Dan is the guy that knows stuff. Jordan is the loud sidekick comic relief.

Nuclear power is just steampunk with magic rocks.

I need to know that Dan and Jordan will get access to the desk.

I keep refreshing my pod feed waiting for the next episode.

I am waiting for the next episode to drop. Biggest episode ever.

Please, let’s not do this. Lets just enjoy sites that aren’t toxic without making them toxic by written articles with headlines like this.

I’ve seen the effect. It’s just like after Brazil cut Twitter off. My very niche account has been gaining new followers by the hour.

I have no idea how people interested in Heathcliff are being found by new people. Much less people interested in Heathcliff without Heathcliff.

Define “die.” Dig still exists…

A workshop.

All those tools with dedicated reasons for existing. All those improvised tools that are highly specialized. All the scraps and leftovers saved for some unknown day in the future. The whole vibe is opportunity to create.

This seems more like an announcement for a wallpaper contest. Though that’s pretty much what an Xfce update should be. Keeping it basic.

What an unfortunate thing to happen on free dozen eggs night.

I thought that was covered under “No commercials.”

This is not really an issue. Check a few things: Is the seal under the lid still in good condition? Does the pop-it emergency pressure release still move? Is the pressure tube that the weight fits on clear and unclogged? Is there a pressure gauge?

The seal, pop-it, weight and gauge for almost any model can be bought on Amazon or eBay for less than $15 as a set. So as long as the body is in good condition you can replace every other part for almost nothing compared to buying a new canner. An older gauge can be tested and calibrated at your local extension office.

Is the body in good shape? No dings, dents, warped bottom? Do not buy a cooker with any of these problems.

All the canners at second hand markets made it to the second hand market after being used and they didn’t explode.

It takes a ridiculous amount of effort to try and explode one old made in the last 60 years. Find the make and model. That will tell you when it was made and if there was a recall.

Stick with the name brands, Mirro, Presto, All-American.

I’ve included a lot of things to check for here to avoid this issue but I want to stress that it is almost impossible to blow up a pressure canner. I have four of them. I have followed canning groups for a long long time. I’ve seen exactly one explosion and that was because someone tried to open a canner with a failed lid lock before the pressure dropped. This resulted in the contents of the jars suddenly expanding and hitting the ceiling. Not the canner exploding, it was the food in the jars. And that was easily avoidable by just waiting.

I own four pressure canners. Only one was bought new. The rest were from yard sales and thrift stores. I’m not happy with the deals on the Mirros but they still do the job. I have no issues buying used cookers or canners.

I avoid all electric ones. Not for safety but lifespan. The electronics will fail. The more feature that have the faster they will fail. They have incredibly limited capacity. When they fail they are trash. You can’t repair them. A manual canner will last you a lifetime and if any part of than the body fails you can replace it for cheap.

Side note, All-American doesn’t have a seal. So you can ignore that.ake sure the screws move nicely. Be happy you found an extra expensive canner that will last forever.

Bonus material: canners and cookers are different. You can cook in a canner but can’t can in a cooker.

Bonus bonus: If you get an aluminum bodied canner and you use it for canning instead of cooking, you will start to see a thin black patina develop on the inside. Do not try to clean that out. It’s aluminum oxide, fine layer of sapphire that will protect the canner from the inside. The darkness is your friend.

OEMs only recently started offering 5+ years of security fixes. Two years was common until just 6 years ago. Apple got a lot of crap for not supporting older models but the truth is they supported longer than anyone else and only cut support when the hardware literally couldn’t take it. Yet everyone ignored that most android makers might not even release a single update much less more than the two years worth needed to cover a phone for a two year contract.

I don’t like saying that because I can’t stand apple devices. But it’s what happened. Then the EU started getting involved. They hated all this ewaste caused by people constantly upgrading. IT security people were speaking up too because phones were a complete risk with people using them for work but not getting updates that stopped them from being owned. It was getting bad for OEMs from multiple angles and they needed to act before the US government made them. And all those factors are the only reasons we are just now seeing all phones come with 5+ year plans.

As right to repair laws get integrated into new releases we will actually be able to take advantage of these 5+ year plans because we will be able to replace the batteries that are normally useless after three years.

I wish most phones had a battery saver option that would stop charge at 80% unless you manually overrode it each and every time you wanted to go over. This would dramatically cut down on the need to replace batteries.

But here is the rub. Even if you convince the majority logically that their phone is still good at year three they are going to upgrade at year two when the phone is paid off. The people that use phones as an identity and brand marker are still going to upgrade as fast as new devices come out.

And devices are going to continue to come out yearly. If you don’t ship a new flagship product each year then shareholders will revolt. There must always be something new for the customer. Technology moves fast. If you are an OEM not releasing then you are an OEM that isn’t keeping up.

All these forces of market, psychology, legal and repairability and more fight each other to create a situation where most people will upgrade in two years or less. Only a small portion of people will ever try to get 5+ years out of a device. Even the population trying to get 3 years will be two standard deviations out of the majority. Even if the battery is replaceable and the security patches keep coming.

My local theater: Ticket window opens 10 minutes before the start time. Cash only. No reserved seating. No commercials. It’s a blank screen until the trailers start.

We get two new first run movies a week to choose from.

I think the regular ticket price is $7. We always go during matinee so it’s only $5.

Going to my local theater is like walking into the past where everything except the movie showing is a throwback to the 80s.

Don’t assume all theaters have reserved seating or any other modem thing.

Never make it without a ton of subsidies…

Read the room

I’m hoping that the important assets get sold to the Knowledge Fight podcast. They’d be the ones able to do the most good with them.

Except in this case, much like with Trump, His business and his person were deeply intertwined. So the account is a business asset. And as such, it is subject to being an asset of the company. Maybe he should have separated them at some point.

Thank you for your informative reply. I will reconsider my life choices as a result. I hope that our next encounter isn’t as embarrassing for me.