This week I’m refurbishing a 15+ yr old computer which was stalling on windows 10 and got abandoned. Currently making a huge backup to an Icy box (the self built variant of a wd passport or similar).

On wednesday, a friend comes over and we’re repasting the old i5. I might add some ram and a better but used cpu later which should give this thing another 10 yrs as a server. The mainboard is full of features and would accept a 4 core with 8 threads and 16 GBs of DDR3. Nothing to play recent games on but maaaaany docker containers will run on this baby! :)

Let me know what you’re doing to spit on consumerism and built-for-the-landfill-economy.

Reminder: I made a petition on change.org to make consumer electronics manufacturers open their devices after they stop supporting them. Please sign it, your support is needed.

  • bricklove@midwest.social
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    8 months ago

    Next you’ll be making pottery from dirt harvested from your backyard in a kiln made from dirt in your backyard. Then you’ll make forge from the same dirt and start working scrap metal you find around town

    Edit: I replied to the wrong thread but it still kinda works

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      8 months ago

      I know that if I dig two feet down I have clay. I need to dig a pod for my geese and ducks. It’s only a matter of time before I try to build a kiln and make my own plates. But I also want to make bread and pizza and I want my kiln to do both bread and ceramic even though I know that it will be a completely wasted effort and I need two separate ovens.