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[-] MossyFeathers@pawb.social 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I imagine the same kinds of people into car modding are also into modding other things. It probably isn't a huge overlap, but there are a lot of commonalities between the two. Additionally, a lot of Linux nerds also tend to be weebs and might have picked it up from Initial D or some other anime (never watched Initial D, but from the little I know about it, it'd make sense if the term appeared in it). The result is that it probably came from bleedover between the communities.

[-] ijeff@lemdro.id 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I drive a modded car (aftermarket turbo on a Scion FRS) and like my PC builds but I just find it a strange term to apply to computers. It'd be like referring to a muscle PC build. Just strange to me.

[-] MossyFeathers@pawb.social 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah, I can see that. Though tbh I'd probably understand what you're referring to as I'd consider a muscle PC as being something like a workstation PC. Something with a crazy powerful CPU or GPU, but lacking in the other department because it's built with CPU or GPU heavy tasks in mind. Then, a kart PC would be something like an Arduino or Raspberry pi, and a drag PC would be something like an ASIC.

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