lackofaname's recent activity
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Comment on Things to do when you've lost your job in ~talk
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Comment on Weird Al Yankovic 2026 tour of ninety cities in ~music
lackofaname Link ParentLooks like he's hopping over to canadian locations that fit geographically-ish between his us locations. In Ontario, Windsor and Niagara but not Toronto. And then Ottawa; there's a tbd next to it...Looks like he's hopping over to canadian locations that fit geographically-ish between his us locations. In Ontario, Windsor and Niagara but not Toronto. And then Ottawa; there's a tbd next to it so, who knows, maybe he'll hit Montreal, but it's interesting anyway to see the selections.
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Comment on Shrinking number of free news outlets in ~talk
lackofaname LinkJust offering another avenue for accessing news, but depending on your municipality's size (and library funding), your public library system may offer some free access to news websites. Sometimes...Just offering another avenue for accessing news, but depending on your municipality's size (and library funding), your public library system may offer some free access to news websites. Sometimes through news readers, sometimes direct subscriptions.
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Comment on What did you do this week (and weekend)? in ~talk
lackofaname Link ParentI got my covid and flu shot at the same time this year, and it knocked me out the next day. Luckily it usually lasts only about a day or so for me. Hope you feel better soon!I got my covid and flu shot at the same time this year, and it knocked me out the next day. Luckily it usually lasts only about a day or so for me. Hope you feel better soon!
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Comment on What are you reading these days? in ~books
lackofaname Link ParentHave you ever read Never Let Me Go, also by kazuo Ishiguro? I really enjoyed the story and writing of that one, whereas I put down remains of the day about halfway through and didn't pick it up again.Have you ever read Never Let Me Go, also by kazuo Ishiguro? I really enjoyed the story and writing of that one, whereas I put down remains of the day about halfway through and didn't pick it up again.
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Comment on What are you reading these days? in ~books
lackofaname Link ParentI've had blood meridian on my backlog for a couple years now, but have been reluctant to actually start because of how dark I've heard it is. Any words of wisdom? I just finished the Watch...I've had blood meridian on my backlog for a couple years now, but have been reluctant to actually start because of how dark I've heard it is. Any words of wisdom?
I just finished the Watch storyline of discworld books, which i read in the unofficial story order floating around online. Jingo was probably my least fave of them, but still an easy and fun read :)
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Comment on Posts vs. comments. Where do you fall and why? in ~tech
lackofaname Link ParentOh that's funny. I immediately also thought of that topic in relation to this question. I think it's a good example of how I personally decide whether to post my own top-level comment directly to...Oh that's funny. I immediately also thought of that topic in relation to this question.
I think it's a good example of how I personally decide whether to post my own top-level comment directly to a topic vs replying to someone else's existing comment (I do actively try to leave replies on tildes).
In that one, I posted a top-level comment because I was able to consolidate my thoughts more easily than had I replied to other comment(s). To share my thoughts as replies, I could have commented on one bullet in a comment here, another bullet in a different comment, and yet another bullet in yet another comment. No problem with that but it would have been very fractured and all over the place, and which existing comments do I even reply to? so, the idea of replying to comments instead of reflecting more simply on the original topic felt overwhelming.
Flip side is, well, something like this I guess. I could have posted this as my own top-level comment. But, my thoughts felt at home as a reply here instead, plus your comment about that thread gave more context to what i was already thinking about.
I dunno if that makes sense, end of ramble :)
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Comment on Pennies are being canceled and the US Mint won't make any more. What does that mean? in ~finance
lackofaname Link ParentI still have a hoard of Canadian pennies. Nowhere near 600, but a small jar half-full.Rather than being spent, they estimated that the average Canadian had as many as 600 pennies hoarded away.
I still have a hoard of Canadian pennies. Nowhere near 600, but a small jar half-full.
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Comment on NATO alphabet in ~talk
lackofaname Link ParentThese are great! Though, much like your V as in vee, I'd do Q as in queue for the silliness of how it sounds out loud (with bonus confusion for cue). I'm also a fan of M for mat and N for nat...These are great! Though, much like your V as in vee, I'd do Q as in queue for the silliness of how it sounds out loud (with bonus confusion for cue).
I'm also a fan of M for mat and N for nat because I've done this in real life accidentally, and can confirm it was very confusing for the other person on the phone taking the information.
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Comment on Around the world in 80 days ... sustainably in ~talk
lackofaname Link ParentBecause this is a fun thought experiment, I think the whole lifecycle (manufacturing, repair, and ultimately disposal..) of whatever one's using for this trip would be valuable to consider for...Because this is a fun thought experiment, I think the whole lifecycle (manufacturing, repair, and ultimately disposal..) of whatever one's using for this trip would be valuable to consider for more wholistic sustainability. Not that I have a lifecycle assessment of solar planes on hand, but I vote take the path where madness lies :D
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Comment on What are your favorite simple pleasures? in ~talk
lackofaname LinkCrawling into bed after putting on freshly washed sheets. One of my favourite feelings in the world! Taking a hot shower, especially after getting dirty or doing a lot of physical work. I worked...- Crawling into bed after putting on freshly washed sheets. One of my favourite feelings in the world!
- Taking a hot shower, especially after getting dirty or doing a lot of physical work. I worked living in a tent for a number of summers in my youth, and it really instilled an appreciation for such a routine thing.
- Stepping into the warm indoors when it's cold out (or cool indoors when it's hot and muggy out)
- Starting a new (audio)book by an author I already like
- When my cat plops down into my lap, I feel like I've been chosen!
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Comment on What have you been eating, drinking, and cooking? in ~food
lackofaname Link ParentYep! It was a very simple version, but definitely in this direction :)Yep! It was a very simple version, but definitely in this direction :)
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Comment on What have you been eating, drinking, and cooking? in ~food
lackofaname Link ParentMay or may not be a direction you're interested in, but I like adding cooked, drained, and mashed split red lentils to traditionally beef dishes. It adds a smooth texture + the healthiness of...May or may not be a direction you're interested in, but I like adding cooked, drained, and mashed split red lentils to traditionally beef dishes. It adds a smooth texture + the healthiness of lentils. For something like meatloaf or meatballs, I think 1:4 lentil:meat volume is about the max without compromising the structural integrity (I can recall going up to about 1:3 in meatloaf, and I'd say that's right on the line)
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Comment on What have you been eating, drinking, and cooking? in ~food
lackofaname Link ParentAges ago, a store-bought hummus flavour available near me was branded as something like 'morrocan spiced' hummus. I loved it. It had the typical chickpeas, tahini, olive oil, and garlic you'd...Ages ago, a store-bought hummus flavour available near me was branded as something like 'morrocan spiced' hummus. I loved it. It had the typical chickpeas, tahini, olive oil, and garlic you'd expect. But iirc it subbed part or all of the lemon juice with orange juice, and contained a warm (but not hot-spicy) spice mix I remember being cinnamon-forward, maybe cuminy? I figured out how to replicate it but it's been too long to remember details. Perhaps experiment in that direction?
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Comment on Pluribus S01E01 - “We is Us” in ~tv
lackofaname Link ParentHonestly, I dont really know, but you made me actually think for a minute and it does seem a lot less implausible than my first reaction. ... I initially was bothered by him dragging her out of...Honestly, I dont really know, but you made me actually think for a minute and it does seem a lot less implausible than my first reaction.
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I initially was bothered by him dragging her out of containment when she's very clearly infected with something alien, because the scenario mirrored really obvious 'emotion over protocol' containment breach-type premises in other films.But, maybe in this fictional setup preliminary studies already confirmed it wouldn't spread by air, so she could be safely transported to a medical/quarantine area nearby.
Anyway, ultimately I'm speculating :D
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Comment on Pluribus S01E01 - “We is Us” in ~tv
lackofaname LinkAfter watching the first episode, the premise is interesting enough to give a chance. That said, the initial setup relies on what is probably my most hated trope: Early minor spoilers in a rant...After watching the first episode, the premise is interesting enough to give a chance.
That said, the initial setup relies on what is probably my most hated trope:
Early minor spoilers in a rant
The professional who acts emotionally and abandons all safe practices and procedures. Its used SO often for sciency types and biosecurity breaches. No way anyone who's good enough at their job to be working at that biosafety level would pull their infected colleague out! It wasnt even relevant to character development; the show writers could have come up with something far more clever, surely. -
Comment on Companies are crafting new ways to grow cocoa and chocolate alternatives in ~food
lackofaname LinkI'm very curious how the plant cell culture technique works and how similar the end result is from traditional cacao. Anyone here well acquainted with plant tissue culture who could make a more...I'm very curious how the plant cell culture technique works and how similar the end result is from traditional cacao. Anyone here well acquainted with plant tissue culture who could make a more educated guess?
The type of plant cell culture I'm familiar with yields a tissue blob (callus) from which little plants begin to grow. I wonder if they're stopping at the callus phase before any tissue begins to differentiate, and then processing that material?
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Comment on Fitness Weekly Discussion in ~health
lackofaname Link ParentJust commiserating, but we're looking to shift our diet a little closer to DASH guidelines in our household. We already home cook a lot with veg, but have gotten into a bad habit of overly relying...Just commiserating, but we're looking to shift our diet a little closer to DASH guidelines in our household.
We already home cook a lot with veg, but have gotten into a bad habit of overly relying on unhealthy store-bought snacks. So, looking to buy/make more nutricious snacky options to grab for a quick bite.
Best of luck in your journey!
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Comment on How do you survive time change? in ~life.pets
lackofaname Link ParentThis is my first time change with a cat, and I've also been prepping for about a week by pushing out feeding time a little later. I'm not quite up to the full hour yet. The cat is suppppper food...This is my first time change with a cat, and I've also been prepping for about a week by pushing out feeding time a little later. I'm not quite up to the full hour yet.
The cat is suppppper food motivated and will whine for food up to an hour before feeding time (even when i accidentally overfed and he put on weight), so I'm used to ignoring his fake pleas during the adjustment.
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Comment on How to stop negative thoughts and reset your mind for positive thinking in ~health.mental
lackofaname Link ParentIt's funny, while I'm absolutely prone to ruminating and spiralling at times, i also use my last name at other times when I'm trying to steel myself / push myself into doing something. Think...It's funny, while I'm absolutely prone to ruminating and spiralling at times, i also use my last name at other times when I'm trying to steel myself / push myself into doing something.
Think things like "come on, Lackofasurname, finish this one task and then you can take a break", or "Pick yourself up, Lackofasurname, that really wasn't so bad!", or "Great work, Lackofasurname, you killed it!"
The habit definitely started as a kind of tongue-in-cheek mimicry of sports coaches (or honestly, it might have been a riff on the way jack donaghy from 30 rock talks to himself)
In any case, for me at least, using my name when I'm talking to myself isn't mutually exclusive of ruminating, they're just 2 completely different types of 'conversations'.
What a roller coaster! Congratulations on landing a new gig so quickly, i can imagine the relief :)