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  1. Comment on Should I self-host my blog? in ~tech

  2. Comment on Global Capslock key in ~comp

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    Disastrous with vim’s modal nature!

    Disastrous with vim’s modal nature!

    2 votes

  3. Comment on How to cook the perfect boiled egg, according to science in ~food

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    As others have pointed out the laziness factor to do this on a regular basis is high. Great research though and going to try this one weekend just because. Daily driver eggs are steamed for nine...

    As others have pointed out the laziness factor to do this on a regular basis is high. Great research though and going to try this one weekend just because.

    Daily driver eggs are steamed for nine minutes right out of the fridge, ice bath for five mins for the ones not eaten immediately, and they come out perfectly jammy. The notable thing is that the shells come off more easily than boiling which is a bonus (that and using older eggs of course).

    1 vote

  4. Comment on Single most useful program you daily use? in ~tech

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    https://www.keyboardmaestro.com/ for me. Have been using this for more years than I care to think of. Support is remarkably good and it’s worth every penny. Have tried just about everything else...

    https://www.keyboardmaestro.com/ for me.

    Have been using this for more years than I care to think of. Support is remarkably good and it’s worth every penny. Have tried just about everything else and always end up back here. AI features are not important for my workflow but can see how it would be for many.

  5. Comment on Can VLC or some other Windows program shuffle through a playlist without ever repeating a file, while also storing that state for future sessions? in ~tech

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    Edit: IDIOT ALERT! Sorry, just re-read and I see you’re on Windows. Will leave this up for Mac users that want to do the same thing. Sorry! — — — — — 8< — — — — IINA can do this. https://iina.io/...

    Edit: IDIOT ALERT! Sorry, just re-read and I see you’re on Windows. Will leave this up for Mac users that want to do the same thing. Sorry!

    — — — — — 8< — — — —

    IINA can do this. https://iina.io/

    In the current release version the shuffle has to be manually invoked (there’s an accepted bug to make it sticky). But if you want it to do this on launch you can invoke it from a shell:

    /Applications/IINA.app/Contents/MacOS/iina-cli --mpv-shuffle /path/to/vids/folder

    2 votes

  6. Comment on What possession(s) do you have that continue to delight you every time? in ~talk

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    I went from an Areopress to the Moccamaster + Zojirushi glass vacuum carafe and I couldn’t be happier. The ‘press is still on duty as a travel necessity but having arguably better coffee that...

    I went from an Areopress to the Moccamaster + Zojirushi glass vacuum carafe and I couldn’t be happier. The ‘press is still on duty as a travel necessity but having arguably better coffee that stays warm all day is a quality life upgrade.

    I justified mine by getting it a third of the price off by buying a retuned one online. I have a feeling you won’t regret it.

    1 vote

  7. Comment on Branch fires team behind Android launcher Nova, only the founder remains in ~tech

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    I rally miss Nokia’s Z launcher. Long gone from the App Store and for me was the perfect combination of minimalism and usefulness without being overly stark....

    I rally miss Nokia’s Z launcher. Long gone from the App Store and for me was the perfect combination of minimalism and usefulness without being overly stark.

    https://www.androidauthority.com/nokia-z-launcher-now-open-beta-available-download-567797/

    Bummed about Nova, outlook doesn’t look very good at all.

    1 vote

  8. Comment on Delta cancels more flights as it struggles to recover from tech outage in ~transport

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    Appreciate the info, next big trip I think I give them a spin. Thanks!

    Appreciate the info, next big trip I think I give them a spin. Thanks!

  9. Comment on Joe Biden decision surprised most US TV news networks: How CBS, MSNBC and more scrambled to cover bombshell in ~tv

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    If something big at your work falls apart at about two on a Sunday afternoon how quickly do you usually take to get there? More than an hour or two even if you live within spitting distance I’d...

    If something big at your work falls apart at about two on a Sunday afternoon how quickly do you usually take to get there? More than an hour or two even if you live within spitting distance I’d imagine. Let the people who are there deal with it.

    What the hell is crap purporting as journalism? Wolf has a life I’d imagine, you can’t just go over to his on-site storage and get him out of stasis.

    4 votes

  10. Comment on Delta cancels more flights as it struggles to recover from tech outage in ~transport

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    Holy hell in a handbag, that’s both fascinating and crazy! I mostly flew international and remember coach seats easily for half of that with a little planning. Deregulation was ‘76, I’m not old...

    Holy hell in a handbag, that’s both fascinating and crazy!

    I mostly flew international and remember coach seats easily for half of that with a little planning. Deregulation was ‘76, I’m not old enough to have experienced that, but by the time I was regularly flying by the late 80s it was a blast. Example: if you joined PanAm’s frequent flyer programme with zero miles in your account they’d let you order a premium meal in advance just because. After you’d clocked in some miles it got really good, I still have a first class amenity kit somewhere that came with a big bottle of some swanky aftershave, a razor, shaving cream, all housed in a really high quality canvas shoulder bag (I should dig that out and post some photos!).

    I’m going to guess that high ticket price might be because of last moment business travel. For a lot of people taking a plane trip at the start of the 80s was a stills big deal and planning was the norm. I wasn’t on expenses and had to pick up a phone to book a ticket! Reservation agents were incredibly patient as I worked through dates to shave money off my trips.

    8 votes

  11. Comment on Delta cancels more flights as it struggles to recover from tech outage in ~transport

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    I would respectfully disagree about the Y2K level event. I believe it’s a stupidity level event where the ever loving grind to spare the ship for a ha’p’orth of tar has come back to bite asses....

    I would respectfully disagree about the Y2K level event.

    I believe it’s a stupidity level event where the ever loving grind to spare the ship for a ha’p’orth of tar has come back to bite asses. Graybeards who know about systems diversity and redundancy have been RIFed out of the workforce as it’s cheaper to have two juniors who can just look things up quickly and what they do works most of the time, right?

    Except when things go wrong at this level, recovery is terrible, and it’ll end up costing them so many, many millions they could have invested a fraction of to do better. Not that this will be a learning event or anything, just ask Boeing a year from now after their legs get a gumming.

    This wasn’t an IT act of God, Y2K was a damp squib as orgs of all sizes actively prepared to not let it happen. This fiasco was completely shareholder value and laziness.

    I’m sorry you are suffering because of this wanton ineptitude. I hope you get home asap, safe travels.

    11 votes

  12. Comment on Delta cancels more flights as it struggles to recover from tech outage in ~transport

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    Mostly experienced with Costco rental cars (better prices, free upgrades etc.) but have friends who have said they work like an old school travel agent when things aren’t so great. Seems your...

    Mostly experienced with Costco rental cars (better prices, free upgrades etc.) but have friends who have said they work like an old school travel agent when things aren’t so great.

    Seems your experience is a little less helpful? I suppose when there’s a ground stop and a crazy event like this there’s only so much they can do. I’d be surprised if Costco didn’t get you your dough back, if they balk at least ask for the equivalent in a store gift card and work backwards in amount. People return frickin’ year old laptops and get away with it!

    Former road warrior here, I’ve come to despise air travel probably as much as you, even with status is crap. The 80s and early 90s were the end of when it was actually fun.

    Safe travels tomorrow.

    5 votes

  13. Comment on ‘I wouldn't come here, to be honest,’ says the disdainful star of Visit Oslo's latest advert, which has become a viral hit online in ~travel

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    Ah yes. Everything old is new again. There was a Bob Hoskins ad in the uk talking about beer (Labats, might be Molson) in the 80s with this very theme. “You wouldn’t like it”. Looked on YouTube...

    Ah yes. Everything old is new again. There was a Bob Hoskins ad in the uk talking about beer (Labats, might be Molson) in the 80s with this very theme. “You wouldn’t like it”. Looked on YouTube and no dice.

    Salty former ad exec here, the older I get the more I see the same ideas recycled.

    8 votes

  14. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~music

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    I did that coming to America thing in the late 80s and there was nothing like MTV in my country. Kurt, Tabitha and John were the icing on the music cake and as they delivered ‘news’. It was as...

    I did that coming to America thing in the late 80s and there was nothing like MTV in my country.

    Kurt, Tabitha and John were the icing on the music cake and as they delivered ‘news’. It was as repulsive to Boomers then as it is today as the kids getting their ’news’ from TikTok.

    Perhaps we are entering a second period of things not being and floating away? https://www.britannica.com/event/Dark-Ages

    8 votes

  15. Comment on The day AppGet died in ~tech

  16. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~food

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    I love the idea of taking shitty cuts of just about anything and making it spectacular. Who decided that bone marrow was God’s butter (RIP Bourdain)? The transformative kitchen accessory has been...

    I love the idea of taking shitty cuts of just about anything and making it spectacular. Who decided that bone marrow was God’s butter (RIP Bourdain)?

    The transformative kitchen accessory has been the sous vide wand, it’s changed the way things get done in my kitchen and literally in a revolutionary way. I’m over 50 so literally is a literal meaning.

    https://www.seriouseats.com/sous-vide-smoked-barbecue-bbq-beef-chuck-recipe (I stop at step 3 and finish in the cast iron, don’t have a smoker)

    The St. Charles is amazing, 30 hours of cooking and I’ve yet to be disappointed.

    Something simpler is chicken breast at 145f/63c for a couple of hours, normally revolver roulette with your intestines, but this is pastured meat. The texture is sublime, I’m usually disappointed when I have chicken at a restaurant these days.

    It’s like mechanical keyboards or any other rabbit hole. Be careful out there.

    Edits: there’s something about using an iPad with safari in this site that is super high latency. Editing for speed corrections.

    2 votes

  17. Comment on Your dishwasher is better than you think in ~life.home_improvement

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    If your roommate watched the video and then bought five more boxes I could see that as grounds for annoyance. Not a time lord here so try and not to be annoyed by the past. Seriously, can’t they...

    If your roommate watched the video and then bought five more boxes I could see that as grounds for annoyance. Not a time lord here so try and not to be annoyed by the past.

    Seriously, can’t they just take the receipt and trade them for 45 boxes of powder (based on poor mental maths)?

  18. Comment on Denmark has recalled several spicy ramen noodle products by South Korean company Samyang, claiming that the capsaicin levels in them could poison consumers in ~food

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    It’s a fair copenhagen

    It’s a fair copenhagen

    1 vote

  19. Comment on Discussion about asexuality, demisexuality, and allosexuality in ~lgbt

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    I’m a GenX cis male with an, erm, “usual“ sex drive I’m learning so much from this thread. My nephew is asexual and all I want is their happiness. The more I learn from your experiences and...

    I’m a GenX cis male with an, erm, “usual“ sex drive I’m learning so much from this thread. My nephew is asexual and all I want is their happiness. The more I learn from your experiences and stories the more I hope I can be useful.

    Thank you all for sharing your experiences. It expands my view of the world and all of us who live in it.

    Be kind and present.

    6 votes

  20. Comment on "twitter.com" is now officially dead in ~tech