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  1. Comment on Looking for games like wordle in ~games

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    Ooh, I’m going to add a bunch of these to my bookmark folder! One I didn’t see listed yet is Tradle - guess the country based on their exports: https://games.oec.world/en/tradle/

    Ooh, I’m going to add a bunch of these to my bookmark folder!

    One I didn’t see listed yet is Tradle - guess the country based on their exports: https://games.oec.world/en/tradle/

    2 votes

  2. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~food

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    Piimä might be similar, buttermilk is pretty tangy as well, both fall under the category of “soured milks” according to Wikipedia: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermented_milk_products#SourMilk...

    Piimä might be similar, buttermilk is pretty tangy as well, both fall under the category of “soured milks” according to Wikipedia: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermented_milk_products#SourMilk

    I think that this is the equivalent of heavy cream in the US: https://www.k-ruoka.fi/haku?q=kerma&tuote=pirkka-kuohukerma-2dl-6410405142597

    If you take this and shake it until the solids clump into butter, the remaining liquid is buttermilk. https://www.kingarthurbaking.com/blog/2022/04/08/how-to-make-butter-at-home

    3 votes

  3. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~food

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    Sundried tomatoes are the one form I don’t particularly like, though I haven’t tried them in a few years. Will give them a go next time they are an option. I give olives a retry every so many...

    Sundried tomatoes are the one form I don’t particularly like, though I haven’t tried them in a few years. Will give them a go next time they are an option. I give olives a retry every so many years just in case I start liking them.

    2 votes

  4. Comment on US National Transportation Safety Board calls on automakers to install speed-limiting tech in new vehicles in ~transport

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    Or, at least for me, you forget stuff or didn’t pay attention at 16. And then you’ve got to rely on search results and trying to interpret what you find. The greatest positive impact on my driving...

    Lots of people get their license at 16 and then lose the mechanical ability and mental acuity to properly control a vehicle as they age.

    Or, at least for me, you forget stuff or didn’t pay attention at 16. And then you’ve got to rely on search results and trying to interpret what you find.

    The greatest positive impact on my driving was having to basically go through driver’s Ed again to get a USAREUR license when I was stationed in Germany at 19.

    4 votes

  5. Comment on Anyone learning an instrument (especially those who have no musical education)? in ~hobbies

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    I’ll echo this. I played through high school, then took 10 years off until I found volunteer bands. A couple years in a corporate band, couple year break with a cross-country move, and now a...

    I’ll echo this. I played through high school, then took 10 years off until I found volunteer bands. A couple years in a corporate band, couple year break with a cross-country move, and now a community band since 2019.

    Sheet music reading is more important for my band experience, but I agree on the importance of ear training. It helps to be able to hear a melody played by someone else and pickup on it yourself.

    4 votes

  6. Comment on Colombia will try to control invasive hippo population through sterilization, transfer, euthanasia in ~enviro

  7. Comment on What service are you using for domain names? in ~comp

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    Same here, I’ve also used some of their email services with a small hiccup earlier this year sending to gmail, but once I actually tried to fix the issue they had a help article that was exactly...

    Same here, I’ve also used some of their email services with a small hiccup earlier this year sending to gmail, but once I actually tried to fix the issue they had a help article that was exactly what I needed.

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

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    In the kitchen, a fast, quality thermometer. Really limits your risk of overcooking or undercooking. https://www.thermoworks.com/thermapen-one/

    In the kitchen, a fast, quality thermometer. Really limits your risk of overcooking or undercooking. https://www.thermoworks.com/thermapen-one/

    21 votes

  9. Comment on For those with adult ADHD...how do you get by? in ~health.mental

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    What’s your MOS and rank? I was an E4 33W in the mid 2000’s, but not diagnosed until 2019. In some things I think it was a detriment, general tidiness certainly! And the appetite suppression side...

    What’s your MOS and rank? I was an E4 33W in the mid 2000’s, but not diagnosed until 2019. In some things I think it was a detriment, general tidiness certainly! And the appetite suppression side effect of the adderal would have been helpful as well.

    On the flip side, I think the squirrel effect was a benefit for situational awareness- you notice when something moves. Maybe a disadvantage to stealth, but that didn’t matter in a humvee turret. Also as lower enlisted, most orders were in workable chunks.

    1 vote

  10. Comment on What are your favorite no-refrigeration, no-microwave lunches? in ~food

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    I picked up this one a while back (not from this seller, but I no longer see it on the Stanley website): https://www.bobstores.com/stanley-17-oz-classic-vacuum-food-jar/23430500014.html My...

    I picked up this one a while back (not from this seller, but I no longer see it on the Stanley website): https://www.bobstores.com/stanley-17-oz-classic-vacuum-food-jar/23430500014.html

    My daughter has been using it ~1/wk for the past 2 school years. Canned soup, left overs, spaghettios. If the contents aren’t mostly liquid, I’ll put some water from the kettle in to preheat it. Then it goes right in the dishwasher, haven’t had any problems yet.

  11. Comment on What online subscriptions do you pay for? in ~tech

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    Streaming: Netflix & Disney. Keeps both kids happy. Also Apple Music. Cloud storage: Google & Apple at a mid tier. Also $0.14/mo in AWS Glacier costs (need to remember to backup some more photos...

    Streaming: Netflix & Disney. Keeps both kids happy. Also Apple Music.

    Cloud storage: Google & Apple at a mid tier. Also $0.14/mo in AWS Glacier costs (need to remember to backup some more photos at some point)

    Content: NPR+, AdmiralCloudberg, Dan Carlin, War on the Rocks. Marketplace in the past, can’t remember if it’s still current.

    Hosting, etc: Nixihost and Hover for server and domains, and some mailboxes through hover.

    2 votes

  12. Comment on What’s in your go bag for the apocalypse? in ~life

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    Suburban Michigan, US. Family of 4. We’ve had a go-bag in the past, but designed around an impromptu hospital trip than the zombie apocalypse. In our location we’re not at risk for flash flooding...

    Suburban Michigan, US. Family of 4.

    We’ve had a go-bag in the past, but designed around an impromptu hospital trip than the zombie apocalypse. In our location we’re not at risk for flash flooding or wildfire, so we’re more likely to bug in than bug out.

    My preparedness plan is largely Costco. TP was on sale, so we but a couple. Next trip, I’ve forgotten how much we have, and it’s still on sale, so buy another. It was late 2021 before we used up our pre-Covid stock. And so there’s always a good bunch of canned goods or shelf stable food.

    Beyond that, we try to keep the cars at half a tank or greater, have some flashlights, external battery for phones, etc. basically enough to get through a few days snowed in.

    8 votes

  13. Comment on Fairphone 5 review: Could this be the first phone to last ten years? in ~tech

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    Being in the US, I hadn’t heard of Fairphone before, and so I had my usual skepticism of companies promising 10 years of support when they’ve only existed for 6 months. But it looks like Fairphone...

    Being in the US, I hadn’t heard of Fairphone before, and so I had my usual skepticism of companies promising 10 years of support when they’ve only existed for 6 months.

    But it looks like Fairphone has been around since 2013, so I’m hopeful that they’ll be around to provide this support.

    2 votes

  14. Comment on What are some good, non-microtransaction riddled mobile games? in ~games

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    On iOS, there’s a bunch of games that are included with Netflix. Two of note are BTD6 and Into The Breach.

    On iOS, there’s a bunch of games that are included with Netflix. Two of note are BTD6 and Into The Breach.

    2 votes

  15. Comment on Los Angeles is exploring banning cashless businesses, following the example of New York City, Philadelphia, Massachusetts, Colorado, New Jersey, Rhode Island and Washington, DC in ~finance

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    Online businesses are a great counterpoint - should Netflix be required to accept cash? If so, are they required to provide change for $100? I don’t think the solution for people being unbanked is...

    Online businesses are a great counterpoint - should Netflix be required to accept cash? If so, are they required to provide change for $100?

    I don’t think the solution for people being unbanked is to require everyone to accept cash. We need to find ways to bring everyone into the banking system that wants to be, either through incentives to existing financial institutions or creation of standardized bank accounts at the Fed.

    2 votes

  16. Comment on Offbeat Fridays – The thread where offbeat headlines become front page news in ~news

  17. Comment on What music would you want to listen to going into a war? in ~music

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    Baghdad, 2007. We listened to Dead or Alive by Bob Jovi when rolling out the gate.

    Baghdad, 2007. We listened to Dead or Alive by Bob Jovi when rolling out the gate.

    6 votes

  18. Comment on Towards a New Socialism in ~finance

  19. Comment on iPhone 14, 14 Pro owners complain about battery capacity that’s already falling off in ~tech

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    I’ll add to the anecdata: my 11 pro max purchased January 2020 is at 83% max capacity. 100% wirelessly charged since early 2021 when I managed to jam pocket lint deep in the port. I don’t see the...

    I’ll add to the anecdata: my 11 pro max purchased January 2020 is at 83% max capacity. 100% wirelessly charged since early 2021 when I managed to jam pocket lint deep in the port. I don’t see the number of cycles in settings. Over the last 10 days, I averaged 6:26 with the screen on and 4:05 with it off.

    4 votes

  20. Comment on Meet Your Tildes Neighbour: August 2023 Edition in ~talk

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    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soundboard_(computer_program) I'm not sure if could identify the scammer, but for me I was trying to determine how likely it was to be a scam. A soundboard might have...

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soundboard_(computer_program)

    I'm not sure if could identify the scammer, but for me I was trying to determine how likely it was to be a scam. A soundboard might have 100 phrases on it, so if you ask a question and get a response that doesn't make sense, or hear the same line repeated exactly over and over, that's an indication the voice you're hearing isn't the person. But this is how things might have been done ~10-15 years ago, and I'm sure the technology is better by leaps and bounds.

    So for why you would use this - if you're an email scammer, you can just copy paste the first email, and you probably have a set of replies that you can copy paste and lightly edit. But when you're using the phone, that's a lot of talking that may or may not pay out. Also you probably want to sound different - the caller might be anywhere in the world, but want an accent that is local or makes sense for the call. If you can just click a button that says "give me my money", its a lot easier.

    https://kotoritechnologies.com/what-is-virtual-kidnapping/
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice_phishing

    2 votes