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Showerthought: A PC that randomly ordered pizza online made me rethink default settings
I used to leave all BIOS settings on default because I thought it was safer. Then I fixed a computer that kept ordering pepperoni pizzas in the middle of the night. The user had some weird power management setting that woke the PC up and triggered a script. After adjusting the settings, the pizza orders stopped. Now I always double check BIOS configurations before calling a job done. It's wild how a simple setting can cause such a mess. Who needs a haunted house when you have a haunted computer?
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lucassmith7mo ago
Man, I always figured default was the safe bet too, didn't you? Then I had a client whose machine would spin its fans up to jet engine levels every single night at 3 AM for no clear reason. Took forever to track down some obscure setting buried in there. Stuff like that totally changed how I see it now. Default can just mean "weirdest possible behavior" sometimes, feels like tech gremlins hiding in the menus.
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perry.oliver7mo ago
Totally get the "tech gremlins" thing. My old laptop used to do a full disk scan at 4 AM sharp because of some default maintenance setting. Took me months to find the toggle to shut it up.
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