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[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 121 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Don't do that! Milk is conductive. This could make you a serial killer!

[–] mifan@feddit.dk 54 points 11 months ago

Or you would have a firewire πŸ€·πŸ½β€β™‚οΈ

[–] renormalizer@feddit.de 83 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Getting the order right is not an exact science. It's more of an UART.

[–] xusontha@ls.buckodr.ink 22 points 11 months ago

I can't think of a pun good enough to respond with, good job

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[–] ArbiterXero@lemmy.world 68 points 11 months ago (7 children)

I’m showing my age here, but that’s likely dvi, and not serial.

9pin is much smaller and 25pin is significantly larger.

But despite my pedantic statement, the joke still stands. Well played.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 38 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Oh christ, DVI is old now.

[–] Ajen@sh.itjust.works 19 points 11 months ago (1 children)

We're pretty much at the point where 2.5" SSDs are old...

[–] rmuk@feddit.uk 8 points 11 months ago

Does that mean my stash of IBM MicroDrives are finally going to be worth something?

[–] Rhaedas@kbin.social 27 points 11 months ago

Same here, although I thought VGA. Dealt with too many parallel cables in the past and that didn't look wide enough.

[–] xusontha@ls.buckodr.ink 21 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Shhhh it's just a different flavor of cereal

[–] ArbiterXero@lemmy.world 16 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Mmmmmm fruity loops of wire

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[–] Ajen@sh.itjust.works 17 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

DVI-D uses TMDS, which is a serial protocol. So if you want to be really pedantic you could call it a serial port even though it's not RS232.

DVI-A also transmits metadata over a serial connection, but the video signal is parallel analog.

[–] ArbiterXero@lemmy.world 13 points 11 months ago

Fair! Neat fact!

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 9 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Yeah it's clearly a D-Sub connector, I'll allow the meme, the joke's funny.

Looks a heck of a lot like the RS-485 serial cable I've got on my desk right now. Scale is hard to tell, not sure how big that bowl is.

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[–] TheHighRoad@lemmy.world 66 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Fun fact: That's not real milk. It's just Elmer's glue, they use it to stage the perfect shot.

[–] xusontha@ls.buckodr.ink 32 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Food marketing is fascinating

[–] rmuk@feddit.uk 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You ever seen the microwaved tampon trick?

[–] xusontha@ls.buckodr.ink 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] rmuk@feddit.uk 19 points 11 months ago (4 children)

I may have oversold it, to be honest, which is fair given what we're talking about.

Soak a tampon in water and microwave it for a few seconds. It'll give off loads of whispy steam for a long time. Then, just pop it behind that lovely roast chicken (cooked yesterday) or warming bowl of macaroni soup (ice cold) to make it look piping hot for the photo shoot.

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 18 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It really should go without saying, but please only do this with an unused tampon.

[–] toothpaste_sandwich@feddit.nl 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] rmuk@feddit.uk 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

"Oh, that steak looks well done and extra-rare!"

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[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 11 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I remember being in like 4th grade and the teacher showing us a video about the tricks they use in advertising, how they carefully craft cheeseburgers, use spray deodorant on beverage glasses to make them look frosty. The thing that stuck in my mind was fake ice cream. Because ice cream would melt under the lights they actually use a substance similar to cookie dough, like shortening, flour, sugar etc. which is completely edible so you can film actors eating it, and I remember thinking "that doesn't sound half bad, actually."

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[–] xusontha@ls.buckodr.ink 7 points 11 months ago

that's not oversold lol, thats interesting and cool (I think?)

[–] miss_brainfart@lemmy.ml 6 points 11 months ago

Liking photography as much as I do, I really should look into all these tricks, huh

[–] dawatt@lemmy.world 35 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

I think it is extremely controverserial.

[–] xusontha@ls.buckodr.ink 8 points 11 months ago

...I should've thought of that

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[–] drew_belloc@programming.dev 24 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The milk, the serial needs something to plug in

[–] xusontha@ls.buckodr.ink 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

True, but what if there isn't enough milk to plug into? Or what if you have too much milk?

[–] drew_belloc@programming.dev 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It will never be too much milk

[–] xusontha@ls.buckodr.ink 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

This will be the result my friend:

Your house will overflow with milk!

[–] drew_belloc@programming.dev 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] xusontha@ls.buckodr.ink 8 points 11 months ago

You seem to really like milk

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 22 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Depends. Does the milk come from universal serial boobs?

[–] xusontha@ls.buckodr.ink 11 points 11 months ago
[–] GrammatonCleric@lemmy.world 20 points 11 months ago (2 children)
[–] jayknight@lemmy.ml 14 points 11 months ago

I've upgraded all of my bowls to Universal Serial Bowls (the C connector is specifically for cereal).

[–] xusontha@ls.buckodr.ink 7 points 11 months ago

It's up to you for your choice of connector, though it would be drier than usual

[–] DarkenLM@artemis.camp 18 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Put them in whatever order you like.

The bowl goes last.

[–] xusontha@ls.buckodr.ink 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

...or does it?

Veritasium music starts playing

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[–] infinitevalence@discuss.online 14 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I generally put the Serial in first, as its very reliable.

[–] xusontha@ls.buckodr.ink 7 points 11 months ago

Good choice! I do the same

[–] sundrei@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 11 months ago

RS-23ewwwww

[–] LastYearsPumpkin@feddit.ch 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] xusontha@ls.buckodr.ink 6 points 11 months ago

Then it's a snack (I think?)

[–] eee@lemm.ee 7 points 11 months ago

Gotta take a waterfall approach

[–] troyunrau@lemmy.ca 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

What's the bitrate of the milk?

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