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Dr careful, it might be possessed .
cant believe you found it "in a cardbox besides the road" : o
*hahaha* Well I guess there's no Devil in it...
But it's true. Here, people often throw things away, for which others pay a lot of money ... Somewhat sad, but truth every day...
Another example? Some weeks ago I found a music-rack. Made of glas & metal, stood ready for the local waste company. I thought it was not worth the waste, so it still have a place in my kitchen now, waiting for action. Although I have to admit that it needed some intense cleaning first though, cause the prepossessor seemed to like pommes frites or something like that and was somehow kinda full of fat flecks... now it stands there... Don't really need it but I thought it's too hard to just throw it to the junk...
But don't get me wrong, I'm not a junk-collector. But sometimes, when you're walking around the streets, you wonder what other ppl like to throw away... and what gems you can find, with eyes a little bit more open.
True, true... but that's the society today!? Dirty? Away with it... As small disfunction? Away with it... Have to clean it? Away with it... welcome to 2018...
I saw some vid once where there was some chip in a printer that counted amount of pages, when it reached a certain point the printer stopped working. The owner first tried to have it fixed, but everyone told him to just buy a new one, so he decided to do some researce and found out about the chip, and then managed to reset the chip by himself. most people would propably just but a new one.
Well, guess that's not only an experience by you bud. That's how the society/finance world works today. Imagine when you first bought your computer, your headphones, your hair dryer, your washing mashine... maybe even your dish washer or your refridgerator... And what happens with all this products in the end? Yeah, we throw it away 'cause of malfunction that easily could've been solved... Sad, but true.
Here in germany there's an opposing force, working against such waste...
And no, plz don't call me an Öko, but I really sometimes think that the financial point took place above the economic one... don't caring about ressources or generations that'll live after ours. I see that every day around...
I usually try and fix my stuff when it goes kaputt, but sometimes it goddamn near impossible. Like a mouse for instance, if the left button gets worn out you can use a solder iron to switch the right/left microswitches as the right one usually is not nearly used anyway, but nowadays it doesnt help so im guessing there might be something like a "counting chip" in there too somewhere.
I usually try and fix my stuff when it goes kaputt...
Hahaha.. That's great.. made my day bud!...
Not the meaning, but the way you wrote it down!
"..when it goes kaputt"... *hahaha* That's so great! Ah, love it!
I will always look to repairing anything as long as that repair is cost effective and that's the problem! Recently had a tumble dryer problem a Bosch to be exact and to repair the unit was going to cost more than it was to buy a new one, how the hell does that work? I work as a field service engineer many years ago and in those days you could build a new dryer or washer by ordering spare parts and making it for about 50% the cost of new so what changed?
Building new stuff in China 1 dollar/hour, repairman in west 50? dollar/hour (just guessing on the numbers)
edit: also warehouse costs for reserve parts (in west) and warehouse workers wages etc, i guess it all adds up.
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Today, I found a tool to test hardware, pretty nice I have to say and, a sugestion for others!
Also tested 'bout malware or trojan stuff, nothing found.
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=6643.0
A reply from you guys would be nice!
Best regards,
Duke
I will always look to repairing anything as long as that repair is cost effective and that's the problem! Recently had a tumble dryer problem a Bosch to be exact and to repair the unit was going to cost more than it was to buy a new one, how the hell does that work? I work as a field service engineer many years ago and in those days you could build a new dryer or washer by ordering spare parts and making it for about 50% the cost of new so what changed?
Weird how things pop up in youtube after writing about the subject on a game forum (i didnt google on this either)
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https://youtu.be/hk2TfF1M4r8?t=13m28s
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