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There might not be such a thing as the perfect career. No matter which path you choose, it can be one full of ups and downs and loads of situations testing your patience.

However, the ultimate patience-test-of-a-career is most likely working in IT. Whether it’s devices the specialists have to deal with, humans who are no longer in control of theirs (it’s probable that either side is equally annoyed by the question—”have you tried turning it off and on again?”), or other struggles, it all can be quite challenging to manage.

Luckily, representatives of the field can find solace in their fellow IT professionals and online communities, such as the Facebook group ‘IT Humor and Memes’. It provides a much needed giggle for the IT people out there, who are likely to find the posts to be quite relatable. Scroll down to find some of them on the list below and click here for our previous piece about the group. Below, you will also find some thoughts from the group’s founder, Trevor Paquette, which he shared during a recent interview with Bored Panda.

#1

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Gregory Leiby Report

O D
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This wins the article. I see no need to continue.

Taibhse Sealgair
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A robot could answer this. "Dynamics, such as decrescendos, are fundamental tools in music composition and performance to shape and convey the intended emotional and expressive qualities of a piece. They allow for variations in volume, creating contrast and highlighting different sections or elements within the music. However, the interpretation of a decrescendo as a metaphor or symbolic gesture within the context of thematic material can depend on various factors, such as the overall composition, lyrics (if applicable), and the audience's perception. While dynamics can contribute to the overall emotional impact of a piece, the specific meaning and metaphorical associations will be shaped by the composition as a whole. If you are concerned about a decrescendo being interpreted as heavy-handed metaphorically, it may be helpful to consider other musical elements, such as harmony, melody, rhythm, and instrumentation, to ensure that the overall composition supports your intended message"

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Maikku
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Sure, I'll be a robot then, thanks.

The Original Bruno
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That depends: Is "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" what you consider heavy-handed?

N Miller
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Bottom left and centre right.

Upstaged75
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'd need to play them all first before I could decide that. Which I don't think is the intent. :)

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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Attempted translation by someone who is parallel with music theory: "select the images where slowing down the rythm won't make the song sound like s**t"

Upstaged75
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Very well said! I wouldn't be able to answer this without playing them all first. :)

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Daniel Heys
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I’m at a music competition as I read this lmaoo

Korean Boi
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

what the hell i play music but I not this

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The struggles of working in the field of information technology differ depending on the area of specialization and other factors. However, some of them are pretty universal, which is why it might be nice to be part of a community of people who know exactly what you’re going through.

That’s likely one of the reasons the ‘IT Humor and Memes’ group already has over 900k members. In a previous interview with Bored Panda, its creator, Trevor Paquette, revealed that he started it after noticing the lack of general IT meme groups.

The founder pointed out that there were groups for developers or programmers, hackers, networking, and so on, but not that many dedicated to generic IT humor, so he created one back in May of 2019.

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    #2

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    Steven Pangilinan Report

    Carlos
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How meow help you today ?

    Cat R
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Major Tom to ground control."

    Brocken Blue
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If this cat isn’t named Major Tom, humanity missed a major opportunity

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    dingliusyeeeeeeeeeee
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hello 911 are you there? "Meow meow meow, meowmeowmeow!"

    Iridian
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Speaking as a former customer phone care person, he seems concerned about the customer yet very strongly centered in himself. Good combo.

    Upstaged75
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Looks like a kid got ahold of a sharpie and decorated the cat!

    JB
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Meow may I help you today?"

    Thomas Ewing
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Is your refrigerator running?"

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    #3

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    Alex Kluemper Report

    panther
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They sense desperation.

    Stephanie Barr
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Too true. Maybe AI has been around in printers all along.

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    David Henry
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    After this many about printers, can we finally admit we've let these companies go too long without some torches and pitchfork action?

    censorshipsucks
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Also captured in this comic: https://theoatmeal.com/comics/printers

    Riley Quinn
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just before turning on the printer, I do some deep breathing exercises so I won't get a muscle spasm when it goes south.

    Alditekim
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What about despacito, can it sense it too?

    DarkViolet
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    All printers belong to the same union. Be afraid. Be VERY afraid.

    Luke Vanica
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My graphic design instructor used to take out the toner or pieces of our printer during finals week. He wanted to make sure we got real world experience.

    fs
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    does this work with cats too?

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    In a recent interview with Bored Panda, Trevor shared that his expertise covers several areas of information technology. “With 30+ years under my belt, I’m more of a jack of all trades when it comes to IT. Plunk me down in just about any situation, and I’ll either get going right away or figure out how to get it done.

    “However, if I had to pick my strongest suit, it would have to be systems administration, and being able to connect high-level ideas to the low-level systems and processes. Because I’ve done both throughout my career, I'm great at connecting the two,” he said.

    #4

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    Viktor Nederloe Report

    Miles Mawyer
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I used to live in apartment 403, and had a sign that said "Access Forbidden"

    Bumblebee
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    404 is an error message on computers. When it shows up it says "404 error site not found" or something like that

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    Hidden City Pictures
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Once I had 404 as my clock in number, I always thought that it was a stand in until I got an actual number.

    Junebugjump!
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wish I lived at an HTTP status error code address!

    EmbersAreOut
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    404 can be shows to mean that something is not found.

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    Trevor told Bored Panda that he got interested in computers back in high school. “A fellow student brought in his Apple II+ (yes, I’m that old), and put on a ‘Lunar Lander’ game. My mind was blown. I knew at that moment I wanted to program and work with computers as a career.”

    “Over the years, I’ve gained loads of experience in software development, system administration, DB management, vendor management; you name it, I’ve probably touched on it from doing the work, all the way to managing others that do the work,” he added.

    #6

    30 Of The Funniest Posts From The ‘It Humor And Memes’ Facebook Group (New Pics)

    meirl Report

    #7

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    Marie Carmen Mrtz Report

    Lakota Wolf
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I used to place pillows and couch cushions around my computer to muffle the dialup sound when I was sneaking onto AOL past my bedtime XD

    Kare Deter
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ahh kids today.. no idea what modems used to sound like, and waiting for pictures to load, being able to watch it draw line by line

    Reviewer UK01
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "up all night and you'd see 8 women" Roy, IT Crowd

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    ValdaDeDieu
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nothing online nowadays (not even Bored Panda) beats the excitement felt when you heard "You've Got Mail!".... We've become blase.

    JewishPunnyBunny
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I HEARD this sound in my head.

    Lost Penny
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I know I am not the only one who can hear this image...

    Mirabelle Skyrim
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I once heard my modem call a different number than usual (different sound) and immediately shut off the modem and did a virus scan on my PC. Yup, I had somehow managed to download a virus together with something else (Windows 95).

    A P
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That was about to be several hundred bucks worth of 1-900 time probably.

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    Robert T
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm almost old enough to remember it not existing! And I'm talking about ARPANET, not the internet as we know it, Jim.

    Littlemiss
    Community Member
    Premium
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We did this to our four year old when he asked. He looked at me and told me to stop being stupid.

    Danish Susanne
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wish someone will ask me. I was 16 when it was first invented.

    Gogubaci
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm old enough to remember those noises

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    #8

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    Rich Duffy Report

    O D
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "expensive when ill"

    Edison Lima
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Waaaay cheaper to get a new one. Though the moral implications are not quite the same.

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    Daniel Atkins
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Doesn't respond well to commands.

    LeighAnne Brown-Pedersen
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Almost for free, until you realize it’s the maintenance that’s expensive

    Lakota Wolf
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That does it. I'm making a set of cat ears and whiskers for my old Canon iP4700.

    SheHulk
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My home printer is now a simple b/w laser. My previous one would have a tantrum when it ran out of magenta.

    Robert T
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mine had a fit when I fed it a non-genuine magenta cartridge and peed it all over the inside of the printer and desk. I now have a laser as well.

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    Isaac Harvey
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    “Occasionally grossly regurgitates ingested items”

    Stephanie Barr
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Laugh 'til I cry. I keep cat beds on my printers when not actively using them, so this seems super apt.

    Id row
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's why I have a toner printer. That thing must be 15 years old or more by now and still going.

    Frostfirefox919
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "hates food that's not the usual brand"

    Salem nothing
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't know anything about inkjet printers but the "demand feeding when container is full" is so unreasonably funny to me

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    Information technology is a broad term that encompasses an abundance of different roles and areas to focus on. And the extensive list, including but definitely not limited to analytics, programming, artificial intelligence, application development, cybersecurity, and so much more, is likely to continue growing due to the rapid technological advancement of the current times.

    That’s one of the things the founder of the Facebook group loves most about it. “In my mind, the best thing about the IT field is it’s always changing; always. There is always something new to learn or to read up on. This keeps the mind active and engaged.”

    #9

    Funny-It-Memes

    Jason Riffenburg Report

    NickTheDuck
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can relate. My old laptop has to be plugged in all the time otherwise it shuts off.

    Philly Bobcat
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Then it decides to update!!! AAAAAHHHH!!!

    O D
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    One big rousing finger up for the bloatware on Sony laptops, especially in the mid-aughts.

    A P
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Samsung constantly installing random a*s games on my phone with every update. Stuff I would never even touch on my phone, too. I keep expecting to see mine sweeper or solitaire pop up one day.

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    Brook Skeleton
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    after 30 minutes of waiting you pull the battery cord to shut it down no matter what xd

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    #10

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    Aidan White Report

    Maikku
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No matter how small or big the printer, they never work. I sometimes have to work with biiiig printers and those days the amount of censored words out of my mouth is quite impressive.

    ValdaDeDieu
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh, the begging, pleading and bargaining...

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    AlyDawn
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My little HP envy always freaking works. It has been the best "investment" EVER. And I say investment sarcastically because it really wasn't expensive at all, for a printer. Any time I have an issue, it's usually a user error. It's slow, it doesn't staple or fold, but it will print in excellent quality on both sides.

    Mike Fitzpatrick
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My 13yo Brother does as well. Duplexing? Check. Wakes up when I need it? Check. Only jammed once, printing envelopes, my fault entirely, I forgot to open a set of rollers.

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    censorshipsucks
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's amazing how awesome computers are nowadays; palm-sized with processing power of a erstwhile supercomputer, high-res 300dpi screens, perfect. Printers? Still as flaky and annoying as they were in the 1980s with even worse user interfaces.

    Evan H
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Disagree. 1980s printers were annoying because they were loud clunky dot-matrix machines, but they were never flaky like modern printers. You could get 10+ years out of an '80s dot matrix printer. And in the mid-'90s laser printers became very solid and reliable. I had a mid-'90s HP laser printer that lasted over 10 years without any issues. Printers reached their pinnacle about the year 2000, and have since been getting steadily worst. Even inkjet - inkjet was always flaky, but in the early '00s they reached their best photo-print quality, and there has been no real improvement in print quality since.

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    Erik Ivan
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I replaced my old printer in my office a few months back. It had preformed flawless from 2009 to early 2023. It was also a laser, and most definitivley NOT an HP.

    Kat
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Rage against the machine

    Spannermonkey
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I had a printer that just worked. It was dot-matrix, but still.

    Tannie Stienie
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "rage against the machine" obviously in reference to the band members experiences with printers!

    fs
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    *added to wish list*

    Sunny Day
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    PC Load Letter???? WTH is PC Load Letter????

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    #11

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    Stevieb Baker Report

    Philly Bobcat
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Tried to book them... got a FEW bytes... but....

    Sebastian Finke
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Guys please read about the difference between Gigabytes and Gibibytes :)

    Sebastian Finke
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Because that would be 1.xx Gigabytes. People are mixing up Mega and Mibi

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    Wes Gale
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I hate that people and also google think that 1 gig is 1000mb.

    Sebastian Finke
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Because it is. A Gibibyte is 1024 Mibibytes. A GB is 1000MB

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    Lotekguy
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not pix of the same animal. When the first band couldn't get a gig, they revamped it as Three Dog Night.

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    Statista’s 2022 data pointed out that JavaScript and Java are some of the most in-demand skills in the field nowadays. Though, it also revealed that professionals of the IT sector were the most interested in developing skills related to artificial intelligence, machine learning, and deep learning.

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    #12

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    Sandi Kedua Report

    The Blue Spirit
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When it comes to programming, it turns out cleverness is the downfall of all you know and love. Work dumber. Don't use all the fancy features to make your thing do 20 extra things. Do one thing, do it dumbly, and do it well. Then never touch it again

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    Swaith
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    UX/UI Designer - Three on one side, three on the other. Balanced distribution, no nails touching the wood. Added extra white padding beneath balanced nails incase it gets viewed on wooden table.

    censorshipsucks
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    customer QA feedback: I can't see how to get the word in the microsoft?!? It was in the file!

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    SheHulk
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We have a saying in Sweden, all solutions are good except the bad ones. Sounds better in Swedish, of course.

    Tim Nicebutdim
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In fairness no proper scope was defined, a very common problem, either a missing or useless project manager.

    Vanessa
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I saw the original photo a while back. Guy on the right is an engineer

    Protagonist
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Both should have taken the plate from under the construction though. Instructions were clear: "without letting them touch the wood."

    Helen Bennett
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    BA: "tell me more about the problem you want to address" (meaning "r u serious?")

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    #13

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    Joseph Lathem Report

    AceIsStrange (He/They/Zem)
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Does no one notice the 69k retweets and 420k likes....

    Jared Robinson
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I as well need to figure out how to report Spam for Spam, Best damn Spam on the planet.

    O D
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    100% spam. But nobody knows what spam is, so...

    Gøøse
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's fake. 69k rts and 420k likes? Feels a little coincidental

    Coffee Fueled Mama
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Captain Obvious clicking "It's Spam" hilariously

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    #14

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    Dennis Blaschke Report

    Mattito07
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wait a minute how tf is loper floating 💀

    the engineer 🇺🇦
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    im just wondering how you got those there letters to float

    Trish Panda
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    At first I thought it was photoshop but it looks like there may be a thin wire running in the center of the letters

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    When it comes to the struggles IT specialists face, Trevor Paquette singled out communication challenges as the most prominent one. “IT people think in ‘tech’, while our users think in their individual work terms (think ‘medical’, ‘finance’, etc). In the end, we all want the same thing—for someone to be able to do their job and be as productive as they can.”

    “Some in IT forget we are there to help, not dictate and we both have different ways to describe the same problem. Sometimes that can lead to frustration on both sides; that the other ‘just doesn’t get it’. We’d be surprised at [how much we can reduce] the shared stresses we all face if we tried to just clear up communication,” he told Bored Panda.

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    #15

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    I steal your memes Report

    juice
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    on iPhones apparently there's a setting called "Reduce White Point" that drastically reduces the brightness, but you can't turn it back up unless you know what the setting is called and toggle it back off. we thought my phone was broken for weeks until we figured it out

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    The Original Bruno
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Honest truth here: SOMEONE I know used to work at an air transportation ("FAA") radar center. The radar controllers would get eye fatigue and complain about the radar scanners going blurry. This someone used to remotely make them get blurrier and blurrier and then come by and "fix" them, to the gratitude of the radar controllers. You can't fix what isn't blurry, but you can fix what is blurry.

    April Stephens
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just when you think you've heard it all...

    Old Roadie
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, I know where I'm headed. Trolled my mom and son for > 20 years with same prank. Finally admitted I was the culprit just before Mom passed away, and that frail old woman got up out of her bed and chased me! ☠️

    Satan Laughs
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Love it. Hope grandma finds out real quick now

    KindaGayInnit (she/them)
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i could see me doing this if i had any family lmao

    ValdaDeDieu
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Microsoft's Blue Screen of Death... Would be first in our (writers') book.

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    #16

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    Gerry Mathers Report

    Paulsible deniability
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The humans are dead. The humans are dead. We used poisonous gasses and we poisoned their asses...

    HARRY KOPPERS
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal.....SMBC rocks science humor. Dude is very creative.

    censorshipsucks
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Did you also read "ha-ha-ha" in a flat metallic monotone?

    Will Cable
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I missed the robot at first and thought it was a worm typing in picture 2...........need coffee

    naomy ramsey
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Lifelong Motorola user (45 years) and several have now dropped the jack too... It's my only complaint

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    #17

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    Vasilios Betoglou Report

    Lakota Wolf
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I searched for "Shítty Printers" on Amazon in order to find this book and instead it GAVE ME A LIST OF PRINTERS starting with HP PRINTERS ::wheeze:: shitty_pri...nsored.jpg shitty_printers_amazon_search-646760c79a6f6__censored.jpg

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    Haywood Jablome
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nothing can make me discard everything that was said faster than "sheeple".

    Batwench
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    Premium
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well that’s just been bought for hubby’s birthday.

    google slave
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just tell us what you're really thinking. Don't hold back now.

    Wonky Donkey
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love the Lovecraft related rating and charisma! 5/10 Cthulus.

    Pheonixvatoreii
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    On no! It's uncensored! My eyes! /J

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    Considering the significance of information technology in our everyday lives, there are quite a few people we have to thank for keeping things running smoothly. According to more of Statista’s data, there are 3.12 million people working in the IT sector in the US alone, as of January 2023. The number is expected to surpass 6.1 million by 2032.

    #18

    Funny-It-Memes

    Amritpal Singh Report

    cats_from_the_void
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    * applause * BRILLIANT censoring job, simply brilliant. Let's give bp a standing ovation.

    Fat Harry
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't know what you're talking about. I have no idea what Orn Hub is.

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    Bananananana(He/Him)
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Everyone is talking about orn hub being poorly censored but no one about it reaching 50m in 19 days

    censorshipsucks
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Your avatar is too phallic to be commenting here right now.

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    April Stephens
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But the world population increased a lot between the introduction of the airplane and Pornhub. And by the time 50 million users already had internet, it was free for them to begin using Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube, whereas in the past, beginning to use cars would have cost a lot. So of course Twitter is going to catch on faster than cars!

    Notme
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hmmm… Corn Hub? Worn Hub? Torn Hub? Morn Hub?… what can it be?!!!

    SynthaCybe
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    surprised the source tag in the upper right wasn't censored...

    Deviltography
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    FUN FACT! Credit cards that we use now a days you can say did take 28 years but if you look into how long credit cards have been around its waaaayyy longer. Credit cards have been around since about the 1400 to 1500. Or in other terms when we had the stereotype pirates. Credit cards used to be a piece of paper, cardboard like card or some other type of informative note that a person carried with them. Its the same, kinda, process like we do now but with out an atm. You would go to a bank ask them for a credit card which then youll give a set amount of money for and then youll be able to use it at literally very few places that take it. Those places that do take it will give you physical money in return for the card. And thus is the quick history of credit cards, they only recently in the past 30 years came to be widely used and accepted by everyone even though it still took people a couple of years to get one.

    Jesha
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We are only blessed with so many minutes on this little green and blue ball, and I just tried to wipe censorship off of my screen for way too long before I realized what was going on.

    O D
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Forn (Foghorn Leghorn's gamer tag)

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    #19

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    Edgardo Avileño Report

    Clay S.
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Press f1 on what, the air?

    Lakota Wolf
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No, no, clearly that's a touchscreen monitor, you have to tap where it says "F1" on the screen! XD

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    Frank Miller
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Unfortunately, that was an actual real message back in the day.

    Rick
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love it when my electricity goes out and the voice recording from the electric company informs me I can report the problem on the electric company's website.

    Phyzzi
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    *typing from my phone, that connects to 4g unless the towers are down*, yeah, there's actually a reason for that.

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    Robert T
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Still looking for the mythical ANY key.

    Zoltán Kiss
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You can get to most places without a mouse, but without a keyboard you're f**ked.

    Michael Smith
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I hated this when I tried to set up my first headless server and wondered why it wasn't booting...

    Page intentially left blank
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Psychically press F1 on your imaginary keyboard to continue

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    #20

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    John Petersen Report

    censorshipsucks
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nah. What it's like working in IT really: "Oh you aren't busy, what do we pay you for???" (answer: to make sure s**t is working so I can be non-busy.). "Hey all the systems are down, what do we pay you for?!?!" . Same jibe, different cause. Also, every 5 minutes some a*****e in california is like, "Hey i just invented a new protocol/standard/language/technology" followed by asshats in seattle going "Yeah! that's industry-standard best practice wooo!" followed by idiots around the world going "yeah we have to deploy crapware 2024 now with extra cloud containers." followed by your manager going "hey we must upskill you in crapware 2.02.5.2.1.7.3 rel 1.2 ... I'm sending you on a month course and you better get at least 85% for the exam or you are fired". and you are like "where's my glock I need to just self-unalive at this point" .

    Tim Nicebutdim
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm the bloke at the side saying, "I warned you this would happen". Malicious compliance is 50% of my job now.

    two-sided llama
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    just ditch and leave everyone else in this burning mess

    censorshipsucks
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I like to be passive aggressive about it and say "told you so" while going home.

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    SZ
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's like project management, but you seem to be missing the screaming

    Ian S
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I always use the Chandler from Friends analogy. No one understands what I do, especially after I explain what I do.

    Wes Gale
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Don't forget Susan standing on the side asking if you have looked at her printer yet each time you go by

    The creator of ‘IT Humor and Memes’ believes that IT professionals can benefit from similar groups by reading about other people’s experiences. “You’d be surprised at how often others have already lived what you are living and have a solution ready to offer if asked the right question,” he told Bored Panda.

    Trevor also pointed out that theirs is not an IT support group, but more of an “IT Support support” group. “It was originally intended, and still is, a place to laugh at ourselves and many situations we find ourselves, our peers, and our users in. Laughing helps the day go by, and anything to help ease that stress, is a welcome respite, I think.”

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    #21

    Funny-It-Memes

    Charles Coleman Report

    Clay S.
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Except Samsung removed the headphone jack from their phones

    Fat Harry
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But I don't have to buy Samsung. That's the joy of Android.

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    Annymoose
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    People can buy what they want. I don't like iphones, I think they're overpriced and fragile as glass, hell to work on if not impossible, but if someone wants an iphone and likes it? Dude, it's your money. I have my gripes about Android too.

    Ivo H
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Thanks, random understanding panda… I’m sick and tired from both the “iphone bad” and “android stupid” opinions. I like my iphone, i liked my androids in the past. It’s nothing to fight for, it’s nothing to be angry for. It’s two brands and getting on rants for any of them is utterly riddiculous. And both multi-billion dollar compaines can just laugh at us, as we constantly fight among each other while inadvertently propagating their products, instead of getting at them for obvious planned obsolence s**t (at BOTH sides!!!)

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    marcelo D.
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "I can download any app I want for free", no, you can pirate any app for free, officially you can only download free apps for free. And piratings comes with a subset of security issues, unless you are very good at it.

    Jena Fisher
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm thinking their talking about google opinion rewards, where you can answer surveys and get a bit of money to use in the app store

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    Hobby Hopper
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wanted to like Apple products, but 1) I really hated their overly restrictive policies, and 2) I *really* f*****g HATED iTunes.

    Jaya
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Androids with headphone jacks are getting harder to come by, unfortunately.

    google slave
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Unfortunately, the bottom one is 90% of the people on social media. You ever try reading something on YT? It's like a 5 yr old did it. People can no longer put 5 words together properly. Nor can they spell.

    Kellan Piasecki
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The blue text makes everything okay though.

    Ari
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My hatred for apple continues. Lol. Just a way to get money out of people who don't know any better phones and apple is the popular brand. My dad is in IT and fully stands by android lol

    Just a little dog
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Samsung Xcover 6 pro. Headphone jack, removable battery, removable storage, modern hw, sw updates.

    Captain Awesome
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My pixel 7 doesn't have a headphone jack

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    #22

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    Steven Pangilinan Report

    cats_from_the_void
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    how do you do this? asking for a friend

    Cyber Returns
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sweep one finger from the top and one from the bottom of the screen and if you are quick enough you can hit the START menus at the bottom left. From that point, it becomes a regular PC that runs from a touch screen

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    Em
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This just reminded me of a few years back when the kiosks had some sort of glitch where, if you ordered a certain sandwich, it would give you the entire combo for free. I was homeless at the time, and one day decided to spend my last five bucks on this awesome-sounding sandwich they'd been advertising. Imagine my surprise when I got to the payment screen and the kiosk was like "okay, paid! Here's your order number!" Kept me fed for a few weeks until they figured it out.

    Astrius
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Our bus station has a screen that has been stuck on a command line for weeks. Dad says someone needs to install Doom there.

    Trevor Riddle
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wolfenstein not Doom but judt as funny

    Thomas Dickson
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I played solitaire on a $100k CNC at work when I was younger. It was very satisfying.

    Music Eating Fox
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That’s amazing!! Reminds me of the old saying “Doom can run on anything”

    html.wisteria
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    if there's a screen, doom will be seen

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    #23

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    Arkanghel Siao Report

    Lakota Wolf
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I remember the beautiful, ancient halcyon days when this worked. In early MMOs (say, Ultima Online) it was pretty easy to convince other players that you could open a "secret developer console" in the game by pressing Alt + F4.

    Patrick Linnen
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Web comic "User Friendly" had the IT lady (i forget her name) taunt the script kiddies and say "My IP address is 127.0.0.1, come get me!"

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    censorshipsucks
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I had a much meaner one. Student: "Sir what is the unix command for rename?" me: " R M minus R, all lowercase"

    Neil Matthew
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A gentler one: UNIX workstations often had a fortune cookie program that ran when you logged in, giving you a fun aphorism to start your day with. My favourite was “if this is the first time you’ve used this computer, type Ctrl-D” which of course logged you out.

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    Jared Robinson
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    long long long time ago I fell for this. I'm still butt hurt about it.

    John Kamau
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Now read the last part again. This time in the voice of LIAM NEESON

    Ryan Blind
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    /qui for special lightsaber crystal in star wars galaxies

    yannick van gennip
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I recently told an office worker hey press alt-f4 they did lol

    Isaac Harvey
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I tried to pull this during online classes, on multiple occasions. No regrets, even 3 years later.

    Wes Gale
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I bet half the console kids still don't get this joke

    Cheeky chicken
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm middle aged and this is making no sense to me??!! I can confidently use a computer as well as I need to but whenever I read comments like this I feel stoopid cos I've no clue what everyone is saying but it all sounds funny (as in humours not dodgy)x

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    Trevor Paquette said that a random message of appreciation is one of the things he loves most about managing the group. “Every once in a while, we get an out-of-the-blue ‘thanks for making my day go by’ message. Those mean a lot to me and the entire team of moderators.”

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    “That, and the fact that many of the items posted make me laugh. It helps my day go a little easier as well,” he added.

    #24

    Funny-It-Memes

    Kurt Richter Report

    Pat Bond
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Lol, don't forget if it has a plug it will find it's way to your desk, the amount of random unrelated stuff people used to bring to my desk was phenominal, would re-direct to facilities, shredder not working, ahh that must be an IT issue! 🤦‍♂️

    Lakota Wolf
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was essentially "IT" for my family's business as I was the only one who understood technology at all. It was the same for me - if it had a plug (of any kind) and was broken, it got put on my desk! XD I was also expected to fix the pencil sharpener, my mom's TV, my mom's Solitaire program on her computer, and the internet!

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    Upstaged75
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My company is very small and the poor DBA unfortunately gets every single IT related problem thrown at her. Because there's no one else to handle them. It's not even her job but people assume she's the "computer expert". We also have one of those call-in services where you might spend an hour on the phone waiting for a live person to tell you to restart your laptop. :)

    J
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A lot of companies work this way with most of their jobs.

    Shgshthx
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Once I had to leave my office to go to the other office to move an extension cord from one side of the table to the other side, so a small fridge could be plugged in. Another time I got a request to order new window blinds. And the last one I can remember on the spot is closing a sink faucet so it wouldn't continue running water until the plumber arrived (that one I did on my own volition because I understood what was wrong).

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    #25

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    Joel Swan Report

    Katy Cordeth
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    People are aware they can just google. They're trying to make a human connection in a lonely world when they ask someone to explain something rather than do so. Don't begrudge them that. I'm certain lots of friendships have begun this way.

    Robert T
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Also referred to as "Ask Michael". That's Michael Googlay.

    R Dennis
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My wife does this... with her phone in her hand!

    google slave
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Look up? In a book? Nonsense. Who would know how to do that? One word for searching when I was a kid was "encyclopedia"! Now it's "google."

    PurpleUnicorn
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When someone asks a question about something you sent them already ...

    JM
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Half of the comments on BP are "please explain". Google!!!

    Riley Quinn
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Several times a week, my elderly friend would email me a question instead of Googling it.

    AngelWingsYT
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is any business. I have ppl call the theater asking our hours n showtimes. Like you looked up the phone number!

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    #26

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    John Finedeway Report

    Jrog
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ah, the good ol' US Robotics Modem sound when it connected to the dial-up line. It could wake up your neighbors and scare your cat.

    Peter
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Turn off the modem speaker if you want it to be quiet

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    2WheelTravlr
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was very proficient at reading the audio signals from my hard drive while working on a big project in Photoshop or Illustrator. The various grinds and chunks, then the disc spinning up, then going into hyperdrive, then rolling back down to a reasonable speed and a few more chunks and I knew I was just seconds away from regaining control of the program.

    TotallyNOTaFox
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't trust ultra-silent systems, who knows if the fan runs smoothly or died an hour ago and my CPU slowly grills itself

    Ken Beattie
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That is the one good use for LED lit systems. I have LEDs linked to the temperature. If the temps rise the LEDs change from green to red. Could have linked it to fan speed instead, but temps do the same job.

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    Falcon on Dizzy
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    my computer: weeeee I'm a jet engine. | me: yes you are

    Phyzzi
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    One of my fans is out of balance and has been for years. When it's actually spun up or at lowest speed it's fine, but most of the time there are lots of brief "tlktlktlktlk" moments. I can afford a different fan and certainly know how to install one, but it's sort of charming I think.

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    Powerful Katrinka
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My first computer was a Commodore 64. In order to use it, you needed to use floppy discs to load the programs you wanted. And it went: Ka thunka ka thunka ka thunka whirrrrrrrr.

    The Original Bruno
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    OMG! The noises a Commodore 1541 disk drive used to make! You'd think it was it was feeding nails through a shredder!

    Nakus
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How about the PS4 which sounds like a jet taking off when playing any modern game

    Edison Lima
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I srill remember a friend back in the 90s, astonished when we told him that NO, your computer shouldn't be puffing out smoke. No, not even just a little bit. 😄

    Michael Smith
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When I was in college they had just installed NeXTStations in a particular computer lab and I was checking it out with the head of the computer lab being the only other person in the room. There was no noise but the quiet whirring of fans. Then for fun I logged into the other workstation. Suddenly there was a loud *CHUNK* *CHUNK* *CHUNK* noise from the other machine.

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    If information technology-based humor is something that tickles your funny bone, make sure to check out Bored Panda’s collection of IT jokes that techies might find painfully relatable right here.

    #27

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    nixCraft Report

    Lakota Wolf
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Am I the only person who prefers Chrome? XD

    Earl Grey
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The business partnership between Google and Mozilla, last renewed in 2020, is set to expire this year. The future is not bright for Firefox: https://www.wired.com/story/firefox-mozilla-2022/

    Living Example
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Okay, I use Opera, just because nobody else does.

    Annica
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I use Opera on my cell and tablet but Chrome on my laptop. 👌🏻

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    Hobby Hopper
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They trade positions as time goes on, and honestly, Edge has become pretty darn good these days too.

    juice
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i use Edge for work and Chrome for personal use. they both have their merits

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    Diane H
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I loved Firefox but I found too many sites that wouldn't open with that.

    Nupraptor
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I used Firefox back when it was Phoenix & Firebird. Switched to Chrome for a long time. Once Google said that they were taking steps to disable adblockers, I switched back to Firefox and I haven't regretted it for an instant.

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    #28

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    Martin J Szalay Report

    Daniel Atkins
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My grandpa after my aunt installed a VCR when a channel didn't come in it was the VCR's fault.

    Amelia Bee
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am a woman. I have also worked in tech for 13 years. My 80 year old mother demanded that I fix her cable box, when I looked at it I heard a rapid clicking sound and no lights were on, a clear sign that somewhere in there electricity was arcing and this thing was not safe to keep plugged in. I told her the box was broken and she insisted it wasn't, cuz it was brand new. 🤦🏼‍♀️ For the record, my mother's solution to all things is brute force, not understanding that you can't do that with delicate electronics. So there was probably a minor issue that she decided needed to be "fixed" by banging on it. I told her to call the cable company, there was nothing I could do, and no matter what, DO NOT plug it back in. Guess what she did. 🙄 My fiance, who knows nothing of IT like I do (but is a man) came over later to come get me, and the instant he stepped in my mom said "finally, someone who knows what they're talking about. Fix my cable". She wonders why her daughters never call.

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    Fat Harry
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Awful font choice, and "doesn't effect" should be "doesn't AFFECT".

    SheHulk
    Community Member
    Premium
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It´s a really crappy font! Buuuuuuu... 😵‍💫

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    Sunny Day
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    2 weeks later - I guess our new copier installed a firewall that blocked the coffee maker from connecting to the network clock, which caused the timer to go off 4 hours early.

    O D
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "The Internet is down" (salesperson who never reboots their tablet and is in the midst of other salespeople making sales)

    John Willemsen
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Didn't "effect"... That's "affect", chief.

    David Henry
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Without education, skilled tech workers and wizards are indistinguishable from one another.

    bennu
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That font is terrible, I spent like 30 realizing that the parenthesis were C's

    Talis
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Printers are evil, so it could be true...

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    #29

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    Trey Washmon Report

    Jrog
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The most common way used to be having a metal chain and replacing a few rings with locks as needed. Anyone who has a lock key can open the chain, independently from anyone else.

    BewilderedBanana
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That is a much simpler solution. is there a reason why they don't just make copies of the same key and use one lock

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    O D
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    LPL picks all six locks in under one minute.

    David Bowlby
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nah, they made it easy for you, you only have to pick one

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    Ronnie Cutshall
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    One problem 15 and 18 can't open the gate.

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    #30

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    Amir Salijević Report

    Scarlet23
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How would this even work?

    Fat Harry
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why wouldn't it work? Even an old TV can accept RF input (from a VCR, for example) so if you have a computer that has RF output, or some means to convert VGA or HDMI to RF, you can input it to a TV. A TV is just a monitor with some tuning gubbins, after all.

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    Hobby Hopper
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Same, only replace "Mom" with "Wife". Love you honey!

    Abnus
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The computer monitor in my parents room is an older tv.

    google slave
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Back in the mid 90's one of my foster brothers was a genius when it came to mechanical and electrical work, and he took our little old 13" TV & wired a little boombox and one of our alarm clocks as surround sound. It was ghetto as hell, but we thought it was awesome. He even set up the VCR to record from another one in order to try to make bootlegs, but the picture was not good enough.

    deejak
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Brilliant. He's either a techbro millionaire now or he's in jail, right, lol?

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    Jared Robinson
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    looks like someone was playing with magnets near the tv

    deejak
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nothing a good degaussing won't fix eh?

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    #31

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    Michael Hagley Report

    NickTheDuck
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Editing the bar will never not be funny.

    Kare Deter
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I remember one time we drove 90 minutes for my IT hubby to help my uncle with a hard drive that just wouldn't work. Hubby couldn't get it to work either. "did you drop it?" "no" "are you sure?" "I didn't drop it, it slid out of the box and hit the floor" 90 minutes of cursing all the way home.

    Cuppa tea?
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's a flippy disk. Ok I see myself out.

    Khavrinen
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "No, that's not what 'data compression' means."

    Excited Panda
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Under the covers of the new Pixel Fold

    Jared Robinson
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    sir that's unfortunately not how that works.

    O D
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yay! Space for one or two new games from Steam!

    #32

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    Simon Lee Report

    O D
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Marketing plan was excellent. However SEO engineer was also hired as chef so business shuttered.

    #33

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    Abba's Beloved Report

    Tucker Cahooter
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ah memories! Always good to do last thing on a Friday when you don't feel like working any more but need to be seen to still be doing something before its time to go home

    Brenda
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Defrag took FOREVER! Hubby always did it on a Sunday night. The only time no one would be up late using the single computer in the house.

    Lynn Morello
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Set it up just before going to bed, it should be just about finished ready for tomorro

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    #35

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    Owen Lee Report

    The Original Bruno
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What's confusing is that PHP is easy to debug. Now, Perl on the other hand.... (Probably a Python programmer wrote this.)

    ƒιѕн
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Perl, unfortunately after 30 years, is still a thing.

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    censorshipsucks
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    could be worse. Could be C or some variant thereof. Anyone seen how horrible native Android code is? ugh.

    #36

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    Areck Degeneffe Report

    Lakota Wolf
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Can confirm. Have built my own PCs for decades. You just look for the holes that match the plugs of whatever cable you're holding. >_>;

    Hobby Hopper
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The only hard part is picking components that are compatible and work well together, but if you use an online tool like PC parts picker, that becomes easy too.

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    Nyonax
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    At one time motherboard power connectors weren't keyed. This allowed the cables to be attached in the wrong order or even flipped, which would blow the capacitors on the motherboard and release the magic smoke.

    Lynn Morello
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Someone said, "That wire goes in the tracking furrow."????????????????

    Mandy Delaforce (PC Girl)
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Self employed computer tech for 20 years - can also confirm. I could do it in the dark, in a small space, under the desk by feel. :)

    Miss Mali
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My husband back in the day, which one do I plug the printer in to . . . The only one that it fits in dear. It looks like it can fit more than one . . . No it can't dear. . .

    sheetzy
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That part sure, but what about all the pins and connectors for the motherboard

    James016
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I tell people that building a PC is essentially completing an expensive 3d jigsaw.

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    #37

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    Brandon Blalock Report

    𝖊𝖜𝖔𝛋
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This was my screensaver on my old Linux work laptop, still miss how easy it was to customise. When my screen locked and I left my desk it said “404 - [user] not found” instead of the time. It was very suitable working in IT.

    Mental Liberals
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Let's Go Brandon!!! FJB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    The Original Bruno
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Brandon? Brandon??? Where did you go??? Well, F**K YOU, BRANDON!!! (FBI shows up...)

    #38

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    Medial Epifiz Report

    Lakota Wolf
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I asked a younger friend why younger people put a link to their Spotify playlist on their social media/profiles now. I still don't understand XD Is that a thing now?

    Red PANda (she/they)
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It’s just another way to get to know someone :P I’m proud of the playlists I make and I don’t mind people judging my music taste. I like to listen to my friend’s chill playlist when I do my homework. You can find out a lot of things by looking at someone’s playlists, and it’s a cool way to discover new things about someone and maybe even find some cool songs that you want to add to your own.

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    O D
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was never able to determine if it really could whip the llama's a*s.

    Mario Strada
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have never been able to actually sit down and make a playlist. Not on Spotify not on the very first software that allowed me to do that. I still prefer choosing an album and let it play.

    Protagonist
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It REALLYReAlLYreally whips the lama's *censored*

    Falcon on Dizzy
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    me who just listens to old music on spotify:

    Hobby Hopper
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Pandora for me. I was an early user, and I got used to it, but yeah... old music.

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    Matthew P
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Old dudes got great taste! Stan, Zombie, Numb, all incredible songs

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    #39

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    Charl Claassens Report

    Just a little dog
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Now I'm designing hardware in my head so you could turn it right side up and still use it as a table...

    JM
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And it's available in multiple colors! Same day pick up!

    #40

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    Meredith Duffy Report

    OhnoI’vebeencensored
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wearing a monocle to a date in the first place is an epic power move and is probably all you need.

    Kat
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Also, wear a fedora and be sure to call her m'lady /s

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    deejak
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Rewatch that Netflix "Black Mirror" episode with Jon Hamm about this.

    censorshipsucks
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    TBH might consider this, my charisma approximates 0 for low values of 0.000000001

    #41

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    Charles Coleman Report

    Protagonist
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "new" signature? This was old when I studied in the 90's.

    Lsai Aeon
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This was old when my dad used it in the 60s

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    Upstaged75
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have a plaque on my desk that says this. I've had it since the late 90's. :)

    Rider
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I learned how to give time estimates from Scotty in TNG. I'm a miracle worker.

    #42

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    Darryl Allen Guettermann Report

    Lakota Wolf
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    For those who are unsure what is happening, Dad has his laptop right in front of that candle, which has handily half-melted his laptop... on the top left of its screen XD

    WindySwede
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I thought it was BP trying to take over Google and censoring the results? /s

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    CORGI QUEEN
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    he also said "Oh look, facebook is doing it too"

    Kat Hoth
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is a classic ID10T error.

    censorshipsucks
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    omg I am having heart failure looking at that

    James016
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    One of my old colleagues actually did this but in the middle of the screen. We replaced her laptop with one that was due to be disposed of.

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    #43

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    Moose Ham Report

    censorshipsucks
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    accurate, but now google wants to put bard into their search thingy so now it will be "I can't help you with that dave, do you want to see an ad? Google searchbard premium is ad-free* * * [terms and conditions may apply]" .... /me goes to duckduckgo.

    Theora Fifty-five Johnson
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Interviews should be - Show us your Google skillz.

    #44

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    And nVidia say Moores law is dead Report

    O D
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But they had such little arms! And they weren't very good with emoji. And the only category on iTunes was 'rock music'

    Jared Robinson
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    not gonna lie s**t like this is where the real existential crises are.

    Hobby Hopper
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I recently learned that T. Rex was just one of many, many Tyrannosaurs.

    #45

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    Patrice Green Report

    Bathsheba
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When they contact the ticket owner at 5.42pm on the calendar-indicated last day of their working week and they haven't responded by 8.43am on Monday..... (I'm looking at YOU, Ajay in IT 😡)

    Protagonist
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Friday after 6 o clock, Saturday and Sunday.

    James016
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As soon as you close that ticket, they will respond angrily.

    SlothyK8
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When you LOG a sev 1 ticket and the help desk doesn't respond for two days, so you Google that s**t yourself because you work in IT and spend a whole day hacking through the config to figure it out.

    #46

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    nixCraft Report

    Pan Narrans
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It really exist, that Tinder for Cats thing.

    Ishaan Sawant
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    for a second the shadow on the guy's pants made me think he was wearing an underpant over them just like superman

    Moo
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My dad didn't go to college but he's managing in his IT department, makes six figures. It's possible. Harder, but possible

    censorshipsucks
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yep this is how the real world works. It's not hard work, it's luck, rightplace-righttime, connections, buddies, etc.

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    #47

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    Roger Silva Report

    Jrog
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    C'mon, it was not THAT bad. It was a line of fairly cheap processors with good energy management for its time. They had a decent run on laptops and low-end computers, and ultimately enabled the appearance of the Netbook concept on the market.

    Lakota Wolf
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yep, I had a couple of laptops with Celeron processors. XD I loved those laptops. They all had names. For their time, they were beasts, and performed as well as I could have asked for.

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    #48

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    Alex Smith Report

    Lakota Wolf
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My wrists just had a flashback to my Alienware laptop circa early 2000s. That thing was probably 7" thick and felt like it weighed 20 lbs XD

    John L
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Actually they were called "desktop replacements", and never really called laptops.

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    censorshipsucks
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    is he sucking in his gut because he spotted a camera?

    #49

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    Colt Sutton Report

    Mother of Giants
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Chat GPT is going to pass my calculus class for me this semester. Without it... No degree ...

    Stary_cat
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In my tech class the teachers always talking about nfts and chat gpt

    censorshipsucks
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Thank god ... no one wants to use facebook anyway, much less a 3d version of it. And NFT was a wank from the start. https://youtu.be/y6goZkvxdLA?t=58

    A P
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    At least NFTs are finally where they belong.

    Corleone
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What are all of these things?

    #50

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    Jerry Jansen Report

    Moo
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I legitimately thought it was sushi for a second

    Rahul Pawa
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I need help with this one. What are we looking at here?

    ƒιѕн
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Concrete core sample. Cables were placed in concrete.

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    2WheelTravlr
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's a lovely, hideously expensive work of modern art. I love the mouse in the upper left, and the spicy carrots with mashed peas in the middle.

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    #51

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    Colt Sutton Report

    Brenda
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Around 2000, I finally told hubby that the next time someone asked him to fix their computer he had to charge them per hour. This was after he was working on people's computers for 6 to 8 hours at least 2 Saturdays a month. Funny how quickly they quit asking

    cdubaya
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No, I'm a network engineer...*crickets* "So, my Teams chat keeps going away..."

    #52

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    Travis Plowman Report

    Lakota Wolf
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Aw, c**p. Well, I'm already my family's default IT person.

    O D
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you use IFCONFIG, just tell your family you work on different systems.

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    Patrick Linnen
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Do I get a bonus knowing the difference between 'ipconfig' and 'ifconfig'?

    Wilbur The Hyena
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you can install arch linux on your pc, i respect you

    Sunny Day
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I prefer quote site namefmt 1

    censorshipsucks
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    you want to see if a DNS is up? not the same as ipconfig ?

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    #53

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    Nick Williams Report

    Clay S.
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There are some traces of organization left in the cable runs

    Šimon Špaček
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Last week I had plate of spagetti that was better organized.

    Ben
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    can you hire people to come in and organize that?

    PowellSkier
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What is going on with that blue rats nest?

    Magnion
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Reminds me, I need to do some cable management

    Just a little dog
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Job security for the SOB who actually remembers what's what.

    BigSandHog
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The great wall of China is nothing.

    Ronnie Cutshall
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So who's the rebel that out in blue wire?

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    #54

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    Marius Gabriel Report

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    #55

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    Trevor Van Dan Acker Report

    censorshipsucks
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    so to give all of you the full list of innuendo unix commands (yes, OSX and iOS are both unix)... : something like this: gawk unzip, strip, touch, finger, grep, mount, fsck, more, yes, fsck, fsck, fsck, umount, sleep. These are all actual unix commands.

    fs
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So that's why many special ppl like Apple products.

    Paulsible deniability
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It starts with a finger, then soon progresses to a port scan.

    O D
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sterling Archer "...."

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    #56

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    Mike No Report

    Lakota Wolf
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Am I the only Windows user on this planet that prefers Chrome? XD

    N Miller
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Given that in an average week I spend more time on Chrome than Firefox, simply because one is installed on my work PC and one *cannot* be installed on my work PC (at least not without admin rights), I too prefer Chrome because it's more familiar.

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    Israel Martinez
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The only purpose of Edge is download and install Chrome and/or Firefox ...

    ravenswood1000
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I would try to browse the internet using notepad if it meant staying away from Edge.

    tw 72
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'd even try DOS-based WordPerfect before Edge.

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    JMil
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    Premium
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wonder how many people that make Edge jokes have actually given it a good chance. Edge is a better browser than Chrome. Roast me.

    Crybabyartist
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I prefer the BRAVE browser which is based on the Chromium platform. It's a lot like Google but without all the creepy spying.

    Rosie
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Edge is OK (& I hate Firefox), but they'll have a hard time overcoming Chrome. Ditto w/Bing becoming the next Google. I've heard characters in TV shows say they have "Binged something". Hee! Not hard to guess the sponsor, it's so ridiculous.

    Magnion
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Edge isn’t actually that bad, it’s essentially just a slightly modified chrome.

    Adam Zad
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Edge and Chrome are great browsers... for downloading Firefox.

    A P
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Edge was the PERFECT complement to Bing.

    Bill Swallow
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sorry, Edge beats that memory hog Firefox hands down.

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    #57

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    Amir Salijević Report

    Lakota Wolf
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Have you tried unplugging it and plugging it back in?

    Epsilon
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Or have you tried turning it off and back on again?

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    #58

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    Juan Vargas Report

    Fat Harry
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Win + Shift + S is the best as you can select the area you want to copy.

    Upstaged75
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Agreed. I use it on a daily basis to show people things they could have looked at for themselves but they "couldn't find it". "Oh really, that information isn't on our website? You mean THIS information?" Accompanied by my screen shot of the exact information they claim is not there. :)

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    Mario Strada
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I get this all the time from one of my clients. I have tried to tell him how to take screenshots, but nope. Sometimes I get a photo of the screen and no explanation. I think it keeps my mind sharp to ward against dementia.

    Tim Anderson
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What about Alt + Print Screen? (Copies the active window.)

    Giuditta Jones (she/her)
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Put the phone on the scanner. Mail it to yourself, paste the jpg in a word file, and then share the word file.

    Rosie
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No, no, you have to print the Word file, make copies & then mail those.

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    censorshipsucks
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mac it's cmd-shift-3 for full screen and cmd-shift-4 for the crop square.

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    #59

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    Ahmad Rezazadeh Report

    Annymoose
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Such a b******t interview question...

    Fat Harry
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And so easy to answer, yet I've seen some shocking solutions.

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    censorshipsucks
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In the real world, most algorithms are already written and exist as headers, libraries or APIs. The most complex algorithm I've EVER had to write in 40 years was a loop. While/until. I'm not kidding. Everything else just call something someone else wrote. Using actual computer science algorithms as a test in an interview is bs, no one codes from scratch.

    Hobby Hopper
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I had to look it up. The article I found shows several different implementations, but they all use some form of a modulus operator (remainder), which ignores that modulus is really slow. A faster method is to use two additional counters, let's call them mod3 and mod5, set to 3 and 5 respectively. Each iteration, decrement them and test if they are 0. If mod3 is 0, you know your main counter is divisible by 3, and you reset mod3 to 3, and mod5 works the same way. No division (modulus) operations necessary.

    #60

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    Sam Reynolds Report

    David Henry
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The other holes suggest this isn't actually a joke on their part but rather an actual practice.

    John L
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, but all the data is going to spill out of the hole....

    O D
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    16384 pins needed for IPv6

    Bill Swallow
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh, you'll get "static", all right...

    #61

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    Farrell Dottin Report

    Doug O
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Modern planes have a radar warning system that shouts "terrain" to tell pilots they are about to crash.

    ThatG
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    GPWS (Ground Proximity Warning System)

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    #62

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    Zach Zakri Report

    Protagonist
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The stockphoto squirlies really play out nice in this post.

    SlothyK8
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ...which is why, for those of us in the web dev space, we say "dub dub dub"

    Magnion
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That’s why I say “trip dub”… OK not really

    Bananananana(He/Him)
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    just say the w sound (wuh wuh wuh) real fast

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    #63

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    Sheikh Tashdeed Ahmed Report

    Bill Swallow
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    See also: 'Driver Update' and/or 'Game Update'.

    Atero
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's not just about bios update, but rather sh..ty way ASUS responded to the issue. All partners deployed SOC fix, but only ASUS choose to mark beta BIOS fixing issue in question as voiding warranty.

    Spocks's Mom
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I stopped buying ASUS when I had a tablet with a screen that was made of butter. It cracked for no reason and they wouldn't fix it with the warranty. Luckily, I had purchased a product guarantee that let me get a new tablet of my choice if that one broke. I immediately switched to Samsung and am still happy with my decision 15 Samsungs later.

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    panther
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Too funny. That didn't take very long.

    Lakota Wolf
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm gonna just sit over here in the corner with my RTX 3060 and pretend I have a 4090. XD

    #64

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    Fran Cowles Hort Report

    Glengoolie Blue
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You don't want to see the result when the nurses leave health care up to I.T.

    tw 72
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nurses aren't messing around. They need it to work NOW!

    R
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have seen similar things at work. We fix every with that tape…

    Bill McDowall
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You're never going to believe this...... I once saw it used on a patient! 🤯

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    Magnion
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Unfortunately, that fix cost $50,000 in the US

    #65

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    Redwan Hossain Report

    Vicki Doggurl
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don’t get it. Normal people just look outside through the window at various heights but programmers open the door to go outside? So maybe I do get it. Lol!! :)

    Matthew Smyth
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They're all seeing only one aspect of the whole thing; programmers are like going to see the whole thing. i think. OR The programmer is hacking into the game/software to see the whole of it OR The programmer made a way to see outside, but the users aren't using the whole of it.

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    #66

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    Ghinea Mihail Daniel Report

    Jrog
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Very common scam on SSD hard disks from Wish/Banggood/Aliexpress etc. The thing inside is usually a 16GB USB memory. They tamper with the firmware to show a larger size, but the data are overwritten while you write them. The bolts are just to simulate the weight.

    Lakota Wolf
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And, of course, we've all heard about how this same basic scam is used in a famously-overpriced brand of headphones as well... XD

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    censorshipsucks
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just to help everyone. If you buy fake memory (ie cheap memory) or storage from a non-respectable website (hello Wish), you can tell quite easily whether it is fake. (it is, but to prove it, so you can return it, once buyer's remorse kicks in). Read this page. Basically it's a tool that proves it's fake. https://fight-flash-fraud.readthedocs.io/en/stable/

    Atero
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is that an external ssd scam ?

    panther
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Seems legit. When buying things off AliExpress you have to expect things like that.

    O D
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The scam is current on Amazon. They won't or can't verify everything, perhaps too many products /sellers on the market?

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    #67

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    Ravhi Rizaldi Report

    Jrog
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hope it is a Ring Network...

    Daniel Atkins
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have a customer that has named all their printers after Star Wars characters.

    censorshipsucks
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    At one stage I had a habit of doing this with servers. Collections of things. Like "pirate, freebooter, buccaneer, searover," etc.

    Vicki Doggurl
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    Love it!!

    #68

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    Ramith Nanayakkara Report

    An Argonaut
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is the only one I get lol :)

    Stary_cat
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No it’s the other way around in python

    censorshipsucks
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    still could work if you have a method or function called HelloWorld which takes one var as input and then outputs that var. Convoluted but will work. However, the output would be "print" not "hello world" as usual.

    #69

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    Jon James Report

    James016
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's actually really cool

    Magnion
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But can they play Crysis?

    Vicki Doggurl
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Looks like an arcade!! Or a jukebox!! :)

    #70

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    Ahtasham Fiaz Report

    RenRenRan
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The joke is the programs it's asking applicants to have 5yrs experience in have only been out a year or less! !

    Atero
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yea.. except it's not really that much of a joke. I recently saw an add for AI related position requiring 3+ years experience with (quote) "tools like GPT".

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    Theora Fifty-five Johnson
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In 1997, saw an ad asking for 10 years' experience in Web design. They weren't paying enough to hire Tim Berners-Lee.

    Magnion
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I guess the people who are on the team that made chatGPT might’ve had that much experience.

    Ben
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This happens a lot.

    Owen Morgan
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Good luck hiring someone from the future.

    Jig Jive
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They cut off the rest of the last sentence. “We are looking for someone who has the ability to time travel”.

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    #71

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    Abbas Mohammad Report

    Hobby Hopper
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ticket notes: "Cannot reproduce"

    censorshipsucks
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    this is INCREDIBLE. If ChatGPT *actually* gave that answer, it totally passes Turing for me. That is EXACTLY what every damn programmer says.

    #72

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    Robert Keyes Report

    Tyna
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Unfortunately the idea of agility got totally perversed to a point where teams who never did Agile are more agile than anyone who strived to implement it.

    Taibhse Sealgair
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    An issue starting to percolate up: by not doing documentation the developers don't develop a good gut feeling of how it works. Oh, and if (sorry, when) they leave, their replacements will have nothing to start with. It's planting landmines all over.

    censorshipsucks
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You know what works better than consultants and PM's interfering with coders? Leaving the coders the f**k alone to implement. Once they implement you give it to UI then to UX then to focus groups. You give the coders LOTS of pizza and coke (either type) and tell them bad news will be coming but they "just" need to move some UI widgets around and try stay calm about it. Offer them double salary. Result: s**t gets delivered.

    Jrog
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The best case scenario is a company where you have one team doing AGILE, and a team doing actual work. The two teams must NEVER, EVER come in contact. At the end of the cycle, you scrap the first team's "work" and deploy the second's.

    RedCorvette
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Agile actually got one of our PM to stretch the sprints even though it didn’t need to. And I can’t do anything about it. I’ve done my stuff, they’re holding demo since it’s not in the sprint yet. WTF?!

    #73

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    Freddy Torres Report

    Lakota Wolf
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Priority: Low. Urgency: Very high. XD

    Vicki Doggurl
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They had to open a ticket to get out of the bathroom?!? Dang!!!

    Kitten of Flames (she/they)
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Hi its me the stuck employee it's been six and a half years i'm still waiting for someone to help me"

    Fat Harry
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We literally had this happen at work! The guy in question phoned our own support phone line and asked a colleague to get him out!

    O D
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Primary cause: McDonald's. Typical repair method: Crowbar. Long-term strategy: Gym.

    #74

    Funny-It-Memes

    Azhar Ali Report

    Lakota Wolf
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Never, EVER skimp on the power supply. Better to have more than you need than to turn your expensive components into props straight out of Counter-Strike.

    A P
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A cycle or two (or 3 or 4, I dunno, memory fades) back when I did a major component update, I got a 1000w Thermaltake PSU (this was shortly before gpu and cpu chips started going down in power reqs while getting faster). I was so happy about that thing (the cabling was all beautiful and modular and we'll constructed). Sadly, it took a hit from a lightning bolt from a storm that wasn't even visible yet (electricity shot out of the other socket several inches, not far from my leg). After that, I had to switch the PSU to the off position for it to turn on, but it kept working for like 6 months before finally giving up the ghost.

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    Mario Strada
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "You can get away with 500W" they said. I still ordered a 1000W.

    Hobby Hopper
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is why I stick to Corsair.

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    #75

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    Christopher Dylan Seefeld Report

    Jrog
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    At the time, it made no sense to pay for Winzip since ARJ and RAR were far superior and free alternatives. Later, it was easily available as free download and extremely easy to copy (just one string to copy and paste, it was the same for all installs and versions) so buying an original copy made no sense. Today compression capability is built-in in any OS, so it makes no sense to pay for it.

    Jrog
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The teaching here is: When you feel alone and useless, just remember WinZip International LLC had an invoicing department.

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    censorshipsucks
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The Mac had aladdin (tm) stuffit (tm) which was awesome. It could read/write any archive format. Once osx incorporated "archive this" in the contextual menu though, it became kinda otiose.

    panther
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Did someone find them in an antique store?

    Jrog
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    To everyone's surprise, they are still publishing it. They are at version 26, that came out in 2021 (WZ11 is from 2006). I think it some kind of running joke -or at least an old-time tradition- at Corel headquarters to publish a new version every now and then.

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    Kare Deter
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This only really made sense when the largest drive available was 6 gig and DL speeds were super slow

    Jrog
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    6 Gig? At the time Winzip came out we used to count hard drive space in Megabytes, kiddo. 50 MB was okay. 100 MB was good. 500 MB made you a king.

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    #76

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    Terry Shawn Dunlap Report

    deejak
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If the carabiners are welded shut, it could work.

    censorshipsucks
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    security by obscurity. works pretty well.

    Stephanie Barr
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Efficient but less than ideally secure.

    O D
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    LPL doesn't even have anything to do here.

    #77

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    Gumbib ハビブ Report

    O D
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Fun fact, you can deflate these with a nail and a hammer.

    O D
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Make sure to live stream it.

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    fs
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Is that a bloated phone in your pants or are you just happy to see me?"

    Rinso the Red
    Community Member
    2 years ago

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    deejak
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Airbags in computers now?

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    #78

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    Chris Report

    censorshipsucks
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    just don't tell management. I promise anyone in C-suite maybe except cio is probably an idiot who thinks it really needs a lot of wrangling.

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    #79

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    Godfrey Miravilla Arbiol Report

    Lakota Wolf
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And this is why a lot of us don't even bother plugging most of those in, once you've built a PC or two for yourself XD

    Magnion
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That’s where the manual comes in

    InfiniteZeek
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Honestly, if you can follow basic instructions, these are not hard to plug in at all. LEGO can be more difficult than this.

    Hobby Hopper
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It was confusing trying to figure out if the signal and matching ground pins were oriented in rows or in columns on the motherboard header, and the diagram in the mobo manual didn't always help.

    O D
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The struggle was real.

    #80

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    Lal Moolekudiyil Report

    Protagonist
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Still, I'd rather go for the $1000 laptop

    Mario Strada
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just ask my wife. She insisted on a laptop so now I have to process her photoshop files on my desktop because some of the tools she needs to process her product photos take enough time for her to lay down and rest, while on my desktop I barely see the progress bar (if there was one).

    Moo
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I bought a laptop for $150 and it works great for what I need it for :)

    #81

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    Muhd Rafik Report

    Lakota Wolf
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So, I just need to become a sorcerer, and THEN I can get that 4090 I want. XD

    O D
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As easy as winning the Newegg lottery.

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    #83

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    Scott Abbott Report

    A P
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That must be fairly old, my Bluetooths and my vape are both usb-c now

    WindySwede
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes, I skip purchase if it's any other other than -c. Strange that any company thinkts micro is acceptable today.

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    Rahul Pawa
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm all USB-C now except for one portable battery and my kindle.

    Moo
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No censorship on this one?? Oh Bored Panda, scandalous!!

    O D
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's what I want to say to everyone with a vape pen.

    A P
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, screw all those folks wanting harm reduction and to not make everything around them smell like decade old ashtrays. What jerks.

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    #84

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    Vincent Voo Report

    #85

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    Brian Cummins Report

    O D
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Admins ensure this happens at 2pm, just as the afternoon meetings get started.

    #86

    Funny-It-Memes

    Fivos Sakellis Report

    Protagonist
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Good the password was covered with the pink note.

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    #87

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    Jon Smith Report

    O D
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Lies users tell: "No, I didn't touch it. Monitors just stopped working this morning"

    #88

    Funny-It-Memes

    Batuk Batuk Report

    Just a little dog
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    For some reason, I keep thinking it'll start crawling around any minute now.

    Magnion
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Finally found some cable management worse than mine

    censorshipsucks
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    TRIGGER WARNING PLEASE BP PLEASE!!!

    #89

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    Jim Skelton Report

    Mike Fitzpatrick
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's art, is there REALLY a top and bottom, an up or down?

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    #90

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    Stale memes for normie has-beens Report

    Jrog
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    [if you don't get the joke: 31 in Octal (OCT) system equals 25 in Decimal (DEC) system; 31 OCT = (3 × 8¹) + (1 × 8⁰) => 25 DEC]

    Dirk Daring
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There are 10 kinds of people in the world: Those who understand binary, and those who don't.

    O D
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When you have to have ChatGPT explain the joke for you... You're in the wrong category of joke.

    Rahul Pawa
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The explanation in the image doesn't make any sense....

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    #91

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    Jarrod Henderson Report

    #92

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    Manny Armendariz Report

    Alienkitten11
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wats with the weird maniquinn in the background?

    censorshipsucks
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    IT nerds don't get much action so anything that reminds them that it might happen one day gets them super excited. Speaking as a former IT nerd.

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    Timbob
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Must be a Bikini mannequin.

    #93

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    Peter Toky Tokarčík Report

    Jrog
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just configuring some WAN/WLAN hotspots. What's weird here?

    O D
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And here's the manhack nursery...

    #94

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    Terraphis McKaullough Report

    Protagonist
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No worries, the key generator warned that my AV would probably detect it as a virus. So I turned it off, only while generating the key.

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    #95

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    Ghinea Mihail Daniel Report

    censorshipsucks
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    oh wait is that a server on a wall?!?!

    Šimon Špaček
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Server server on the wall, who is most slacking of them all?

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    #96

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    Gabriel Cobb Report

    Adam Zad
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    $25/hour is laugh-in-your-face-and-walk-out.

    censorshipsucks
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    19-25 an hour is entry-level, not manager.

    #97

    Funny-It-Memes

    Andrew Agubuzo Report

    Lakota Wolf
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Please. That's amateur. They don't even have a second powerstrip plugged into the first powerstrip.

    James016
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's not the fire risk we were hoping for

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    O D
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Please, oh please let there be an HP LaserJet II plugged in with a 25' extension.

    censorshipsucks
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'd solve this with a wheelbarrow and pruning shears. And start over afterwards.

    #98

    Funny-It-Memes

    Steven Rivas Report

    censorshipsucks
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ooooouch that is expensive. But yes, GF also did that a year ago... fortunately only to a s****y cheap pc, not a MBP but... ffs....

    Spocks's Mom
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ohhhh. Someone didn't see their earbud when they tried to close their laptop. Doh! 🤦🏻‍♀️

    Mario Strada
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A little superglue and toothpaste will do wonders

    Lakota Wolf
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Those scratches will buff right out!

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    #99

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    Ryan Sylert Report

    Mario Strada
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have that very UPS, and finally, after a decade, it was useful during the northern california storms. Gave me time to close down my computer saving everything and even recharged my iPhone and iPad overnight so I could listen to audiobooks for the week and a half I had no power or internet.

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    David Paterson
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh, I thought it was the coffee maker.

    tweeve
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No load on the UPS, input voltage is at 121v.

    O D
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And is running at 121 jigga-somethings. This checks out.

    #100

    Funny-It-Memes

    Drew von Maluśki Report

    O D
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ok, WTF are the ribbon cables? Pre-Tolkien Ring? (see previous silly comment) Tbase1?

    Spocks's Mom
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The flat cables draped all over the place are the ribbon cables. Google explanation: "Ribbon cables are usually used as interconnects for internal peripherals in computers, such as hard drives, CD drives, and floppy drives. On some older computer systems they were also used for external connections."

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    Just a little dog
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Are those wire wrap posts behind the cable bundles? Looks like an ancient POTS Telco switch used for large office buildings.

    Paula Pattison
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Tech support said to me the other day (about my touch screen)" When I arrived O the board was stuck in boot up mode. I turned it off and it seems fine now. If it does it again just leave it. Unless it is on fire then please unplug it" OK?