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  • No, seriously, I’ve got a bunch of yard work to do.

    I once had a series of those suburban yards. Now, my rural yard is mostly some grasses, wild strawberry, and dandelion. There’s ants, spiders, slugs, praying mantis, ladybugs and others that mimic them, and worms. I let one corner do its thing and now it’s full of bees. I no longer use water, fertilizer or weedkiller. I just mow it. It’s always green, though what’s growing well changes with the season and conditions. Nature takes care of itself, despite me running my mower over it.

    I thought about not mowing it. But, I’m worried about rodents, snakes, and black bear getting too close. I should probably plant some native trees and shrubs to eat some space.










  • universally publicly-funded endeavor

    History has always been in the hands of the victors. We’ve finally created a significant exception. But, status quo society doesn’t want the responsibility of reasoning out their own decisions or understanding those of others. They’ll believe it best to hand their power back to their oppressors. Even if they believe their oppressors “good”, they’re choosing to enslave greatness to democratic mediocrity. Anything but personal sacrifice.






  • The suburban solution is to create a false dichotomy to rationalize outsourcing a simple electrical issue to Lowes.

    The hack solution is to cut two ends and reterminate them.

    I’d hack it. To do it well it’s 8 crimps, wire loom, and harness tape. So, 10 minutes and $5.


  • SirDerpy@lemmy.worldtoLemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldCords
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    It could. But, there’s more layers to this swiss cheese model of safety. For example, the lineman’s procedure is to ground out, then isolate, then test. They’d need to skip both ground out and test to be electrocuted by an asshole with a generator.


  • (If you) are sure you understand how they work

    And

    If you really need one

    I understand how power systems work. But, I can’t come up with a situation where I’d use a male-male AC cord rather than a safer and more reliable alternative. Most relevant is simply cutting off the female termination and reterminating through a breaker to the outlet ($15 and 15 min).