Mastodawn

I genuinely love this solution because it looks so weird at first glance, but it makes so much sense when you think about it

it’s a very good solution to a very significant problem, but one most people won’t ever have to think much about

bring your own ground, of course!

fire hydrants are big metal pipes that extend deep into the ground, and are one of very few bits of metal sticking up from the ground you can trust to be grounded

so you hook one of your camlock connectors up to a big clamp, you find a hydrant near one of your generator trucks, and you clamp your ground onto the hydrant!

but when you’re generating that much power, working with equipment that uses that much power, you need a good ground. your generators can’t provide a very good ground, since they’re insulated from the ground, and you can’t exactly drive a grounding rod into the street… so what is a film crew to do?

you see, big film shoots use a lot of power. they use so much power they can’t rely on the locations on a location shoot to be able to provide enough, so they bring along their fleet of generator trucks to provide power

John Overholt Jul 12

The place we order groceries unveiled their new website this week and in the tradition of all such changes it is dramatically worse than the old one.

a beautiful bitch Jul 12

@overholt i’d like to see you try to make fish tacos without adding any sponge flavor

Richard Rathe Jul 12

@overholt

Similar to this query back when I was still using #google (more than two years ago).

For the record I was typing...

"Should I take metformin with my largest meal?"

#AISucks #GoogleSucks

John Overholt Jul 12

@nickrauchen Anecdotal evidence, but I can report that I have been taking metformin for a couple of years now and there’s been no discernible impact on the size of my breasts.

Blake C. Stacey Jul 12

@overholt @nickrauchen What did you expect? It's metformin, not breastformin'.

Will 🏳️‍🌈6d ago

@bstacey Do tell; how many years have you been waiting to say this? 😉

Richard Rathe Jul 12

@overholt

Mine neither. I just checked and gynecomastia is not listed as a side effect. 😅

HyperZonk ✊🏻Jul 12

@overholt Up Your Smoky Herb Butter Game with This One Weird Trick.

David Hopeward Jul 12

@overholt “AI will change everything!”

Bruce Mirken Jul 12

@overholt So dish sponges are the secret ingredient in fish tacos? Who knew?!? 🤡

Matt Mascarenhas Jul 12

@overholt C'mon, they could at least have had one sponge cake in there.

Ann Annas Jul 12

@overholt
Cellulose sponges are chock full of plant based fiber...

DrWhoZee Jul 12

@overholt @pluralistic 😀

Buck Jul 12

@overholt I love fish tacos with a topper of crumbled up dish sponge chunks.

I see the connection.

You won't need dish sponges if you order street tacos.

Problem solved.

Bruce Heerssen Jul 12

@overholt
It's fine. Just swap out the protein for dish sponge and it'll work out.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enshittification

Church of Jeff Jul 12

@overholt --

Enshittification, a term by Cory Doctorow, describes the process where online platforms initially offer a good user experience to attract users, then degrade that experience by prioritizing profits and catering to business customers, and finally degrade the experience for both users and business customers to maximize shareholder value.

#enshittification

Enshittification - Wikipedia

Field Replaceable Unit Jul 12

@overholt Watermelon Pico de Gallo? NO. Watermelon with a little Tajin on it as a side, sure, but watermelon does not go on tacos.

And why ruin a perfectly good steak by adding zucchini? All a properly cooked steak needs is kosher salt and a little freshly ground pepper. Maybe a reduction of red wine used to deglaze, with a little garlic, sauteed shallot, and butter, if you want to get really fancy.

@overholt progress! Can't be stopped. You will eat ze sponge with a nice wine pairing. Definitely not enshitification, everything is fine.