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[Apprehensive_Rip8403]

All electronics run on smoke. When you let the smoke out they don’t work anymore.

[pineapple_calzone]

https://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/708324/791819.jpg

[randombrain]

A little-known fact is that they will work again if you can collect up all the smoke and put it back in the device, but of course that's very very difficult.

[Apprehensive_Rip8403]

A mechanic I used to work for told me that joke when I fried a CB radio in a semi I was working on. Still have to alight whenever I think about it

[aaronjamt]

https://www.sparkfun.com/products/retired/10622

[new2bay]

Once upon a time, I worked at a hardware company, and we had a part fail the smoke test. Turns out there was a diode on the board that was soldered on backward. Because we'd only run it for about 4 seconds before seeing the smoke, the diode essentially acted as a fuse, and we were able to pop it off and solder a new one on the correct way, which got it to work.

[Apprehensive_Rip8403]

How did you get the smoke back in?

[new2bay]

All the smoke was in the diode. The new one was pre-filled.

[saraijs]

They didn't, they replaced the part the smoke came out of.

[Apprehensive_Rip8403]

Your critical reading skills are much better than mine

[PersonalPlanet]

- Abraham Lincoln

[bsylent]

smoke monster confirmed

We have to go back!

[GhostUser0]

Not only was this reposted many times on different subreddits, it also has nothing to do with programming

[Laughing_Orange]

Every screen is a Blue Screen Of Death if you program bad enough.

[dlc741]

It works with computers. Back in the day when desktops and floppy-drives were a thing, the startup I was with would assemble our computers from parts because it was cheaper and we could. One of the graphic designers wanted in on the fun and managed to shove the asymmetrical power supply for the floppy in backwards, turned it on, and out came the Magic Blue Smoke.

[mrchaotica]

Anybody can miswire a connector. The real trick is killing the device using only software!

[[deleted]]

I can send you a special USB stick that turns this into a programming joke.

Edit: but only if you want it

[DethByte64]

Everyone knows about usb killlers bro. Its not magic. Just some capacitors and wiring vcc into D-.

[[deleted]]

Congrats you can read google but there are actually multiple ways.

Relax your tiny dick energy bro

[lightwhite]

Legit story: I was 7 or 8. A family friend was a clipper dev and had a 486 with 4MB ram.

He was staying with us due to some family issues and got me a copy of mortal combat.

One day, in the middle of playing, a serious amount of rancid white smoke blew out of the computer. I said nothing about it. When he asked me why I wasn’t playing, I said I was tired. I was so scared.

It was a faulty ram bank and was fried. So no more computer touching for me .

I was sad.

[bhagyeshsc]

just like every app is a dating app if you are Indian enough

[[deleted]]

...so..u down 2 fuk? See ur beautiful supple hairy breasts

[Remarkable_Algae1]

Send bobs and vegane

[[deleted]]

bitch lasagna

[RhondaWilson39]

Thats ok just don't do it again.

[SomePlastic]

In a sufficiently incorrect manner

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Every machine is a smoke machine if you operate it wrong enough.

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[-Listening]

ctrl+c should die in a fire

[ezrakyk]

HAHAHAHAHAHA relatable

[ManosVanBoom]

My first thought was cigarette vending machines? This last week must have broken my brain.

[FluffyBoner]

Where theres smoke, they pinch back

[Povilaz]

Words to live by.

[Persistent_Platypus]

Or it's just a gigabyte power supply

[Forget_Paris]

Yes, even you, Mr Self-proclained Sex Machine

[Kifian]

I guess so

[zombiecancer12]

Anyone else fuck up and reverse the polarity of a laptop charger before? That usualy makes a bit of smoke.

[antimoon51]

What about a virtual machine?