JonKramer, CIS-HET @JonKramer@qoto.org

I just remembered something horrible I did in middle school. I took basic electronics, which meant we did things like learn how to wind an electric motor. So we had really thin copper wire... which we quickly learned was great to wrap a invisible strand around things that needed to be plugged in... Not sure WHY I remember that, and I feel guilty about laughing at the memory...

I laughed.

https://post.tribel.com/public/posts/e0852190-6a07-11ed-b2f8-e5aae186d8df

I just asked "what laws do you think would stop people from killing children" thinking I was talking on a STEM server and the people who think like scientists... and got screamed at. I apologized, pointed out my error, and got screamed at and insulted further.

I really don't relate well with people who don't use math every day.

https://www.reddit.com/r/space/comments/z09wpe/the_2024_solar_eclipse_is_fast_approaching_start/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

I am trying Blue Apron meal service, and I have to say I enjoy it. I'll start with complaining...

Lots of packaging. Lots of waste plastic. The selection isn't wide. I think many like spicier foods than I do.

OK, the good stuff, and this is short, but enough to keep me spending roughly $12 per serving: I am finding joy in cooking again. The meals are quick and simple, with instructions that even a novice can follow. But adding the premeasured oregano adds to the senses in ways I stopped doing years ago because I got lazy. I used to keep fresh garlic, and a jar of capers, etc. I stopped.

In brief, it made cooking fun again. Worth it.

The most common phrase in my house: "Were you talking to the bird?" Then the 2nd most common: "Yes".

Watching Artemis is like watching a pitch drop experiment.

Louisville this morning

This post made with 100% recycled electrons.

All the bird related toots... I keep hoping it will be about cute parrots doing silly stuff.

https://mstdn.social/@ecmclaughlin/109294054483942623

First post. Let's make it memorable, right? 11/7/2022.