Nope, pretty much all have a duty cycle. Like 30 seconds on, 10 seconds off, and they keep repeating that or similar for however long the cook time is. If you listen closely you can hear the magnetron kick on and off.

I believe Panasonic was the only company that sold an inverter microwave that lowered the power output.

Black plastic doesn’t yellow like white. Microwaves are pretty much a commoditized item. Unless they’re trying to make it a “smart device” and sell you a subscription.

The Antique Microwave Oven that’s Better than Yours

Primer because Primer. (Video warning and some spoilers for a bunch of different films.)

I don’t know if I would subscribe to it, but it is one of the more interesting ideas for time travel.

It doesn’t matter because it’s not his problem anymore.

According to preliminary information, Jabber, a U.S. citizen born in Texas, had a black flag affixed to the hitch of the pickup truck he allegedly drove into the crowd. Officials are investigating whether that flag is related to the terrorist group ISIS, two senior law enforcement officials said.

I’m going to make a prediction and say it’s self-radicalization. As for which group he self-radicalized to, I’ll wait until more information comes out. I have an obvious suspicion, but I’d rather wait.

I was hoping that would go away when covid stuck around. People still want to shake hands!

shakes head

Quality Ultra HD shitpost

Mel Brooks. He turned 98 this year.

The requirements shaped the design. They wanted mail carriers to be able to stand up in the cargo area without having to bend over → tall cargo area and tall doors. High visibility → a large windshield. Along with the options of a BEV or ICE powertrain → duckbill front.

Personally, I think it’s iconic and obviously less of a deathtrap vs the current vehicles.

Yeah, I would mostly agree. The poll peaks in 2020 when there was COVID, a virus that was putting people in the hospital on ventilators and had a mortality rate we hadn’t experienced for over a century. Along with a healthcare system barely holding on, lockdowns, masking, social distancing, a major recession, people losing their jobs, kids going back to school with all that chaos, and in the middle of one of the most chaotic and stressful presidential elections in history. BUT 55% of people were better off in 2020. Hmm…

Yeah, I remember this one too. Going back and reading one of the articles from when it happened, and I just don’t have words for it.

https://www.cnn.com/2014/06/03/justice/wisconsin-girl-stabbed/index.html

Also a sovereign citizen.

I see your schwartz is as big as mine. Let’s see how you … handle it.

Must have been all that red meat

It’s easier than that: c for ceiling, g for ground.

At one point, an officer walked into an MRI room, past a sign warning that metal was prohibited inside, with his rifle “dangling… in his right hand, with an unsecured strap,” the lawsuit said.

But they could be shitting right next to you! Menacingly!

Apple has a long history of working against right to repair and third party repair shops. This includes making it difficult for third parties to source the parts needed and changing the designs to requiring part pairing in the name of security. It got to the point where repair shops were buying broken Apple products so they could hopefully source the parts needed.

Looking through what they provided now, it’s basic stuff any third party repair shop could do if they could source the parts. It’s useful. However good electronic technicians can go beyond that and do board level repairs. But that requires schematics and diagrams. A lot of times they would have to get those through other parties who in turn got them through less than official means or violated NDAs.

Guess what Apple isn’t providing? Board level information. This is just doing the minimum the law requires them to do.

Bonus: Louis Rossmann talks about Apple’s history of right to repair [10 minute video]