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[–] TheObviousSolution@lemmy.ca 2 points 8 hours ago
[–] chefdano3@lemmy.zip 2 points 9 hours ago

Most importantly is the timing of the bell tolls. Once before drawing the circle and placing the candles, Twice as you are placing the sacrifice, and thrice while singing praise to the tech God.

[–] General_Effort@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

My boss never gets me a hamster when I'm down.

[–] Honytawk@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 9 hours ago

Try being as important as wifi

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 75 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Sorry, that’s a v1.18.345 hamster so your sacrifice won’t work as your router only accepts v1.2.829 or higher.

[–] python@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago

ugh didn't you hear about the CVE affecting v1.2.823-1.2.967 though? Those hamsters had missing input validation which could be exploited to overflow the buffer size and execute remote inputs. Your router is basically toast at that point.

[–] Maxxie@piefed.blahaj.zone 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Hello I accidentally sacrificed Hamster Pro Max to my regular Pro router. There weren't any warnings or errors it just took its soul, and now when I turn it on the light flashes red 3 times and for a few seconds I can see the eighth circle of hell where Diviners are forced to walk backwards blinded by their own tears.

What I want to ask is, can I extend the timer to at least a minute? This super cute witch winked at me, but when I try to ask her out all I hear are screams of the damned and then the connection goes down please help me.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Fediverse threads are not a valid support inquiry channel. Please write your question in blood and burn it under the full moon to submit a support request.

[–] Maxxie@piefed.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I can't do full moon, is there an option for lycanthropycally-challenged?

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

For valued customers like you we have an accessible support system. Just submit your blood-written note on the 29th of February.

[–] helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago

Notice: server upgrades are scheduled 2/28 and will be competed 2/30. The accessible support system will be unavailable during this time, please use the regular support system. We apologize for the inconvenience.

[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 8 points 1 day ago

As an alternative, please download and print out a picture of a full moon and fax your blood to us in a PDF

[–] jellyfishhunter@lemmy.world 34 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Stupid router. v1.18.345 is the higher one. The hamster must have introduced breaking changes if they're incompatible.

[–] helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world 27 points 1 day ago (1 children)

No, v1.2 is the higher version. The full name is "hamster gen 3 maxpro v1.2"

v1.18 was the final version of "hamster gen 3 maxpro first edition."

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I was gonna say that the hamster is too new and the router can’t parse minor versions with two digits in it, but I like your answer better.

The actual solution is to flash it with OpenWRT

[–] four@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

How do you flash OpenWRT on a hamster? Asking for a friend

[–] defaultusername@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Thank you, this solution worked perfectly.

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago

Is that a Qualcomm chipset? Sorry bud, you're gonna have to wait 8-12 business decades for that firmware to be supported.

[–] einkorn@feddit.org 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

But v1.18.x is higher than v1.2.x? 🤨

The 18th update of version 1 vs the 2nd update of version 1.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Please search before asking questions.

Either this is the Hamster pro max v1.2 v18.345 which is different from the Hamster Max v1.0 or the router can’t parse two digit minor versions because it’s too old.

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[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago

Is the Wi-Fi down, or is Internet access down? Because you're probably gonna need a gerbil instead of that hamster

[–] stupidcasey@lemmy.world 37 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

You guys, WiFi isn't magic it's science so you must sacrifice a Scientist.

[–] Hupf@feddit.org 3 points 15 hours ago

So the hamster is magic?

[–] Zorque@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

The hamster has a PhD

Does it have to be a good one or will one that's shilling for fossil fuel interests do?

#TwoBirds #Efficiency

[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 30 points 1 day ago (10 children)

I dunno when it became the norm to say the WiFi's down when it's actually totally fine and unrelated to the internet connection being down.

People at my work have said this even though they're using docks plugged with Cat 5.

[–] Honytawk@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

At least they mention wifi.

Too many times they just say "my computer does not work". And then you have to pull the actual problem out of them. It is like they don't want it to be fixed.

[–] florge@feddit.uk 14 points 1 day ago

Probably because ISPs like to fob you off with suggestions of poor wifi rather than address the actual internet issue you contact them about.

[–] tiramichu@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Non-technical people don't have any idea what a LAN is, and can't imagine any reason for WiFi to exist other than to get their device on the Internet.

So WiFi becomes a synonym for "Internet connection", perfectly interchangeably.

[–] veroxii@aussie.zone 2 points 1 day ago

And in most operating systems the wifi icon turns into some other error icon if there's no internet. So I can see the confusion.

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[–] pedz@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Wifi being down is just a minor inconvenience for tech oriented people. Spare some lives and just contact your local geek/nerd.

[–] vithigar@lemmy.ca 3 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Or just learn how the god damned devices you use work.

I do not understand how it became so normalized to just not bother with knowing how anything works. It's not like this is a new thing either. So many old jokes surrounding people's VCR clocks not being set.

[–] pedz@lemmy.ca 1 points 10 hours ago

At least it's giving me job security. I'm a middle age geek that worked low level IT most of my life, thinking the younger generations would know how computers work and be able to fix small issues on their own. Hah.

[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago

Your wifi probably isn't even down. Most of the time its your ISP and you just don't know the difference between WiFi and internet.

[–] purplemonkeymad@programming.dev 2 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Internet down? That's ok I have stuff on my jellyfin.

[–] pedz@lemmy.ca 1 points 9 hours ago

I even have a plan when there are power outages. The hard drive that contains most of the media I collected over the years is external. In case of power outage I can power it with a power bank and a USB-C PD to 12v adapter.

But this probably reads like wizardry for people that equate wifi to internet.

[–] Asfalttikyntaja@sopuli.xyz 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Have you tried to turn it off and on again?

[–] ekZepp@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 day ago

Oh, the machine god is down again.

[–] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

You must appease the Machine Spirits.

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[–] damnthefilibuster@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Rogers is down right now and I’m this close to grabbing the neighbor’s cat to do this.

[–] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

First of all, fuck Rogers with a rusty statue of a cactus, and second, fuck them again.

I don't understand how a company that big can be that bad at uptime. I moved to Teksavvy years ago and haven't had any outages since. I refuse to do direct business with any of the big three.

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