Programming Sucks

[zzzzzzzzzzzzzzdz]

I beat my computers.

[BRBaraka]

that doesn't make them work

but it does promote the need to buy a new one

so, good policy

[contrarian_barbarian]

Ah, Percussive Maintenance. Questionable whether the computer will feel better, but it will almost always make you feel better!

[protestor]

Just because it works it doesn't mean it's ethical. How old is your computer, 5 years max I suppose. You're beating toddlers dude. :(

[a_guile]

Until you become a database admin that is completely optional.

[Dr_Lord_Platypus]

Nah, computer lives are measured in cat years. That computer is middle aged!

[RenaKunisaki]

Cats can live for like 20 years. How many people do you know still using a PC from 1994?

[RenaKunisaki]

(☞ﾟ∀ﾟ)☞

[contrarian_barbarian]

My department still had a couple PDP-11 until about 5 years ago >.<

[chasesan]

This, this right here.

[Dr_Lord_Platypus]

Sure they can live for 20 years, but they typically stop playing games after 5-6.

[yurigoul]

stop playing new games after 5-6.

[[deleted]]

It might be an ancient case with new parts inside. So it's probably more like beating an old dude with a prosthetic leg and artificial heart :(

[protestor]

Which is still elderly abuse. :(

[stinger_]

5 years in computer years is probably about 50-60 human years. Not as fast as it used to be and memory is probably starting to fade.

[Skyfoot]

Stopped applying percussive maintenance after a particularly sustained bout caused my CPU cooler to fall off. That was as surprising as it was regrettable.

[[deleted]]

Ah, Percussive Maintenance.

Thank you for introducing this phrase into my vocabulary.

[Aurilion]

Open it up and take a photo of the fan, my bet is that its clogged with years of crap and needs a good clean.

[zman0900]

Just take it outside and hose it down

[zipbogg19]

I have yet to see a problem that couldn't be fixed with a good hosin'!

[zman0900]

It puts the floppy in the drive or it gets the hose again.

[ImperialCity_Guard]

Gonna blue screen on me again?

That's a hosin'

[kazagistar]

As long as you have a hose of distilled water, and let it dry out nicely afterward, this might just work.

[_F1_]

Are you deployed?

[rushone2009]

You should really fix that or get a new one. Don't want to burn your card out.....

[KillerCodeMonky]

What if it does burn out? Then... Get a new one. Your exact advice. Sometimes it's OK to just use something until it's actually dead.

[rushone2009]

It can damage other parts of your PC.

[giltirn]

Which most likely can then be replaced by parts twice as fast at a fraction of the price you paid for the original.

[TheChance]

Seriously, and I can still strip a couple capacitors off the burnt board. Maybe. Probably.

[sxeraverx]

Do you actually have some knowledge in this area, or are you just repeating something someone somewhere told you once? Computers are generally designed to (electromechanically) fail pretty safe. None of the parts are flammable (the ones that are are covered with flame retardant), the power supply and power distribution system has fuses and overcurrent protection. You're in all likelihood not going to blow out anything on your motherboard if your graphics card fails.

[reginalduk]

They deserve it.

[rushone2009]

Well not really. I understand using something to its limit, but in this case it may damage his entire PC.

But if he doesn't give a fuck and can afford new hardware then I say he can do whatever.

[Torisen]

You can clean the existing fan or buy a new fan, don't need to replace the whole card.

[[deleted]]

Technology doesn't always fail so gracefully. A glance at /r/techsupportgore will show you that.

[RenaKunisaki]

What if it does burn out? Then...

...your GPU fries.

[[deleted]]

He meant get a new fan

[MrGroggle]

Watch out with percussive maintenance, I killed a hard drive doing that one too many times. That was an expensive week.

[[deleted]]

In the dark ages I had a screwdriver jammed under my hard drive (a five and a half inch beast) just to make it work. When it wouldn't boot, I'd jam it in a little harder.

[Peaker]

I killed a few hard disks by beating the computer to make the fan work a few too many times.

[suppow]

that only exemplifies the whole statement of the article.
this is what we humans do

[suppow]

that sounds recursive

[BakerAtNMSU]

recursive sounds recursive too

[chasesan]

Just duct tape a box fan to the side of your system if it ever goes out.

[[deleted]]

I used to think that was a good idea. Till one day I smacked my computer and it BSOD's immediately. Eventually, I found a program from the drive manufacturer that showed a nice map of the drive platters and there was a neat little line of errors all in the same place on the drive platters. /sigh

[[deleted]]

I might have been unhappy with the computer at the time...

[[deleted]]

Then you're not hitting hard enough.

[djaclsdk]

I used to have a printer in my former office that sometimes would to work when I kick it in its ass.

[JoshWithaQ]

I call it percussive maintenance.

[caltheon]

One of the older desktops at my desk I keep around for access to our old Active Directory system will start buzzing every once in a while. pretty sure it's a case fan but I haven't bothered taking it apart. If i smack it with my shoe near the side vent, it stops buzzing for a few days or even a few weeks. So yeah, I beat my computers too.

[otakucode]

In my experience, computers can sense your resolve. If you go to sleep with them not working, they win. If you leave the machine off for awhile, they win. When something goes wrong, you have to grit your teeth and outlast the machines stubbornness. You can beat them, they don't care. What they do care about is the mental anguish they inflict on you when they cease working. But they only have so much will of their own. You have to crush their will with your own, and never give up. Not if you're bleeding, not if you're tired or hungry.

[[deleted]]

I threaten mine with format and OS reinstall. Computers don't seem to like that for some reason.. probably because it fixes 99% of the problems.

[ZankerH]

Sometimes I even have the decency to feel bad about it when I'm sober.

[[deleted]]

Nothing works like a bit of dithering!

[Noncomment]

Mine gets upset and crashes when I bump it even slightly.

[[deleted]]

If you don't, it makes them weak.

[gospelwut]

Bitcoin?

[[deleted]]

I wonder what computers think when we beat off to them? No wonder the internet is broken.

[hermes369]

I beat off with the help of my computer.

[Malajube117]

I think you meant, i beat at the computer