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surfrock66@lemmy.world to Selfhosted@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

Does anyone else harvest the magnets and platters from old drives as a monument to selfhosting history?

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Does anyone else harvest the magnets and platters from old drives as a monument to selfhosting history?

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surfrock66@lemmy.world to Selfhosted@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago
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    Techno-shamanism! I made a dream-catcher made from some plates.

    • Ms. ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.ml
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      I made a wind chime once that I really loved. Had to dirty the plates because they could catch the sun well enough to vaporize your retinas

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      deleted by creator

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      Oh wow!

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    This is cool, but honestly kind of a deranged question to ask.

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      Does anybody else harvest the teeth of their victims and put them on a keychain?

      • butterflyattack@lemmy.world
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        Or fashion bow ties from their testicles. . ?

    • surfrock66@lemmy.worldOP
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      Fair, my home office is a monument to too much free time, a hoarding habit for ewaste, and a wife who works weekends and overnights.

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    Dude’s the Predator of the IT world

    • ssdfsdf3488sd@lemmy.world
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      Pretty sure that title is firmly held by mcafe, even now.

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    That’s a funny looking Stanley cup.

  • JoeKrogan@lemmy.world
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    No

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    I don’t have the space to hoard garbage.

  • This is fine🔥🐶☕🔥@lemmy.world
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    What

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    No, because I am worried the NSA may try to collate data from them. In fact, I zero-wipe, drill bit the drives in the platters and the PCB, and drop them off at e-waste for recycling.

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    Yes. The magnets are ridiculously strong. Several hold screen in place on my heat exchanger, to keep leaves and lawn debris at bay.

    Haven’t figured out a good use for the platters, but skeet shooting has crossed my mind.

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    I thought you made a custom thermos bottle at first

    • kamen@lemmy.world
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      Same.

  • Yantantethera@lemmy.world
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    I use them as coffee mats…

    • NegativeInf@lemmy.world
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      I do that with save icons!

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      The 3.5s make for excellent coasters lol

  • DetachablePianist@lemmy.ml
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    I used to make clocks with the platters and give them to friends and family. Michael’s used to sell inexpensive clock mechanisms that looked really cool against the platter background. I haven’t seen them lately, but I’m sure someone sells them online.

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      That’s very cool, do you have a picture of them?

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    … I didn’t but I guess I could start?

  • flop_leash_973@lemmy.world
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    And here I thought I had a lot of hdd platter coaster’s.

    • Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world
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      I have like 15 over the past decade and now I realize I am an ant to OP

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    Holy crap. I don’t, but after seeing that I think I’ll need to start

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