bad ass mini computer for like $400 bucks. I'm a cheapskate, and I used to fix old computers, but time is more scarce than bitcoin and I just can't do it anymore.

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OceanSlim oceanslim@happytavern.oslim.dev 1 year ago

You don't need a box of boxes. You need one of these bad boys https://www.ebay.com/itm/145795916337?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=vnzov6wfrki&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=&var=444887746198&widget_ver=artemis&media=SMS

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Phil 1 year ago

The best time for spare parts is now, the second best time is 20 years from now. - Chinese Proverb

utxo the webmaster 🧑‍💻 _@utxo.one 1 year ago

Marie Kondo, fucking us all over since 2016 with her spark joy meme

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jmb421 1 year ago

The payoff of actually executing a tidying festival far outweighs the inconvenience of little issues like a missing screw every 8 years

MetaPill 1 year ago

Take away is chuck the boxes right away instead of waiting 7years. 🫠😂

npub1a2cw...w83a 1 year ago

Yeah I literally have to buy one of these now.

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npub1a2cw...w83a 1 year ago

Eh, this was a ten minute change that’ll extend the computer’s life another 2 years. 8 years ago it was a super powerful computer so today it’s still solid. Built it myself and kind of attached to it. Once it needs a bigger fix I’ll replace it.

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npub1eg67...gd6e 1 year ago

Just steal one from the motherboard.

iru@localhot $_ iru@despera.space 1 year ago

Considering its an additional M.2 NVME into an 8 year computer make sure you have enough PCI-e lanes for that one to work.

npub1tapr...ar0x 1 year ago

The answer is hot glue

guy guythatsits@nostrplebs.com 1 year ago

Something stopped that train :)

npub1x6h3...0hte 1 year ago

Such is life

npub1q02j...4j3c 1 year ago

Still need one? I'm sure I have some laying around

npub1z27s...ghnx 1 year ago

So you're... ...screwed. I'll see myself out now.

npub1m6az...h78d 1 year ago

Just use bubblegum to stick it there 😄

keeth 1 year ago

Remember how she completely abandoned her spark-joy mantra once she had kids? Nobody got time to consider napkin joy when you have a toddler.

BrightSats brightsats@nostrplebs.com 1 year ago

I believe that is the natural law now. As soon as I've gotten rid of something I've been keeping for ages for a rainy day, sure as shit I need it 🤦‍♂️

osygy 1 year ago

Hoisted by your own petard

₿log bloggingbitcoin@nostrplebs.com 1 year ago

That's not so bad then. We need a small computer screw market on nostr. 😀

Svoboda svoboda@primal.net 1 year ago

C’mon Lyn… you had to know this would happen. This is why every one of us nerds has that box of cables that still has RJ-11s, a parallel printer cable and about 382 other random cables and power cords of yesteryear.

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npub1a2cw...w83a 1 year ago

I literally had this and got rid of it. :/

npub1dxdj...c72j 1 year ago

This is the way.

npub1my6m...m4ge 1 year ago

Classic! Happens every time I get rid of something I was holding on to. Some form of Murphy’s law I reckon