magic box rule
from notthebees@reddthat.com to science_memes@mander.xyz on 14 Dec 02:53
https://reddthat.com/post/31073233

cross-posted from: sopuli.xyz/post/20166575

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ininewcrow@lemmy.ca on 14 Dec 03:17 next collapse

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credo@lemmy.world on 14 Dec 12:25 collapse

I too like toaster ovens.

ptz@dubvee.org on 14 Dec 03:28 next collapse

Don’t forget the beige box that protects you from the magic happening:

<img alt="" src="https://dubvee.org/pictrs/image/7dae2af0-7f8a-4343-a600-bec8fb8ea251.webp">

notthebees@reddthat.com on 14 Dec 12:54 collapse

They are always super gross though. Cleaning them is always fun, especially when you work in a bio lab.

Beacon@fedia.io on 14 Dec 04:03 next collapse

That's not a fair statement. Some of the machines are gray.

Enkers@sh.itjust.works on 14 Dec 04:32 next collapse

This is a repost from a month or two ago… and it’s still funny the 2nd time. :)

jabathekek@sopuli.xyz on 14 Dec 06:51 collapse

Which is a itself a repost from a year or two ago lol.

Isoprenoid@programming.dev on 14 Dec 04:45 next collapse

And each of them costs about the same as a deposit on a house.

cam_i_am@lemmy.world on 14 Dec 06:15 collapse

And last just as long.

The engineering department at my uni had a tensile strength testing machine which says “Made in the GDR” on it, a country that hasn’t existed for 40+ years.

jupyter_rain@discuss.tchncs.de on 14 Dec 06:43 next collapse

And you shall never offend this boxes or else they WILL hold grudges against you.

keepcarrot@hexbear.net on 14 Dec 10:16 collapse

My printer started it

notthebees@reddthat.com on 14 Dec 16:14 collapse

Anything that’s an unholy combination of mechanics and electronics will end up in disaster

fckreddit@lemmy.ml on 14 Dec 07:35 next collapse

Also, these beige boxes used to be white.

SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 14 Dec 07:54 next collapse

I recall taking a date to the lab I was working in as a grad student and realizing after we got there that none of it is terribly impressive if you don’t know what any of it does. She was unimpressed despite my excitement about all of it.

I later married a different woman who actually was excited about our lab things despite not being a scientist and having no idea what our many beige boxes do.

ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.zip on 14 Dec 08:02 next collapse

Excitedly getting monologued to about niche things that are like magic to me is the best. Learning just enough about someone’s interest to use all the words wrong though is what really gets me going

Allero@lemmy.today on 14 Dec 11:07 collapse

You married the right one.

Being excited about random things you admire is a sign of genuine and great love :)

MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml on 14 Dec 09:22 next collapse

They all look like some 90ies computer device.

Draconic_NEO@mander.xyz on 16 Dec 17:00 collapse

The designs probably haven’t fundamentally changed all that much from their older versions.

Zerush@lemmy.ml on 14 Dec 11:25 next collapse

Another one

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meep_launcher@lemm.ee on 14 Dec 17:27 collapse

Oh I recognize these! We’ve got:

  1. The 1978 super Nintendo 5 (alternate universe)

  2. Lockheed Martin Bread maker

  3. Jeff

  4. HP 2400 inkjet Uranium 235 enrichment centrifuge