6mo ago

I upcycled some ram

Idk if it even fits in this community, but here we gooo

This stick of ram has been my emotional support stick of ram for almost a decade. It's traveled with me around the world, and been in my backpack through tough times.
Since it's so old and only 4GB, i can't really use it or sell it, which is why i turned it into a knife. It's surprisingly sharp, and short enough that the airlines in my country allow it in carry-on and checked luggage, so it can still be my travel companion

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I upcycled some ram

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Killed by memories....
- With vengeance....

Old and only 4 GB? This looks cutting edge.

The hardwaregoriest thing I saw in person was Intel 486 chip with a hole on a keychain, with legs sawed off. RAM shank is way more classy.
- I dunno if it's gorier but I keep a Ryzen 5 3600 on my desk as a fidget toy.
  
  You have a real gift for framing.
  
  Eh, it has no moving parts, unless you break off some.
  
  I'm still putting in work with one of these bad boys. Best 80 bucks ever
- I have 2 AMD k6 300mhz chips. I tried to do that to one of them and never was able to get it finished. They are both just sitting in a bag in the back of a drawer somewhere so it's not like it mattered either way
  
  Make a pair of earrings from them!
- I have an Intel i7 7500u laptop cpu, so maybe I should try to make a pendant
  I desoldered that cpu from a dead laptop
- I did the same with a 386 back in the day. Drilling that bastard was remarkably difficult.
  A buddy of mine converted the fan and part of the heatsink from a Radeon 9800 Pro, at one point the fastest consumer GPU on the planet, to a hippie daisy decoration for his little dragon statue on his desk to hold.
  I don't know what he did with the rest of the card.

That's rad.
- No, its RAM.
  
  Random Access Maiming
  
  You mean Rat.

So this is what the kids mean by cyberwarfare!
I though of a really bad skit for this.
(mafia boss in a dark room with a man) Mafia boss--"now, now ronny tell me were the money is
Ronny--"i dont remember!"
mafia boss--"i have a friend who helps people remember random memorys, BRING OUT THE MEMORY JOGGER!"
On a less shitposty note, thats knife is fucking sick bro. Looks like a cyberpunk weapon.

You are going to lose your cush job in the prison library bro
- Yeah, but he's gonna get a job in the prison computer lab to die for

Any security guard that lets that onto a plane is asking to get fired haha. Report back from your experience :)
- I called up the agency that owns all airports and oversees airline rules in my country, and I asked about about my ram knife. They said something in the lines of "if the blade is no longer than 6cm, then you're good to go". I'd imagine staff can veto this if they see something particularly sketchy, but we'll see :)
  
  but if they decide you can't keep it, you have to throw it away :( right?

What a charming emotional support shiv.

Looks like you're about to shank your fellow inmate.
- I'm sure they won't forget that
  
  The memories will come back to them randomly

Cutting edge technology

In the (near) post-apocalyptic future I'm gonna stab you with my own memories.
Or laser-disc you from afar.
Or cat–5–whip you like the dirty slut you are.
However I will leave random printed memes on your corpse for the next person trying to pick up some random loot.
- With the dot matrix?
  
  Why tf can I hear your post????
- Give someone "hard drive shoes" so they can "sleep in the liquid cooling reservoir."

Cyberweapon

someone is readying themselves for that RTO

This is how WW4 will be fought

Needs some kind of guard so you don't hurt your fingies while stabbing.
- I actually didn't think of that. Maybe version 2 will have a finger guard

Very post apocalyptic

And here to perform the edge test is Doug Marcaida who will be using the contestant's blade to cut through some pig carcasses.
- I'm pretty sure Doug would've been upset over the missed opportunity for OP to have made a kaRAMbit.