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Company that made power systems for servers didn’t know why its own machines ran out of juice (www.theregister.com)
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[–] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That's some appalling wiring practices to have equipment like that even able to be disconnected.

[–] jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

That's what happens when you let handyman Billy Bob do your electrical work.

"Oh look, here's a random wire coming from God knows where. We'll just tie into that. Easy Peezy."

[–] jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago

Something I learned early in my career is that nothing will make your blood pressure rise like a suddenly quiet server room except for the sound of the UPS tech muttering, "Oh shit. No no no no. Shit. Oh fuck."

[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

🤣🤣🤣