This week I’m refurbishing a 15+ yr old computer which was stalling on windows 10 and got abandoned. Currently making a huge backup to an Icy box (the self built variant of a wd passport or similar).

On wednesday, a friend comes over and we’re repasting the old i5. I might add some ram and a better but used cpu later which should give this thing another 10 yrs as a server. The mainboard is full of features and would accept a 4 core with 8 threads and 16 GBs of DDR3. Nothing to play recent games on but maaaaany docker containers will run on this baby! :)

Let me know what you’re doing to spit on consumerism and built-for-the-landfill-economy.

Reminder: I made a petition on change.org to make consumer electronics manufacturers open their devices after they stop supporting them. Please sign it, your support is needed.

  • Shawdow194@kbin.social
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    3 months ago

    Wood working first, then 3D printing what I cant make with wood (or printing stuff instead of buying from another country). PLA isnt great, but undeniably better than ABS and other petroleum plastic for most applications. And you can avoid fossil fuel guzzling shipping by air/cargo ship by producing locally

    Also finding trying to find activities that aren’t consumerism based. Hiking, gardening, reading etc. are good examples

    • hauiOPMAEnglish
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      3 months ago

      Awesome comment! Thank you for sharing this! I really like how everyone seems to just have these insanely great habits and shares them with others willingly. An example that there are in fact sane people out there.

    • bricklove@midwest.socialEnglish
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      3 months ago

      Next you’ll be making pottery from dirt harvested from your backyard in a kiln made from dirt in your backyard. Then you’ll make forge from the same dirt and start working scrap metal you find around town

      Edit: I replied to the wrong thread but it still kinda works

      • FauxPseudo @lemmy.worldEnglish
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        3 months ago

        I know that if I dig two feet down I have clay. I need to dig a pod for my geese and ducks. It’s only a matter of time before I try to build a kiln and make my own plates. But I also want to make bread and pizza and I want my kiln to do both bread and ceramic even though I know that it will be a completely wasted effort and I need two separate ovens.