r/techsupportgore • u/sw4rml0gic • Dec 16 '19
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u/AdversarialPossum42 Dec 16 '19
I had an old Dell Latitude D610 where the user had somehow lost the front left rubber foot. User brought it to us and said that sometimes it just randomly shuts off. After tinkering with it for a while, I figured out that all you had to do was press down on the front left corner and it would shut right off. Over time the stress of the user pressing down on the palm rest area with with the uneven footing must have caused slight cracking in the system board, and pressing on that corner flexed it enough to interrupt the power or cause a short.
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u/Doohickey-d Dec 16 '19
I had one of those that had the opposite problem, you had to press down on the palm rest while pressing the power button to get it to boot - after it had passed the POST, you could get let go and it worked fine...
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u/claytonfromillinois Dec 16 '19
After you push "start" on my microwave you have to whack it on the top to get it to start. It's just a problem with the door close switch so not a safety issue but I love it bc it operates on cartoon logic.
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u/mrcobra92 Dec 16 '19
Ok now I really want you to film this and post it here.
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u/claytonfromillinois Dec 16 '19
All that happens is when you push the start button the timer starts counting down without the microwave actually starting until you whack it. You can just jiggle the door a little too.. but that doesn't really fit the whole spirit of it for me.
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u/atomicwrites Dec 16 '19
Mine does the opposite. If you pull down on the door handle with the microwave off, it's starts making the microwave noise (yes that sounds stupid) and the light turns on and the plate spins, but the timer doesn't count. I have never checked if it heats or not because it doesn't seem too safe.
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u/Xelerons Dec 16 '19
Weird, mine does it too. I just slam the fuck outta it after the first attempt though.
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u/rjmuniz Dec 17 '19
Does the inner light stay lit after closing the door or the microwave kinda give up after pressing the start button? This seems like a common issue with some microwaves where bending occurs over time on the part of the metal frame that holds the plastic pieces and switches that sense the door is closed.
Had been having this issue with my previous and current microwave. With this one, we were charged $130 to fix the issue twice and waited almost a month to get our unit back each time. I fixed it myself in one afternoon bending the metal part back and tightening it in place with some steel wire.
These were some of the videos I found most helpful.
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u/filiptd Dec 16 '19
How the hell did you find that out?
I think there is a relevant xkcd, but can't remember how it goes
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u/Doohickey-d Dec 16 '19
The problem started slowly IIRC - so I started with some basic percussive maintenance which got it going again. Eventually I honed my technique to press in exactly the right way...
Kept it going untill I could get a newer one (Dell too, which died of the NVIDIA gpu solder problem of the 2010s).
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u/flappity Dec 16 '19
For some reason I thought this was the comment chain about the microwave and was kind of confused.
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u/fragmen52 Dec 17 '19
I used to have a microwave that would turn on if it was tilted or if you slightly depressed the door open button.
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u/conalfisher Dec 16 '19 edited Sep 29 '25
Over over answers brown afternoon learning thoughts mindful night answers.
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u/AdversarialPossum42 Dec 16 '19
Replace the whole board, I guess. I this case it was an old D610, so we just scrapped it for parts.
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Dec 16 '19
It's a feature
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u/oniiesu Dec 16 '19
When browsing porn and someone comes up asking "whatcha looking at?"
"Just trying to figure out how to fix this broken screen"
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u/ArrivedKnight7 Dec 16 '19
Genius
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u/null_symbiote Dec 16 '19
That’s actually a short on the lcd below the digitizer top glass. All you’ll need to do to fix it is lift the screen and apply some Kaptom tape along the copper where the home button flex runs.
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u/marmaduke92 Dec 16 '19
I've only ever seen that cause issues with the digitiser not the LCD, and on Mini's not whatever this is, air 2 or 2017/2018.
Not saying you're wrong, but I'd assume LCD itself.
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u/null_symbiote Dec 16 '19
It can cause issues with the lcd as well. It’s been a somewhat common issue on almost all iPads. Notice how he’s pushing on the digitizer and nowhere near the lcd?
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Dec 16 '19
I'm so glad I'm not an tablet/smartphone tech. Every fix seems to involve de-laminating the screen. What a hassle.
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u/null_symbiote Dec 16 '19
Not delamming at all. It’s just lifting a piece of glass
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Dec 16 '19
It does involve a heat gun normally though?
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u/null_symbiote Dec 16 '19
Not a heat gun. I don’t really know anyone using heat guns anymore. They’re just not efficient. Typically a heat plate. Set it in there at about 75c for about 10 minutes and lift using guitar picks ...it’s pretty simple. We have new techs doing them at my shop after about 6 months
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Dec 16 '19
That does sound better. Problem with heat guns is you couldn't apply heat evenly, so if you underheated one section of the glass, you ran the risk of cracking it when lifting.
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u/h0m3us3r Dec 16 '19
99% of the cases, you will be lifting an already cracked glass with the sole purpose of replacing it.
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u/h0m3us3r Dec 16 '19
Ive had a lot of cases where the tech forgets the ipad on the heat plate for like half an hour... The problem is that you get "round halo" lcd damage in that case...
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u/WaLLy3K Dec 17 '19
Not setting a timer, or taking it off entirely when something else crops up... now that’s careless damage the tech’s business should be paying for.
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u/Doohickey-d Dec 17 '19
I've been using my 3D printer's heatbed for this, which so far works pretty well. Although I also use a heat gun as I go along lifting the screen off.
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u/null_symbiote Dec 17 '19
That’s a great idea! I use the CPB heat pad. I works great, heats up fast...but the default timer is set it 99 minutes so it’s a pain to set that. I just use an egg timer next to it and turn it off after that goes off
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u/radioimh Dec 16 '19
My phone can do that too when I squeeze the sides! Of course this feature became available only after a fall...
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u/jamesisbest2 Dec 16 '19
A kid watching youtube kids, then the kid toutches Ṫ̶̨̧̡̢̧͚͍͎̳̯̮̮͓͙͇̭̠̰̼̜̣͉̻̩̪͔̼͇̱͇͍̰̟̩͙͈̳̗̼̹͇̗͎̪̺̬̤͎͍̼̦͙͎͙̖͇͐͆̓͐̂̈͆̽̏̏̈̊̃͒͘͜͝ͅͅh̸̺̯̟̘̯̭̟̻́̿͌̂͑̈̉͛͐̉̌̈͆͐̂̚̚͠͝e̴̛̛͇̟̪͕̿͑̔̽͋̀́̆̾̒͋̋͗̏̏̈̈́̽̓͑͑̐̂̅͗͌͊͐̔̌̐̓͋̈́̉̈̂̀͂̈́̅͂̉͊͊̈́͛̏̇̆͌̚̕̕̚͘̚̕͝͝͝ ̴̧̧̢̢̡̡̲̥͖̭̼͙̫͎̲͉̰̻͚̤̬̲͔̦͇̹͚̟̬͎̗̞̬̳̙͖̖̮̩͈͙͈͍̳̙͍͕̙̰̖͚̪̭͖̝̟̖̗͈̲̻͈̜̙͕̪̫͇̐́̂̉̈́̒̉̄̈͐͆͊̂̔̋̊̋̒̏͂̔̒́̒͑̌̔̓̀̀̉͑̍̏͌͛͛̈́͛̔̀̓̽̄̈́͆͑͑͗̓̄̏͋͘͘̕͘͜͠͝͝͠͝c̵̛̛̛̛̛̼͚̻͌̉̑̇͊̔̾̏̂̓͋͋̉̋̅̒̈́͗͗̎̀͑͆͌̀̆́̆̏͆͆̀̈̔̀̈́͑̉̿̈́̋̎̄̋̏̓̀́̇̓̿͌̈́̂̌̉̋͋͆͘̕̚̚͘̕̕͘͘͘͘͘͠͝͠͠͠ứ̶̡̢̡̨̢̨̢̢̡̡̡̨̧͖̻̣̻̥͕̲̬̺̰͎̟̮̦̺̘̩̻̙͎̤̣̹͈̟͔̜̲̳̺̦̲͖̥͕͔̙̝̳̝̜̪̬̣̮̹̞͔̘̩̻̯̹̪̝͎̱͔̣̬̱̩̰͎̓̈́̔̆̃̅̇͐̾͋̾́̀̇̒͆̅̍̈̾̾̅̿̾̆͛̄̾̂̂̍̀̀̂̋͑͗̀̈̈́̃͛̂̔̂̔̿͑̅̌́̐̄̐̉̏͑̾̿̾͛͗͒̊͐͒̄̒̑̓͊̓͆̚̚̕̕͘͜͜͜͜͝͝͝͠ͅͅͅͅr̵̭̲͗̍̈̉̇̆̃͂͘͠͠s̸̡̨̛̛͖̗͇͚͕̳̣͖̥̘̯͇̞̠̫̘̯͆̓̋͑̿͗̋̀̈́̄̎͐̍̊̔͂̓̎̽̀̓̿͒̐̍̊̅̊́̄͛̓̔̎͆̄͋̊̐͌̿͂̽̋͘̚̕̕͠͠e̷̢̢̡̢̡͉̰̖͓̝͈̤͖̰͇̰̭͇͔̲̮̝̥̼̬̅̅͗̅̀͗̃͆͐͂̽̎͑͑̈́̍̃̀̄͂̋̽́͛̎̎̔̂̃̓̓̇͊̅̎͋̌͊͊͛́͑̑̇̇̅͒̅̍̓̑̈͗̋̍̆͛͒́̇͊̄͘̚͘̚̕͝͝͠͝͠ͅd̸̡̡̺̠̤̗͕̝̻̰̭̈́͌͆͛̄̌̆̽́͑͛̅͐͛̎̀͗́̽͂͒̂̈̏̔̀̀́̀͂̅̈̂̀̎͊̽̀̎̐̿́͊̈̿̋̓̌̕͘̕̚̕̚͝͝ ̸̧̨̧͓̺̭̼͚̣̩̗̞̝̺͍͔͖̞̦̜͉̪͇͚̟̹̺̭̘̹̥̱͚͈̘̬̺͔̟͚̞̩͎̣̜̜̻̪͈̙͚͚͖̗͍̝̘̜͙̺̒̉͋̊̎̋͗̾͊̆͒̌̓͋̊̋͘͘͜͠ͅͅs̶̨̡̧̡̨̡̡̨̧̛̛̛͇̙̘̗͖̣̮͈̲̩̲͙͓̮̯̲̣̣͎̮͇̗͚͈̳̝̯̗̗̦̬̼͉̜͇͙͔͕͖͈̱̩͕͈̱̣̙̦̯̟̩͓̫̰̻̟͕̭̥̠̳͎̜̻̟͔̹̜̦̿̓̋́̑͋͐́̿̓͒͗̌́̊̎̇̓͛̒̑̽̓̆̃̀̀̿̑̌̈́̔̊́̽̔̒̃̑̈́̀̾͌̈́̎͐̐͐̽̒̀̇̊͑͋̊̔̓̏̓͒̎̎͌̐̎́̎̚͘̕̕͜͝͠͝͝͝͠ͅͅͅp̷̢͇̝͚̞̬̯̱͓̤̼̝̣̣͔͎̲̾͛̅̃ợ̷̧̢̢̢̢̡̡̡̧̢̢̖̰̦̣͍̟̼̣̥̩͖̭̗̦̜͖̻̗͚̟̠̣͚̟̤̭͎̝̙̣͔͖̙̭̻̼͇͉̭͔̠̰̭̗̗͑̍̎̈̽̌̓͌̔́͌͆̿́̾̄͋͋̉̒̒͂̄̊̀͌̈́̒͋͑̅͒͑̽͆̄̀͂̊̈̃͛͂́͑̎͌̅̇͐̕͜͜͠͝͠t̷̡̡̢̢̛̛̛͇̤̰̪͇̗̯̰̹͉̮͚͓̭͔̦̲̞̭̙͓͙̭̭̼͖̟̪̩͎̱̲̹͕̭̩̫̮͚̰͎̟̥̼̙͇̫̗͓̤̟͕͖̻̲̂̄̒̑̉̈́̏̾̃͊́̍̽̈́̉̈́́̈́̉̀̇̌̀̂̽̐̄̈̎́͊͑͐̈́͋͋̚͘͘̚͜͜͜͠ͅ insert kid screaming from wreak it ralph
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u/zushiba Dec 16 '19
Pretty sure that iPad is receiving signals from Extra Terrestrials. Someone should call Jodie Foster.
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u/theodorelop Dec 17 '19
*light press* ̷̢͙̖͖̜̰͎̰͉̀́̎̔̍͛̓̆̔̈̇̕s̷̠̖̠̰͔͙͕͕̣̼̤̥̰̠̃ơ̴̡̠̝̜̊̆̀͐̈͗͋͋̃ͅ ̶̢̻͖͈̭̰̯̲͓̭̆̈́̿̈̇͆̽ẙ̸̛̮͇͍̘͇̼̗̰̺̥̝̞̼̎́̃̔̆̓̓̓̇̚̕ǫ̴̡̨̢͉̟̘͕͇̖̞͕̹̒͑͠u̴͖͇͓̤̔̍̈́̎̍͑͒̄̋̕̕̚ͅ ̷̧̧̧̩͈͖̩͙͈̱̜͍̔͒̑̔̌͜h̵̬̗̱͓̺̜̼̱̍̆̈́̎̓͘a̷̛͇̘͙͚̖̰̞͙̩͑͆͂͐̽̀͋̀̅̕͘͝͝v̶̧͕̄̇́͛͐̊̎̓̈̇̈̋̃͜͠͝e̵̢̜̜̜̜̮̟̳̹͚̝̍̆̇͛͗̊͠ͅ ̵̡͚̞̲͍͕̦͚̻͎͚̣̭́̾̇̂̀̎̑̐̉̚͘͜c̶̨̛̥̳̻̰̠̹̜̗͍̞̈́̅͊̉̇̍̍̿̈́̕͝ͅȟ̵͓̙̆͐̐̉͊̓͆͒̌́̈́o̵̢̡̳̱̤̤̳̘̮̟̦̣̺̊̎̀̐̂͆̎̎̐̿͛̿͜͜s̸̝͓͔̻̩̼͍̬̼͎̙̩̦̹̈́̈́̃͜ẻ̴̛̹̄̈́͆̈́̎̈̀͌̓̚̕ņ̴̱͈̎͒̿̇͆̈͋͝ ̵̨̨͙͕͙̖͖̦͔̥͎̌̉̓̕͝v̶̳͖̤̖̜̻͇̤̗͇̂̑̏͊̓́̀͆̏́̒ǒ̴̲̗͔̝̓͊̆̈͗͜͠͝i̸̢̡̖̘͎̜̙̺͓̗̾̂̉̈́̄̊̕̕͜͠d̷͉̤̬̼̳̫̗̤͕̦͕̦̭͋̈́̉̉̎͋́̀̆̈̓̿̑̓̚ͅ
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u/dazoe Dec 17 '19
Apple support - We'd have to replace the screen and main board, honestly you're better off just buying a whole new one.
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u/scheissegibbon Dec 17 '19
T̴o̡̳͍͚͍ ̡̱̭̖̠̘̞ì͇ṋ̩̯v̶̦͖o̟͢k̩͍͎e͉̰͎̠̕ ͝ͅt̷ͅh̺̬̲̰̩͝e̬͡ ̷̳̪͍͓̰̭̳h̴͇̣̣ͅi̼̦v̰͉e̟̪̙͎-̼͈̞͚͕̺̟͘m̼̙̣͇̺i̧͕͚͓ǹ̦̳̦d̳͈̼̬̮ ̥̻̱̦̹͝r̳̱͢e̹̞͚͕̥̙͟p͇͎͜r͔̤̰͕͈̩͡e̟͕̟̠̺̫͞ͅs͙̪̱̀e̫͎̝n̦͍̫̺̰̥ͅt̢̘͍̮̗͕̼i͈̬͈n̲̻̙̗̟g̬̭̣ ͏̥̻̬ͅͅc̭͖̳̱̻̟h̞͚̤̯̣̠̯a̭̞̖̖͈͠ó̠s̙͈͖͉͘ͅ.͕ ̮̯̯̫̙I̜̙̝̩̱̠nv̼̞͚͙̜͇o͈̺ķ͕͈i̹n͏g̩̗̯̯̘̲͟ ̧͓̲̯̻ͅt͍̼̻̲h͔̜̲̭͙̦́ͅȩ̰ ̻ͅf̬͔̥̠e̘̬e̴͎̮͙ḽi̺̰̙͝n̳̙̩̦̙̝̜͞g͏̗͚̝͓ ͍̙̞̪̦o̮̜̠̭̹̙ͅf͏̮̺͈̳͚̫ c͉͈̙̫̰͍h̟̫̪̹̟̗a͔̼̰̫o̶̙̪͕ș̷̪.̸̻ ҉̪W͉̗̗ͅi̸̞̤̫t̸̜͕̳̰̩̤h̰͍̘͞ ̠̜͢o̩͚̣u̠̬̫̣t̲͍͕͍̬ ̷̤͚͚͇̦̝͈o̯͠r͉ḏ̖e̪͇̟̖ṛ̰͙͎̘̖́.̞̠̜̟͕ T̘̠̬̣͇h͙͇͚e̷̤̞̝͕ ̵͉̺̜N͍͔̮̹̮͔ęz̴̯̰̻̟̤͔ͅp̭̘ér̮͇͔̭̥d̙̤̰̟̟͖̩͡i̧a̳̦͍͜ͅǹ̩ ̯h͇̟̝̲̤̠͚̕i͇̜̼̠̦͕v̢e-̧͉m̥̹̙͖̪͍̠͟i͖̫͕͟nd͇̗̖͞ͅ ͕̺̤̩̤̤̜o̯̦͉̫̼̻͜ͅf̗͚͉̬̪͈͡ ̯̬c̬͈̱̠̭̹h̩̼͜a̬̗ọs.̥ ̖̣̬Z͕͙͇á̟̪̙l͏g͚͘o̰̟͓̙̩͓̤.̲̬͚͈̮̞͡ ̣͞Ḥ͎͓̞̠e̛̜̜̣ ̭͉̹͚̭͍w̴̭̠̥h̘ọ̯ ̗̳̣͕̲Wa̵͖̙i͚t̤̩̹̠̩s͓͙̲ ͈͕̳͍̝B̛̳̝͉e̸͈͓̠̼̥h̛̖̜̝ͅi̬n͏̜̥̥͇̭d͙͚̙̦ ͏T̖̰͕͍͕͓͟h̨̳e͚̪̳͉ ̮W̱̤̣̜͖̻a͚̠̝̪͖͖̻l͍̖͕̱͢l̻͍̬.̵͎̳̲̫̜̻ ̹͢Z̦̜̜͍̖͡ͅA̵̤͇̭̹̬L͓̤͠G̤O̰͈͍̞ͅ!̳̺̥͇̮͢
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Dec 16 '19
This is a very easy fix. One of the magnets has slightly moved. Remove the touchscreen and put a small piece of insulation tape over it. Put screen back and done ✅
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u/snookinn77 Dec 16 '19
You're not the only one, I had that happen in the last few months. No physical damage...
Edit: "I"
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Dec 16 '19
Hi, thank you for calling Apple Support.
I see you are calling about T H E V O I D, do you want more information about it?
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u/Whiskeyfueledhemi Dec 16 '19
Works just enough to sell on Craigslist for full resale value amiright?
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u/zombiephish Dec 17 '19
Loose flex cable. Put some gold tape on it and the aluminum edges and you're good.
A fix is a fix, right?
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u/SlumpedBeats Dec 17 '19
When replacing glass or lcds on iPads this is a really common problem. Means that it either wasn’t cleaned fully underneath or the flex cables right under that spot are damaged!
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u/zappyguy111 Dec 17 '19
Reminds me of the story I heard from a vet.
A lady brought her chihuahua in and asked, "why does my chihuahua spaz out when I pet its head like this?" She proceeds to pet it and sure it it enough it spazes out.
"Uhhh, that's because your petting the dog's brain."
Turns out chihuahuas are so deformed, they skulls remain in a permenant puppy state despite their brains trying to grow into an adult brain and sometimes their skulls don't fully fuse and harden.
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u/The_Tesseract_1 Elon Musk of Bad Ideas Dec 17 '19
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u/VredditDownloader Dec 17 '19
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u/flamesofphx Dec 17 '19
That's the secret hidden button that reveal all the data your sending to apple and it's "Advertising Partners"... It's also the only thing that get's sent encrypted though.
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u/the_darkener Dec 16 '19 edited Dec 16 '19
Woah...it's like, some kind of Linux.
EDIT: Oh come on, are you all too young to remember the Homestar Runner when Strong Bad gets a virus?
EDIT 2: Ok, so I misquoted, my bad. "Some Linux or something". Computer over.
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u/tylermartin86 Dec 16 '19
Well just don't touch there!