1. I can make exquisitely intricate paper snowflakes, and have them turn out exactly how I visualized them.
2. I can perfectly control the browning level and inside melted-ness level when I roast marshmallows. My favorite way to do them is: warm but unmelted center surrounded by ~¼" thick melted layer, evenly medium toasted outside, with just one top corner briefly ignited and immediately extinguished for just a hint of char flavor and a bien cuit aesthetic.

Huh. TIL I can do this also

1. marshmallow roasting (I can perfectly control the level of browning on the outside and melted-ness on the inside)
2. paper snowflake making (I can make them very intricate and come out exactly how I visualize them)

pretty shit at everything else though. I fat-fingered my skill points allocation hard.

the species that encourages humans not to squash them by smelling awful upon squashing

Edit: Found one!!
https://thesearxng.vercel.app/search?q=%25s

Drawback is it doesn’t seem to support adding settings at the end of the string (e.g. &category_general=on&language=en-US&theme=simple)

Yep, first gen

I loved my Pebbles but the reason I owned 2 was that the first one’s screen degraded after like 1.5 years and the second one degraded after about 8 months

If it had better longevity I’d still be using it

It’s probably a difference of ~20¢ when I fill it yeah, lol. And doesn’t seem to be causing any knocking or other ill effects so no change at worst and real/perceived improvement at best yeah

I keep going back and forth about whether I’m imagining it gives better performance or it actually does 😅

I vaguely knew “higher octane” didn’t mean higher percentage of 8-C hydrocarbons but definitely believed the misconception that it was higher energy density. Hm.

It definitely doesn’t have much in the way of sensors (though it does seem to adjust the idle speed in cold weather through some mechanism). It has spark plugs and a carburetor so no dice on coil on pack ignition or fuel injection.

The mechanic I took it to did say he thought it would run better in cold weather with higher octane fuel but didn’t elaborate.

I would never! Just sayin I love it 😁

Hi I’m a weirdo who lives in a Philadelphia suburb and whose main transit mode is 50cc scooter (even in this fuckshit cold ass weather).

Some advice:

• practice tight and quick turns without tipping over
• wear helmet and high vis always
• ride like you’re invisible. assume that nobody sees you
• wear bandana/scarf tucked into bottom of helmet & collar of shirt/jacket. insects can get sucked up into your helmet otherwise…
• get anti fog helmet shield and if you wear glasses get some anti fog cleaning wipes
• get a cover and use it (i store mine in the seat trunk)
• make sure you know a mechanic who can work on it if you can’t do it yourself
• have backup transit for dangerous weather (I’m lucky to live in an area with bad but usable public transit and Lyft)
• don’t underestimate wind
• put high octane gas in it. it’s such a tiny engine that the extra energy density makes a noticeable difference in acceleration

I spend $2/week on gas, $240/year on insurance, and have spent less than $200 on mechanic’s fees (oil changes, etc.) in 3 years of owning it. I have been crushing my debt with the money saved not having a car. It’s a powerful way to save money if you’re willing to sacrifice comfort, item/passenger transport capacity, and to some extent reliability

+1 for D&Dads
i freakin love season 3 so far

WTYP 🤜🤛

Yeah it was… not a very clean place

I used to work at a snack foods factory and was checking on some equipment (that actually wasn’t the equipment I was supposed to be checking–I got my lines mixed up). It was adjacent to a conveyor that had crumbs from a different product on it, which was supposed to be turned off since we weren’t producing it that day. Said crumbs were spilling into another conveyor below it* that was in use delivering a currently-running product. These two products had non-overlapping allergenic ingredients (soy-containing crumbs were spilling into a soy-free product).

I alerted management to get the batch scrapped since it was contaminated.

If I hadn’t mistakenly checked the wrong equipment, it’s unlikely anyone would have noticed and A LOT of contaminated product could have been shipped. All products from that factory are labeled “MAY contain X, Y, Z” so in theory nobody with a severe allergy to X/Y/Z should be eating anything from there anyway, but consumers make mistakes and even a non-severe dietary allergic reaction is an unfun time I wouldn’t wish on anyone.

*It didn’t just always spill into the conveyor below it, it was supposed to have a catch pan but someone had forgotten to replace the catch pan after cleaning it.

infuse it into vegetable glycerine and vape it

there’s dual finger swiping!?

haha wiggly finger go brrrrrrrr

that is the #1 thing I miss about Gboard (I now use HeliBoard with the disembodied Google gesture typing library loaded into it)

I also noticed a curious lack of flipped tables

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