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  1. Comment on What have you been eating, drinking, and cooking? in ~food

  2. Comment on What have you been eating, drinking, and cooking? in ~food

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    Extra salty indeed - I had done a previous batch that developed some harmless yeast on top at 4% that gave it some off notes even after scooping the top bits off, so this round I wanted to try a...

    Extra salty indeed - I had done a previous batch that developed some harmless yeast on top at 4% that gave it some off notes even after scooping the top bits off, so this round I wanted to try a higher salinty to keep a slight twang but not a full ferment.

    Nothing added after bottling (except a negligible salt to taste of like 1-1.5 tbsp for 1.25lbs of peppers+garlic pre-ferment), but they're always refrigerated and eaten in ~1-2 months.

    2 votes

  3. Comment on What have you been eating, drinking, and cooking? in ~food

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    This week was rather interesting - did some 2 week lactofermented hot sauce of shishito peppers, garlic, and a few habaneros, blended with fresh garlic and some left over oil from when I made...

    This week was rather interesting - did some 2 week lactofermented hot sauce of shishito peppers, garlic, and a few habaneros, blended with fresh garlic and some left over oil from when I made garlic confit (can you tell I like garlic?). Turned out really good, very garlic forward and not too spicy. (No recipe - it was a 6% by weight brine and ziploc bag weight to keep peppers submerged, drain and then additional garlic, oil, and salt to taste)

    Also did some Levain copycat cookies off the serious eats recipe (https://www.seriouseats.com/super-thick-chocolate-chip-cookie-recipe) for a friendly cookie off, which won. Second place went to a modified Gideon's recipe that I can't share the exact details of, but browned and smoked butter made them damn good.

    Lastly, did some Tandoori chicken that I've been trying to dial in the flavors of. Swapping to buttermilk to marinade was part 1, and part 2 was using Kissan's masala from Canada instead of the US version. Couldn't tell you why but that made the difference.

    That leaves me with a full bottle of buttermilk left over though, if anyone has any suggestions on what to do with it.

    7 votes

  4. Comment on Want to automate my home with a privacy focus (but I'm a bit slow and need help) in ~life.home_improvement

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    I think if you're privacy conscious, you're going to be giving up a lot to get the tooling and automation that smart home tech offers. Most out of the box solutions require internet access (and I...

    I think if you're privacy conscious, you're going to be giving up a lot to get the tooling and automation that smart home tech offers. Most out of the box solutions require internet access (and I strongly agree with /u/shrike and you, it must be considered how everything will work without internet) and offer an app - which guarantees leaked data to the company servers.

    My personal set up has no home automation barring a Nest thermostat to replace one from 2 decades ago, and that still tries to "phone home" regularly - which is only visible to me thanks to running a pihole. The moment I step outside of my home and interact with the Nest app, I'm back to square zero on how much of my data (or metadata) is going out and where. For me, personally, a pihole is the place I'd start any amount of automation efforts due to my personal emphasis being more on the privacy than on automation.

    7 votes

  5. Comment on MSI's new monitor uses built-in AI to flag enemy positions for you in LoL in ~games

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    There's still issues with BYOD sometimes - https://www.vice.com/en/article/3k49z9/dota-2-player-who-used-programmable-mouse-disqualified-his-team-from-dollar15-million-tournament is one I remember...

    There's still issues with BYOD sometimes - https://www.vice.com/en/article/3k49z9/dota-2-player-who-used-programmable-mouse-disqualified-his-team-from-dollar15-million-tournament is one I remember since I used to play Dota, which was in fact pre-dated by a talk about the exact concept at DEFCON: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRWjd6o4LO4

    5 votes

  6. Comment on Why do hardly any straight men write about sex and dating? in ~life.men

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    A non-zero part of how I define my own masculinity is tied to this sentiment - what does being a man mean? It means taking care of those around me, being the strong for those who are currently...

    But there is an even greater dearth of positive male role models that are focused on being positive for males. Instead, discussions about positive male role models seem to focus on male role models that value feminism and equity and are positive for others.

    A non-zero part of how I define my own masculinity is tied to this sentiment - what does being a man mean? It means taking care of those around me, being the strong for those who are currently weak, and uplifting them so that they can stand on their own feet too. Part of that is going to include a rejection of some of the traditional masculine values, which emphasize thinking of yourself over others, or "lone wolf" behavior or measuring yourself relative to others; rather, on measuring yourself against where you were yesterday, and by your impact on your community, and how you help the most vulnerable people around you, especially when no one's looking.

    I've presented this to teenagers, whom I used to baby sit. Yeah, at first it does clash with the perception that masc === buff, or "alpha male" or being commanding and telling people what to do; but then I ask them if they think I'm any less of a man for not being buff, given that I can still pick them up. Or any less of a man for sitting back and engaging with others, instead of putting some social barriers up from others to stay aloof and alpha. Or any less of a man for asking for help from others when doing things, rather than telling them what to do. I don't think teens need someone like Tate or Peterson as a role model, especially for relationships - it's just easier to convince yourself you don't care and you're on your sigma grindset than it is to care, be vulnerable to rejection and change and have to pick yourself back up and try again.

    3 votes

  7. Comment on How social media’s biggest user protest rocked Reddit in ~tech

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    Seconding Lapbunny - I'm a big fan of the way the mtcj sub was moderated, and I'm thankful for the way that the discord is moderated too. It's become a place i hang out daily, which is impressive...

    Seconding Lapbunny - I'm a big fan of the way the mtcj sub was moderated, and I'm thankful for the way that the discord is moderated too. It's become a place i hang out daily, which is impressive for a public discord

    6 votes

  8. Comment on What are some highly praised comedians you don't find very funny? in ~talk

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    I think he's got a particular dynamic that resonates well with me comedically, particularly because I knew a few men (acquaintances, thankfully) where they did lean into that "angry about being...

    I really dislike Kevin Hart, and I don't understand why so many find him entertaining.

    I think he's got a particular dynamic that resonates well with me comedically, particularly because I knew a few men (acquaintances, thankfully) where they did lean into that "angry about being short, but also with jokes" kinda vibe that he picked up after time. His old stand ups have more variety than that.

    Have you seen Jumanji (2017)? He works well against The Rock by having character and personality, and Jack Black is a blast in that.

    5 votes

  9. Comment on swapping my motherboard and processor resulted in losing my Win 10 Pro license? in ~comp

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    Windows actually has a phone hotline you can call - https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/product-activation-for-windows-online-support-telephone-numbers-35f6a805-1259-88b4-f5e9-b52cccef91a0...

    Windows actually has a phone hotline you can call - https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/product-activation-for-windows-online-support-telephone-numbers-35f6a805-1259-88b4-f5e9-b52cccef91a0 they'll talk to you, get some details, and should be able to fix you up right as rain. Worked for me when I had hardware changes 3ish years ago.

    33 votes

  10. Comment on What everyday things can you replace with a higher-quality alternative? in ~life

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    Or, if you're in a light tinkering mood, Raspberry Pis are coming down in price, and a pihole is a fun day project.

    On that note, use NextDNS to block ads on the DNS level. It’s not perfect but it’s pretty good.

    Or, if you're in a light tinkering mood, Raspberry Pis are coming down in price, and a pihole is a fun day project.

    4 votes

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  12. Comment on Raspberry pi zero w for running pihole (or home web server) - anything good/necessary accessories? in ~tech

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    Can't say I have, ever. I'm running on a pi3, and tried on my pi4 as well - no issues with either. I will say my pi4 choked hard on being a Jellyfin and a MC server, and even on being a Valheim...

    Can't say I have, ever. I'm running on a pi3, and tried on my pi4 as well - no issues with either. I will say my pi4 choked hard on being a Jellyfin and a MC server, and even on being a Valheim server, so they're not the strongest.

    3 votes

  13. Comment on We're all living on r/MadeMeSmile's Internet Now in ~tech

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    Honestly? Yes. It's not just ads and traffic, Tumblr was and is free to download and use, and would be accessible via Safari even if it's not on the app store. It's that you're locked off of your...

    Are ads really so lucrative on IOS that it's better to remove half your content (and resulting audience) or risk fading into obscurity? Even for a site that predates the rise of smartphones?

    Honestly? Yes. It's not just ads and traffic, Tumblr was and is free to download and use, and would be accessible via Safari even if it's not on the app store. It's that you're locked off of your core iOS users, entirely - which, for Tumblr, is a massive chunk of your highest engaged MAU. Secondarily, a factor that often skews the decision is that Adult Content consumers tend to be some of the highest volume for your traffic, as well as complaints and reports/issues, while also being some of the lowest revenue conversions. People want to browse their Adult Content anonymously, for free, in 4k if you so please, and the simple act of even logging in drastically guts your engagement/MAU numbers.

    5 votes

  14. Comment on We're all living on r/MadeMeSmile's Internet Now in ~tech

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    I do want to isolate these two pieces here, cus I used to work SoftDev at a company that worked with adult content. There's a large amount of costs to "doing things right" when it comes to adult...
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    Or Tumblr, which banned porn, much to everyone's confusion. I'm fairly sure Only Fans suggested it once aswell?

    Or whatever else that decides it wants a nice, thin venner of 'polite, niceness' rather than a website where you can actually interact with human beings? "Now now, you can't be looking at boobs on this platform! That would encourage problematic behaviours!"

    I do want to isolate these two pieces here, cus I used to work SoftDev at a company that worked with adult content. There's a large amount of costs to "doing things right" when it comes to adult content, almost all of which require not only a larger software solution, but also a ton of regulatory compliance and human oversight needed - any amount of PII goes from "Yeah, this is a privacy leak, and we take it seriously" to "Hey, this could potentially lead to someone being stalked and murdered, and regularly does". KYC compliance becomes a thing that you have to take extraordinarily seriously (in our case, we had interviews with customers and the slightest hint of trafficking/fishiness was reported and the users were blocked), You need tools for not just GDPR compliant user data deletes, but for taking down revenge porn and content resharing and so on, in a far more aggressive and timely manner than, say, someone re-uploading a movie. The core reason for all this isn't just common human courtesy - it's almost entirely boilover from Apple and the Pornhub/Mindgeek lawsuits. Even for us having KYC compliance docs stronger than any of the banks we worked with, we were often refused even basic financial services and often got contracts terminated from software companies (for example, we couldn't use Azure, and AWS had already pulled silently twice at random) b/c they didn't want to be even remotely associated with adult content.

    Apple won't let you host an app on their app store, if a user could hypothetically see adult content or any form of explicit without being logged in and age verified - and that's a gentler stance than it used to be, which was (and mostly is) blanket no explicit content. If you want to have mobile users, you need to be on the Apple app store, or you're dead - their market share of people who are willing to pay and engage, relative to Android, is enormous. That's why Tumblr made their choice - for them it was an existential threat they'd been presented, and it's better to live a bit longer and pivot than to die in ignominy immediately.

    Pornhub got turned into a target by an anti-pornography group that's spun off a church and has been incredibly vocal about their goal to get a full abolition of porn, strip clubs, and any form of sex work. There's a broader discussion to be had on the health of sex work as an industry, the impacts of pornography on our society, and so on, but to be very clear their goal isn't to help sex trafficking victims - it's a Christian group on a name and shame campaign. Pornhub had issues with revenge porn and reuploaded content, but they took action and did iterate and improve things - until Mastercard and Visa threatened to pull their ability to process transactions, which is a death knell for any amount of revenue for any company. It's a massive poison pill therefore - if you have adult content, you run the risk of either complying entirely to a third party's decision which could cripple your business, or you cut it yourself now, and on your terms.

    That's why Onlyfans did what they did - they knew their company was an Adult Content company. If investors wanted to see what they could do about it, you show the investors the logical conclusion - the company is going to fold. Build KYC and safety and moderation tools and teams, or we lose CC processing and die.

    17 votes

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

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    I've been exploring and writing a small discord bot for a personal server - the goal is to funnel specific updates from a few key games and media sources into separated channels. It's been nice...

    I've been exploring and writing a small discord bot for a personal server - the goal is to funnel specific updates from a few key games and media sources into separated channels. It's been nice getting my hands into some guts, and it's going to run on an already standing independent server PC i have - but it's also been a bit annoying reading multiple sources of documentation on a feature to find that half of the them are out of date, and the other half will be out of date soon due to some permissions changes Discord is making.

    So far it looks like my best bet is to integrate https://github.com/synzen/MonitoRSS/tree/master and set up an RSS feed for it to read from that I curate. I'm open to hearing suggestions if anyone's done something similar before.

    3 votes

  16. Comment on How do I keep myself sane while trying to find a WFH job? in ~life

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    Honestly, if you have the time I'd suggest doing some puzzles on a code challenge site, like exercism or leetcode or some other site, if you don't have the time or drive for a full personal...

    Honestly, if you have the time I'd suggest doing some puzzles on a code challenge site, like exercism or leetcode or some other site, if you don't have the time or drive for a full personal project - having something tangible you can point to would help you get a foot in the door for at least a technical screen if you're trying to do a more code related job.

    8 votes

  17. Comment on The Menu, Binging with Babish, and Ornamental Cookery in ~food

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    There's a slightly old-ish video by Dan Olson (Folding Ideas) that examines a fair amount of the implicit "why would you do that" questions I often had when I was watching food-tube, that may help...

    There's a slightly old-ish video by Dan Olson (Folding Ideas) that examines a fair amount of the implicit "why would you do that" questions I often had when I was watching food-tube, that may help inform this - part of the difficult part of recording content for video based consumption is that a lot of food that tastes really good, also looks terrible under anything less than really good lighting. There's so many additional steps to take to not only be able to film, but also to be able to film in a manner that's presentable (let alone one that matches viewer expectations from a "food-tube video" culturally) that it becomes much much safer to cook and present known filmable and safe recipes than to reinvent another part of the wheel.

    2 votes

  18. Comment on Not entirely sure how to fill the void Reddit has left in ~talk

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    Individually, I'd also be a little skittish to avoid the same issue Reddit and other sites ran into with overlapping names - for example, the Destiny subreddit being for the streamer and not the...

    Individually, I'd also be a little skittish to avoid the same issue Reddit and other sites ran into with overlapping names - for example, the Destiny subreddit being for the streamer and not the game, or if someone took the Austin sub first and wasn't good about moderation, they still got more traffic than the AustinTX sub. Here, with groups, the moderation isn't a problem, but the overlapping topics will likely be a thing to ponder.

    2 votes