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#ScribesAndMakers ~ Mar.21 - What everyday object would you photograph as if it were art?

… if you don’t learn about plumbing when you’re young…you’ll eventually learn about plumbing regardless.

There are mini parts in a faucet tap, like a cartridge, that have gaskets that do wear and tear from use. There is the pressure of constant water from indoor copper pipes at “the door” waiting for a human hand to grasp finger friendly but retro style protrusions of fabricated metal with brass brush styled handle to turn an ingenious valve to welcome strong stream of clean municipally treated safe water. What some people a 100 years ago would envy as miraculously amazing and merciful blessing with manual temperature control. Safe, clean, indoor water source controller.

So yeah, these cartridges are a pain to replace so some people just trash and replace the fixture if it starts to annoying drip.

#ScribesAndMakers [mar. 19-20 missed]

@nocto Hat tip to the not age appropriate pinup girl cover art… smart money is “made by a man”

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@zeblarson

Yup!

me (circa 2000): why the f*ck would I bother to learn Assembler and COBOL?! Everyone is using Visual Basic and Adobe Flash anyways.

@zeblarson what noun will React be labeled with in the future?

The reality is real. Even retired spaghetti coders have created job security for some of us in other languages just to assist or automate the business logic of COBOL applications.

It’s a hard lesson to learn that unless real maintainability is built in (and working with a savvy team that forces you to document) that it just becomes a house of cards.

@nightkaii What’s happening? Stop lurking and join the party!

#ScribesAndMakers Mar 18 - If your creative work could speak, what would it say about you?

So you like punk rock uhn? The effort and talent speaks for itself…at least you have the enthusiasm!

#ScribesAndMakers 17: Creative habit you've wanted to adopt?

More 20 min sprints!

I want to spend more time on Blender, Reaper, andFCP (paid for, but barely used)

Any time heavy screen time endeavours are energy draining after working all day in front of another screen.

Tackling a fun screenwriting project with a friend has progressed only b/c I make a daily habit to do 20 min sprints, and have weekly story brainstorming meetings in person.

If I implemented a similar 20 min daily sprints and in person showcases for other wannabe projects I would be immensely further down the road than trying half ass Herculean reps every couple of months.

#ScribesAndMakers 16th Mar 2026. Convince us to read a book you don't care for yourself.

Jumping on this hash tag. “Fairy Tale”, by Stephen King. Written for a future TV series…a long tale about boy willing to risk it all so that he can avoid putting down an aging dog…somewhere slipping into Hunger Games plot line and physically changing into a blond,blue eyed prince. Since it’s Stephen King you’ll get the gory scenes and some fun setup, followed by thick middle stuff then tied together b/c there were publisher deadlines and novel weight constraints.

Spoiler: the dog lives.

@Metin same

@dianea wait ‘til they find what plants grow in…

lovely Canadian goose tee doesn’t ship to Canada. #tariffs

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@dalias @pluralistic @jerrej That being said…I applaud anyone that takes time to follow the money and or donations and keeping influencers accountable. Had there been no public pressure I’m sure there would still be videos up you mentioned.

@dalias @pluralistic @jerrej
I don’t know, I read his response and it sounds like they latched on to him and used his name recognition and threw him up on stage when he was running on fumes at an event that sounded exhausting.

He clearly states 13 years of work and 3000 videos can argue his stance and political views.

When I read articles that sound like s hit piece written like a Charlie IASIP gif trying to make a case with red yarn and wall pictures it loses a bit of validity.

@dalias @pluralistic @jerrej errrrr *record scratch* do you have links or citations?

that’s regretful if true

I once stumbled on a Macbook repair YTer and was blown away by his presentation and diagnosis of a known GPU issue on a 2010 MBP.

He’s still doing good work bringing attention to #ConsumerRightsWiki to categorize #enshittification practices.

Probably going to contribute Highland Pro app I ranted about recently.

https://youtu.be/ii-D9LaitUw

https://consumerrights.wiki/w/Main_Page

@pluralistic

@dereulenspiegel i searched around but didn’t see one on their site.

Any #homebrewers have a counter pressure bottle filler as their go to?

I bought a used stainless steel one and thought it’d make the bottling easier last weekend…what a production! And still a mess! I’m sure the garage still smells like sour raspberry.

1. I had to rig up a janky tee CO2 connection…I’m sure I was loosing C02…probably need something easier to connect via ball locks

2. I think I had the CO2 pressure way too high (i realized after I cracked the keg it was probably a short or malfunctioning floating dip tube on foam, sealed and will deal with next weekend)…so purging the bottles was a rodeo hanging on

3. the filler was heavy……and explains why I see everyone using DIY racks and stands….i was trying to use a tall glass pitcher with starsan to hold in between but was still tipping things over

Overall curious if anyone else has one dialled smoothly into packaging.

Packaging procrastination is my white whale!

#homebrewing

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