Cory DoctorowApr 21, 2023

Growing up in #Toronto, I naturally held #NYC in awe. As the joke goes, it takes two Torontonians to change a lightbulb: one to change it, and one to go to New York and make sure lightbulbs are still cool. When I went to New York, I had a *great* place to stay: my cousin Maxine's rent-controlled apartment in a midtown doorman building off 23d and Lex.

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Show threadMael DuinApr 21, 2023

@pluralistic

Q:How many electricians does it take to change a light bulb?

A: one

Show threadCharlie StrossApr 22, 2023
@maelduin13 @pluralistic Just think, we're at most a generation away from light bulb jokes being as obsolescent as jokes about slide rules and buggy whips!
Show threadRealGene ☣️

@cstross @maelduin13 @pluralistic
Yesterday, I swapped out bulbs in the garage, which has a 16-foot ceiling.
The fixture had four random bulbs, including a 150W incandescent reflector (pointing sideways), two *28W* compact fluorescent twistys, and a 60W Tru Value A19 (burnt out).

Replaced with four 8W 5000K LEDs that I got for free with an energy audit.

No punchline.

Apr 22, 2023 at 2:06pmWeb
Show threadCharlie StrossApr 22, 2023
@RealGene @maelduin13 @pluralistic Six months ago I swapped out the 30W LED corncob in my office for a more compact 60W daylight spectrum LED corncob. Need a better diffuser as I court retinal burns if I glance at it by accident! Might upgrade to a 120W array if I get SAD again next winter, but otherwise it's good.
Show threadAndrew AylettApr 22, 2023
@cstross @RealGene @maelduin13 @pluralistic
I use a warehouse bay lamp upside down in an old IKEA uplighter - 100W of LED, diffused off the ceiling and lighting the whole space, but no danger of blinding.
Show threadMael DuinApr 22, 2023

@andrew @pluralistic @RealGene @cstross

We have a series of lights above our bathroom mirror that haven't worked for two years and I have no idea what bulb will fit the weird rectangular fittings