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virgin HDMI vs chad VGA (programming.dev)

submitted 7 months ago by calango@programming.dev to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 62 points 7 months ago (9 children)

Who screwed in vga carefully every time? Without the screws vga was worse.

You can get HDMI with a lock tab . I hate that too. Nothing worse than trying to reach behind a wall mount to squeeze the lock tab.

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[–] brap@lemmy.world 68 points 7 months ago (8 children)

I did. Because something in me just won’t let something not be secured properly if a mechanism for it exists.

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[–] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 18 points 7 months ago (6 children)

Sometimes you want it to disconnect instead of pull everything down with it if something gets caught on a wire.

Like a cat

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[–] brap@lemmy.world 13 points 7 months ago (5 children)

I hear you, I just can’t do it. Though all the slack is zip-tied away, albeit messily.

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[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 7 months ago (4 children)

Oh no. Run those cables sloppy free like a 90s cyberpunk rat's nest.

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[–] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 10 points 7 months ago (3 children)

I apologize for nothing

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[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 7 months ago* (2 children)

Exactly how god intended

Extra points for the hair dust bunnies on top of the power strip

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[–] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 5 points 7 months ago (1 child)

The curse of the furry babies, cat hair everywhere lmao

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[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 7 months ago

It's like magic. I swear, sometimes it gets in places the instant it's able to. Meowphy's Law.

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[–] wheezy@lemmy.ml 5 points 7 months ago

Agreed. What mad man didn't at least think "I'll screw them in just a bit so it doesn't fall out" and then just continue screwing it in all the way because of course you might as well finish.

Only time I didn't screw it in was when I was using a monitor temporarily or something. Something I knew I'd just unplug later that day.

Did people really just plug in VGA to their computer and then leave in unscrewed for months at a time? That shit would fall out if I bumped into my desk too hard.

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