I need sleep

    • morrowind@lemmy.ml
      16·
      10 个月前

      All superpowers and magic can in some way be used to create perpetual energy machines.

      Another way to do this without carbon would be to just summon them high up and sad they fall they spin turbines. Though you’d end up with a ton of baguettes and nothing to do with them

      • reev@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        9·
        10 个月前

        First drop then burn. You’re back to carbon but you double the efficiency (might not be double I’m not a psychic)

        • addie@feddit.uk
          6·
          10 个月前

          A kilogram of bread is about 2000 calories, about 9 kJ. Your body “burns” food too - probably more efficiently than you could make a steam engine for the same, but it’s about that much.

          Energy from gravity is equal to mass * gravity acceleration * height. 1 kg of bread in a 9.81 m/s/s field has the same gravitational potential at “about a kilometer”.

          If you’re throwing magic stake baguettes off the top of the Burj Khalifa, the energy would be about equal.

          • davidgro@lemmy.world
            3·
            10 个月前

            Friction (as in the atmosphere) would matter a lot in this case. Bread is low density and would have a rather low terminal velocity. Basically doesn’t matter how high you drop it from.

            (until high enough that you are letting the burn part happen on the way down, but then it’s difficult to capture that energy)

            • addie@feddit.uk
              3·
              10 个月前

              True. I’d mentally envisioned it as a whole series of “bread powered water wheels” down the side of the building, with a furnace at the bottom. Nothing actually going fast enough for friction to matter. A machine that only tried to convert all the kinetic energy at the bottom would be wasteful, as you say.

              Plainly, we’re going to have to put some engineering design time into the concept of this.

              • davidgro@lemmy.world
                2·
                10 个月前

                Oh yeah, that does make a lot more sense that way then I was thinking of. (Like having it fall a long way then hit a lever or something)

    • superkret@feddit.org
      12·
      10 个月前

      Unless the baguettes sequester Carbon when they appear, this will eventually kill most humans.

  • Hemingways_Shotgun@lemmy.caEnglish
    62·
    10 个月前

    Enter a homeless shelter each morning. Do my thing. Walk out a richer man than I was when I walked in.

    Not all gain is monetary

  • ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@slrpnk.net
    40·
    10 个月前

    I eat a lot of French toast.

    My kids get breakfast on demand.

    Feeding the homeless.

    And if you park in the bike lane with your window open, you’re getting a very crumby backseat.

    • anon6789@lemmy.world
      11·
      10 个月前

      I was going to go with unlimited French Toast, but as the price of chicken eggs approaches Fabergé eggs, that may not work out.

      Switching to garlic bread, croutons, and croque madame dang it!

      • 211@sopuli.xyz
        31·
        10 个月前

        There has to be a pretty good vegan french toast recipe somewhere for inspiration on egg replacement.

          • idiomaddict@lemmy.world
            3·
            10 个月前

            I use silken tofu, corn starch (bird’s custard powder) and oat milk as the basis for bread pudding. I assume it would also work for French toast.

            • anon6789@lemmy.world
              3·
              10 个月前

              The custard powder sounds like a great idea.

              I have never used silken tofu. I like the firm stuff, but never knew what to do with the silken.

              • idiomaddict@lemmy.world
                2·
                10 个月前

                Blending it will give you something that’s roughly the texture of a milkshake. If you cook it for a long time, you can get some liquid out to make things like egg bites, but I prefer to either use it as the basis for sauces or puddings or to strain it and break it up manually to sautee it in a tofu scramble.

                • anon6789@lemmy.world
                  2·
                  10 个月前

                  The soybean is one amazing thing!

                  I’ve made homemade tofu a few times before, and while I can’t do it in a large enough scale to be worth it, it is absolutely delicious! Even my old hound dog would be in the kitchen drooling more than I’d ever seen her for anything else while I cooked it. It was easy, cheap, and pretty fun making it curdle, but it’s also messy, uses a lot of things to clean, and takes a bit of time.

  • Stern@lemmy.world
    33·
    10 个月前

    If the ability has some range, become the weirdest assassin ever as I summon baguettes inside folks windpipes, lungs, hearts, and/or skulls.

  • IHeartBadCode@fedia.io
    28·
    10 个月前

    There are a surprising number of people who have indicated that they would use their baguette summoning powers to carry out assassinations. Here’s me thinking “damn I could honestly help out in countries that are struggling, with this power” like the simpleton I am.

    • palordrolap@fedia.io
      6·
      10 个月前

      With the right (or maybe that should be “wrong”) people out of the way*, many more people will be fed than would otherwise not be. Short term goals versus long term goals.

      Also, stale baguettes, while technically food, are not the most nutritious of foods. Employing the baguettes in other ways may result in better nutrition.

      * I should make plain** that “out of the way” does not necessarily mean the most extreme measure. It can, but it doesn’t have to.

      ** Somewhat like a stale baguette.

  • Norin@lemmy.world
    24·
    10 个月前

    I don’t use it for personal gain.

    I give away infinite free bread, and get arrested and jailed forever.

  • Annoyed_🦀 @lemmy.zipEnglish
    22·
    10 个月前

    Slightly stale? It does sounds like i can steam it back up and then use it to do other recipe. Make Garlic bread with it is great, or cube it then bake it until crunchy, then toss it into mushroom soup as topping.

  • tenchiken@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    14·
    10 个月前

    … I’d summon a few billion directly overlapping the physical space of a corrupt politician. If outdoors, in a tall column directly above, preferably several tons worth per capita.

    Some choice people from this list I have would also receive a suborbital baguette infusion.

    The downside is trying to deal with the stale fallout and subsequent mess the pummeled flesh and dough would leave after… Birds everywhere would go nuts.

  • Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world
    14·
    10 个月前

    The cats nestle close to their kittens now.

    The lambs have laid down with the sheep.

    You’re cozy and warm in your bed, my dear.

    Please don’t the fuck go blind by making moonshine with your daily staley.