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  1. Comment on Does anyone here enjoy a whisk(e)y ? in ~food

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    I'm probably not as well-versed but have a broad appreciation of whiskeys. I've been really into white whiskeys (aka Moonshine) after my brother went to Tennesee last year. There's something about...

    I'm probably not as well-versed but have a broad appreciation of whiskeys.

    I've been really into white whiskeys (aka Moonshine) after my brother went to Tennesee last year. There's something about a good one that has this sort of corn flavor, smoothness, and sweetness to it. I can't find anything that compares to the stuff he brought from TN, but Sugarlands' Backpacker is pretty close. Hudson Whiskey, out of New York, has a pretty good one, but Backpacker has more of what I like (corn), and less of what I don't. A side note to Mellow Corn, which is an interesting barrel-aged, but still corny moonshiney whiskey.

    Otherwise I'm often in bourbon and rye. I think Sazerac Rye is one of the best in the segment, but there's plenty of great Bottled in Bond (legal classification requiring 50% standard), like Rittenhouse that has a nice flavor profile. Evan Williams has a surprisingly nice bonded rye as well.

    I've been into Uncle Nearest for bourbon. Basically this distilliery is run by the descendants of Earnest "Nearest" Green, one of the original master distillers of Jack Daniels. Their whiskey is a bit smoother, more barrelly (sweet, vanilla, oaky notes), less harsh burn that Jack. I would recommend Nearest Green as a comparison to the standard Jack Daniels for a comparison. 1884 was the first I tried and was an improvement, but not quite twice the improvement for the price.

    For scotch I like Islay but am not particularly versed. I prefer the nasal peatiness of Islays (like Lagavulin 16, but 8 is also pretty nice), or the Johnnie Walker blends (Green and Double Black for me, blue doesn't offer as much for the price point, IMO). I haven't explored much in the highland scotches, but definitely intend to.

    1 vote

  2. Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games

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    Hollow Knight. What even is this damn game?! I asked a coworker it if was like VVVVV with its map layout and he said "sorta..." but it's like that on steroids. I've played Shovel Knight, Cave...

    Hollow Knight.

    What even is this damn game?! I asked a coworker it if was like VVVVV with its map layout and he said "sorta..." but it's like that on steroids. I've played Shovel Knight, Cave Story, but this just feels like Skyrim: The Platformer.

    I'm burning out a bit so I also bought Animal Well, which I don't quite understand but played for five minutes. I keep working myself into a corner where there seems to be one thing I miss before the next major progression.

    Skate.

    I was out sick so had the opportunity to get this one running after setting up SecureBoot and registering my Debian key so I can use Javelin in Windows. The goals break the flow up, the tutorial should be skippable if you say you already played Skate 3 (they ask for controls), but it just feels like more of a great open franchise.

  3. Comment on How Honeycrisp apples went from marvel to mediocre in ~food

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    Cosmic Crisp had a similar, more rapid decline. I had my first a few years ago in Oregon that blew my mind then every one since was horrible.

    Cosmic Crisp had a similar, more rapid decline. I had my first a few years ago in Oregon that blew my mind then every one since was horrible.

    3 votes

  4. Comment on Children's music suggestions in ~music

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    As they age out you could fold them into Presidents of the United States of America at that point. I sort of mean that as a serious recommendation.

    As they age out you could fold them into Presidents of the United States of America at that point.

    I sort of mean that as a serious recommendation.

    4 votes

  5. Comment on Slay the Spire 2 Early Access delayed til March 2026 in ~games

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    There was a bit of whiplash around this as I think they'd added it to Steam with that Late Fall 2025 release date, then they came out and said "Delayed until 2026." I'm not bitter at all, as I...

    There was a bit of whiplash around this as I think they'd added it to Steam with that Late Fall 2025 release date, then they came out and said "Delayed until 2026."

    I'm not bitter at all, as I still haven't beat STS on normal (I've cleared a few OP dailies), and totally respect finishing the game properly, rather than rushing it out the door. I'm sure they need a bit more time from switching engines as well (From Unity to Godot when Unity pulled its stuff last year), and welcome any time they spend making it better than I assume it already is if they waited this long to push back.

    4 votes

  6. Comment on What have you been listening to this week? in ~music

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    Been a lot of intense metal this week. I've been locked onto Koloss most often. I think it's Meshugga's best album, and think Meshuggah is perhaps one of the best metal bands to ever do it. They...

    Been a lot of intense metal this week.

    I've been locked onto Koloss most often. I think it's Meshugga's best album, and think Meshuggah is perhaps one of the best metal bands to ever do it. They go between stellar lyrics with amazing rhythms, legible harsh vocals, and wild time signatures with a still detectable pulse (Thomas Haake builds usually builds his parts around a 4/4 or 3/4 pulse, giving you something to anchor to as the rest of the music phases around).

    Lamb of God's New American Gospel has been getting some rotation, as well. I'm trying to learn the song "Black Label" on guitar because, to me, it's an excellent song on guitar for simplicity, endurance, and form reinforcement. The breakdown is just a chug on an open drop-d string, which really emphasizes relaxing the wrist, but still intricate enough to keep the left hand moving, and require a bit of a careful approach. Of course, driving around, I let the rest of the album play, so I'm listening to it as well, but Black Label is probably my favorite song on the album.

    2 votes

  7. Comment on What have you been listening to this week? in ~music

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    I always thought Between the Buried and Me was just a death metal band. I looked them up after your description and WTF'd hard, I had no idea they were a progressive deathmetal band (emphasis on...

    I always thought Between the Buried and Me was just a death metal band. I looked them up after your description and WTF'd hard, I had no idea they were a progressive deathmetal band (emphasis on progressive). I also found a video of Paul Water chick'n pick'n, so any band that does that gets a couple extra points in my book (I got the technique from Brent Hinds, RIP, but it definitely adds a unique sound, especially in high gain).

    Would you say "The Blue Nowhere" is a good start for them?

    2 votes

  8. Comment on LocalThunk: ‘I have some unfortunate news: The promised 2025 Balatro 1.1 update isn’t going to come out in 2025’ in ~games

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    First Slay the Spire 2 now Balatro?! Conspiracy, I say! I didn't know this was a thing til today, and all it means is I have more time to beat STS and 100% Balatro

    First Slay the Spire 2 now Balatro?! Conspiracy, I say!

    I didn't know this was a thing til today, and all it means is I have more time to beat STS and 100% Balatro

    5 votes

  9. Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games

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    Hollow Knight - I just got to the Resting Grounds (i hope placenames aren't spoilers, but IYKYK), fought the red guy there and called it a night after the story elements there. This game is...

    Hollow Knight - I just got to the Resting Grounds (i hope placenames aren't spoilers, but IYKYK), fought the red guy there and called it a night after the story elements there. This game is blowing me away with its story (sparsely told, but honestly pretty deep/well-developed), mechanics (getting wall-jumping completed the featureset for me), and overall feel. It's a little creepy, kinda cute, and generally just good fun. Hard, but not cruelly so, and sorta like Dark Souls, if I blew a boss fight, it was because I did something wrong, not some weird movement pattern.

    I've wanted to play a game that I felt properly challenged me for a minute, and Hollow Knight is definitely that. It's super satisfying to be stuck for 45 minutes then find the spot I missed and find a bunch of new progress to make.

    And a cheeky vent (spoiler):

    Spoilers abound Fuck the Soulmaster. Fun fight, two stages. I was *heated* after "defeating" him, collecting the soul, watching him flit around the screen in what appeared to be a death throe, then crash through the glass. It took me *four more tries* to finish that fight because the phase two was so difficult. But *so* worth it.

    I'm also back into the roguelite deck builders. Still trying to get that first non-daily Slay the Spire ascension, but might need to watch some Northern Lion or something (his videos are great, he talks through every decision which helps thinking about strategy), but I can't crack the second boss. I'm trying to focus on the Ironclad for now, just because I want to push with him. I'm chipping away at Balatro's challenges, as well.

  10. Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games

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    I thought the opening cutscene was a precursor to having cutscenes all over the place and was scared off. After jumping in and becoming obsessed, there's only little animated vignettes to lead to...

    I thought the opening cutscene was a precursor to having cutscenes all over the place and was scared off. After jumping in and becoming obsessed, there's only little animated vignettes to lead to important things, and very few actual cutscenes, and it all flows well.

    In the run-up to Silksong I was like "An indie with this much hype and no discernable BS has to be good!" I gave it a second shot and it's been my go-to. I had a bit of the same problem I had with Celeste where I started it then picked up some time after so had to re-watch the opening scenes on YouTube to ensure I didn't miss anything.

    Strangely, I kinda liked the Dark Soulsy-ness of it with the random entrances leading to tough enemies and having to retreat back to get your geo, it's far better than just losing everything and, in general, you were likely going to be headed back that way anyway. The death/retread cycle is something I like, strangely, except for those longer sections, but at least you don't have to fight all of the same higher-level enemies every time.

    4 votes

  11. Comment on New linux user: dual boot Mint install fatal error in ~comp

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    First: When the install failed something registered and tried to bump the failed GRUB to the front of the line. Go into your PC's firmware settings and adjust the boot order for Windows 10 to be...

    First: When the install failed something registered and tried to bump the failed GRUB to the front of the line. Go into your PC's firmware settings and adjust the boot order for Windows 10 to be first, the bootloader should kick in.

    I would recommend using Boot-Repair to see about fixing the Mint install. It should look around and see if there's a missing GRUB install and fix it. I've used it in the past and am more comfortable recommending this than suggesting somebody who can't even tell us if they're in BIOS or UEFI how to fix their system (no offense).

    To check how you're booting you could boot the Mint image and run the following:

    ls /sys/firmware/efi/efivars/

    If you can run this you're on UEFI. Look for an output like this:

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    1 vote

  12. Comment on What's your go-to hot sauce? in ~food

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    I'm pretty basic. Unfortunately for you Huy Fong Sriracha is my go to. Melinda's Sriracha is a solid backup, and their Habanero Garlic is a great alternative. I plan to keep them stocked. I would...

    I'm pretty basic.

    Unfortunately for you Huy Fong Sriracha is my go to. Melinda's Sriracha is a solid backup, and their Habanero Garlic is a great alternative. I plan to keep them stocked. I would recommend trying other srirachas as they all taste different, and Melinda's is quite good, almost fresher/less fermenty.

    El Yucateco is also really great, their habanero packs a solid punch, I think. It's in my southern California grocery stores, but I'm not sure about nationwide offering.

    Try Tabasco's other sauces. I like their chipotle as something to add smoke, jalapeno for green brightness, and they have a scorpion pepper sauce that's good for adding a sting of heat to stuff. The Jalapeno is a good general sauce, though.

    5 votes

  13. Comment on Stripe launches L1 blockchain: Tempo in ~finance

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    I know Paypal is already in on it (PYUSD?), VISA is also getting into it. I also work for a company that also does tax and accounting, and we're seeing some small interest in crypto at least...

    credit cards start adopting crypto to make sure they can control/benefit from the environment, and they've already got the infrastructure to handle it.

    I know Paypal is already in on it (PYUSD?), VISA is also getting into it. I also work for a company that also does tax and accounting, and we're seeing some small interest in crypto at least across finance (smaller firm, smaller clients, but still it's already hitting at higher levels).

    I am curious about how this would work though if I can use my MasterCard debit card to buy crypto on Coinbase to then use on stuff that MC disapproves of, but I think the abstraction at Coinbase, for example, would give MC deniability at least when it comes to these sorts of policies.

    2 votes

  14. Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp

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    I've been having an issue with my Linux install on an SSD connected to a hotswap dock in my case rarely failing, so I wanted to relocate my Linux install to an internal NVME drive (new mobo has...

    I've been having an issue with my Linux install on an SSD connected to a hotswap dock in my case rarely failing, so I wanted to relocate my Linux install to an internal NVME drive (new mobo has two slots).

    I also decided that, since I'm reinstalling, I should just switch distros. I've loved Aurora, but small fiddly things I like/need are extra work on Fedora Atomic. I enjoyed the stability and seamless updates, but decided Debian's the way to go since I have two major workflows now:

    1. My major workflows are gaming, music production, and web browsing.
    2. I manage my music environment in a Distrobox
    3. Most stuff I need is in Flatpaks anyway

    So Debian made sense. It won't change too much over time, will have stable support for up to five years, and updates every two. I won't suffer Shiny New Stuff Syndrome since Plasma 6.3 is a solid version, and anything I need I can get via flatpak, brew, or distrobox. I just got tired of not being in full control of system components (UBlue made some changes that weren't bad, but I didn't want), and dealing with OS abstraction via bootc/ostree.

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  15. Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games

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    The Silksong hype got me, I finally started and committed to Hollow Knight. I didn't expect a sort of soulslike platformer with interesting combat and a weird (but fun) world, and have been...

    The Silksong hype got me, I finally started and committed to Hollow Knight. I didn't expect a sort of soulslike platformer with interesting combat and a weird (but fun) world, and have been enjoying every minute of it.

    No Man's Sky: New update is amazing except for the fact you can't switch to a Corvette on your freighter. My hope is it's just an oversight they fix, but you have to dock with your Corvette to have it available. I plan to get the expedition done, but intend to try to finish Hollow Knight first.

  16. Comment on “First of its kind” AI settlement: Anthropic to pay authors $1.5 billion in ~books

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    Feels in line for Anthropic who at least purport to try to be a more human-friendly company. Yeah, they did the thing everybody else did, but they're also leading the charge on repercussions which...

    Feels in line for Anthropic who at least purport to try to be a more human-friendly company. Yeah, they did the thing everybody else did, but they're also leading the charge on repercussions which sorta works.

    Hopefully this leads towards actually paying for the books even if it's one license being replicated by a single company for model training, as well. I'm curious what's going to happen with the existing models.

    26 votes

  17. Comment on Stripe launches L1 blockchain: Tempo in ~finance

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    That's wild in a world where payment processors also face pressure for people's transactions. Perhaps this could help establish the alternative practice/mainstreaming of crypto as a payment...

    That's wild in a world where payment processors also face pressure for people's transactions. Perhaps this could help establish the alternative practice/mainstreaming of crypto as a payment method.

    I use a site that accepts crypto and was blocked by PayPal after the recent kerffufle and wound up using Coinbase to buy the approprate amount of USDC and found it to be a pretty straightforward process.

    The question for me, sorta, is how can this shift power from credit card companies? Would there be a ban on Stripe from MasterCard if I can get StripeUSD and do things MC doesn't like? That would largely affect the benefits of this.

    4 votes

  18. Comment on Two minute deep acid in Strudel (from scratch) in ~music

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    Going through her videos I wanna play with Strudel more. I'm interested in being able to make my own synths in the same interface, too, instead of having to develop my own synthdefs then reload later.

    Going through her videos I wanna play with Strudel more. I'm interested in being able to make my own synths in the same interface, too, instead of having to develop my own synthdefs then reload later.

    1 vote

  19. Comment on Two minute deep acid in Strudel (from scratch) in ~music

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    If you haven't experimented with any systems they're surprisingly easy. Tidalcycles is probably the simplest of them all as it's a DSL built on Haskell rather than a broader language integration....

    If you haven't experimented with any systems they're surprisingly easy. Tidalcycles is probably the simplest of them all as it's a DSL built on Haskell rather than a broader language integration.

    For example in Strudel:

    setcps (128/60/4)
$: s("bd <hh oh>").bank("tr909").dec(.4)

    Or in pure Tidalcycles:

    setcps 120/60/4
d1 $ s "bd <hh oh>"

    Tidalcycles will take a bit more setup, like having SuperCollider load those sample directories for me to call them but the paths still exist in the default setup. Strudel or pattrns (Renoise's library that supports Tidal micronotation) exist as layers on existing languages, making it a bit more complicated. Though, I tend to have 909bd, 909hc 909ho as my dirs for the above with my own samples, but it's still not as crazy as it looks.

    If you wanted to get into it at all Sean Cotterill has a stellar guide using plain old SuperCollider. I even find this method using SuperCollider's JITLib (Just-In-Time library, that enables dynamic recompilation/execution) simpler than anything but TidalCycles.

    1 vote

  20. Comment on What's your current PC wallpaper? in ~tech

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    I use KDE on Aurora (Linux) and at one point had planned to just set up to use the dark variant wallpaper for each release, but got stuck on Kay Dark, I believe the 5.26 wallpaper.l Anything else,...

    I use KDE on Aurora (Linux) and at one point had planned to just set up to use the dark variant wallpaper for each release, but got stuck on Kay Dark, I believe the 5.26 wallpaper.l

    Anything else, like my Framework 16 and Surface Go running Aurora just gets the current KDE wallpaper.