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Welcome to the little-documented world where things like plastic fry-ups, cable wasp nests, and lumps of hand grease are a daily occurrence.

Where tech support heroes, aka employees, are there for their desperate clients, tackling the worst and the best fails. Where computers fail us, processors die, monitors crash, but yet we still find the light at the end of the tunnel. Because tomorrow is a new day at remote work. And unless you’re tuning in on your baked laptop, you may as well count yourself as unemployed.

So please, ladies and gents, scroll through tech hell and back in this compilation of pics presented to us by the Tech Support Gore subreddit. No amount of eye rolls is gonna save us from the misery and sheer level of relatability for whatever happened there.

Psst! More painfully funny and cringe-worthy tech and gadget disasters are waiting in part 1 and part 2.

#1

Before And After. I Thought I Was 100% Prepared For Some Work I Got In A Remote Village Institution. Well This Was At Least What I Was Able To Achieve

Before And After. I Thought I Was 100% Prepared For Some Work I Got In A Remote Village Institution. Well This Was At Least What I Was Able To Achieve

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Losferatu
Community Member
5 years ago

You are a demi-god

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    #2

    User Spilt Coffee On His Laptop - So He Put It In The Oven To Dry It Out

    User Spilt Coffee On His Laptop - So He Put It In The Oven To Dry It Out

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    beastmachine.
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Just microwave it, it'll be all righty!!

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    #3

    Printer From Hell

    Printer From Hell

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    Eva the Egg
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    "This is fine." PWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

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    #4

    Instructions Unclear

    Instructions Unclear

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    Pixie
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    With a hammer and a chisel?

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    #5

    “Can You Recover The Data?”

    “Can You Recover The Data?”

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    Steve Barnett
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Actually, it is possible. There are companies that specialise in this.

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    #6

    Needle. Haystack

    Needle. Haystack

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    Vic
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    That a LAN: Local Area Nope!

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    #7

    I Am Not Proud Of This

    I Am Not Proud Of This

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    chi-wei shen
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    I also wouldn't be proud.

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    #8

    User Said It Got Caught In The Subway Doors...

    User Said It Got Caught In The Subway Doors...

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    beastmachine.
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    And I thought this was just in the movies

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    #9

    Say Hello To Big Bertha, A 1.69 Tb Text File. Over 108 Billion Lines

    Say Hello To Big Bertha, A 1.69 Tb Text File. Over 108 Billion Lines

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    Jo Johannsen
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    A text file?!? Of what, Library of Congress, Library of Alexandria, and the last two centuries of Encyclopedia Britannica?

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    #10

    Work From Home Equipment Returned

    Work From Home Equipment Returned

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    Rabbit Carrot
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    That’s just gross, disrespectful and rude. Treat other people’s property with respect.

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    #11

    My Team Took Over A Buildings It And Found Their Dumping Ground

    My Team Took Over A Buildings It And Found Their Dumping Ground

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    Pixie
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    The trash room!

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    #12

    There Was A Breakdown In Communications...

    There Was A Breakdown In Communications...

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    Jo Johannsen
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Someone is getting fired.

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    #13

    User Claimed They Spilled A Small Glass Of Water On Their Laptop

    User Claimed They Spilled A Small Glass Of Water On Their Laptop

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    Rabbit Carrot
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    They probably did… to put the fire out.

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    #14

    Tired Of Losing Your Adapter?

    Tired Of Losing Your Adapter?

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    Random Anon
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    There is brilliant brilliant and then there is what-the-eff-were-you-thinking brilliant. This is the latter.

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    #15

    Visited Grandma And Confiscated This One

    Visited Grandma And Confiscated This One

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    404 Panda Not Found
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    The forbidden capri sun

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    #16

    How Is That Possible?

    How Is That Possible?

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    chi-wei shen
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    I've seen such solutions in real life and they seem to work for quite some time. It only becomes a problem if one little part of it stops working.

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    #17

    "Our Scanner Stopped Working And I Don't How To Plug It Back In"

    "Our Scanner Stopped Working And I Don't How To Plug It Back In"

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    Random Anon
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    You have to admire the persistence. If it doesn't come off, yank harder. Our ancestors thrived with this mindset and a lot of broken stone tools.

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    #18

    Frontier Airlines: "75% Of Our Stuff Is Broken"

    Frontier Airlines: "75% Of Our Stuff Is Broken"

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    Grant Barke
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Time to upgrade to Windows 95.

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    #19

    My Gpu Finaly Fits In My Computer

    My Gpu Finaly Fits In My Computer

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    Random Anon
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Okay maybe where this person is, rulers or measurement tapes aren't a thing.

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    #20

    No Money For A Rack? Don't Worry! Use My Desk. I Don't Need It Anyway. (Government Office)

    No Money For A Rack? Don't Worry! Use My Desk. I Don't Need It Anyway. (Government Office)

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    beastmachine.
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Ofc it's the government office, our tax money is not for this 😂

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    #21

    Clientr: Hi, I Have This PC That Makes Noise And Slowly Walks Or Shut Off Alone. In The Way, Could You Clean It? Me: ._.

    Clientr: Hi, I Have This PC That Makes Noise And Slowly Walks Or Shut Off Alone. In The Way, Could You Clean It? Me: ._.

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    Pa4040
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Is that a wasp nest? 😱

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    #22

    New House Find, Do You Think It’ll Play Crysis? It Doesn’t Seem To Have Any Problems Playing Rust

    New House Find, Do You Think It’ll Play Crysis? It Doesn’t Seem To Have Any Problems Playing Rust

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    Ganta S
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    I'd use it, it looks cool

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    #23

    I Try To Do The Right Thing, But My Family Is A Bunch Of Savages!

    I Try To Do The Right Thing, But My Family Is A Bunch Of Savages!

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    Steve Barnett
    Community Member
    5 years ago (edited)

    Yeah, but whoever tightened the screws has possible OCD. And I applaud them for that. [Edit] Top left screw slightly more to the left please, it's bugging me.

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    #24

    Management’s Way Of Securing A Loose And Broken Power Brick

    Management’s Way Of Securing A Loose And Broken Power Brick

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    Rabbit Carrot
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    That’s an electric shock waiting to happen.

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    #25

    Spotted The Baby Monitor Back Panel Was Cracked... Think I've Found The Cause

    Spotted The Baby Monitor Back Panel Was Cracked... Think I've Found The Cause

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    Grant Barke
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Its charged to 200%.

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    #26

    I Can't Decide Whether To Be Pissed Off Or Impressed At The Fact That They Managed To Use Machine Screws In Drywall Without A Box Frame Or Ancors

    I Can't Decide Whether To Be Pissed Off Or Impressed At The Fact That They Managed To Use Machine Screws In Drywall Without A Box Frame Or Ancors

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    chi-wei shen
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    I would be pissed off.

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    #27

    An Internet Provider Pulled Fiber To Every Home In My Neighbourhood Almost A Year Ago. They Never Finished The Connections

    An Internet Provider Pulled Fiber To Every Home In My Neighbourhood Almost A Year Ago. They Never Finished The Connections

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    Mark Melton
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    US government gave them three billion dollars to put high speed Internet into the rural area. They treated it as a gift, and gave themselves all bonuses, and NEVER did anything! Why do we allow this.

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    #28

    Chemicals vs. Computer

    Chemicals vs. Computer

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    Eva the Egg
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    This looks a bit X rated to be honest

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    #29

    At Least The Lobby Was Empty When It Happened...

    At Least The Lobby Was Empty When It Happened...

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    Toujin C'Thlu
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    What in the Nine Hells happened here!? Was there some kind of high tech avalanche?

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    #30

    Keyboard Keys Come Off? Don’t Worry, Just Superglue Them Back On!

    Keyboard Keys Come Off? Don’t Worry, Just Superglue Them Back On!

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    Chancey
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    SMH

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    #31

    "Of Course I Put The Toner Cartridge The Right Way In!"...

    "Of Course I Put The Toner Cartridge The Right Way In!"...

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    Šárka Glasslová
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Yea... my boss did similar thing... the problem was one part of cylinder being worn of and leaving marks on a pronted pages... I checked, saw I cannot solve it, so called a repairmen... My boss thought I am just dumb girl, so he shaked and slammed hard the cartridge... well... it did not help. The spots multiplied for few pages and I had to clean the blue spots all over the printer and floor.

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    #32

    I Guess She Wanted Wireless Keyboards...

    I Guess She Wanted Wireless Keyboards...

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    Guy MacGregor
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    We usually do that to notify the hardware is definitely broken. If not, the thing is left there, forgotten, re-tested, re-abandoned because broken, until someone come, re-test it and restart the cycle.

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    #33

    Sorry But Wtf Is This

    Sorry But Wtf Is This

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    Random Anon
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Uhh they are using the condensation water from the AC to run the water cooling "system" of that PC? It's brilliant in a way but I really don't think this is a good idea.

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    #34

    The Plug From A Pinball Machine I'm Refurbishing

    The Plug From A Pinball Machine I'm Refurbishing

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    Dorothy Parker
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    1940s?

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    #35

    I've Paid For The Whole Tube Of Thermal Paste, I'm Gonna Use The Whole Tube Of Thermal Paste

    I've Paid For The Whole Tube Of Thermal Paste, I'm Gonna Use The Whole Tube Of Thermal Paste

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    rspanther
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Another person who watched the video from the Verge.

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    #36

    What In The Name Of F***

    What In The Name Of F***

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    Megatonberry
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Do they have superman strength? Lol

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    #37

    Changing These Out Of A UPS Felt More Like Defusing A Bomb

    Changing These Out Of A UPS Felt More Like Defusing A Bomb

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    Jo Johannsen
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    For a very good reason.

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    #38

    Mag”safe”’

    Mag”safe”’

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    Rabbit Carrot
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    I love the smell of apples cooking in the morning.

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    #39

    Customers Spray-Painted MacBook Air

    Customers Spray-Painted MacBook Air

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    Pixie
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Ok, for idiots like me: what especially is wrong with this?

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    #40

    Just Some Ipads With Holes Drilled Into Them, As Apparently Some People Don’t Know How To Wipe A Device In Itunes To Remove Data.

    Just Some Ipads With Holes Drilled Into Them, As Apparently Some People Don’t Know How To Wipe A Device In Itunes To Remove Data.

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    Random Anon
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Some of these are from stupid regulatory requirements. It produces a lot of wastes for the sake of data security. Personally I would use a magnet but hey I'm just a graying nobody with 2 decades in the business what do I know.

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    #41

    Why Choosing The Cheapest Shipping Option Might Not Be Such A Great Idea

    Why Choosing The Cheapest Shipping Option Might Not Be Such A Great Idea

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    Yort
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    The cheapest shipping option should be because the ship time is longer, not because the company did an asinine packing job.

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    #42

    My Friend Wanted Me To Post This Here - Here's My Rpi 1b

    My Friend Wanted Me To Post This Here - Here's My Rpi 1b

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    Rabbit Carrot
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    If it works. 🤷‍♀️

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    #43

    Remember Kids...don't Buy Msi Laptops

    Remember Kids...don't Buy Msi Laptops

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    Vic
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    It's a feature, it's right there in the name, MSI: Might Split Instantly

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    #44

    33 Kilograms Of Apple Pencils That Got Snapped In Half

    33 Kilograms Of Apple Pencils That Got Snapped In Half

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    Pixie
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Bit why?

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    #45

    Pre-Built Office PC Safely Delivered

    Pre-Built Office PC Safely Delivered

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    beastmachine.
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Someone forgot about the existence of screws

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    #46

    Show Up To Replace A Desktop And The User Tells Me The Mouse Hasn’t Worked Right In Months…

    Show Up To Replace A Desktop And The User Tells Me The Mouse Hasn’t Worked Right In Months…

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    snipergun
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Who would guess that

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    #47

    Taking 5 Year Old Ssds Out Of 8 Year Old Laptops To Make Some 10 Year Old Desktops Less S**t

    Taking 5 Year Old Ssds Out Of 8 Year Old Laptops To Make Some 10 Year Old Desktops Less S**t

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    Cactus McCoy
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Are those T series laptops? Those are great. I have a couple of them ~13 years old and still running really well as MS Office machines. Indestructible.

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    #48

    Caught A Glimpse Of A Lovely Looking Cable Job

    Caught A Glimpse Of A Lovely Looking Cable Job

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    g90814
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    I've seen worse... much, much worse. This is nothing.

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    #49

    “Ran The Cable, Anchored To The Wall For Tightness” My Friend Who’s Gonna Drop Some Packets Soon

    “Ran The Cable, Anchored To The Wall For Tightness” My Friend Who’s Gonna Drop Some Packets Soon

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    John Bell
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Well thats an electro. 🧲

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    #50

    My Friend Put Breadcrumbs On Purpose On His MacBook In Order To Enlist To A Free Keyboard Replacement Program

    My Friend Put Breadcrumbs On Purpose On His MacBook In Order To Enlist To A Free Keyboard Replacement Program

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    beastmachine.
    Community Member
    5 years ago (edited)

    Just imagine being denied due to purposeful damage

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    #51

    Smile You Have WiFi

    Smile You Have WiFi

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    Yort
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    ?

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    #52

    “Our Classroom Network Port Isn’t Connecting To My Laptop”

    “Our Classroom Network Port Isn’t Connecting To My Laptop”

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    Donkey boi
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    'Nothing to see here!!! ... No really... there's nothing there...'

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    #53

    I Think Its Enough Thermal Paste

    I Think Its Enough Thermal Paste

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    Calypso poet
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Thought that was a terrible downtown design, That ballpark looks odd...

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    #54

    This Atrocitie I Spotted At Work Trying To Improve The WiFi Signal

    This Atrocitie I Spotted At Work Trying To Improve The WiFi Signal

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    Alex K
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    his spelling is even more atrocious

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    #55

    3ds Charger Died, Decided To Replace It With A USB-C Conector But With The Battery Wasn't Fitting Well, So...

    3ds Charger Died, Decided To Replace It With A USB-C Conector But With The Battery Wasn't Fitting Well, So...

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    Mark Melton
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    We call that " Jerry Rigging".

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    #56

    New Client Turned One Of Their Bathrooms Into A Server Closet Lol

    New Client Turned One Of Their Bathrooms Into A Server Closet Lol

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    Yort
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Well, if it works...

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    #57

    Stelf 100

    Stelf 100

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    Guy MacGregor
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    For those wondering: This is a Wifi access point (looks like and ubiquiti).

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