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Ken McLeod

Who is old enough to remember what these were for? (Wrong answers only.)

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justine@snac.smithies.me.uk

Justine Smithies

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Left over plumbing from an ancient computers water cooling system. 😜

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Extelec@mstdn.social

Extreme Electronics

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@_the_cloud Terminators. You needed 16 for both ends of a SCSI cable.

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arrjay@tacobelllabs.net

rj

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@_the_cloud oh, I remember buying those so I could use the free Ethernet card they came with!

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jmorris

James Morris

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@_the_cloud I remember these, for cooling fluid.
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flexion@oldbytes.space

/usr/people/flexion

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@_the_cloud "Windows ™️ 3D pipes screensaver construction kit"

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statsguy@mas.to

Adam Jacobs 🇺🇦

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@_the_cloud Ah yes, that's what urologists used to use for prostate exams back in the old days before they had the digital version

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f4grx@chaos.social

F4GRX Sébastien

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@statsguy @_the_cloud oh fuck oh no lol

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f4grx@chaos.social

F4GRX Sébastien

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@_the_cloud backplane connectors for early wifi cards before they standardized on RP-SMA.

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ozzelot@mstdn.social

Ozzelot runbsd

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@_the_cloud Given the nature of the question, I'm going to have to correctly wrongly answer "someone born 1 month ago."

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robelix@chaos.social

robelix

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@_the_cloud
Real-life screensaver

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catsalad@infosec.exchange

Cat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) paw⁠paw

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@_the_cloud @davep Oh wow, I love those Constructs toys!

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