Things that remind you of WDTWTF members
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@TimeBandit said in Things that remind you of WDTWTF members:
no new version was committed to the master branch, I had to switch to the "main" branch
I've seen master used as the stable branch. I've also seen it used as the unstable WIP branch.
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I bet you've also seen stuff we'd like to remain ignorant of.
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@Zerosquare said in Things that remind you of WDTWTF members:
I bet you've also seen stuff we'd like to remain ignorant of.
You'd like that, wouldn't you?
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You'll note how @Zecc has been kind enough not to name anyone.
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@Gąska said in Things that remind you of WDTWTF members:
@error Things That Remind You Of Tumblr
I actually had to google it.
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When I made this observation, some of my friends were amused because I included the phrase “JavaScript was designed.”
Alright guys, which of you is Raymond's friend?
inb4 we're all @boomzilla
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@Gąska said in Things that remind you of WDTWTF members:
Alright guys, which of you is Raymond's friend?
It would fit me… except I don't think I've ever met him or corresponded with him.
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From reading his blog, Raymond Chen himself would fit in perfectly here:
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@Zerosquare back on the old layout, he used to have TDWTF on his blog roll.
Doubt he’d frequent the forums though. Especially considering his strict ground rules on the comment section.
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@Tsaukpaetra said in Things that remind you of WDTWTF members:
@Gąska said in Things that remind you of WDTWTF members:
@error said in Things that remind you of WDTWTF members:
Got curious what that is, and googled it.
The VYBE X is the MVP of massage guns. Why? It provides a powerful, deep percussion massage giving you up to 3200 strokes per minute with 5 speeds and 5 hours of battery life - all with minimal noise.
I DON'T want to know what you're going to do with it.
Naturally... (NSFW because apparently that's not obvious based on context)
It's pretty noisy, but not that unbearable. Some of the other machines are quite a bit louder...
Status: Slightly spooked...
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Should I get a massage gun now?
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I found @Polygeekery on an Amazon review.
On this wonderful, highly safe product:
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@sloosecannon what the actual fuck would you use this for?
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@topspin Apparently one common reason is that someone has put up their Christmas lights backwards. But every article I found also heavily stresses that it's extremely unsafe, generally not sold in stores and possibly illegal.
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@topspin said in Things that remind you of WDTWTF members:
@sloosecannon what the actual fuck would you use this for?
Connecting Christmas lights when you put the gorram things up backwards (US lights have a male and female side for easy daisy-chaining).
Or plugging in a generator for your house when the power goes out and cheaping out on the circuit.
Or leaching your neighbor's power.
Or electrocuting people.
Or starting electrical fires.
Or testing/finding the breaker.
What, I never claimed they were good uses!
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@sloosecannon said in Things that remind you of WDTWTF members:
@topspin said in Things that remind you of WDTWTF members:
@sloosecannon what the actual fuck would you use this for?
Connecting Christmas lights when you put the gorram things up backwards (US lights have a male and female side for easy daisy-chaining).
People who can't figure out which of two plugs to use to connect Christmas lights seem exactly like the kind of people you wouldn't want to lay their hands on this. (
:Darwin:
or maybe you would)Or plugging in a generator for your house when the power goes out and cheaping out on the circuit.
Wait, you can just put the generator into the wall socket and feed the house from that??
I mean, I guess that works. What happens when power comes back on?Or leaching your neighbor's power.
Normal male-to-female extension chord should be good for that.
Or electrocuting people.
Or starting electrical fires.
Or testing/finding the breaker.
What, I never claimed they were good uses!
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@sloosecannon said in Things that remind you of WDTWTF members:
I found @Polygeekery on an Amazon review.
On this wonderful, highly safe product:
Not unsafe enough. The wires need to be the thin ones in say a "learn electronics" kit.
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@mikehurley said in Things that remind you of WDTWTF members:
@sloosecannon said in Things that remind you of WDTWTF members:
I found @Polygeekery on an Amazon review.
On this wonderful, highly safe product:
Not unsafe enough. The wires need to be the thin ones in say a "learn electronics" kit.
Or would those just burn themselves apart right away and not build up a proper fire risk? Maybe half the thickness of what that pic shows?
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@sloosecannon said in Things that remind you of WDTWTF members:
I found @Polygeekery on an Amazon review.
On this wonderful, highly safe product:
Suddenly inspired to post this.
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I know this thread has been going on for a while, but bonus Internetpointz if somebody posts something that reminds them of a WDTWTF member and it was actually done by that member. Obviously self posts don't count. Cheaters.
As I was reading this thread I was thinking it would have been funny if somebody posted say an ammo reload video that reminded them of @Polygeekery and it turns out it was a video he made.
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@topspin said in Things that remind you of WDTWTF members:
Wait, you can just put the generator into the wall socket and feed the house from that??
Sure thing! I mean it's feeding your whole house through a single circuit not designed for that kind of load, via a generator that may also not be designed for that kind of load, but it will probably work.
@topspin said in Things that remind you of WDTWTF members:
What happens when power comes back on?
The generator explodes, probably. Unless you did the not as horribly incorrect thing and disconnected from the main line first.
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@sloosecannon said in Things that remind you of WDTWTF members:
I mean it's feeding your whole house through a single circuit not designed for that kind of load
You are still limited by the breaker amperage of the circuit you plug into, which is usually 15 amps for a plug like that.
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@TimeBandit That doesn't protect anything else on the same circuit.
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@sloosecannon said in Things that remind you of WDTWTF members:
@topspin said in Things that remind you of WDTWTF members:
Wait, you can just put the generator into the wall socket and feed the house from that??
Sure thing! I mean it's feeding your whole house through a single circuit not designed for that kind of load, via a generator that may also not be designed for that kind of load, but it will probably work.
Assuming you follow a bunch of steps.
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@PleegWat No, but it means that your whole house can't pull more than 15 amps
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@TimeBandit said in Things that remind you of WDTWTF members:
@PleegWat No, but it means that your whole house can't pull more than 15 amps
That's not a safety risk. The safety risk is that the group the generator is on is only protected by the fuse on the generator, if any.
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I found @Polygeekery's business!
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@dcon said in Things that remind you of WDTWTF members:
@sloosecannon said in Things that remind you of WDTWTF members:
@topspin said in Things that remind you of WDTWTF members:
Wait, you can just put the generator into the wall socket and feed the house from that??
Sure thing! I mean it's feeding your whole house through a single circuit not designed for that kind of load, via a generator that may also not be designed for that kind of load, but it will probably work.
Assuming you follow a bunch of steps.
Steps? Nonsense! Who needs those? So what if you backfeed the entire local grid (till you overload that 15a limit). Surely that never hurt anyone!
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@sloosecannon said in Things that remind you of WDTWTF members:
So what if you backfeed the entire local grid
Sharing is caring!
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@Zerosquare said in Things that remind you of WDTWTF members:
@sloosecannon said in Things that remind you of WDTWTF members:
So what if you backfeed the entire local grid
Sharing is caring!
Exactly!
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@boomzilla said in Things that remind you of WDTWTF members:
that's a pretty safe version.
Do you remember Dilbert to meet his friend Jack on an airplane?
"Hi, Jack!"...
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Could go in several threads.
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@boomzilla said in Things that remind you of WDTWTF members:
Knowing people in person has gone out of fashion anyway. (Which is great, because maintaining a normal-person persona was quite arduous.)
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@topspin said in Things that remind you of WDTWTF members:
Wait, you can just put the generator into the wall socket and feed the house from that??
I mean, I guess that works. What happens when power comes back on?Bad things, demonstrated here.
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@topspin said in Things that remind you of WDTWTF members:
@sloosecannon what the actual fuck would you use this for?
I made a cable like this 20 years ago. Living in the Philippines, we had regular power cuts whenever there was a bit of bad weather. For when it lasted longer than about 15 minutes, we had a generator, of the cheap kind that just has two or three outlets. There's no way to safely wire that to a domestic circuit to take over in a blackout, so I took the unsafe route where you first switch off your main breaker that isolates the whole house from mains, then you start up the generator (with a bit of practice you can do that just fine in complete darkness) and plug the double-male cable with one end into the generator an with the other into the nearest outlet (a light bulb in the other generator outlet helps a lot). It works well enough as long as you remember the whole house can't draw more than the rating of the one outlet's breaker, so don't run any aircons. And when you see the neighbors' lights coming back on, turn off the generator, disconnect the cable, switch the main breaker back on in exactly that order.
Edit: OIC,
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@sloosecannon said in Things that remind you of WDTWTF members:
I found @Polygeekery on an Amazon review.
On this wonderful, highly safe product:
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@loopback0 said in Things that remind you of WDTWTF members:
But we sell every component needed to build yourself one
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@TimeBandit said in Things that remind you of WDTWTF members:
@loopback0 said in Things that remind you of WDTWTF members:
But we sell every component needed to build yourself one
Hmm, does ACE actually sell all the components required? (Unless you mean cutting two extension cords and playing the splicey game, in which case that's somehow even stupider than the original concept...)
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@sloosecannon said in Things that remind you of WDTWTF members:
@TimeBandit said in Things that remind you of WDTWTF members:
@loopback0 said in Things that remind you of WDTWTF members:
But we sell every component needed to build yourself one
Hmm, does ACE actually sell all the components required? (Unless you mean cutting two extension cords and playing the splicey game, in which case that's somehow even stupider than the original concept...)
Yes, they do.
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It can be useful when you're living in a place where the electrical installation is old and you don't have enough outlets. It's still a , of course.
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@acrow said in Things that remind you of WDTWTF members:
https://www.williamsacehardware.com/products/screw-in-plug-adapter|36027.html
That adapter is actually useful to connect your christmas lights if you don't have an electrical socket outside. Just remove the usual bulb in your front porch light, screw in the adapter and plug in your extension cord.
There's a couple of advantages of using this little thing:
- A front porch light is already wired up to a switch, so now you can used it to turn the lights on and off
- The wires to the outside of your house are all properly sealed, so you don't have to squish an extension cord in a door or window jamb
- Finally, the circuit in which the front porch light is connected might be on the right kind of ground fault interrupter (the sensitive kind for use in moist environments) so that there's less change of getting a serious shock should some bare copper get exposed.
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@JBert said in Things that remind you of WDTWTF members:
There's a couple of advantages of using this little thing:
They're also awesome when staying in shitty little hostels where the owners think the only share of their precious electricity you're entitled to is for the 20W bulb on your bedside and you'll ruin them if you run a laptop. The luxury model has two outlets and another socket to put the bulb back on.