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Re:I am seriously considering going back to desktop computers by incompatible on Sunday October 25, 2020 @08:42PM (#24891624)
"Curious, I plugged it in again and the fire started again"

This reminds me of an old joke: https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammerHumor/comments/46sere/a_p...

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Re:I am seriously considering going back to desktop computers by tartoran on Sunday October 25, 2020 @09:09PM (#24891823)
I once turned on my crt monitor and smoke started coming out so I freaked out and immediately unplugged it. My uncle, an electronist, was passing by and told him I screwed my monitor and wanted him to take a look. He plugged in, turned it on it worked just fine. I don’t remember ever having problems with that EGA monitor again. I could never explain that white smoke
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Re:I am seriously considering going back to desktop computers by incompatible on Sunday October 25, 2020 @09:35PM (#24891970)
Maybe it was a literal bug.
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Re:I am seriously considering going back to desktop computers by WalterBright on Sunday October 25, 2020 @08:49PM (#24891685)
It wouldn't be funny if it weren't true!
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