Planned obsolesence? Not in this household, bitch

Also fuck Logitech for making their headphones entirely out of brittle plastic

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  • StevenPinkerton [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    My 10 yo laptop is still going strong. Naively updated from Win7 to 10, but after a while updates stopped working and it was generally shit so I swapped to Linux. Removed the CPU fan (lol) because it started sounding like a chainsaw, computer still works fine for webbrowsing. I will not buy a new computer unless the motherboard fries or something.

    • TillieNeuen [she/her]
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      4 years ago

      You know, it would be nice to set up some kind of barter system for mending things. When my computer goes kaput, all I can do is cry and start saving for a new one (and then cry because I'm totally bewildered by all the options). But I can mend clothes and other things made of fabric! Lots of things aren't made to last these days, but my cheap clothing lasts because I know how to fix it.

        • TillieNeuen [she/her]
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          4 years ago

          Yay, something I can help with! What I do is sacrifice my oldest, rattiest pair of pants to be the patches for the others. I have a pair now that I've been slowly cutting parts off of for years now. When I notice that an area is getting thin on a good pair, I cut a piece of fabric that is larger than the thin area, so you're anchoring it to sound fabric, not part that's getting worn. If you're hand sewing, you're going to want to put the patch on the outside and sew around the edges. If you have access to a sewing machine, you can make your fix blend in a bit better. Put the patch on the inside, then sew over the thin area and into the patch over and over, going horizontally and vertically. The patch will give stability, and if you've matched your thread color well enough, the threads going up and down and side to side will be less noticeable than a patch that's just been sewn around the edges. The main thing is to make sure your patch is plenty big, so you don't end up with a new hole growing at the edge of the patch. Also, as the old saying goes, "A stitch in time saves nine." So if you do your mending while things are getting thin, but before holes appear, the whole thing will look better.

    • yang [they/them, any]
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      4 years ago

      Depending on your laptop, you might find a CPU fan for 10-20 USD. Thermal paste costs maybe another 10. Replacing the fan so your CPU doesn't overheat will do loads for its lifetime.