Which is exactly why these morons remain relevant. News media needs this chaos to drive engagement and division.

Do you want to contribute to a botnet? Because those rogue streaming boxes are how you contribute to a botnet.

He’s definitely the guy at the gym walking around shouting on phone calls so everyone can see how important he is.

Don’t be an ass

Tbf, Homer Hickam is pretty well respected around NASA (he was the main character in October Sky). He also said in an interview later that he didn’t have any say over their internship being withdrawn, it was all the retweets with people hastagging NASA that got NASA’s people’s attention.

I’m digging the meme reset.

Now get off my lawn.

As much as I vehemently despise AI, these days, I’ll take positivity where I can get it.

I mean I hate to say it, but at this point what are our options? Because our elected representatives refuse to do their jobs and these corps keep doing shady shit without consequences. I don’t mean to victim blame or anything, but with the current state of affairs, the onus is on the user to protect themselves.

If you connect you TV directly to the internet, that’s on you at this point.

GoldenEye. No screen-lookin.

Thank you fartmaster

You could always hand them a spoon, but your results may vary

Should’ve just called the power company and had them assess a new transformer

Sounds like a great opportunity for a co-op if the workers can get funded

That evil dihydrogen monoxide is at it again.

I dunno, butterscotch pie sounds pretty delicious

No worries

Cause by heat scoring, and beneath the traces of green oxidation is heat blackenng. That leg specifically has been over heated over time, causing the discoloration reaction. If it was natural oxidation (like the statue of liberty, for example), then all the wires would be the same color.

Copper wire for a long time has been manufactured in such a way that it is resistant to ambient oxidation. When excessive heat is induced in the wire, that natural protection is broken down and then it is subject to turning green, but generally only where heat has damaged the wire.

Here is a basic idea of how cables are made to not oxidize when they’re just sitt ng there in normal operation.

No, the wire in the bottom terminal that’s blackened

Electrician here, that’s heat scoring. Happens when the terminal is loose, or the draw is nearing the upper limit of the installed wire for an extended period of time (looks like #8 TW, which is not ideal to run at 50a for more than 3 hours continuously, especially for how old it is). It could also be that the breaker is old enough to not be tripping reliably. Either way, there’s enough resistance with that scoring that I’ll just keep getting worse and continually building up heat until it melts the breaker and/or burns off. An electrician needs to swap that breaker and re-pull the wire (with #6s), that’s not a utility issue.