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tech never works for long (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

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[–] ApertureUA@lemmy.today 1 points 1 day ago

Is this a thing fat americans use or whatever the stereotype is meant to be here?

I've only heard of that in DIY context: I remember someone making one of these to be as dumb as possible by just making it toggle positions on a wake-on-lan packet and just be off otherwise.