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Comment on What have you been eating, drinking, and cooking? in ~food
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Comment on What have you been eating, drinking, and cooking? in ~food
HeroesJourneyMadness (edited )Link ParentOhhh! Wild garlic, for the uninitiated: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allium_tricoccum I like the name Ramps better now though. Edit: reading that page, not only is Chicago named after Ramps, but...Ohhh! Wild garlic, for the uninitiated:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allium_tricoccum
I like the name Ramps better now though.
Edit: reading that page, not only is Chicago named after Ramps, but an Appalachian newspaper put ramp juice in its ink as a joke (I want to know what stories ran on that day) and angered the postmaster general.
Legend.
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Comment on What have you been eating, drinking, and cooking? in ~food
HeroesJourneyMadness Link ParentOhh, this is my jam. Nut milk bag and a pitcher that can take the acidity of coffee. Done and done. I live by this cold brew method and have passed it onto others over the years. Also- I learned...Ohh, this is my jam. Nut milk bag and a pitcher that can take the acidity of coffee. Done and done. I live by this cold brew method and have passed it onto others over the years. Also- I learned it from an IRL personal hero and amazing writer Cory Doctorow. Also- I know this is how at least a couple of trendy restaurants do it.
Here’s where I learned it:
https://boingboing.net/2013/07/20/cheap-easy-no-mess-cold-brew.html
One caveat- an old roommate used to stir it up before pouring it because they wanted the strongest possible glass, but I found depending on the grind this can put a bunch of grit in your glass. I wouldn’t recommend doing that, but to each their own.
If anybody has a better method, by all means, change my mind.
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Comment on I dont want Windows 11, how easy is it to use Linux? in ~tech
HeroesJourneyMadness Link ParentIf this was asked 10 years ago, a likely answer would be that it “supports” it in that you can install it, and it’ll function, but some parts might not act right, or some kind of weirdness would...If this was asked 10 years ago, a likely answer would be that it “supports” it in that you can install it, and it’ll function, but some parts might not act right, or some kind of weirdness would mean you’d be like (for example) on the support boards figuring out that 1/2 your application launch files need symlinking into this different location to show up or some really annoying, time consuming, but not impossible to fix issue.
NBD if you like fixing and fiddling with your machine… but kind of usually a deal breaker if you just want to escape Microsoft.
TLDR: stay off the Linux thin ice if you don’t love fiddling with DEs and config stuff.
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Comment on I dont want Windows 11, how easy is it to use Linux? in ~tech
HeroesJourneyMadness Link ParentI would be a vocal 3rd, but I boxed up my old Mint server nearly 10 years ago- only because I went on a self-hosting hiatus. It was great. Cool to see it’s still right up there on recs.I would be a vocal 3rd, but I boxed up my old Mint server nearly 10 years ago- only because I went on a self-hosting hiatus. It was great. Cool to see it’s still right up there on recs.
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Comment on United dropped coverage for my kids' pediatrician. What's the most efficient way I can make them, as a company, suffer for this decision? in ~health
HeroesJourneyMadness Link ParentI was going to say call your representative. At the state level. Sometimes you’re stunningly not far from making noise that actually gets heard and the needle moved. It helps to get all the...I was going to say call your representative. At the state level. Sometimes you’re stunningly not far from making noise that actually gets heard and the needle moved. It helps to get all the details on what the dispute was so you sound like someone just trying to solve a problem. That’s more likely to get engagement.
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Comment on WordPress scales back to one major release in 2025 in ~tech
HeroesJourneyMadness Link ParentMarket dominance isn’t control. I see no reason some group of hosting providers couldn’t pretty handily make a plug-in repo alternative. I’m not saying it would be painless, and there probably...Market dominance isn’t control. I see no reason some group of hosting providers couldn’t pretty handily make a plug-in repo alternative.
I’m not saying it would be painless, and there probably will be more failed forks along the way. That’s why I’d advise doing nothing and continuing with WP. Even if Automattic completely implodes, nearly every other platform has on-ramps for migration from WP.
It’s absolutely still the best, safest, most ubiquitous, and most open and migrate-able way to go.
Maybe there are big changes afoot, but I seriously wouldn’t worry too much about this top-tier billionaire power struggle unless you have stock in the WP hosting business.
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Comment on WordPress scales back to one major release in 2025 in ~tech
HeroesJourneyMadness Link ParentOh this is definitively a big deal. Apologies if it sounded like I was brushing this off. Maybe I was a bit myopic in just seeing it as kind of an opportunity for work in migrating, fixing, and...Oh this is definitively a big deal. Apologies if it sounded like I was brushing this off. Maybe I was a bit myopic in just seeing it as kind of an opportunity for work in migrating, fixing, and updating sites and whatnot for WordPress contractors - like I used to do.
Last fall when the latest wave of Mullenweg drama and hate crested he called it “going the nuclear route”. These new announcements seem in line with that.
In my totally biased and only semi-informed and totally speculative opinion I have an image (accurate or not) of Matt as having been frustrated for many years now by the bigger industry players that have grown up and exist “because of” “his” project. Many of whom once fostered and collaborated for the growth and innovation of everyone in the WP business.
(Again, still total speculation on my part here) Now though, these companies have matured. Leadership has changed, growth has slowed, there’s a political tide strongly NOT in favor of an open web, and the competitors and tech stacks have improved and changed. WordPress doesn’t have the same goodwill it used to - only in small and relatively inconsequential part because of Matt’s actions though. Much much more goodwill has dissipated because it’s all very big money at the top now- with little to no interest in industry collaboration or innovation. All the young brilliant entrepreneurs have gotten very very rich and moved on or into the background.
I think it’s very likely the industry’s support for the project hasn’t seen commensurate financial growth compared to WP industry peers OR technical growth compared to other widely-adopted open source projects (the latter also being because of the complex relationships between the core project, the .org infrastructure, Matt’s companies, etc. etc.)
So, again, IMO, it’s a situation where the WP project is kind of looking like and being treated as an aging cow being milked by large companies run by boards and private equity until it eventually dies. Matt decided to roll the dice instead and see if the industry was willing to pony up so that the project can continue to innovate. Hence “go nuclear”.
Back to the point at hand- when you say it will be “felt by everyone”, I’d like to qualify who everyone is and suggest that some might benefit, some are probably going to freak out, some might get liquidated, and some are those former colleagues and peers of mine that were a part of the industry’s explosive growth over the last 20 years, “got theirs” and have moved on or are kicking back and kind of amusingly watching the later-stage grifters, optimizers, and money men freak the eff out because their strategy for continued revenue was just nuked by an actual real innovator.
So yeah, change is scary, and some might get hurt, but as someone who’s been fired and won and lost some, I’m of the opinion that usually it’s the wrong people that get hurt by industry changes, but this is not one of them.
So yeah, I’m in the “Go Matt, f*ck some shit up” camp. And also- if your business is powered by a WP site, don’t sweat it, let the big boys of that business do their drama and thrashing and you’ll know when it’s time to make some changes - and I bet they’ll even be good for you when all is said and done.
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Comment on WordPress scales back to one major release in 2025 in ~tech
HeroesJourneyMadness Link ParentLol. Like the roughly 40% of the internet "still" using it? For the love of all that is holy, once again, Automattic don't own WordPress. It's a GPL-licensed software project. Automattic has a...Lol. Like the roughly 40% of the internet "still" using it?
For the love of all that is holy, once again, Automattic don't own WordPress. It's a GPL-licensed software project. Automattic has a copyright on the WP name and logo, they don't own the codebase. That's why the article was nearly entirely about contribution hours to the project.
Looked at that way, the "platform" is an infintely-headed hydra that people can just hop around trying out different variations of - like WIX or the dozen and a half other white-labeled variations of what's actually just WordPress under the hood.
If you're gonna take cheap shots at something, make sure your aim is true.
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Comment on WordPress scales back to one major release in 2025 in ~tech
HeroesJourneyMadness Link ParentMy .02 if you'd like - fully agree with ~daychilde on this. I'd go even a step further in that if I'm totally wrong about the tons of words I've written defending Matt M and there's some kind of...My .02 if you'd like - fully agree with ~daychilde on this. I'd go even a step further in that if I'm totally wrong about the tons of words I've written defending Matt M and there's some kind of major upheaval that's begun... That's an opportunity for a boatload of work in the WP world.
Hang tight, continue any WP-based work you've got going on and await the next opportunity/move. IF jumping ship becomes the way to go, be the LAST one(s) doing it so that there's little to no risk of choosing wrongly and the migration path is all smoothed out... I can't imagine there won't be some killer new paths forward that will surface.
(aside: maybe I should look into what happened to that fully JS "fork" of WP called Ghost to see if anything ever came of that)
Just be sure you'll still own the IP (if you're a content producer) and there are solid, onramps and offramps for all the content types.
It'll be fine, just wait until all the dumb money/devs/grifters have fallen away and it's abundantly clear what should happen next.
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Comment on Joe Edelman: "Is anything worth maximizing?", a talk about how tech platforms optimize for metrics in ~tech
HeroesJourneyMadness (edited )LinkWell, I’m going to have to listen to the whole thing, but first I’m going to acknowledge and voice my frustration about the general over-reliance on metrics and the all too often lazy abuse of...Well, I’m going to have to listen to the whole thing, but first I’m going to acknowledge and voice my frustration about the general over-reliance on metrics and the all too often lazy abuse of them. I’m sure this guy is going to get into much of the same stuff- but IMO there’s (to abuse a terrible saying) there’s no baby in that old “metrics” bathwater anymore.
You can’t just go spelunking on numbers and magically come up with new markets or new understanding of your market. IMO other orgs are trying to replace actual research with some new quant formula. It’s lazy.
Want to fix an App Store? Do some qualitative research (language analysis) on reviews. Even rudimentary analysis will shine a massive light on the crappy apps and the crappy devs and the out-of-date code bases. Hell, do a search for curse words in reviews and you’ll have a stack of things to fix.
But internally that is NOT what’s ever going to be mentioned in UX meetings. Because that might reduce download numbers. Crappy apps are great for increasing those- and that’s a metric used to measure App Store usage- which impacts the budget for the App Store division.
Metrics are frequently more perpetuated internal turf wars than actually useful for improving UX.
Real research into users and product usage is where the traction and insights are.
So, my assumption is this guy is trying to suggest metrics can be improved with some kind of innovation, and while he’s not wrong, what he is trying to avoid saying is the word “research” because it implies a cost that nobody wants to talk about.
Sorry for posting about this before watching the whole thing. I’ll put it on later when I’m in the car.
Edit: a typo, and turning down a little hyperbole. Thank you.
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Comment on Amid calls for sovereign EU tech stack, Swedish startup Evroc raises $55M in Series A funding to build a hyperscale cloud in Europe in ~tech
HeroesJourneyMadness Link ParentInteresting there’s no mention of Ireland in there. I wonder if there’s some interesting commerce-y things happening on that border between the autonomous country and their northern brethren.Interesting there’s no mention of Ireland in there. I wonder if there’s some interesting commerce-y things happening on that border between the autonomous country and their northern brethren.
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Comment on Amid calls for sovereign EU tech stack, Swedish startup Evroc raises $55M in Series A funding to build a hyperscale cloud in Europe in ~tech
HeroesJourneyMadness Link(In the US) Good for them. I hope they succeed and point the way for better data stewardship. That’s at least the 2nd time I’ve heard mention of CoreWeave. I may have to look into what they’re...(In the US) Good for them. I hope they succeed and point the way for better data stewardship.
That’s at least the 2nd time I’ve heard mention of CoreWeave. I may have to look into what they’re about. I think there’s something in my TBR list about them.
I’m wondering what exactly it is about the tech stack they’re dealing with. Even I have a vague understating of containerization choices/options, and it seems like resource measurement and whatnot have been done now for a number of years. Could it be like very low-level (read: hypervisor-level) containerization security they want to lock down?
Maybe someone more knowledgeable could offer slightly more technical supposition for us nerdy and paranoid plebes…
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Comment on It is as if you were on your phone in ~tech
HeroesJourneyMadness LinkThis is paradoxically annoying. To me it’s another barometer for my internals. You know how every now and then there is someone who just aggravates you? They just chafe. Rub you the wrong way. I...This is paradoxically annoying. To me it’s another barometer for my internals.
You know how every now and then there is someone who just aggravates you? They just chafe. Rub you the wrong way.
I was told (annoyingly) once that those people are good barometers to use to assess how I’m doing. That instead of them being the issue, maybe I could take a look at my reaction and use it constructively.
That’s annoying, and so it this game.
What’s even worse it that it’s probably proportional- the amount that it annoys me is probably just how much I need to address my phone habits.
Eff Pippen and his evil genius little satirical game. I didn’t need to have that pointed out.
(I kid! Pippen deserves all the credit for that insidious social experiment/game/commentary.)
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Comment on Kroger CEO resigns after probe into his personal conduct in ~finance
HeroesJourneyMadness LinkCame here hoping for some message about reinvesting in their stores, employees, and product selection now. I can’t remember the last Kroger I was in that didn’t exude depression and desperation....Came here hoping for some message about reinvesting in their stores, employees, and product selection now. I can’t remember the last Kroger I was in that didn’t exude depression and desperation.
For the love of all that is holy please Wegmen’s come further into the Midwest. We need decent produce at decent prices.
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Comment on Inheriting is becoming nearly as important as working in ~finance
HeroesJourneyMadness Link ParentNot to pile on here, but “a few Uber-wealthy” likely do effect our lives in ways we don’t and can’t imagine. It seems pretty reasonable IMO that 1,500 private jets fly into Davos to get together...Not to pile on here, but “a few Uber-wealthy” likely do effect our lives in ways we don’t and can’t imagine. It seems pretty reasonable IMO that 1,500 private jets fly into Davos to get together regularly for reasons and purposes that don’t make the news. (And that’s just the one gathering that does make the news. I bet there are others we plebes know nothing about.)
We don’t have to have actual proof of what those deals are to know it’s going on… what IS needed is increased daylight into it, not a denial of the effects it has on the world.
I’m NOT saying there are nefarious string-pullers controlling our every move. I am suggesting there are whispers of (for a fictional example): “You might want to have environmental regulation issues over in that country preventing investment for a few years because that leader’s giving me problems. I’ll ring you when it’s sorted and in the meantime here’s a point on your crude reserves to offset any costs.” That stuff’s been going on at least since the word “parlay” existed.
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Comment on Everything is Chrome in ~tech
HeroesJourneyMadness Link ParentYep. I started using Gfonts as a CDN back when it first became a thing. I liked the design freedom, but the second I figured out how to grab the font and include it directly I went back to the...Yep. I started using Gfonts as a CDN back when it first became a thing. I liked the design freedom, but the second I figured out how to grab the font and include it directly I went back to the “old” way. Gfonts is a nice way to browse, but I never found the “added weight” of 2 or even 3 fonts never really mattered much in loading speeds.
Then again, I never tested that rigorously either, so YMMV.
Edit: oops, this should have been a reply to your parent comment, but thanks for the bunny tip. If I ever build sites again I’ll check it out
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Comment on 'Anora' wins five Oscars including Best Picture in ~movies
HeroesJourneyMadness Link ParentNot sure I’m fully on board with that take. Demi had some heavy swings back in the day. Ghost (though I never watched it, many swooned), Indecent Proposal, GI Jane was pretty great, but it mighta...Not sure I’m fully on board with that take. Demi had some heavy swings back in the day. Ghost (though I never watched it, many swooned), Indecent Proposal, GI Jane was pretty great, but it mighta been a bit too on-the-nose as Oscar bait? She was the highest paid female actor in the world at some point.
Brendan Fraser I know only the popcorn stuff. I haven’t seen The Whale. I’m sure it’s amazing, but I’m failing to recall heavy swings from him from back in the day. Not that I’m saying that’s his fault or there were none- I just don’t know them.
I mean- I see all the similarities you mentioned. It definitely is starting to feel like a bit of a formula… I probably just felt the need to defend her because… I mean… I’m a CIS guy of the correct age to have crushed on her back when… and The Substance kinda fried my brain in the theater. I left actually for real damp from perspiration- and just to be clear it was NOT the sexy kind. That movie is intense and insane.
In terms of pure art, I think I might have leaned toward giving it to Demi… but that’s also a really hard sell. Anora captures your heart and has a bit more to say IMO. the Substance is like the dictionary definition of off-putting and is a searing shrieking single note of rage. Anora drives some ideas home with some very good story telling and dialog and delivery.
6 one, half-dozen the other I guess. I think I may have just written myself out of whatever it was I was going to say here. Sorry. I’m going to bed.
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Comment on Tildes homepage is down? (2025-02-25 4pm UTC) in ~tildes
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Comment on What low-stakes drama is going on in your circles right now? in ~talk
HeroesJourneyMadness Link ParentOther low-stakes drama- literally “the soup is too hot”, “you’re using the wrong knife”, “the led bulb is the wrong shade of white”, and “how do I get to Netflix?” -the last one is weekly at least.Other low-stakes drama- literally “the soup is too hot”, “you’re using the wrong knife”, “the led bulb is the wrong shade of white”, and “how do I get to Netflix?” -the last one is weekly at least.
Honestly, I don’t measure the coffee. That said, I use a lot because the worst case is it’s too strong and I can just use it like a concentrate and water it down. Because it’s cold brew there’s no ticking-clock-of-increasingly-acidic on it. The perks and downside is I can get loosy-goosey with just adding water and coffee until it turns into a heinous sludge. Then it’s really time to jettison and start again.
Maybe use the method but not my implementation?