A random question: My place was built with all the plumbing for a central-vac system that I have no intention of using ever.

[mhoye@cosocial.ca]

@grmpyprogrammer why do I need tubes for that?

[drmikepj@mastodon.social]

@mhoye I once genuinely pitched the use of pneumatic tubes to sell icecreams in supermarkets to a major multinational company. We built a prototype and everything.

[mhoye@cosocial.ca]

C'mon, y'all - "run cat6", what are you doing here in the fedi with an answer like that. The good answers so far include "rapid hamster delivery pneumatics" and "baked beans on tap".

[mhoye@cosocial.ca]

@grmpyprogrammer I concede the point.

[tito_swineflu@sfba.social]

@mhoye Surprise snake farm.

[britishkoalatea@social.coop]

@mhoye
Snake rescue in cold weather?
Drop bouncy balls through and see which comes out first?
Pneumatic tennis ball delivery?

[grmpyprogrammer@yac.grumpy-learning.com]

@mhoye For running cables connecting to the  switch (you did say “wrong answers”)

[paparouleur@mastodon.social]

@mhoye distributed popcorn popping system

[jetengineweasel@masto.hackers.town]

@mhoye hunter-seeker drones to kill the son of a troublesome duke

[mhoye@cosocial.ca]

@paparouleur Rapid emergency popcorn distribution, solid answer.

[mhoye@cosocial.ca]

@Jetengineweasel I love it when there's clearly a reference in play that I don't understand. Weirdly specific, but... what could it mean?

[arrjay@tacobelllabs.net]

@mhoye GREAT BALL MACHINE

[trs@metasocial.com]

@mhoye install acoustic horns on the tube ends and have yourself an intercom system the fam can talk/shout into instead of shouting across the house.

[gabrielesvelto@mas.to]

@mhoye then 800G OSFP Infiniband cables, direct attach copper for the short runs and fiber for the rest

[gemelen@mammut.moe]

@mhoye
/* never smoked a cigarette or a joint */
- reverse it from air intake to air push,
- add an automated THC vape / e-bong / incense burner as a source,
- add a hookah-style mouthpiece connected to the outlets,
- ???,
- PROFIT: enjoy the smoke of your choice delivery on demand without any hassle of making it.

[mhoye@cosocial.ca]

@gabrielesvelto I'll need to figure out how to make money spew out of it first.

[delta_vee@cosocial.ca]

@mhoye Whole-house marble run

[mhoye@cosocial.ca]

@gemelen "never smoked a cigarette or a joint", sir.

_Sir._

This is absolutely the sort of plan somebody who had definitely smoked a joint would come up with.

[mhoye@cosocial.ca]

@delta_vee It's all in the walls, I can't see it or this would be a great idea.

[clew@ecoevo.social]

Smell-o-vision synched to any speakers, screens in the house

(Or maybe to router traffic??)

@mhoye