The early days of downloading were a fun time
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I am almost 40, and have been a VP of Engineering at multiple silicon valley based tech companies. Still I have an uncle who I'm quite sure doesn't trust me to touch any of his computers because in the 90s I definitely bricked more than a few of his PCs by fucking around and finding out.
Breaking a few eggs to make the omelette. Unfortunately for him it was his eggs.
this is exactly how I learned how to reinstall windows. fucking up my dad's compaq