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Fiberglass will do harm to your lung on a long period, I recommend you to get a mask even it's kind of uncomfortable, mental healthiness is an important key for work, glad you left the former toxic atmosphere!

Congrats on the new job and on your level 10 milestone!

PC's are dangerous! Unfortunately I have the scar to prove it. Glad to hear you are enjoying it though.

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Congrats on the new job, glad to hear it's working out well!

The scariest thing I've seen in an old PC was a snake. A friend took in a PC from an old lady who said it wasn't working, and that there was smoke and a smell coming from the back. He opened it up to find a snake had crawled into the PC and got fried by the power supply. You could see the charred snake going into the PSU and coming out again, and it was pretty freaky.

Grats on the new job! Try and be careful about your hands though : <

That's definitely a nest made by a mouse in that case. Small field mice in particular really love to make nests out of fiberglass insulation. Get a good set of gloves and wear an N95 rated dust mask. I really hate how those old cases have so many sharp metal edges. Most of the newer cases have those edges rounded off. Congrats on hitting level 10!

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I recently changed work too- was "IT Specialist" in small company that was making granite graves, now I work as "Quality Controller" in a company that makes stuff on CNC machines (I measure stuff with various devices and utilities) - my hands are full of small and deeper cuts.. I have more work to do, but so far im more happy with it

Congrats on the new job, and glad to read you're enkoying it! :-)

Congrats on the new job, glad you are having fun and you're saving electronic waste from going into landfills, too. I've purchased various components from electronic recycling companies online, you can get some really good deals. Especially server-grade parts, since companies tend to replace them more often than regular people replace their home PC. Xeon CPUs and ECC RAM etc.

Years of working on other people's computers here and there have left my knuckles scarred, I can only imagine doing that all day long would be like tap-dancing through a minefield. Good luck :)

Be careful of that dust though, don't inhale too much, that will definitely not be good for your health.

Congrats on the new job :)

Congrats on getting a new job!

I've seen people put filters on their fans to filter dust. They are proud they have caught alot of dust and wonder why their computer freezes and reboots.
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A computer full of insulation... if its one piece, human. If its full of small pieces, mice or rats making a nest.

Computers are always full of dust. I take a leaf blower to mine outside twice a year creating a huge cloud. Protect yourself.

Quarry workers have died of lung cancer from dust. Even Flour mill workers have lung issues.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0422763813001994

You should use Thanos Gauntlets or something like that to protect your hands, a bad cut with an oxidated iron can be very dangerous if you're not vacined against tetanus.

Not sure if I should congratulate you on your new job - as it fells kinda mixed.
But it's great to hear that you feel mentally better. That means a lot.

Wishing you the best for the future.

remind me to get rid of my christmas head

Nice xD Once I was wondering why there was a lot of garbage inside my old pc that I left for 2 years in a basement xD Probably the same reason xD
Also congrats on new job!

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It sounds like you prefer more friendly atmosphere at work that anything else. Feels familiar. Though my coworkers are the best, I work with clients and some of them are pain.
Good luck finding inner peace!

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Congrats on the new job! It seems you like it and I am glad for that!

I once took apart and had to vacuum out a computer tower which was half full of thick cobwebs and spiderwebs (dust-bunny thick, but the entire lower half of the tower). The 3" (7-8 cm) square heatsink had a clear area about the size of a nickel (0.835"/21.21mm) in the exact center under the fan. And one wonders why the fan would scream as the computer idled. :D Fun times.

I thing that changing a job is a must if it's threatening you mental healt
gl! and thanks

Congrats on both the level 10 and the new job bro. Pleased the new job is working out for you so from the sound of it, it's all good :)

In other news, people die when they're killed
Congrats on the upgrade btw

Sometimes a little change is really great, and improves the rest a lot.

Good luck with your new job!

congrats on finding a job that makes you happy! :)

That's an interesting way to put it. Glad it's working out for you.

There are many reasons for working jobs you don't like (e.g. money), but never underestimate the value of two things: 1) doing a job you like, and 2) having a good boss. Those two become more valuable as time goes by.

Get some safety equipment to prevent (any) damage to your body... When you think you need, it is already too late. Trust me.