for fucks sake

riley, i'm gonna possibly hurt you by informing you of a friend of mine who not only puts his desktop on the floor, he has it connected to his living room tv and has placed his tower IN HIS FIREPLACE so all the heat vents up the top

Actually genius. Probably has really good noise isolation too. As long as you clean out the fire place really well before you put it in there.

what no

trust me, i was scandalized too, but i saw a pic and now i understand the vision (also its a great way to play pc games on a tv in a centralized space!)

bsky.app/profile/fran...

oh! i didn't realize he posted this publically!

Yeah I saw it for the first time here so it's burned into my memory.

i am learning so much about so many people today

Fans are loud. They should be away from my mic.

Lemme know when you earthlings reach the next stage of rig placement evolution

this is me except my computer desk is on the other side of the pc yes I live alone why do you ask

It's kinda messy, but you get the idea.

Exactly, this conversation is all wrong. It’s not where the PC is in relation to the desk, but to the home theater.

pfft

This is making me think of the Ted Chiang story about a robot who disassembles their own brain while keeping it connected.

looks cool but also like a giant sleeping disorder waiting to happen.

The person with that computer is not sleeping. They up grinding and streaming

This is my favorite, can I be adopted?

Where do you get a case like that?

Ohio, apparently

Well I got this pic from reddit, but I think it's just a hunk of wood with the components mounted on it and some pipes for cable management. I love this but couldn't do it myself, that shit would be completely covered in cat hair in an hour.

Sounds like a skill issue.