▲ 107 ▼ An in-space construction firm says it can help build massive data centers in orbit (arstechnica.com) submitted 1 year ago by Apparatus@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world 75 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Big_Boss_77@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 1 year ago (3 children) Because they swore the server was powered on... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (2 children) Back when the capacitor plague hit I had to manage locating & replacing over 500 motherboards in the datacenter of my then-employer. Imagine if a hardware glitch like that happened in one of these. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* I had some of these bad capacitors blow in my video card, back in the day. I was extremely proud of myself for managing to order some replacement capacitors and soldering them in myself. The most impressive part might be that I ordered the right items. I knew nothing about electronics repair at the time, I just wanted to be able to play World of Warcraft again. permalink fedilink source parent [–] SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 year ago I think you have the start of a good plotline for a sf comedy. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (2 children) Back when the capacitor plague hit I had to manage locating & replacing over 500 motherboards in the datacenter of my then-employer. Imagine if a hardware glitch like that happened in one of these. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* I had some of these bad capacitors blow in my video card, back in the day. I was extremely proud of myself for managing to order some replacement capacitors and soldering them in myself. The most impressive part might be that I ordered the right items. I knew nothing about electronics repair at the time, I just wanted to be able to play World of Warcraft again. permalink fedilink source parent [–] SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 year ago I think you have the start of a good plotline for a sf comedy. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* I had some of these bad capacitors blow in my video card, back in the day. I was extremely proud of myself for managing to order some replacement capacitors and soldering them in myself. The most impressive part might be that I ordered the right items. I knew nothing about electronics repair at the time, I just wanted to be able to play World of Warcraft again. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 year ago I think you have the start of a good plotline for a sf comedy. permalink fedilink source parent