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Comment on What’s a must-buy item you get when traveling internationally? in ~travel
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Comment on What’s a must-buy item you get when traveling internationally? in ~travel
WeAreWaves (edited )LinkAssuming you mean things to bring back home based on your list - there are definitely many other things I make a point to eat when I travel particular places. Ovomaltine spread,Villars chocolate...Assuming you mean things to bring back home based on your list - there are definitely many other things I make a point to eat when I travel particular places.
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Ovomaltine spread,Villars chocolate bars, and cailler hot chocolate mix in Switzerland. Gruyère and vacherin cheese if possible. I swear the stuff they export is worse.
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Bread flour in France.
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Treacle syrup in the UK.
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Butter in Ireland.
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Bon Ami / Bar Keepers Friend, canned pumpkin, canned green chiles in the US. Used to be more junk food, but the quality seems to have gone down enough I don’t even want it anymore.
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Can’t remember the name but these melt in your mouth crispy cookies in Italy (though the same ones show up elsewhere now)
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Any unfamiliar flavored candy wherever I go.
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Comment on How do you live simply/save money? What does your lifestyle look like? in ~talk
WeAreWaves Link ParentAnother chance for me to shill for YNAB! It’s helped me so much with money. It sounds like you’re in a similar mindset already with your separate pots of money. Ynab helps give more structure -...Another chance for me to shill for YNAB! It’s helped me so much with money.
It sounds like you’re in a similar mindset already with your separate pots of money. Ynab helps give more structure - you can make categories that make sense based on your life and priorities, then assign the money you currently have to those. It sounds simple but it really does change the decision making process when it’s fully laid out and you have to move money from another category if you want to, eg, spend more on restaurants.
I used to track my spending with spreadsheets and categorise and all that, but the difference here is that it’s forward looking - you give every dollar in your bank account a job instead of stressing on vibes and then looking back to see how you did.
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Comment on The end of reading is here in ~books
WeAreWaves Link ParentYeah that’s fair. I made the transition quite a long time ago now but my thumbs still know QWERTY. It seems like there should be a layout designed for alternating thumbs, e.g., all vowels on the R...Yeah that’s fair. I made the transition quite a long time ago now but my thumbs still know QWERTY.
It seems like there should be a layout designed for alternating thumbs, e.g., all vowels on the R side, with the most common letters in a circle around the home row where your thumb rests.
I failed to find anything in a (brief) internet search though.
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Comment on The end of reading is here in ~books
WeAreWaves Link ParentI use Dvorak when I’m on a keyboard, but I never managed to get it working on iOS. But your comment made me realize that it’s actually probably rather poorly designed for typing with two thumbs…I use Dvorak when I’m on a keyboard, but I never managed to get it working on iOS.
But your comment made me realize that it’s actually probably rather poorly designed for typing with two thumbs…
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Comment on Of course viewers are giving up on Netflix shows in ~tv
WeAreWaves Link ParentSeriously. Even when there’s a break of a few years in the ‘main’ series, he still releases one-off secret projects, some of which have been among my favorites. Plus his communication with his...Seriously. Even when there’s a break of a few years in the ‘main’ series, he still releases one-off secret projects, some of which have been among my favorites. Plus his communication with his readers is fantastic.
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Comment on Why carbon capture can't solve climate change in ~enviro
WeAreWaves Link ParentBest to focus on turning off the fire hose before getting out your teacup to start bailing…Best to focus on turning off the fire hose before getting out your teacup to start bailing…
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Comment on What do you think is the best sandwich? in ~food
WeAreWaves Link ParentRedundant redundancy is a wonderful feature of language though! Even in everyday French! If you trace the origins of the word aujourd’hui, it literally means “on the day of on this day”.Redundant redundancy is a wonderful feature of language though! Even in everyday French! If you trace the origins of the word aujourd’hui, it literally means “on the day of on this day”.
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Comment on What do you think is the best sandwich? in ~food
WeAreWaves Link ParentI’m personally more of a Salad Theory kinda guy.I’m personally more of a Salad Theory kinda guy.
All sandwiches are salads; they just haven’t been tossed yet. Typically they have a low soupiness coefficient (unless the sandwich is particularly soggy).
Sandwiches have low entropy (because they are “un-tossed” salads), however they have enough entropy that they are considered full salads instead of low-entropy saladoids. This is because they have more than one ingredient.
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Comment on The US Supreme Court's Republican appointees end civil rights redistricting protections in ~society
WeAreWaves Link ParentYou’ve got the timing flipped there - RBG could have retired in the first 7 years of the Obama administration. That bullshit happened in 2016. After that, yes it was clearly too late. But there...You’ve got the timing flipped there - RBG could have retired in the first 7 years of the Obama administration. That bullshit happened in 2016. After that, yes it was clearly too late. But there had been talk well before that that she should retire.
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Comment on USA to mandate surveillance tech for new cars also determing fitness to drive by 2027 in ~transport
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Comment on Robert Mueller, who investigated allegations of Russian election meddling, dies at 81 in ~society
WeAreWaves Link ParentI think that was tongue in cheek because Trump said the report totally exonerated him.I think that was tongue in cheek because Trump said the report totally exonerated him.
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Comment on Three hours in Zurich! in ~travel
WeAreWaves LinkThe Landesmuseum right across from the main train station is actually pretty cool too. And Zeughauskeller was always our favorite place for lunch if you want traditional Swiss food.The Landesmuseum right across from the main train station is actually pretty cool too.
And Zeughauskeller was always our favorite place for lunch if you want traditional Swiss food.
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Comment on ‘Andor’ creator Tony Gilroy gives the interview he couldn’t during its release in ~tv
WeAreWaves Link ParentWe finished the second season of Andor when it came out, then rewatched Rogue One, then got 20 minutes into A New Hope…. We almost stopped Rogue One despite liking it a lot previously. The change...We finished the second season of Andor when it came out, then rewatched Rogue One, then got 20 minutes into A New Hope…. We almost stopped Rogue One despite liking it a lot previously. The change in tone, soundtrack, everything… it’s a hard transition.
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Comment on The mega-rich are turning their mansions into impenetrable fortresses in ~finance
WeAreWaves Link ParentI mean, it seems absurd to me to own a small private party venue where “private party” means literally just mine.I mean, it seems absurd to me to own a small private party venue where “private party” means literally just mine.
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Comment on The malignant degradation of trust in scientific work in ~science
WeAreWaves Link ParentTotally agree, but it’s damn near impossible to get funding to repeat work, whether it’s yours or someone else’s.Arguably the most critical phase of the scientific method is the final stage of repetition. “Can an independent researcher follow the same methodology and get the same results?”
Totally agree, but it’s damn near impossible to get funding to repeat work, whether it’s yours or someone else’s.
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Comment on AI doesn’t reduce work—it intensifies it in ~tech
WeAreWaves LinkI thought this was going in a totally different direction when I read the title. I was expecting an article about how people can so quickly and easily generate pages of slop text that it makes...I thought this was going in a totally different direction when I read the title. I was expecting an article about how people can so quickly and easily generate pages of slop text that it makes more to wade through.
But that’s probably because I had to do just that today when a senior colleague “helpfully” provided 13 pages of word documents with clearly AI generated ideas and posted them in the shared project folder for someone else to integrate into the other document we were using to develop a set of clear, concise guiding aims.
I’m clearly still salty about it.
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Comment on I tried making homemade Whoppers | Claire Recreates in ~food
WeAreWaves Link ParentThis is about the candy, not the burgers.This is about the candy, not the burgers.
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Comment on Maddie Ashman - Behind Closed Eyes (2026) in ~music
WeAreWaves LinkThought some of the folks here might be into this. She reminds me a bit of Björk in her approach to song writing in that there is a lot of exploration of the medium, so to speak - aggressive...Thought some of the folks here might be into this. She reminds me a bit of Björk in her approach to song writing in that there is a lot of exploration of the medium, so to speak - aggressive layers with contrasting melodies, blending driving rhythms with acoustic instruments and vocals, and a lot of playing with microtonality.
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Maddie Ashman - Behind Closed Eyes (2026)
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You know, it could be the aging - that’s a good thought. I do live in the UK now but I lived in Vaud for a few years. Where I am now, there is no choice. It is just “Gruyère” and there is no indication of how long it was aged. So maybe it’s the less aged cheese that gets exported most.