JATtho

@JATtho@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨DIY 4th of July⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Sure it’s terrifying, but you can start a sparky plasma show in a resilient enough container and keep it going for hours and microwave won’t break. (except maybe overheat.) The microwave will be fine as long as the arcs don’t reach the waveguide cover. (which would risk burning/shorting the magnetron.)

  I have done the microwave grape plasma trick myself and started an arc in a microwave. The current between the two objects goes through a very narrow point, which is enough vaporize the contact point to plasma. This then can grow as the microwave continues to pump more energy into the spark.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google is intentionally throttling YouTube videos, slowing down users with ad blockers⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  So this is it. The enshittification has reached slowlorris levels.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can you clear a straight line of malfunctioning pixels on a phone with a lighter?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I spent solid 10min writing an useful answer and then looked up. Now I want my 10mins back.

  hint

  Just wipe the screen clear from the goo, dummy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[XKCD]#3101 Good Science⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh, this is a good one.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hundreds of smartphone apps are monitoring users through their microphones⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Nah, I’m not that paranoid and I need the mic for calls.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hundreds of smartphone apps are monitoring users through their microphones⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This might just push my fear of targeted ads enough to give in to my idea of a nearly soundproof box for my phone when I’m not using it. :(