• Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz
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      13 days ago

      In Nordic folklore, there’s a concept for a household spirit (nisse/tomte) that may do mischievous tricks if you don’t treat it appropriately. If mathematics can’t solve this puzzle, it has to be a computer tomte that isn’t happy with your taste in RGB or how infrequently you run software updates.

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          13 days ago

          If you see sparks and smoke coming from the computer, you can be pretty sure you’re doing something wrong.

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      13 days ago

      So you’re saying that if I stop feeding my mogwai after midnight I should be able to plug in my USB devices on the first try?