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Comment on How do you plan out your meals for the week/meal prep? in ~food
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Comment on How do you plan out your meals for the week/meal prep? in ~food
0x29A Link ParentI have, but they're a bit too far down that tech-bro hole for me. It's like what I'm doing but taken to the absolute extreme where you don't even really "enjoy food" anymore because you've...I have, but they're a bit too far down that tech-bro hole for me. It's like what I'm doing but taken to the absolute extreme where you don't even really "enjoy food" anymore because you've optimized the enjoyment out of it completely, and I'm not looking to do that. I feel that would be a psychological net-negative. I have found that in life, I want to retain as much "small joys" as possible, because sometimes they are all one has
Now, doing something like that (or Ensure, as a cheaper option) for a single meal per day, like Lunch, I would not be necessarily opposed to, and I have done that in the past for a time (to make lunch super easy at work), but right now it's just not something I strongly desire. I keep the option open though.
That said, I noticed it did not play well with my digestive system, so I'd have to do it differently if I do it again (with way more soluble fiber or osmething)
I have also tried the "hot food" version of Huel and I have to say, the taste/texture/experience is so lacking that I ran back to real food (even if just a simple sandwich or tuna salad + crackers, or whatever else) - again, seems they optimized every bit of the "joy" out of it completely and that's not what I want (and way too on brand for some types of techbro-ism tbh)
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Comment on How do you plan out your meals for the week/meal prep? in ~food
0x29A LinkSuper outside take probably, but I don't cook. I don't like it, and I don't like buying tons of ingredients to do it either, even if it's "quick and easy". I live alone so I don't have to worry...Super outside take probably, but I don't cook. I don't like it, and I don't like buying tons of ingredients to do it either, even if it's "quick and easy". I live alone so I don't have to worry about preparing things for anyone else. However, I just can't stand doing it (unless it's extremely simple occasional things like Crockpot or throwing frozen stuff in the Air Fryer).
I just buy soups, frozen/refrigerated burritos, pre-made beans/rice kind of dishes, certain kinds of frozen meals, frozen/canned/fresh fruits and veggies. Basically if I can eat it as is, microwave it, air fry it, or a distant fourth- crockpot it, then I go for that.
For me it's simply "I don't want to spend ANY time, energy, or amount of thinking power on food" that leads me to this, and I'm not unhappy about it (and I don't need anyone's nutritional assessment of my choices either).
For times when the budget allows, I'll do mail-based meal plans, but even the cheapest of those is rather expensive (though maybe given grocery price trajectory they're not that bad), so I don't do them right now.
While I understand raw ingredients + cooking can be cheaper, right now I aim for an "okay enough" balance between three different things- nutrition, no cooking, and budget.
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Comment on Whatever happened to _____? in ~talk
0x29A Link ParentCan consider a few possibilities here (likely a combination of some or all): Aesthetics either going out of style, being less desirable, or being less chosen by car makers Potential impacts on...Can consider a few possibilities here (likely a combination of some or all):
- Aesthetics either going out of style, being less desirable, or being less chosen by car makers
- Potential impacts on efficiency
- Marginal cost savings on another high-wear part by simply not adding them
- Over time, more paved roads in more places reducing their utility
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Comment on How to get found by recruiters on LinkedIn in ~tech
0x29A LinkAt this point my goal is to never again seek any sort of position that would require being on LinkedIn. If that consigns me to low wages doing menial tasks at some local business, then so be it, I...At this point my goal is to never again seek any sort of position that would require being on LinkedIn. If that consigns me to low wages doing menial tasks at some local business, then so be it, I suppose. I would rather stick my hand in a woodchipper than rejoin.
Having previously worked in some form of tech for over 15 years (helpdesk, desktop support, systems administration), I am not sure I want to re-enter the field at all anyway. I am so damn sick of tech these days.
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Comment on What have you been listening to this week? in ~music
0x29A Linkthis French EBM https://potochkine.bandcamp.com/album/sang-dencrethis French EBM https://potochkine.bandcamp.com/album/sang-dencre
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Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp
0x29A Link ParentThat's interesting. I use Porkbun for all my domains and the propagation actually feels surprisingly fast to me. At least far faster than it ever has in the past, including a couple of recent...That's interesting. I use Porkbun for all my domains and the propagation actually feels surprisingly fast to me. At least far faster than it ever has in the past, including a couple of recent changes I made.
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Comment on Cloudflare down again in ~tech
0x29A Link ParentIt happened less than three weeks ago (mid-november), so it probably feels perceptibly more frequent even just due to it happening so soon after the last oneIt happened less than three weeks ago (mid-november), so it probably feels perceptibly more frequent even just due to it happening so soon after the last one
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Comment on Cloudflare down again in ~tech
0x29A Link ParentI am aware, I was not using downdetector to actually check the status of Cloudflare. It was just a source of amusement that it was downI am aware, I was not using downdetector to actually check the status of Cloudflare. It was just a source of amusement that it was down
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Comment on Cloudflare down again in ~tech
0x29A LinkNoticed this when I couldn't pay my internet bill, and also could not browse a tea site I normally do. Amusingly, this means https://downdetector.com/ is down Even more amusingly, the detector of...Noticed this when I couldn't pay my internet bill, and also could not browse a tea site I normally do.
Amusingly, this means https://downdetector.com/ is down
Even more amusingly, the detector of the detector is not detecting, and thinks it is up https://downdetectorsdowndetector.com/
And EVEN MORE amusingly, https://downdetectorsdowndetectorsdowndetectorsdowndetector.com/ is detecting that the detector-detector-detector is down, which is also true
and while centralized, all-eggs-in-one-basket thinking are one reason why i hate the current internet in some ways, these amusing sites are why i still love it, in some ways. got a good hell of a laugh out of all this :)
much love, and coffee, and tough friday empathy for any of you that have to deal with this now, or soon, at your given place of work
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Comment on Your favorite deeply unpopular music in ~music
0x29A (edited )LinkI suppose I'll add some additional stuff here, given that this topic has made the rounds again, and I found it more difficult to answer last time. When it comes to either obscure (as in no one...I suppose I'll add some additional stuff here, given that this topic has made the rounds again, and I found it more difficult to answer last time.
When it comes to either obscure (as in no one knows about it) or niche (relatively few listeners compared to the average person's music tastes), there are a number of things I like, and have found over the years.
More niche listener base (though "popular" within that base):
- Harsh noise / power electronics (Goatworshipper, etc- Merzbow being a "popular" artist in that realm)
- Death industrial / harsher sides of industrial, like URANIUM and Author & Punisher (the latter being a more "popular" one)
- Very extreme metal, punk, and adjacent (black metal, industrial black metal, grindcore, powerviolence, avant-garde/dissonant stuff)- though even the most extremes of metal in these realms these days are pretty "normal" for us metalheads- nothing way out there and even are in some sense "popular"- and like black metal- have huge storied histories and a big "place" in the metal scene. However, plenty of very obscure artists though- lo-fi/raw one-person black metal projects are all over the place :). In general the metal and punk underground is alive and well. It's all been around long enough at this point that there's always some popular form of it being done, but I'm glad to see the underground still thrive
- I would say there are even some projects that have risen in popularity but maintain quite a bit of inaccessibility to anyone outside of the small sphere that love the stuff- like wild stuff like Esoctrilhium's absolutely bonkers take on black metal
Obscure stuff tends to fall into a few categories:
- Bands from various nations that just have, on the whole, a lot less output that makes it across the world, or at least, not on a scale where they're well known (Ugra Karma, death metal from Nepal, for instance- warning: some gory album covers so do not search unless you're okay with that, Hungarian punk like this, etc)
- Lots of projects on bandcamp and other similar platforms that just have yet to be discovered widely, and this ranges across any and every genre, from bedroom pop, to raw black metal, to anything and everything, and I love when I find those. Like some local shoegaze band from who knows where, just making the coolest shit ever
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Comment on How did you choose your podcast app and would you switch to a different one? in ~tech
0x29A Link ParentHad no idea about the units tests, etc. That certainly all seems to make my experiences make a bit more sense. Around the same time the big changes were made to overhaul Overcast's codebase, it...Had no idea about the units tests, etc. That certainly all seems to make my experiences make a bit more sense. Around the same time the big changes were made to overhaul Overcast's codebase, it never worked properly again for me, even the most basic things were broken, basic enough things that the app was unusable
Also had no idea they dropped the web player. Another reason I'll be sticking with Pocket Casts, then.
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Comment on How did you choose your podcast app and would you switch to a different one? in ~tech
0x29A Link ParentAutomattic (owner of WordPress) owns Pocket Casts. Not speaking for the parent comment- but there was a whole debacle involving WP and Automattic's CEO, and historically, at least speaking for...Automattic (owner of WordPress) owns Pocket Casts. Not speaking for the parent comment- but there was a whole debacle involving WP and Automattic's CEO, and historically, at least speaking for myself individually, IMO he's been a rather unsavory character, so I personally hate that fact about Pocket Casts, despite otherwise it being my go-to podcasts app, and I keep forgetting that it was acquired by Automattic.
If any other app worked for my needs as well as Pocket Cast does, I'd abandon it, but so far have not found a solid replacement. I might start looking around again, though.
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Comment on How did you choose your podcast app and would you switch to a different one? in ~tech
0x29A (edited )LinkIn the early days of podcasts and smartphones I found Pocket Casts, probably recommended by some tech person I was following at the time and I enjoyed it. I was grandfathered into Pocket Casts...In the early days of podcasts and smartphones I found Pocket Casts, probably recommended by some tech person I was following at the time and I enjoyed it. I was grandfathered into Pocket Casts Plus by being an early user that paid their inexpensive one-time fee at one point. So, mostly I've stayed with them. However, I have tried other things (though specifically on iOS, FWIW), such as Overcast.
I enjoyed Overcast for a while and even preferred it to Pocket Casts, especially when subscribing to "patreon-locked feeds" for particular podcasts that I supported- Pocket Casts didn't handle those well originally, so I looked for alternatives. It was really simple, small-footprint, responsive, and did everything I needed.
However, Overcast in recent months/years became wholly unreliable for me, to the point where new episodes would never show up as "unlistened" or new- the app would just mark them as if I had listened to them, or feeds wouldn't update properly. This was never solved. I would think that my favorite podcasts had stopped releasing episodes, only to find out it was Overcast that was the problem. Even after uninstalling/reinstalling, removing and readding all my casts, and everything.
I tried a few others and either didn't like the UI, or felt like they were missing something in the workflow that frustrated me. So, I jumped back to Pocket Casts, and it finally handled those special patreon feeds fine when I still had them (though I don't anymore), and it's been consistently reliable ever since. Even on iOS, there is nothing else I'd rather use than Pocket Casts at this point. Even if Overcast fixes itself, I'll probably never go back- it burned me too hard and for too long.
I don't have a big need for features- but I am very picky about specific things. Streaming episodes, ease of filtering them, reliable skipping/pausing/etc, reliable queueing, and a UI that feels good to use. I don't need cross platform- though I do appreciate Pocket Casts having a web player if I need it in a pinch.
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Also, a couple of podcasts I'll recommend:
Doughboys
Stop Podcasting YourselfSome others I've stopped listening to (either due to time or otherwise) that I still recommend (if they're around):
Jordan Jesse, Go!I used to listen to so many more podcasts, though I've abandoned a lot of them for one reason or another. Used to be big into the tech and tech-adjacent podcast sphere (TWiT, Revision3, 5by5 Network, Merlin Mann and adjacent characters' stuff), but very little, if any, of that remains in my rotation, and not any I'd feel 100% comfortable recommending.
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Comment on Cloud hosting in EU in ~comp
0x29A Link ParentI don't use it anymore (just no longer needed it for my use case), but I've never had a problem with Hetzner myself. Was a good experience. +1I don't use it anymore (just no longer needed it for my use case), but I've never had a problem with Hetzner myself. Was a good experience. +1
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Comment on Shopify's Black Friday/Cyber Monday site showcase in ~tech
0x29A Link ParentYeah, seeing the "orders per minute" and other stats is certainly having the opposite effect on me than what they intendedYeah, seeing the "orders per minute" and other stats is certainly having the opposite effect on me than what they intended
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Comment on What creative projects have you been working on? in ~creative
0x29A Link ParentYeah I've tried to see if I can land on something easy to ship + uncommon/useful, etc. Like, for instance, some kind of replacement part that perfectly fits/snaps in somewhere in some type of...Yeah I've tried to see if I can land on something easy to ship + uncommon/useful, etc.
Like, for instance, some kind of replacement part that perfectly fits/snaps in somewhere in some type of appliance / electronic / etc. Like gears, clips, covers, spacers, etc. but specifically made to fit certain models/makes of products.
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Comment on Suggestions for uses of old computer hardware? in ~comp
0x29A Link ParentCould consider power limiting / restricting it in the BIOS so it uses less power if its performance is overkill for whatever use case you decide on. While nowhere near as efficient as a Pi or...Could consider power limiting / restricting it in the BIOS so it uses less power if its performance is overkill for whatever use case you decide on. While nowhere near as efficient as a Pi or whatever, it's at least an option if you still want to use the hardware but make it run more lightly
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Comment on Windows: Linux GPU gaming benchmarks on Bazzite in ~games
0x29A LinkWhile I have had a good experience on Linux with Nvidia, I am curious if the frame-time consistency and 1%/0.1% lows issues are things I have ever encountered, because they are very apparent in...While I have had a good experience on Linux with Nvidia, I am curious if the frame-time consistency and 1%/0.1% lows issues are things I have ever encountered, because they are very apparent in these results. That said I am not on Bazzite or a similar Arch/etc base
As GN admits, the ecosystem is so complex and rapidly changing on Linux that it's possible some users may never have the same experience as the benchmark results show, because of the interwoven complexity between the OS, drivers, kernels, hardware, etc
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Comment on Windows: Linux GPU gaming benchmarks on Bazzite in ~games
0x29A Link ParentYeah while I understand not everyone will want to make the same choices, and it was easier for me since most of my multiplayer days are behind me, but I decided that making the tradeoff of missing...Yeah while I understand not everyone will want to make the same choices, and it was easier for me since most of my multiplayer days are behind me, but I decided that making the tradeoff of missing out on some games, even potentially ones I would have some level of interest in, was worth it to abandon Windows, and I have never regretted the decision. Turns out most of the games that don't work are games I would never want to play anyway for any number of reasons, whether it be deep anti-cheat PC access or otherwise and nearly everything I have tried and wanted to play has worked out of the box or with slight tweaking
Yeah there are definitely multiple mental health / psychologically-related reasons I do it, some subconsciously, some knowingly, and that's why I still try to strike a balance with it in some other ways, so I don't end up hurting myself in one way by attempting to help myself in another