BillibusMaximus

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨There's fucking ads in board games now⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Then you’ll love this new product that’s guaranteed* to reduce the amount of advertising you’re exposed to!

  *Warning: may cause blindness, loss of hearing, and inability to leave your room.

  But in all seriousness… I hate it. It’s fucking everywhere.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is daisychaining multiple extension cords considered unsafe, even if only done to the length of a standard cable?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The longer the distance, the larger the diameter of the wire you need, due to resistance/heat.

  Typically, extension cords are going to be manufactured with the thinnest wire they can get away with based on the safety requirements, in order to save on materials cost.

  So plugging 2 short cords together might cover the same distance as 1 longer cord, but the longer cord will use thicker wire to maintain the proper margin of safety.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I’m Lovin’ It: Exploiting McDonald’s APIs to hijack deliveries and order food for a penny⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Might be fiddler

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Harvey (1950) discussion⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I haven’t watched it in years, and I don’t really remember enough about it to comment on the details.

  But in case you’re not aware of it, they did a remake in the mid '90s, starring Harry Anderson. Obviously it’s like 30 years old now, so not modern/contemporary from today’s point of view.

  But if you haven’t seen it, it might be worth a watch just for the fun of being able to compare/contrast.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Honey⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe you’re right. I get all confused when it’s not in Möbius order.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Honey⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  To expand on this… Part of what happens to the nectar inside the bee’s honey crop is the addition of various enzymes (IIRC invertase is one. I don’t recall any of the others) that modify the sugars and other compounds in the nectar.

  So nectar goes in, nectar + enzymes comes out, then the result is dried until the moisture content is low enough (~18% is what I was told as a beekeeper. Who knows how the bees measure it…)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Honey⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Not to be all “Well ackchyually” but most (maybe all?) of the moisture reduction happens after the nectar has been stored in the comb, but before it has been capped with wax for storage. So the bottom two panels should be switched

  Also, if anyone cares, the term for the mouth-to-mouth passing of the nectar is trophallaxis.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Learn how to count with Bill Gates⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  3.11 was WfW, and ran on top of DOS just like 3.1 did.

  NT 3.51 used the NT kernel, and (mostly) looked like 3.1/3.11 on the surface. NT 4 used the NT kernel, and (mostly) looked like Win95.

  Win 95/98/Me also ran on DOS, though it was more tightly integrated than it was in the 3.1 days.

  Win 2k and everything after was based on NT.