this post was submitted on 07 May 2025
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[–] swlabr@awful.systems 46 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Reducing computer performance:

Turbo button 🤝 AI button

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 10 points 18 hours ago (3 children)

now that you mention it, kinda surprised I haven't ever seen a spate of custom 3D-printed turbo buttons from overclocker circles

[–] Dragonstaff@leminal.space 3 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Same issue from when we had turbo buttons: why have a button for something you don't turn off?

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 6 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

your comment demonstrates a remarkable lack of imagination

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 4 points 7 hours ago

Better option: An array of flip switches for throttling to different speeds.

Best option: Mount these flip switches above you on an overhead control panel.

[–] Hexarei@programming.dev 5 points 11 hours ago

And a clear lack of understanding of what the turbo button actually did

[–] self@awful.systems 11 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

it could turn on the RGB! though that would imply that the RGB could be turned off in the first place, which is optimistic on my part

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 12 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (2 children)

it's the button for more RGB

saw a microphone with RGB and i'm like wtf is this thing supposed to do, flash disco lights when you're on stream shouting slurs at your esteemed fellow gamers

[–] BlueMonday1984@awful.systems 8 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

shouting slurs at your esteemed fellow gamers

They're called "heated gaming moments" /j

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 3 points 3 hours ago (1 children)
[–] BlueMonday1984@awful.systems 2 points 3 hours ago

Fresh(?) off the PUBG Bridge

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 4 points 11 hours ago

nah, just call a fuckwit a fuckwit. even jokingly giving them breathing room is something they know how to abuse.

[–] pikesley@mastodon.me.uk 5 points 17 hours ago

@dgerard @self no that's the Real Good Button

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 2 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

I had one on my PC in the late 90s, early 2000s.