Me: *clicks on new emkay video* Also me: *hears Lexi's voice* Me again: *becomes the happiest person on earth because I love it when Lexi narrates videos*
Hearing Lexi explain what is actually so terrible about all of this both greatly improves the experience and makes the gore twice as horrible. I love it :)
The Machine Spirit, for those who don't know, is a phenomenon in Warhammer 40K. Most machines have some kind of soul or limited AI system that can, on occasion, make the machine move and fight on its own without a crew. I might be misremwmbering but I think there's a story of a Lemann Russ tank going berserk after its crew got killed and broke an Ork battle line before it got destroyed.
for those of you familiar with Mass Effect, the Machine Spirit is basically the same thing as a VI. Avina, the Citadel guide program, is a Machine Spirit. the targetting systems in the guns that pair with the internal HUD in the helmets are Machine Spirits. EDI is not a Machine Spirit, she's an Abominable Intelligence that would be killed on sight and then hauled off to Mars in order to be studied by the Adeptus Mechanicus.
This is the same universe where all tech used by the orcs is completely non-functional and only works because they believe so strongly that it will. Glory to the Omnissiah!
@@save_yakuza_5 it's great! now if only that knowledge didn't make me feel like I'm going to be put on a list somewhere. FBI: don't let this person within 500 feet of cardboard
I'm going to snip, "Lithium is very angry at everyone and will make itself everyone's problem," and use it for something. Not sure what, but Lexi's witticisms needs to be shared with a broader audience.
Former AV installer here. Never really had to deal with anything gross, but extremely uncomfortable things instead, like amplifiers in loft spaces, the worst time being in the middle of summer right up in the top of a steep tiled roof here in Sussex, England. The solid red clay roof tiles absorb heat better than a solar panel, so it was hot as hell up there and I was literally dripping while working on this amplifier and hoping that I did *not* drip on the live 240V feed...
i somehow love when people dont get 40k jokes. The way people react to stuff like "machine spirit" when they have 0 idea what you are actually talking about is completely priceless especially when they try to rationalize what they just heard
7:20 the Containment was from Monsters Inc, but you were close, Lexi. Trivia: when that movie came out, they made a toy version called the "Splatterdome"
Once a friend decided to take her school chromebook apart in class for funsies. she *exposed the motherboard* and when I noticed I was immediately like "don't touch that" out of reflex, but before I could elaborate she went "HEH" and put her whole palm on it. Miraculously it survived.
No offense, but your friend sounds like a complete and utter idiot. The kind of person who does things when specifically told not to, just because they have authority issues.
why wouldn't it survive? the electrical resistance of the human skin is much higher than the resistance in the motherboard's circuits, so it's not like it's gonna short anything
9:43 20 years ago I built a redicuous gaming PC in a cardboard fruit box similar to this rig. It was one of those boxes that's like 1/2 an inch thick and you could stand on. I needed a sizeable case which I wasn't gonna pay hundreds for so fruit box it was. However unlike this rig I did a few things different. I lined the entire box in a thin layer of aluminum coated rock wool, effectively making the damn thing fire proof from the inside. I also glued a small can of compressed nitrogen, (the stuff you use to freeze gum) to the top of the machine. In the event it DID catch fire inside the case the heat would cause the can to explode instantly suffocating the fire and freezing the contents. How did I know this would work? I didn't until it happened due to a lightning strike 3 years later that blew up the surge protector the rig was plugged into... which was also in the case on the bottom. within 20 seconds the can exploded like a shotgun shell and killed the fire. So there you go. Saved the computer to!
8:18 A machine spirit is a reference to Warhammer 40k and every machine that exists has a "machine spirit" which is essentially an operating system or the code that runs the machine.
i like how everytime lexi hosts anything related to tech or hardware keeps making me learn something i surprisingly havent known yet. lexi is added to my tech wisdom list
So fun fact, a building in one of the apartment complexes did burn down due to a cheap child's toy being left plugged in unattended. So yea, cheap or faulty wiring is definitely a hazard.
Thank you for this! I got over a cold 3 days ago and now I have a fever and I’m in a lot of pain but this video helps me feel better and puts a smile on my face ❤ love you Lexi 😘
10:46 and this is why printer head nozzles need to be cleaned or they will dump ink everywhere. (especially Epson printers, they get mad if they run out of ink or haven't been cleaned)
4:52 As someone living in NY State, in an apartment….this is how a network cable is run to the upstairs of our apartment, and an extension cord in the kitchen. White duct tape can be very useful. Don’t leave that kind of slack though.
8:12 honestly i could go on a rant on warhammer 40k angry marines and machine spirits but to keep your sanity machine spirits are basically near sentient vehicles that allow the pilot of said machine spirit ( vehicle ) to control it and if the pilot isnt strong enough the machine spirit will cause him to go insane and the angry marines you can basically imagine them as the entire rage of the internet compressed into a super soldier wearing thick as hell armor and using weapons like the power fist , power foot , and the dreaded power chair power weapons are basically weapons but on steroids . atleast thats what i know i dont know the entire lore behind 40k but i hope this helps somewhat
@10:00 ish the rolled up blue cables, thats standard. all the installers for that stuff (e.g. AT&T, Comcast, etc) do that in places. I bet you will find that ALOT at your local walmart as well. There is a g ood reason for it. Its related if the ends of the cable are damaged, or even if they have to extend out with that cable later on or reroute it. and many other reasons.
5:12. Literally just measured the resistance of a needle i had lying around. It measured 0.2 ohms. For reference just measuring the probes with nothing in between was 0.2 ohms. Its actually negligible
Your last sentence “Don’t touch it … or lick it” actually works for almost everything in this video - or anything in r/techsupportgore for that matter.
8:08 It’s because, per the analogy, the laptop’s spirit is so fiery and stubborn, it has withstood more abuse than even angry marines could, and STILL BOOTS TO DESKTOP.
That was really funny when Lexi said “oh you sweet summer child” because I can only imagine the kind of crap you’ve seen While servicing computers at different places
I love how Lexi just explains what is wrong with the images because I can rarely tell what is happening. Idk Lexi is just overall amazing, but the explaining and excitement over some posts just makes my autistic brain go "brrrrrr :D*
7:17 This is why I measure the thickness of my batteries every time I open up any of my mobile electronics with a caliper. If I log a measurable difference, I order a replacement immediately. This has served as a great early warning system, and has prevented batteries getting to this stage.
"The stories I could tell" Can we have story time with Lexi where she tells us the worse jobs she had to do as a engineer? Like I love listen to her spout about computer info (not knowing a lick of it.) For hours!
I love predicting who does each video when I click on it. But tech subreddits are almost ALWAYS Lexi and it makes me excited to hear her rant about tech stuff. And then other channels go over the same stuff without the IT knowledge and I feel disappointed.
the machine spirit thing is from Warhammer 40k, the humans there have a 'machine cult' which essentially serves a giant computer and creates all of the human's technology, which also all has their own souls i guess, called machine spirits, upset the machine spirits and they won't work for you
I'm 100% crap when it comes to tech stuff like this, but one thing I do know is people who don't know what they're doing should go to a professional. Also, at 10:10, I actually like seeing ceilings in places that look like that. Just support beams.
See, I love these videos, because I get to learn stuff. Mostly what Not to do with my tech. Also, Hi Lexi! You have probably given me most of my computer knowledge through these videos. You would probably hate me though, I am very rough on my tech unfortunately. Most of it still works though, even if it looks like it's been through some kind of apocalyptic event.
Data destruction is free lol. You are supposed to disassemble it, and cut the important parts out with a wire cutter or you can just wipe your data lol.
11:02 tbh this happened to me few months ago when i pulled my CPUs water block out xD i was wondering where my CPU went then i realized it was stuck on the block :D
As someone who is having to try and convince xerox to take their altalinks back because my workplace has had nothing but problems since we switched from savin to them at the start of the year - I felt the pain and exasperation when you said "xerox" in my damn soul. We're at the point of offering to let them keep 75% of the cost of the printers/contract pay, they just need to take the damn things back.
8:33 Perfectly fine provided the batteries were discharged to zero volts and kept away from flame sources (the stored energy has been dissipated already, so they're not going to go into thermal runaway. But the electrolyte is still flammable) Given that these each have a special-snowflake connector, that's extremely unlikely to be the case here.
Lexi explaining things makes the gore hit that much harder sometimes... On the other hand a local phone and laptop repair store that I know of keep old batteries and spicy pillows in a very nice plastic container, surprisingly has never caught fire that I know of
My mother has been SO SUPER CAREFUL with her printer and barring an annoying required software download, or has worked with little issue, I am so sad when I see printer abuse
9:00 Yeah, this is such a hazard. I actually use a box meant for trading cards to hold batteries for handheld game systems for work. I put a piece of tape over the contacts, then stand them on end neatly. One of the upsides is that you can tell at a glance if anything has even started to swell.
The image burned onto the display phone- One of my older Samsung Galaxy phones became my TH-cam camera when I upgraded phones. The red "stop recording" circle is permanently visible on that screen now, because video mode on the camera app is basically all that phone ever did for years.
8:12 Yeah that's more or less what a machine spirit is! its something form Warhammer 40k, basically A cult of IT professionals believe every technology had a spirit to keep it working, and you have to clean/maintain it so it wouldn't up and kill you
The laptop drill one sort of reminds me of my mothers story. When I was little she tried to wash a bubble machine by putting it in the sink. She said that she knew electric devices should not be put into water but this was batteries. She did not realize batteries were electric and it blew up or caught fire (don't remember but she was apparently scared). Everyone in the modern age should be taught about batteries and the dangers of them as they are all mini explosives if handled incorrectly which can easily destroy lives.
My friend owned an old Macbook with the weird metal casing when i first met him during our school days, and i found it so weird that he typed with his arms floating above the thing, instead of resting his hands on the laptop when he typed. When i asked him about it, he just said it was so it didn't shock him! This dude had a short to the casing of his laptop, strong enough to give him a pretty good shock, but somehow not in a way that killed the machine (or him for that matter...), and he never thought it was a worse problem than "Just don't touch the metal parts, and it's fine!".
By containment unit I think Lexi is referring to the agents from the CDA from Monster’s inc. the ones who showed up when the monster comes back with a sock stuck to him.
5:28 this is exactly why i can never go back to apartment living. I was woken up one day because one of the other renters supposedly started cooking while drunk, fell asleep, and their mac&cheese or something was burned so bad it set off the smoke detectors for the building. Add to this i worked nights at the time, so i was asleep when the alarms went off. I was not happy at work that night.
7:30 I had a battery with that problem and it was completely empty and couldn't be charged (the previous owner tried it). I put a small hole through the outside layer because I wasn't able to remove the battery when it was thick like that. You should never try that with a cell that has any charge left in it. But in the case of a thick battery, nothing bad should happen if you let the pressure out. But under normal circumstances, you shouldn't try it anyway.
That thumbnail reminds me of the time I was in a video filming and editing class and right as we were talking about camera safety, someone dropped their camera and lens glass just went all over the floor and everyone in the classroom cringed in horror… I felt so bad for that guy because it was a total accident. The neck strap decided right then and there to break…
Im an IT guy, im not even certified yet, still im the one in charge of 70 people in an engineering company, i did not know about idrac, had not had time to look into it but thanks to you now i know what it is and will deploy it over here, the more you know!
Everyone that has worked with tech at any point has a "most disgusting moment" here´s mine. Was working at a local recycling workshop, spent most of my time taking apart and sorting random tech junk that came in. Once got an not too old cashiers register, one of those touchpad electronic ones. Once I opened it up it become clear what fast food joint it came from, McDonalds. Spent the rest of the dismantling process wearing two layers of surgical gloves and a respirator mask, since the employees at that place are not known for their clean hands, or maintenance on their tech. Stuff found inside, imagine half a decades worth of dust mixed with dark brown sludge and a fair amount of what i assumed were pubic hairs. That is about what it smelled like before put the mask on.
Lexi hi I clicked through all the videos to find yours you make my day better you don't know what Im going through rn And I'm in itcs I under stand your pain in the videos
Me: *clicks on new emkay video*
Also me: *hears Lexi's voice*
Me again: *becomes the happiest person on earth because I love it when Lexi narrates videos*
Lexi is clearly the best narrator
This is a Lexi moment.
Same ❤ I really missed seeing her videos, cause honestly I haven’t watched a lot of Emkay recently
Oh boy another lexi simp. If they weren't part of a certain demographic yall wouldn't be acting like this.
@@goosieschmoo8239 A simp? What are you talking about. They just like it when she narrates
I think I speak for everyone when I say that we need a dedicated "Lexi Tech Horror Stories" video!
YES
A Halloween special
Channel. I think you meant channel.
@@m2pt5 even better
Most definitely
Hearing Lexi explain what is actually so terrible about all of this both greatly improves the experience and makes the gore twice as horrible.
I love it :)
The Machine Spirit, for those who don't know, is a phenomenon in Warhammer 40K. Most machines have some kind of soul or limited AI system that can, on occasion, make the machine move and fight on its own without a crew.
I might be misremwmbering but I think there's a story of a Lemann Russ tank going berserk after its crew got killed and broke an Ork battle line before it got destroyed.
Close with the story... It was a Land Raider of the Crimson Fists that went on a killing spree once it's crew was dead
Praise the Omnissiah
for those of you familiar with Mass Effect, the Machine Spirit is basically the same thing as a VI. Avina, the Citadel guide program, is a Machine Spirit. the targetting systems in the guns that pair with the internal HUD in the helmets are Machine Spirits. EDI is not a Machine Spirit, she's an Abominable Intelligence that would be killed on sight and then hauled off to Mars in order to be studied by the Adeptus Mechanicus.
Glory to the Omnissiah
This is the same universe where all tech used by the orcs is completely non-functional and only works because they believe so strongly that it will.
Glory to the Omnissiah!
Did the chapter master not repair the land raider?
That thumbnail image hurts no matter how many times I see it. What never hurts is tech related talk with Lexi!
Anyone else pour orange juice in their mouth then bite a piece of a motherboard and swallow?
@@save_yakuza_5 it's great! now if only that knowledge didn't make me feel like I'm going to be put on a list somewhere.
FBI: don't let this person within 500 feet of cardboard
Why does everyone care so much, the battery was taken out???
Oh no 😭
Bro I can't take you seriously with that pfp ☠️☠️☠️☠️
Jk I agree that's a lot of money just like.......... Gone
Where's the Gore?
I love it when Lexie tells us what's going on since I don't really know what some of the problems are until Lexie explains it
There is no e in Lexi
@@caitlinabbott7895 uhhh
Lexi, please never stop nerding out in these videos, I love it when you nerd out on IT stuff or rant about your former jobs
Without Lexi explaining, some of these posts would just fly straight over my head.
With Lexi it's r/Techsupportgore.
If anyone else was narrating this video, it'd be r/Woosh.
Even with Lexi explaining a lot of it flew over my head.
What was wrong with the generator?
I love hearing her Lexplanations
Lexi not getting the Warhammer joke made me happy. Stay pure, do not follow us down this rabbit hole
I love how Lexi has been the only one to narrate this subreddit so far.
we should keep it that way :D
Nobody else here could do it justice. And she'd probably wave a hammer at them if they tried.
I'm going to snip, "Lithium is very angry at everyone and will make itself everyone's problem," and use it for something. Not sure what, but Lexi's witticisms needs to be shared with a broader audience.
"Lithium is very angry at everyone and it will make itself everyone's problem!"
I get that it's serious, but it sounds so hilarious.
Some people I know probably have Lithium as their spirit animal
@@neosiaxiom4211 Lithium is honey badger's spirit animal.
Mind your own and still find out.
7:24
"I feel like we need the containment thing from Toy Story-"
Lexi, my guyn't, you're thinking of Monsters Inc
"23-19!"
Former AV installer here. Never really had to deal with anything gross, but extremely uncomfortable things instead, like amplifiers in loft spaces, the worst time being in the middle of summer right up in the top of a steep tiled roof here in Sussex, England. The solid red clay roof tiles absorb heat better than a solar panel, so it was hot as hell up there and I was literally dripping while working on this amplifier and hoping that I did *not* drip on the live 240V feed...
i somehow love when people dont get 40k jokes. The way people react to stuff like "machine spirit" when they have 0 idea what you are actually talking about is completely priceless especially when they try to rationalize what they just heard
7:20 the Containment was from Monsters Inc, but you were close, Lexi.
Trivia: when that movie came out, they made a toy version called the "Splatterdome"
Once a friend decided to take her school chromebook apart in class for funsies. she *exposed the motherboard* and when I noticed I was immediately like "don't touch that" out of reflex, but before I could elaborate she went "HEH" and put her whole palm on it.
Miraculously it survived.
No offense, but your friend sounds like a complete and utter idiot.
The kind of person who does things when specifically told not to, just because they have authority issues.
@@SebTheSamMarten yeah this is out of context, she's not usually like that but she was a little troll-y last yr
@@marsguitars4 Here's to hoping she learned her lesson from that, at the very least. :P
why wouldn't it survive? the electrical resistance of the human skin is much higher than the resistance in the motherboard's circuits, so it's not like it's gonna short anything
@warmike wait for a circut to stop being powered and suddenly the hand touching 271 live contacts is the least resistant path
9:43 20 years ago I built a redicuous gaming PC in a cardboard fruit box similar to this rig. It was one of those boxes that's like 1/2 an inch thick and you could stand on. I needed a sizeable case which I wasn't gonna pay hundreds for so fruit box it was. However unlike this rig I did a few things different. I lined the entire box in a thin layer of aluminum coated rock wool, effectively making the damn thing fire proof from the inside. I also glued a small can of compressed nitrogen, (the stuff you use to freeze gum) to the top of the machine. In the event it DID catch fire inside the case the heat would cause the can to explode instantly suffocating the fire and freezing the contents. How did I know this would work? I didn't until it happened due to a lightning strike 3 years later that blew up the surge protector the rig was plugged into... which was also in the case on the bottom. within 20 seconds the can exploded like a shotgun shell and killed the fire. So there you go. Saved the computer to!
I'm curious and terrified about what horrors Lexi has been through in the land of tech support.
8:18 A machine spirit is a reference to Warhammer 40k and every machine that exists has a "machine spirit" which is essentially an operating system or the code that runs the machine.
Praise be the Omnissiah
@@Nebula-wu7qr praise
I can tell you as a millwright that a generator throwing bearings and vomitting oil means something is exceptionally fucked inside it
We were taught this as Fire Fighters: Tesla Cars will burn for 40+ hours submerged in water. Outside of water... when hell freezes over
Gilbert: how may I help you today?
Ben: tech support.
Gilbert: i think you said neck and sport.
Lexi is the perfect person for this subreddit
That Thumbnail Is the Equivalent Of Removing A Person's Head While They are Unconscious
i like how everytime lexi hosts anything related to tech or hardware keeps making me learn something i surprisingly havent known yet.
lexi is added to my tech wisdom list
7:13 ''Humans, you're exhausting'' Lexi confirming she isn't human?
they're a cat duhhh (I'm joking DW lol)
8:25 - "Hello Fire Marshall, I'd like to report a major fire hazard at this address, send HAZMAT since it does involved Li-ion batteries!!!"
8:34 very top of the box in the center right, next to the orange strip thing and peeking out under a couple other batteries, is a spicy pillow
So fun fact, a building in one of the apartment complexes did burn down due to a cheap child's toy being left plugged in unattended. So yea, cheap or faulty wiring is definitely a hazard.
6:05 thats not letting the magic smoke out, thats letting the entire magic graveyard out. Buckets of sand, NOW!
Thank you for this! I got over a cold 3 days ago and now I have a fever and I’m in a lot of pain but this video helps me feel better and puts a smile on my face ❤ love you Lexi 😘
8:34 Imagine if these pillows became Spicy Pillows (A Nuke goes off)
When I don't understand what's wrong, I'll simply await what I'll now refer to as the "Lexiplanation".
I just love watching this subreddit with lexis' voice. It just somehow fits so well with the magled tech.
Lexi: *Diverts my Taco Bell order to her*
Me: *doesn't get diarrhea*
Also Me: I SEE THIS AS AN ABSOLUTE WIN!
Alternative: Don't order from Taco Bell. Same Result and saves money as well :)
10:46 and this is why printer head nozzles need to be cleaned or they will dump ink everywhere. (especially Epson printers, they get mad if they run out of ink or haven't been cleaned)
The spicy pillows always make me double check my old laptop (that I only use on holidays) has not started to suffer from one.
4:52 As someone living in NY State, in an apartment….this is how a network cable is run to the upstairs of our apartment, and an extension cord in the kitchen. White duct tape can be very useful. Don’t leave that kind of slack though.
Please never stop giving Lexi the tech subreddits.
Also r/wooosh (with however many o's.)
8:12 honestly i could go on a rant on warhammer 40k angry marines and machine spirits but to keep your sanity
machine spirits are basically near sentient vehicles that allow the pilot of said machine spirit ( vehicle ) to control it
and if the pilot isnt strong enough the machine spirit will cause him to go insane
and the angry marines you can basically imagine them as the entire rage of the internet compressed into a super soldier
wearing thick as hell armor and using weapons like the power fist , power foot , and the dreaded power chair
power weapons are basically weapons but on steroids .
atleast thats what i know i dont know the entire lore behind 40k but i hope this helps somewhat
I love when Lexi narrates, it’s makes me so happy ❤ even when I’m upset she always makes me happy when I hear her voice :3
@10:00 ish the rolled up blue cables, thats standard. all the installers for that stuff (e.g. AT&T, Comcast, etc) do that in places. I bet you will find that ALOT at your local walmart as well. There is a g ood reason for it. Its related if the ends of the cable are damaged, or even if they have to extend out with that cable later on or reroute it. and many other reasons.
5:12. Literally just measured the resistance of a needle i had lying around. It measured 0.2 ohms. For reference just measuring the probes with nothing in between was 0.2 ohms. Its actually negligible
its weird how this makes me laugh but also puts me in physical pain
I GOT YELLED AT FOR SAYING "youre gonna burn your house down or elecrocute yourself man" ON THAT VERY POST 5:06
Your last sentence “Don’t touch it … or lick it” actually works for almost everything in this video - or anything in r/techsupportgore for that matter.
1:44 that looks like someone converted an Xbox One into a PC
8:08 It’s because, per the analogy, the laptop’s spirit is so fiery and stubborn, it has withstood more abuse than even angry marines could, and STILL BOOTS TO DESKTOP.
All of this looks like something my mother would do - especially 7:49 - and she used to work in tech support
That was really funny when Lexi said “oh you sweet summer child” because I can only imagine the kind of crap you’ve seen While servicing computers at different places
I love how Lexi just explains what is wrong with the images because I can rarely tell what is happening. Idk Lexi is just overall amazing, but the explaining and excitement over some posts just makes my autistic brain go "brrrrrr :D*
I could listen to Lexi talk about tech stuff all day
0:01 the spicyesst pillow
12:47 "or lick it" why do i have a feeling this comes from first hand exprence? XD
7:17 This is why I measure the thickness of my batteries every time I open up any of my mobile electronics with a caliper. If I log a measurable difference, I order a replacement immediately. This has served as a great early warning system, and has prevented batteries getting to this stage.
"The stories I could tell"
Can we have story time with Lexi where she tells us the worse jobs she had to do as a engineer? Like I love listen to her spout about computer info (not knowing a lick of it.) For hours!
I love predicting who does each video when I click on it. But tech subreddits are almost ALWAYS Lexi and it makes me excited to hear her rant about tech stuff. And then other channels go over the same stuff without the IT knowledge and I feel disappointed.
the machine spirit thing is from Warhammer 40k, the humans there have a 'machine cult' which essentially serves a giant computer and creates all of the human's technology, which also all has their own souls i guess, called machine spirits, upset the machine spirits and they won't work for you
I'm 100% crap when it comes to tech stuff like this, but one thing I do know is people who don't know what they're doing should go to a professional. Also, at 10:10, I actually like seeing ceilings in places that look like that. Just support beams.
5:25 Its like what 5-12 Volts maximum so yeah, cant burn your house even if it watned to (Yeah it can but not this way)
See, I love these videos, because I get to learn stuff. Mostly what Not to do with my tech.
Also, Hi Lexi! You have probably given me most of my computer knowledge through these videos. You would probably hate me though, I am very rough on my tech unfortunately. Most of it still works though, even if it looks like it's been through some kind of apocalyptic event.
Data destruction is free lol. You are supposed to disassemble it, and cut the important parts out with a wire cutter or you can just wipe your data lol.
11:02 tbh this happened to me few months ago when i pulled my CPUs water block out xD
i was wondering where my CPU went then i realized it was stuck on the block :D
I still don't understand how someone can mistake an ethernet port for a USB port, it's not like USB's are square or something
As someone who is having to try and convince xerox to take their altalinks back because my workplace has had nothing but problems since we switched from savin to them at the start of the year - I felt the pain and exasperation when you said "xerox" in my damn soul. We're at the point of offering to let them keep 75% of the cost of the printers/contract pay, they just need to take the damn things back.
8:33 Perfectly fine provided the batteries were discharged to zero volts and kept away from flame sources (the stored energy has been dissipated already, so they're not going to go into thermal runaway. But the electrolyte is still flammable)
Given that these each have a special-snowflake connector, that's extremely unlikely to be the case here.
I worked in kitchens with deep friers for 20 years. Can confirm, anything near the fryer gets a layer of soy oil plastic coating
Lexi explaining things makes the gore hit that much harder sometimes...
On the other hand a local phone and laptop repair store that I know of keep old batteries and spicy pillows in a very nice plastic container, surprisingly has never caught fire that I know of
3:45 yup. Whenever I help my dad, we both make sure of that. It's like people don't know anymore, and I'm autistic...
My mother has been SO SUPER CAREFUL with her printer and barring an annoying required software download, or has worked with little issue, I am so sad when I see printer abuse
I am questioning going into computer science and I love when Lexi narrates because i feel like I learn so much.
6:30 currently looking at my 4 Dell PowerEdge servers in my rack. All 1u, Biggest being 36" and laughing in idrac.
9:30: I think Plainrock124 got a hold of it! GEEEEEEEZE! Only King would do THIS much damage for a bored smashing video.
1:28 No one noticed that this guy is using 2 psu at once.
9:00 Yeah, this is such a hazard. I actually use a box meant for trading cards to hold batteries for handheld game systems for work. I put a piece of tape over the contacts, then stand them on end neatly. One of the upsides is that you can tell at a glance if anything has even started to swell.
The image burned onto the display phone- One of my older Samsung Galaxy phones became my TH-cam camera when I upgraded phones. The red "stop recording" circle is permanently visible on that screen now, because video mode on the camera app is basically all that phone ever did for years.
8:12 Yeah that's more or less what a machine spirit is! its something form Warhammer 40k, basically A cult of IT professionals believe every technology had a spirit to keep it working, and you have to clean/maintain it so it wouldn't up and kill you
I just love the fact you actually know what you're talking about when it comes to the tech stuff.
10:12 ive seen pictures of those access points hanging from the ethernet cable on reddit
The laptop drill one sort of reminds me of my mothers story. When I was little she tried to wash a bubble machine by putting it in the sink. She said that she knew electric devices should not be put into water but this was batteries. She did not realize batteries were electric and it blew up or caught fire (don't remember but she was apparently scared). Everyone in the modern age should be taught about batteries and the dangers of them as they are all mini explosives if handled incorrectly which can easily destroy lives.
1:38 ALSO THEY ARE USING 2 GENERIC POWER SUPPLIES HOOKED TOGETHER WITH A CHEAP ADAPTER TO POWER THE GPU
Tech gore, or: I go and check all of my old electronics for spicy pillows
My friend owned an old Macbook with the weird metal casing when i first met him during our school days, and i found it so weird that he typed with his arms floating above the thing, instead of resting his hands on the laptop when he typed.
When i asked him about it, he just said it was so it didn't shock him!
This dude had a short to the casing of his laptop, strong enough to give him a pretty good shock, but somehow not in a way that killed the machine (or him for that matter...), and he never thought it was a worse problem than "Just don't touch the metal parts, and it's fine!".
4:15 how did you not notice the term Wireless charger Cable
Lol I love how Lexi goes "or don't lick it" at the end lol
My depression is already relapsing 45 seconds in
By containment unit I think Lexi is referring to the agents from the CDA from Monster’s inc. the ones who showed up when the monster comes back with a sock stuck to him.
Tbh Lexi is my favorite narrator, I just love Lexi's voice
7:30 excuse me the containment unit from *Toy Story*?
(That was Monsters, Inc.)
youtubers rarely do research before a video
5:28 this is exactly why i can never go back to apartment living. I was woken up one day because one of the other renters supposedly started cooking while drunk, fell asleep, and their mac&cheese or something was burned so bad it set off the smoke detectors for the building. Add to this i worked nights at the time, so i was asleep when the alarms went off. I was not happy at work that night.
7:30 I had a battery with that problem and it was completely empty and couldn't be charged (the previous owner tried it). I put a small hole through the outside layer because I wasn't able to remove the battery when it was thick like that. You should never try that with a cell that has any charge left in it. But in the case of a thick battery, nothing bad should happen if you let the pressure out. But under normal circumstances, you shouldn't try it anyway.
That thumbnail reminds me of the time I was in a video filming and editing class and right as we were talking about camera safety, someone dropped their camera and lens glass just went all over the floor and everyone in the classroom cringed in horror… I felt so bad for that guy because it was a total accident. The neck strap decided right then and there to break…
Hahahaha... "Don't touch that... or lick it." Probably the best line I've heard in a while.
Lexi: Yeah this wire can kill you in one touch
Also lexi: But it would be much much worse if you touch it with your tongue
Im an IT guy, im not even certified yet, still im the one in charge of 70 people in an engineering company, i did not know about idrac, had not had time to look into it but thanks to you now i know what it is and will deploy it over here, the more you know!
Everyone that has worked with tech at any point has a "most disgusting moment" here´s mine.
Was working at a local recycling workshop, spent most of my time taking apart and sorting random tech junk that came in. Once got an not too old cashiers register, one of those touchpad electronic ones. Once I opened it up it become clear what fast food joint it came from, McDonalds. Spent the rest of the dismantling process wearing two layers of surgical gloves and a respirator mask, since the employees at that place are not known for their clean hands, or maintenance on their tech.
Stuff found inside, imagine half a decades worth of dust mixed with dark brown sludge and a fair amount of what i assumed were pubic hairs. That is about what it smelled like before put the mask on.
11:01 that’s really bad when you realize they couldn’t even have removed the cpu properly as they couldn’t get at the lever
Lexi hi I clicked through all the videos to find yours you make my day better you don't know what Im going through rn
And I'm in itcs I under stand your pain in the videos
0:55 that’s an…oddly specific threat Lexi🤣