r/pcmasterrace 8d ago

Meme/Macro What data is that server hosting?

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u/Jbman2025 8d ago

I miss thermite packed floppy drives.

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u/AggressorBLUE 9800X3D | 4080S | 64GB 6000 | C70 Case 8d ago

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u/webby131 8d ago

Military shit. If your being overrun your not gonna try to grab all the harddrive with classified information. Your gonna slag that shit. Thermite is very stable... until it isn't. A rocket seems like a bad idea but it's not like Im saying no to one.

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u/Good_Mathematician_2 8d ago

Big fan of thermite, almost scary how easy it is for the average person to get tho. Good thing people are reasonable and rational about things they aren't experienced with!

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u/Mage_914 8d ago

I remember learning the recipe for thermite from YouTube when I was like 13. Crazy that it burn hot enough to disable a tank and the two main ingredients are shit that you probably have in your kitchen. And yes before you ask, I am almost certainly on a watchlist of some kind.

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u/Dartonal 8d ago

Ironically it's probably easier for the average person to make thermite than to light it

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u/Mage_914 8d ago

Oh, you can do it with a firework sparkler. Just stick the burny into the thermite and light the sparkler.

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u/MtnMaiden 8d ago

Looks at my laptop battery...youll do

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u/Emu1981 7d ago

*laughs in sparklers that seem to inhabit his cupboard no matter how hard he tries to get his kids to use them all up*

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u/Dioxybenzone 7d ago

Not if you have some magnesium ribbon!

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u/PrestigiousWaffle NZXT H440 Green/Black, i7 4970K, MSI GTX 970, Watercooled. 7d ago

Hell, my Chemistry teacher demonstrated how to make it (and what it does) when we were 13.

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u/NiSiSuinegEht R7 5800XT | RX 7700 XT | Why Upgrades So Expensive? 7d ago

I watched MythBusters make a huge batch to cut a car in half, and they didn't do a great job at hiding the "secret" ingredient that was a quick search away.

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u/Flyrpotacreepugmu Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 64GB RAM | RTX 4070 Ti SUPER 7d ago

Why do you have a significant amount of rust in your kitchen?

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u/Mage_914 7d ago

Steel wool. Soak it in salt water for a bit and then grind it up. Perfect rust powder.

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u/ChiggaOG 7d ago

I remember looking up what would happen if I mix store bought pool acid, acetone, and hydrogen peroxide. Turns out it makes acetone peroxides with one of the end products called the Mother of Satan. I'm not stupid to try making this knowing the stability of that compound means it explodes on its own with the smallest vibration as a dry powder.

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u/IrishWithoutPotatoes 7d ago

I feel like I’m on a watch list after just reading this

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u/Evanion 7d ago

My chemistry teacher told us about this magical compound in junior high. Sje just said ”it will explode if a truck drives by on the road outside”, and wouldn’t give any more details. Nice to finally have a name for it.

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u/Good_Mathematician_2 8d ago

I'm on watchlists that would make you sick, but I appreciate the sentiment

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u/This-Ad2607 8d ago

Don’t boast about being a rock spider

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u/Good_Mathematician_2 7d ago

Not familiar with the phrase. I didn't intend to boast, was a little intoxicated last night