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Hmmm...
"Tech Bro" a lifestyle brand and self identity revolving around computer technology and networked communications.
There's probably some overlap with the concept of "Cargo Cult".
A "Tech Bro" might be a very well read and capable software/hardware/networking engineer but if isn't a requirement.
hmm, do u mean like home server stuff or like more than that
If you want it embodied in a doodad it's less home server and more those "AI" pin/pendant gizmos.
Yeah pretty much. There are actually legitimate uses for home servers, such as more convenient piracy. Not so much for the slop generator gizmos.
ik i host minecraft servers infrequently lol
It was a late night comment and I can see it wasn't all that clear.
Are you setting up a home network as a way to express your self identity? Are you going out and buying a network connect refridgerator, washer/dryer, toaster, oven just to say that you're on the bleeding edge of technology? Then you might be a Tech Bro.
Are you setting up a home network because you actually have some need or project that a network can help with? Do you think its a neat project to see what a home network can do? Probably not a Tech Bro.
I guess another way to think about it would be the difference between "a person who playes video games" and "A Gamer". I play video games. I enoy video games. But I don't think my personal identity is intimately wound up in being a person who playes video games. I don't keep up with the latest video games or hardware, I don't really follow video game news, I don't rush out to play the games that I hear the people around me are playing, I don't feel like I'm missing out by not having a $2000 video card and a computer with a TB of ram or spending hundreds of dollars on old CRT TV's and playing console games on the original hardware.
that makes sense, sadly this means I am not a tech bro as I have crashed my server by using all the RAM before after upgrading