waz

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[–] waz@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

This feels like a relevant situation to bring up one of my favorite Terry Pratchett quotes:

The Sam Vimes "Boots" theory of socioeconomic unfairness.

The reason that the rich were so rich, Vimes reasoned, was because they managed to spend less money.

Take boots, for example. He earned thirty-eight dollars a month plus allowances. A really good pair of leather boots cost fifty dollars. But an affordable pair of boots, which were sort of OK for a season or two and then leaked like hell when the cardboard gave out, cost about ten dollars. Those were the kind of boots Vimes always bought, and wore until the soles were so thin that he could tell where he was in Ankh-Morpork on a foggy night by the feel of the cobbles.

But the thing was that good boots lasted for years and years. A man who could afford fifty dollars had a pair of boots that'd still be keeping his feet dry in ten years' time, while the poor man who could only afford cheap boots would have spent a hundred dollars on boots in the same time and would still have wet feet.

[–] waz@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago

You are right, doing something and teaching something are different. If you watched the video, you would also know you were wrong.

[–] waz@lemmy.world 23 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Make friends with the guy. He's got some some stories. True or not, he's got some stories.

[–] waz@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

The only reason it is expanding is to keep up with inflation.

[–] waz@lemmy.world 9 points 5 days ago

Same with Caribbean. Royal Caribbean and Pirates of the Caribbean both sound wrong if you use the alternate pronunciation.

[–] waz@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Hmm, onions used to bother me a lot but I haven't really thought about it in years. Apparently using a sharp knife makes a difference. At some point I got a nice knife set that I have been keeping sharp, and my onion issue disappeared but I didn't realize until you reminded me.

[–] waz@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

How much do you really think they care about what the constitution says?

[–] waz@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago

I honestly can't remember how she looks with makeup on. She has worn it maybe a dozen times in the decade plus that I've known her.

She looks fine without it. She seems happy without it. I don't really care either way.

[–] waz@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Oh man, I watched this a couple weeks ago. It had probably been decades since I last saw it. It was just as awesome/terrible as I remembered.

[–] waz@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago
[–] waz@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Sorry to ask, but what is ac?

 

I was never big on photographing my food but I found this one particularly pretty. It was over a decade ago, and I don't remember what restaurant it was. Somewhere in NYC.

 

I just noticed the cucumbers I bought say "wash before using" not "wash before eating" and I want to believe it is a subtle joke deliberately made by the person who designed the packaging.

I found it amusing and I wanted to share it.

 

I find most foods are best as soon as they are made, but some things seem to get better when the flavors have more time to meld. The only two I can think of right now are chili and hummus. What other dishes am I forgetting, or haven't tried that you think get better with a little time?

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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by waz@lemmy.world to c/askelectronics@discuss.tchncs.de
 

I want to replace one half of this with longer wire, but I am not confident about the name of the connector used.

Image of JST-XH included to convey size. Ruler is metric.

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