I have lived in this country for thirty-three years. Every weekend I see huge traffic jams forming on the way out of the city. These are people leaving for the country. And on Sunday they return.

I watch with interest how our parking lots outside our windows empty on weekends. If on weekdays there are 50 cars in the parking lot, then on weekends these cars can be counted on one hand.

Hi all! You are on the “My Old Computer” channel and today I bring to your attention a fictional story about a man who spent most of his life sitting at a computer and considers Russia “a country of summer residents.” This article is for entertainment purposes only and does not contain any intent to hurt anyone’s feelings. For “toxic haters” and inattentive readers, I remind you that the story is fictitious and does not relate to the author’s life. Moreover, the author has both a dacha and a village, where he constantly travels.

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When I was at school, in the evenings I would walk in the yard with my friends. But on weekends, most of these friends went with their parents to the countryside or to the village. And some friends left me throughout the holidays. The computer remained my faithful friend.

I’ve lived in the city all my life. I have neither a dacha nor a village. And I always felt lonely on the weekends. Now nothing has changed — the metropolis empties every weekend. My friends grew up and bought themselves cars so that they could go to the countryside themselves. Only my faithful friend, the computer, saves me. Only a few times he had to update his “brains”.

A certain category of the population of this country lives here on a rotational basis. And we are not talking about oligarchs, we are talking about summer residents. In cities they only work, but live in their dachas and villages. Weekends, vacations, vacations — they immediately pack up and leave in the morning for their dacha.

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Many summer residents are absolutely sure that people do not live in cities, but only work. Therefore, if a summer resident stays in the city over the weekend, he will definitely make repairs, make noise and disturb city residents as much as possible. It would never even occur to him that someone in the city could be on vacation. It seems to me that they do not know how to rest, and rest consists of constant physical activity.

All these summer residents do not live city life. They don’t know what the streets breathe. Local authorities from the districts are ordinary passers-by for them. Graffiti on the walls is just empty images for them. They don’t know anyone because they spend all their free time at their dachas.

Summer residents cannot relax in the city. At the first convenient opportunity they leave. They are not stopped by physical labor, instead of a day off, and even blood-sucking insects are not a hindrance to them. I can’t imagine what they do at their dachas, but they arrive burnt and covered in mosquito bites.

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I have no idea how you can relax in the country. Creeping insects swarm under your feet, mosquitoes hang in the air, and there is nowhere to hide from the scorching sun. In the city, I can lie in the bath while drinking some fruit cocktail. I can sit on the sofa with a big bag of chips and watch my huge TV. I can spend time with my faithful friend — the computer. I can listen to my expensive audio system, order food at home and still invite friends over. But only city friends — everyone else is at the dacha.

How can you not love your city so that every weekend in the morning you can pack your things and go to the dacha. From the outside it looks like an unsuccessful escape with the constant return of the “prodigal son”. A sleep-deprived family leaves the city early in the morning to disappear from city life for the whole weekend. And on Sunday they return only for the simple reason that they have to go to work and study on Monday.

They don’t want to live in the city. But outside the city there are no jobs or decent education, and a dacha garden will not feed a family. The city is not their conscious choice. For summer residents, the city is just a place where you can work and study. And their whole life happens in their dachas.

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Nowadays children spend more time in the city, but don’t want to go to the countryside. Their faithful friend is still the same computer, but now they have a chance to spend time with their friends outside, because they won’t go to the country for the weekend. I don’t want them to suffer the same fate as me. I had to sit at the computer instead of walking down the street with my friends.

This position has never been clear to me. I can’t even imagine what you can do at the dacha. I buy vegetables and herbs at the market, and go to the forest for barbecue. If you need to “get some fresh air,” you can take a walk in the city park.

This is the story and thoughts of a person. Write in the comments whether you share this opinion or not.

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For me, the best and proven option for connecting a SIM card is going to the office of a cellular operator. In fact, I haven’t gone for a long time, I’m connected to three different operators, but I went to the office. And now you can connect everything remotely, they can send you a SIM card home, or you can connect a second number through your personal account. There are many ways.

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If you live in a big city, then in crowded places you can often meet people who give out free SIM cards. The conditions are different, some hand them out simply, like advertising flyers, while others require passport information. Such people stand in passages, at the entrance to the market and in other similar places. The police approach such people, check their documents and nothing more, which means that such activities are not prohibited at the legislative level.

In fact, in most cases, it’s just business. According to the legislation of the Russian Federation, the owner of a SIM card must enter into an agreement with the operator and provide his personal data. If SIM cards are distributed free of charge and a passport is not required, then this should, at a minimum, raise alarm bells. Under this condition, there are always pitfalls.

Previously, there were scammers who distributed such SIM cards, and then debited money from clients and stole data. Now such a scheme is unlikely to be used, but anything is possible.

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If you take such a SIM card, it may already be registered to another person or to some individual entrepreneur or organization. For such users, mobile operators pay one-time rewards or a percentage of top-ups. The conditions are different and depend, among other things, on tariffs and turnover. It’s just business. A person who receives such a SIM card will have to top up the balance, since there is unlikely to be any amount of money on the account of such a SIM card or it is negligible. The “default” tariffs come with a daily subscription fee and are not profitable. You have to change your tariff plan and top up your balance again.

Many of these numbers come with a bunch of additional paid services that they won’t tell you about. You will understand this when you start to figure out where the money is written off. And the money will already be written off for services that you did not activate. You can only turn it off, but not return the money.

Some individual entrepreneurs and organizations, in addition to distributing such SIM cards and receiving rewards for topping up the balance from the operator, carry out tax schemes. Subscribers’ expenses are passed off as their own and the tax base is reduced. I cannot say how true this is, but I have heard about it.

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Such SIM cards belong to another person and you can lose access at any time, without your consent. You did not enter into an agreement with the operator. You need to remember this point if SIM cards are used for any registrations. It would be a mistake to link such numbers to your bank cards or personal profiles on social networks.

If you come to the office with such a SIM card and want to carry out some operations, you will be refused. The number does not belong to you.

Such SIM cards are in demand among people who have problems with their identity documents. Some people basically use these numbers because they don’t want to expose their data. Everyone’s goals are different, some carry out various schemes on the Internet, including fraudulent ones, others are simply “focused” on security and think that they are being watched at every corner. Some people simply use it to register on various Internet resources.

When SIM cards are distributed, but passport data is required, this is a more secure scheme. Of course, if these are not scammers whose goal is to obtain your passport data and signature. And then it is illegal to connect a loan to you in a microfinance organization. It is worth taking a closer look at the people who distribute such SIM cards. As a rule, these are persons who have had problems with the law.

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Many employees of cellular communication salons attract third parties for a fee, who will distribute SIM cards and receive passport data; the employee receives a bonus for such connections. And the registration is legal.

Often, such SIM cards are distributed free of charge, but to activate the number, you will have to go through the registration procedure yourself and top up your balance. They most likely won’t tell you about this unless you ask. In this case, there is no particular danger, just for your connection and replenishment of the balance, someone will receive their reward, as for an attracted client.

To summarize, it is always better to connect your SIM card in the office. The number will be yours alone and you will always be able to legally restore it in case of loss. Either after damage or loss of the SIM card, get a new one. For various mass registrations on the Internet, connect a second number through the mobile application. It’s convenient and safe. Moreover, such connections do not cost any cosmic sums. I think everyone can pay 50 rubles a month for an additional number.

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I read in the news that on June 1, 2021, a law came into force limiting the sale of SIM cards outside mobile phone stores. Only now you walk down the street and see how somewhere they are handing out free SIM cards or a “grandmother with newspapers” is making a connection. Probably the legal departments of telecom operators have found ways to get around it.

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But let’s not talk about that, let’s look at the topic of the title of the article. Connecting a cell phone number outside the cabin does not pose any danger. Of course, you need to take a closer look at the place where you plan to connect. If there are any doubts, then it is better to avoid it. In most cases, the place should not arouse suspicion if it is some kind of small retail outlet that has permission to operate. A previous article was published on the channel about people who distribute free SIM cards; I recommend reading it for anyone interested.

It’s simple: you provide your passport, enter into an agreement and pay the full or partial cost of the tariff. The retail outlet where the connection occurred is required to register you or hand over the original contract to a representative of the cellular operator for subsequent registration.

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Retail outlets are not very interested in such sales, just a small income. SIM cards are delivered free of charge, and the initial cost of connection is kept for yourself. Plus they give bonuses for those connected, each operator is different. This is where all the “interest” ends.

Points that are more “integrated” into this system also receive a percentage from your top-ups. Again, working conditions are different. Typically, such points are connected to various operators, rather than specializing in one. Some organizations add the ability to top up your balance on site.

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But if this is not a specialized cell phone store, you can only connect. If you have any problems with your SIM card or tariff, then you don’t have to go to these points again. Go straight to a specialized communication salon with your passport and a copy of the contract. Just don’t waste your time; with any question you have, you will be sent to the salon. Even if you purchased a SIM card at such an outlet, when checking at home, it turns out that it is not readable by the phone. You are not entering into an agreement with this retail outlet; all claims will be against the operator.

There may be claims against the outlet if for some reason you are not in the mobile operator’s database. In other words, after connecting you were not registered properly and the salon told you that there was no such connection.

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Let’s imagine that one “fine day” the electricity will disappear. Let’s say only in Russia. This will cause panic and shock in everyone. It will take time until people understand that this is a new reality in which they will have to survive.

Hi all! You are on the “My Old Computer” channel, today we will think a little and discuss the topic of the disappearance of electricity. The article is informative in nature and does not contain any appeals or intent to hurt anyone’s feelings, just the author’s thoughts.

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There will be no gasoline at gas stations, no electricity in homes, all transport will stop, heating in apartments will disappear in winter, which is the worst thing. In the village, people will instantly find themselves in a primitive state. Those who have preserved tools in the form of hand saws, axes, and so on, will cut wood, heat the stove, and warm themselves. He will begin to feed his cattle with a burning torch in the winter months, and he will also illuminate the house. All strength will be used to survive. Supplies of flour and grain, if any, will run out. You will have to eat potatoes and other vegetables instead of bread.

In the city the situation will be even worse. People will rush to rob stores, alarms will disappear, money will no longer be needed, and the most arrogant and strong will survive. In the USA there was an event called the “energy disaster”. Under him, in 2003, 50,000,000 houses were suddenly left without electricity. Panic began in that democratic country, which the looters took advantage of. Earlier in the year 1977, during a power outage in New York, street robberies began, traffic jams appeared on the roads, and citizens of Harlem tried to rob a bank in the dark. Food spoiled in stores, communications did not work, many people had to spend the night in parks, and public toilets stopped working.

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In Russia, some power plants run on natural gas or coal. There are hydroelectric power stations and nuclear power plants. A gas supply interruption can occur due to a sudden accident or the outbreak of a nuclear war. The second is worse, when all sources of electricity, including nuclear power plants, stop working. And then, let’s say, a nuclear conflict occurred. There was no electricity. All the horrors of life without electricity suddenly appeared. The people are in panic, the government is in a bunker. The army was defeated within hours. Someone else is fighting while on combat duty. The planet is shaking from nuclear explosions. The population is dying en masse, caught under apocalyptic fire. What’s the scenario? The surviving people have to exist without electricity, which disappeared in minutes. There is smoke from the fires in the air, and it is as dark as night during the day. It’s getting cold sharply.

We live without knowing that we are happy yet. Because there is no world war, there is electricity in houses, all our household appliances work. Life is not so bad when a machine washes and dries clothes, it also washes the dishes and takes care of the house. And the computer allows you to virtually travel the world, study, communicate and play. The horrors of nuclear war are still only in our imagination. The surrounding reality is calming, we see, hear, feel, live. And somewhere, someone is planning to destroy part of the Earth’s population as an unnecessary component of humanity. Overpopulation of the planet is preventing someone from living. And how to reduce the number of peoples is not the dream of people, but of monsters who are worse than fascists.

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If you look at this situation “without fantasies,” we can conclude that this is unlikely to happen. And if this happens, then you can turn to alternative options. But in our life, anything can happen. You need to be prepared for this, at least mentally.

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I have been a user of the social network “Vkontakte” for a long time, the period has exceeded 10 years. In those distant times, not everyone had the Internet, and this social network was not yet popular. I remember the times when the number of VKontakte pages in my city did not exceed 100 thousand. But now the search returns 1 million pages — we don’t have that many people!

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Hi all! You are on the “My Old Computer” channel, today we’ll talk about the social network “Vkontakte”. The article is informative in nature and does not contain any appeals or intent to hurt anyone’s feelings, just the author’s thoughts.

The most interesting thing is that the number of users on this social network has grown several dozen times, but this has not made it any more fun. In this article I would like to figure out how many people actually use the VKontakte social network. Where do these sky-high numbers come from, and who are all these users?

Let’s look around the country. There are 226 million pages in Russia. The real population of Russia, according to official statistics, is always within the range of 145 million people, but the true value is in the range of 65-90 million people. But even if you believe in 145 million Russians, the number of pages clearly exceeds this value. We are again observing the “dead souls of Chichikov.”

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Setting the age to 18 years old, the computer returned 16 million pages. There are 82 million users in our country under 30 years of age. And if you set the value to 30 years, the search will show 150 million pages.

Recently, VKontakte has transformed from a social network into some kind of commercial platform. Millions of commercial pages have appeared here, offering their products and services, and also making money from advertising and promotion. But one can only speculate about the number of “fakes”.

I decided on Monday evening to check the number of people who are “online” (currently on the site). I chose Monday evening, because a huge number of Russians go to their dachas on weekends. At 21:00, out of 226 million pages, only 6 million are on the site. These statistics are already closer to reality. There are 1 million people under 18 years old on the site, and almost 4 million under 30 years old. There are 2 million pages on the site over 30 years old.

Statistics for those pages that are online at the moment show much more realistic values. The number of users under 30 is 2 times higher than those over 30. But the percentage of those who are online at the moment is only 2.65% of the total number of pages in the country. Where are the other 97.35% of VKontakte users? In fact, most of these pages are “dead souls”.

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As real figures show, the social network Vkontakte has very low traffic. All my friends are absolutely real people whom I personally know. But I’ve never seen them all online. On New Year’s Day you can see 30-40% of the total number of friends, but even half of my friends have never been online at the same time. Is everyone really that busy? If you go to my friends and look at the percentage of their friends who are online, the numbers will show the same 10-15% of pages.

There are really a lot of pages on this social network, but even among real friends we can only see a measly 15 percent. But if we estimate the percentage for the entire country, where “fake” pages, commercial pages and abandoned pages are taken into account, we will get only 3 percent.

If I observe 10-15% of users on the network, then the real number of “live” pages in Russia should be about 36 million. It turns out that 190 million pages are “dead”.

Let’s say that I am a teenager who wants to find a girlfriend. For example, fingers on a map, let’s take the city of Ryazan. In Ryazan, a search returns almost 8,000 16-year-old girls. What a huge selection! Do you seriously think so? But there are never more than 800 girls of this age online. And if you scroll further down the search, then for some reason girls from other cities come out of the Ryazan search! I entered “Ryazan”, and in the search results I get Cherepovets – an interesting movie.

Have you ever scrolled to the end of a search? Do you think that the page has an infinite length and the search will give you all the results? They will only show you the beginning. These 800 girls are located in Ryazan, but when you go to their pages, they have Kasimov, Sarai, Shatsk and other cities of the Ryazan region. And those who actually live in the city of Ryazan out of these 800 can be counted on one hand.

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The administration of this social network constantly blocks pages. Because of this, people start new ones. Thus, each VKontakte user can have several pages. Some pages were “hijacked”, others were blocked. And there are many people who specifically create several pages for themselves in order to “check up” on their significant other, give free gifts to themselves and like their loved ones. Of course, people die, but pages remain, this also needs to be taken into account. But let’s not talk about the bad.

Having analyzed all these indisputable facts and figures, we can assume that the social network VKontakte is something like “Chichikov’s estate with dead souls.” On paper we see some numbers, but in reality they are completely different.

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Here I can notice an analogy with reality. These multi-storey residential complexes were built everywhere, and the number of people on the street only decreased. You go out on a Saturday evening to walk around the city center, and there are practically no people. And there are never any lights on in the windows of these new buildings. If you compare the lived-in “Khrushchev”, then in the evening there will be light in every apartment.
There are no more people! It’s just that every family today has several apartments. If in the 90s the four of us huddled in cramped one-room apartments, now we live in one apartment, invite guests to another, and rent out a third.

Due to constant economic crises, people use real estate as a profitable investment. Apartment prices always rise in value and do not suffer from inflation. If the car breaks down in a few years, the shares fall in price, and the money becomes worthless, then the apartment will not suffer in any way. I bought a one-room apartment at the beginning of 2021 for 1.4 million rubles, and at the time of publication of the article it was already valued at 1.9 million rubles!

The situation is exactly the same with the social network VKontakte. Previously, all the teenagers sat there. For several years, nothing has changed, but the availability of the Internet attracted older people and businessmen to this social network. Blockages and other factors led to an increase in pages. Personally, I now have 3 pages on this social network, and my wife has 2. My friend has 2 Vkontakte pages. It turns out that between the three of us we have 7 pages — that’s the whole secret!

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And “Vkontakte” has long turned into an “outlet” for unleashing aggression. I see curse words in almost all communities, under various posts and videos, as well as in personal messages. Users do not hesitate to get personal, insult the parents of their offender and release all the aggression that they have accumulated in real life.

In reality, all these aggressors behave politely, remain silent and lower their heads if you raise your voice at them. But on the Internet from a “fake” page, you don’t need to bear responsibility for your words, which means you can show your real toxic essence and “let off steam.” It is for such purposes that millions of “fakes” are created.

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In the modern world, each of us has a smartphone. Most of us carry one in our pockets or bags, these small devices are not only for making phone calls and sending messages, but also for browsing the web, checking emails and many other things. The smartphone is characterized by a large glass screen, which is very easy to damage. Below are some situations in which you need to replace the display on your gadget.

Screen structure

Modern cell phones have different screens. Every smartphone has a glass screen to protect the display. The difference is that some smartphones have a display combined with a digitizer, the so-called touch screen. Digitizer plays a very important role in a smartphone because it allows us to use most of the features of our phone. This is a transparent and very thin layer above the display that recognizes our touches when using the phone.

Is broken glass a reason to replace the display on your smartphone?

This question is asked very often on online forums. There is no clear answer to them. It all depends on what kind of damage occurred in the smartphone after the glass broke. If we are the owner of a phone whose glass is integrated with a touch screen and it does not work properly, we will have to replace the glass of our smartphone.

Many users walk around with a broken smartphone screen for a long time, but it all depends on the damage; in many cases, the gadget does not lose its functionality. It just doesn’t look very nice visually, with a crack.

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But not every workshop will be able to perform such repairs for you. Most likely, you will be offered a modular repair: replacing the touchscreen and display assembly with one part. For the master, such repairs are easier, but more expensive for the client. Plus, most likely they will supply you with an analogue rather than an original part.

If the image on the screen does not appear at all, despite the fact that the phone is turned on, the smartphone display will need to be replaced, as this is a clear sign of damage.

Another sign that should make us want to replace the display on our smartphone is a spilled image. This can happen due to mechanical damage, as well as due to prolonged storage of the phone at high temperatures or in direct sunlight.

Is it worth replacing the display on your smartphone?

If only the glass is damaged in our smartphone, the cost of replacing it should not be high. However, it also depends on whether you are replacing the glass itself or the glass with the digitizer. The latter option, unfortunately, is more expensive due to the higher cost of this component.

If the smartphone display does not work properly, the costs will be even higher, regardless of the type of mobile phone. Additionally, most smartphone display damage occurs mechanically, as a result of the phone being dropped or crushed, and is not covered by the manufacturer’s warranty. Therefore, before deciding to replace the display on a smartphone, we must think about how long we want to use it. If we have an old phone, repairing the display may not be profitable as it will exceed the cost of our smartphone. In this case, it is better to buy a new phone.

Another thing is that our smartphone is relatively new and its display is damaged. In such a situation, replacing it will be profitable, because the price of the necessary components and the cost of the service technician will not exceed the cost of the smartphone itself.

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Of course, a smartphone will not become a boat in the literal sense of the word, you won’t be able to sail anywhere and there is no fantasy. Today we’ll talk about the intricacies of repairing when the smartphone case is deformed. If the gadget is severely dropped, pushed, pressed, or other mechanical impacts, the case may become deformed, bend, and take on the shape of a “boat.” Or it will look like a fashionable designer smartphone with a curved body.

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In such situations, it is very sad if the screen also suffers. You won’t be able to use such a smartphone, as it will require repairs. Sometimes the screen is not even cracked, but only the body is deformed. In this case, you can use it, but it’s not very pleasant when the gadget is bent.

What to do in this case? It would seem that there are no problems — you need to change the case and display module. Or straighten the case and replace the display module.

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• Firstly, it will be expensive, since you will need to pay for the cost of parts and the work of the technician if you do not carry out the repair yourself.
• Secondly, without a flat housing it will not be possible to install the display module well. There will be gaps and peeling around the edges. As a result, the screen will crack.
• Thirdly, there is a risk that the smartphone can be completely disabled during such actions. It’s all about the motherboard, which, when the case is curved, is also deformed.

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When trying to replace the case, you will have to disconnect the motherboard, which may fail. In simple terms, the board can become deformed along with the old case and remain in a curved position, even while maintaining full functionality. When it is removed, damage will occur and it will try to return to its original position. This is not 100%, but the risk can be estimated at 50% to 50%. When installing it in a new case and trying to start it, we will see… but we won’t see anything, just a black screen.

Many craftsmen try to bend the case without removing the board. In this case, the risks are noticeably reduced, but the result is so-so. Ideally, straightening the body will not work, and perhaps nothing will work out at all.

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The point is that if such a “trouble” happens to your smartphone, think about whether it’s worth repairing. And if you decide, then first transfer your important data to another medium. Provided that the screen responds to commands. Otherwise it will be a problem to throw it off. There is a little advice when the smartphone’s touchscreen does not respond, but there is an image on the screen and you need to send some data. It’s easy to confirm on the screen when connecting the data cable. Try using a combination: an OTG cable and a computer mouse. In many cases, a positive effect can be achieved.

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When I write to strangers on a social network, in 99% of cases I come across the question: “Who are you?” No one will even write “hello”. How I answered this question: a person, a member of a dacha cooperative, an athlete, a philanthropist, a millionaire, and so on. But none of these answers satisfied my interlocutors.

Hi all! You are on the “My Old Computer” channel, today we’ll talk about social networks and communication between people. The article is informative in nature and does not contain any appeals or intent to hurt anyone’s feelings, just the author’s thoughts.

Some later inquired as to why I was writing to them. I answer that there is no goal, because communication is the goal. Such logical conclusions gave 95% only one feeling — they showed blatant aggression towards me.

Modern people, who would like to be called biorobots, have a lot of things that they can’t wrap their heads around, because they go beyond the scope of their program. It’s like trying to install an Android app on an iPhone. An error about an invalid file will appear! Also with people.

Modern people cannot wrap their heads around the fact that a stranger may simply want to communicate with them. In the USSR, people were open, and in 2007, all young people were willing to chat and get to know each other. “Gatherings” were tripled, at which 30 strangers came, and everyone had a fun time. These were not some kind of meetings reminiscent of a sect, but simply friendly meetings, sometimes based on some interests. Even in youth magazines of that time you can find columns for dating, where schoolgirls attach their photographs, describe their hobbies and even indicate their address. Now it looks more like science fiction.

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Modern people have become incredibly closed and “cold” in communication. They have literally “digitized” and become soulless. Their profiles on social networks are closed, their faces are not visible in the photographs, and they make up last names for themselves. Who is everyone hiding from?

I noticed that modern people do not communicate with strangers, considering this something abnormal. They do not position themselves with society. They do not consider all people as brothers and as one whole. Every modern person is isolated and allows only classmates and work colleagues into his social circle.

Nowadays, people passing by don’t even look at each other, they are buried in their phones. I perceive this phenomenon very keenly, because in my childhood everything was different. When I was 18 years old, I simply went to ICQ, entered female gender in the search and immediately invited random girls to hang out. There were no photographs, place of study or other information in ICQ, but only a “nickname”. Girls, not even knowing what I looked like, came to the city center to hang out with me.

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Eighteen-year-old me is standing near the Lenin monument, and a blonde girl comes up to me and asks if she has a meeting with me. And I had such meetings every week. And my friend had several such meetings per day.

And no one was afraid of anyone. Nobody asked stupid questions about who I was or what I needed. The girls were interested in getting to know me on their own. We all just wanted one thing – to “hang out.” We didn’t have computers, the Internet, so many TV channels, and mobile phones could only make calls and play music. There were no bloggers, TikToks or other nonsense — everyone lived real life.

We all walked several times a day — we didn’t even have time to sleep. I always went out for a walk on the 24th hour without sleep, and sometimes on the 30th. Because parties were more important than relaxation. And now all young people live on the Internet and do not leave home. There are only adults and elderly people on the street, and schoolchildren immediately run home to their computers.

Representatives of the new generation do not communicate with their friends, and if someone they don’t know writes to them, their world turns upside down. They cannot understand why I am writing to them. They don’t want to get acquainted, “hang out”, walk and “rock”. They want to sit quietly at home and scroll through their VKontakte feed. They also want to express their opinions in the comments from a fictional page.

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I don’t know who they are hiding from. Previously, people were open-minded and did not ask such questions. But modern people wear a thousand masks. With close friends they are sociable and cheerful, with their parents they are obedient and exemplary, with classmates, classmates and colleagues they are serious and businesslike, but with strangers they are “cold” and withdrawn.

They are trying to identify who I am so they can choose a mask. An honest and open person does not care who he communicates with, because he will always be himself. And such people must choose a role before they start playing. This uncertainty causes aggression and subsequent flight to the blacklist.

With friends, teachers, colleagues and relatives, they know how to behave. But it is not possible to determine this with a stranger. Instead of being themselves, they run away. But they are not running from me, but from their real essence. That sincere essence that never pretends.

Who are you? I am almost you. The same person. We live on the same planet, in the same country, in the same city and speak the same language. We walk the same roads and visit the same shops. We watch the same TV, and sometimes our thoughts are the same. You and I are part of society. And together it will be much easier for us than alone.

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On YouTube there is a good channel “BRIG man”, where there is a section: “Burglars”. The point is that a computer repair technician is called to your home. And the customer is a grandmother, grandfather or girlfriend. In other words, so that an unscrupulous master would have a desire to “make extra money” from people who do not understand computers. The craftsmen resort to imposing unnecessary work, the need to buy some spare parts, and the like. And the author of the channel and his team are trying to bring such masters to light.

Overall, a very interesting section that, at a minimum, makes people who use such services think. I could be wrong, but some situations may be staged, but that’s just my opinion. But that’s not the point, the point is that people understand the meaning of deception on the part of the masters who come home.

The situations that are shown on that channel are real for every city in Russia. There are a large number of dishonest craftsmen or scammers, and it is not so easy to expose them. Open the services: “Avito”, “Yula” or “Yandex.Services”, and see how many masters offer their services. These are huge lists of people, among whom are the same scammers. There are also good craftsmen who do their work honestly, this cannot be denied. In my article I do not want to somehow offend good masters; we will talk about dishonest masters.

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Not every user is able to independently diagnose a breakdown and repair their computer, not everyone can take the equipment to a good workshop (workshops are also full of deception). And if you don’t know any technicians who you can ask to repair your computer, then you have to call advertisements.

Cheating is simple. The master in the ad entices with the low price. The methods of free visits and diagnostics, and indications of prices below market prices are being used. They offer to install Windows for 250 rubles and similar tricks. The main thing is to attract a client.

As soon as the master arrives for a call, the conditions specified in the advertisement may completely change. Departure becomes paid and diagnostics too. The master fraudster evaluates the potential victim, asks leading questions, in order to determine not the client’s problem, but to understand whether the client understands computers. If such a master is convinced that the client is “completely zero” in computers, then a whole field opens up for fictitious repairs and earnings.

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In addition to the main breakdown, others immediately arise. The master begins to “scare” the client that everything is very bad with the computer. Voices a list of works and components that need to be purchased at inflated prices. The impudence of such craftsmen is sometimes amazing; the cost of repairs can exceed the cost of the computer. Clients are different, some agree to everything, others say it’s too expensive. Then the master fraudster will try to “get into the situation” and offer options on how to save money, but in fact, he will knock off some insignificant amount from his price tag or remove one of the fictitious breakdowns. The main thing is that the client agrees.

Most likely, the master will offer to take such a computer to his workshop, where he will “supposedly” carry out a full and high-quality repair. In such situations, you can expect additional calls in which the repairman announces new breakdowns and additional costs.

Of course, he will “help” with spare parts, say that he has access to a good store and will buy everything at a discount. Only now he will take the motherboard from the shelf of his workshop and install it, passing it off as a new one. He received the payment from some client, perhaps for free, after some kind of “upgrade” of the computer.

In order not to become a “victim” of such fraudulent masters, you need to increase the level of your knowledge. If you are on my channel and reading this article, then you are already on the right track. On the channel I try to publish a lot of content that helps users improve their knowledge in computer technology. In the comments, channel subscribers also often add a lot of useful information, for which special thanks to them. I try to block toxic “haters”.

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If you have a computer breakdown and need to call a technician to your home, then call your friends and acquaintances. Ask them to recommend a good tradesman whom they have used and were satisfied with the quality of work and cost. This will be better than searching “blindly” through advertisements.

If no one is found and a specialist is called, be extremely vigilant. Pay attention to the questions the master asks. Even if you are a “complete zero” in computers, try not to show it. Look interested and ask a lot of questions. Ask the technician to show you what is broken and how he determined it. Don’t be afraid to ask questions, you are paying money.

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For replaced parts in your computer, if the technician claims to have installed new ones, ask for documents confirming the purchase in the store and the warranty. Please also check the conditions of the guarantee for the work of the master.

If the price quoted by the repairman seems too high to you, refuse such repairs or take time to think about it. To be honest, you can pay the master to come out. Call your friend who knows at least a little about the topic and ask for advice. There is no need to thoughtlessly agree to the proposals of the masters.

Of course, you shouldn’t go too far with caution, slipping into banal greed and conducting an “investigation” over 500 or 1000 rubles. One master may have a price of 500 rubles, and another 1000 rubles for the same service. This is normal, it means that the master evaluates his work in this way, he is responsible for it. But if the cost of repairs is measured in several thousand or tens of thousands of rubles, then you should at least be wary.

I advise you not to tell the masters something like this: “Listen, I don’t understand anything about computers at all, do whatever you need to do. I trust you completely. I will pay for everything.» This is the green light for the master scammer. Provided that this is the first time you see this master.

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I’m saying all this not because I’ve seen enough of some videos on YouTube, but because I am the owner of a computer and phone repair shop. And not because I want to scold private masters who take clients away. In repair shops, as I already said, there is no less deception. The fact is that I hear similar stories from deceived clients who come to us very often. It is mainly pensioners who suffer. I am sometimes amazed at how they find such sums of money to pay for the services of an insatiable fraudster.

It is very sad that such masters, in addition to deceiving people with money, also do not really help with solving the main problem. They come up with some temporary solutions so that the computer will work for a day, and then come what may.” “The job was accepted? Everything worked, what guarantees can there be? It was you who broke everything yourself, screwed something up.” The conversation ends and your number is sent to the “black” list.

Has anyone encountered master fraudsters who came to visit you? Tell us your situations in the comments. Thank you all for your attention, do not forget to subscribe to the channel so as not to miss new publications. And who has subscribed, please give it a “like” so that this article can be seen by as many people as possible.

Many people treat their computer only as a consumer, forgetting about its maintenance. And you have to remember only when the computer starts to slow down.

In general, there is nothing shameful in this; it is simply impossible to understand all areas. It’s like with a car, you drive quietly until it breaks down and you contact a service center where they will repair it. On the one hand, if a person looked after his car, changed consumables and carried out diagnostics, then many problems could have been avoided. But many people don’t have the time or knowledge to lift the hood and start diagnosing something. It’s the same with computers.

The main point I want to convey is that you need an understanding of the topic. A person should roughly understand why this or that breakdown occurs, what approximate list of work is needed and what spare parts or consumables are needed. You don’t have to be able to do everything. This is necessary for the security of your own wallet. If you bring your car to a service center for repairs, they will impose a bunch of unnecessary work on you and oblige you to buy parts, in addition to the main problem you came with. It’s the same with computers.

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For what reasons does your computer or laptop slow down? Everything said will apply to both a desktop computer and a laptop.

You have an outdated computer that cannot run modern programs and games; it lacks system resources. But outdated computers are different, it all depends on the user. How does he use the computer? For example, if you print documents, watch movies and open pages in a browser, you don’t need the most modern computer. It will also work with relatively outdated hardware. If your computer has been satisfactory for you for a long time in terms of its operation and suddenly begins to slow down, this does not mean that you need to buy new and modern equipment. There are points that you should pay attention to before deciding to buy a new one.

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Your computer has not been serviced for a long time. A lot of dust and various contaminants have accumulated in cooling systems. In many cases, thermal paste with thermal pads also requires updating. The cooling system is not functioning well. In this case, computer components begin to operate at elevated temperatures, close to critical. From here we get the effect that the computer “slows down”.

For diagnostics, a visual inspection of the cooling system or the use of third-party software will help. There are many programs that show the operating temperatures of your components in real time. It is possible to view temperatures in “no load” mode or run a stress test.

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The hard drive (HDD) or solid state drive (SSD) needs to be replaced. You need to understand that these drives are consumables that have their own lifespan. Over time, weak sectors, errors and various malfunctions appear. From here we get the effect that the computer “slows down”. The life span of drives varies; for some users they work in their computer for years, while for others they require replacement after a couple of months. There are many reasons, depending on the operating mode, quality of components, exposure to malware, high temperatures, malfunctioning power supply, power surges, and so on.

For diagnostics, you need to use third-party software that shows the status of your computer drives in real time.

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Not enough space. Keep track of your drives. The operating system will slow down if there is not enough space on the disk where the operating system is installed. For example, do not dump large files on the “desktop”; they waste space on your system disk. Of course, this condition applies if you have two drives installed in your computer. Transfer all voluminous information to the second one. And if you have one disk, you can use cloud storage or external drives. And if your operating system suddenly crashes, then after reinstalling you can lose the files that were on the desktop.

«Littery» desktop. This means there are a ton of files, shortcuts, and folders on your desktop. When the operating system boots, resources are spent displaying all this information on the desktop. Get organized, create shared folders for shortcuts and documents. Remove the excess. This especially affects old or weak computers that have few resources to work with.

The operating system requires reinstallation. Over time, the system becomes “clogged” with various unnecessary files and programs, let’s call them system “garbage”. The computer begins to waste its resources, which it could direct specifically to the user’s assigned tasks. I am an opponent of all kinds of software cleaning of the computer, since I think this method is ineffective. But provided that we have already brought the “computer” to hysterics and the system began to “slow down”. Someone can challenge this statement and be right in their own way. I will reinstall the system faster and spend a minimum of time, getting the maximum result. If I search for system «garbage», I will spend the whole day, and the effect will be worse. Remember how “fast” the computer works after reinstalling the operating system.

In this case, you need to understand that the system becomes clogged in most cases due to the fault of the user himself. As long as the operating system is not clogged, deliberate use is required in terms of installing various programs and games. It will be useful to use third-party software that will help clean the system of emerging garbage.

Malicious programs. Due to the user’s fault, various malicious programs can enter the operating system. Of course, the user does not develop these viruses himself, he simply allows them to spread throughout his computer system due to thoughtless use. Antivirus software is a good option, but this is not a guarantee of 100% protection. Many literate users do not use antiviruses and do not allow malware to enter the system. On the Internet, they do not open dubious links or sites; do not download files or install programs or games of questionable content or origin.

Autoload. Users install many programs and applications that launch after turning on the computer, taking up resources. Many programs have this setting by default. Check to see if you need these applications in startup. I’m sure most are not needed and you don’t use them.

There are other reasons too. What I forgot to indicate, write in the comments, it may be useful to someone. Thank you all for your attention, do not forget to subscribe to the channel so as not to miss new publications.