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  1. Comment on What are your favorite special kitchen ingredients? in ~food

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    I add them to a lot of our Thai and Thai inspired meals.

    I add them to a lot of our Thai and Thai inspired meals.

  2. Comment on What are your favorite special kitchen ingredients? in ~food

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    I've got a few but my favorites are: Fish sauce Kaffir lime leaves Gochujang MSG Mexican oregano Almond extract (probably my best secret ingredient for baking)

    I've got a few but my favorites are:

    • Fish sauce
    • Kaffir lime leaves
    • Gochujang
    • MSG
    • Mexican oregano
    • Almond extract (probably my best secret ingredient for baking)
    1 vote

  3. Comment on The Browser Company announces Arc Browser will no longer be their flagship product in ~tech

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    I was an Arc early adopter, but I've since moved back to Firefox. I could see the writing on the wall several months back when the release notes essentially became marketing releases. I also...

    I was an Arc early adopter, but I've since moved back to Firefox. I could see the writing on the wall several months back when the release notes essentially became marketing releases. I also didn't want to stay on a Chromium based browser any longer due to the manifest v3 fiasco. I tried out Zen, but other than a similar-ish UI to Arc, it didn't offer enough over plain old Firefox.

    13 votes

  4. Comment on Omnivore alternatives? in ~tech

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    This is one of the things I do with Inoreader. I love not having my email box cluttered with newsletters. Added bonus is they appear side by side with all my other RSS feeds.

    This is one of the things I do with Inoreader. I love not having my email box cluttered with newsletters. Added bonus is they appear side by side with all my other RSS feeds.

  5. Comment on Star Trek: Section 31 | Teaser trailer in ~movies

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    Yeah, this is 100% not for me. I might give it a shot, but this does not look like what I'm looking for in a Star Trek property.

    Yeah, this is 100% not for me. I might give it a shot, but this does not look like what I'm looking for in a Star Trek property.

    6 votes

  7. Comment on What are you reading these days? in ~books

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    I just finished Long Island Compromise by Taffy Brodesser-Akner and I liked it so much that I started Fleishman Is in Trouble right after and I'm almost done with it. So far I liked Long Island...

    I just finished Long Island Compromise by Taffy Brodesser-Akner and I liked it so much that I started Fleishman Is in Trouble right after and I'm almost done with it. So far I liked Long Island Compromise more, but we'll see once I've finished Fleishman Is in Trouble.

    One of my favorite things about both of her books so far is that no one is perfect. All of the characters have their flaws, and often the characters themselves aren't aware of them.

    1 vote

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

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    We've tried OneNote, Apple Notes, etc. It may just be impossible for us, but I'm building it because I thought it would be fun.

    We've tried OneNote, Apple Notes, etc. It may just be impossible for us, but I'm building it because I thought it would be fun.

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

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    I've got several personal projects in the works. One is a personal bookmarking service, because next to writing your own CMS, this has to be one of the most common projects. The second is a...

    I've got several personal projects in the works. One is a personal bookmarking service, because next to writing your own CMS, this has to be one of the most common projects. The second is a service for my family where we can capture things we've heard about from family and friends that we might want to check out. The final one is an ecommerce site for my wife's business. All of them are written using NextJS 13. I don't think NextJS is particularly popular on here, but I've had the most fun ever building stuff with it.

    4 votes

  11. Comment on What "lost" web page would you like to find again? in ~tech

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    That's him! Thanks. Searching for drawing on business card came up with a whole bunch of stuff but never hit on that one. Thanks again!

    That's him! Thanks. Searching for drawing on business card came up with a whole bunch of stuff but never hit on that one. Thanks again!

    6 votes

  12. Comment on How often do you go through your bookmarks/favorites? in ~tech

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    I've declared bookmark bankruptcy. I'm using Arc now and it doesn't even have the concept of bookmarks, just pinned tabs. I thought I'd hate that at first but I actually love it. If I'm working on...

    I've declared bookmark bankruptcy. I'm using Arc now and it doesn't even have the concept of bookmarks, just pinned tabs. I thought I'd hate that at first but I actually love it. If I'm working on something and need references I'll create a folder and pin it. When I'm done with it I'll either delete it or if there was something really valuable in there, I'll add it to a list of resources I keep on my website.

    3 votes

  13. Comment on What "lost" web page would you like to find again? in ~tech

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    There was a site I used to love in the early '00s that was an artist who drew on the backs of business cards. That's literally all I have to go on. Back then I wanted to get an original of one but...

    There was a site I used to love in the early '00s that was an artist who drew on the backs of business cards. That's literally all I have to go on. Back then I wanted to get an original of one but couldn't afford it. Now I can and I can't find him anymore.

    8 votes

  14. Comment on Advice for a few days in Atlanta please in ~travel

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    Last time I checked you could get a pretty good taste of the Bluff on Google Maps. That's about as close as I want to get these days.

    The Trap Museum, for instance, is right on the border of the Bluff. If you go any further west, you may be in for quite an adventure.

    Last time I checked you could get a pretty good taste of the Bluff on Google Maps. That's about as close as I want to get these days.

    1 vote

  15. Comment on Advice for a few days in Atlanta please in ~travel

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    The end of World of Coke is definitely the highlight. Especially The Beverly.

    The end of World of Coke is definitely the highlight. Especially The Beverly.

  16. Comment on Advice for a few days in Atlanta please in ~travel

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    Haha, even the evenings here lately have been hot as hell. We've been trying to do as much as possible in the mornings, but the humidity is still through the roof.

    Haha, even the evenings here lately have been hot as hell. We've been trying to do as much as possible in the mornings, but the humidity is still through the roof.

    1 vote

  17. Comment on Advice for a few days in Atlanta please in ~travel

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    I live near Atlanta too and can second a lot of the suggestions here. One I haven't seen is Buford Hwy. There are tons of restaurants serving cuisine from all over the world. Peruvian, Cuban,...

    I live near Atlanta too and can second a lot of the suggestions here. One I haven't seen is Buford Hwy. There are tons of restaurants serving cuisine from all over the world. Peruvian, Cuban, Mexican, Bangladeshi, Vietnamese, Korean, Chinese, pretty much anything. There are plenty of best of lists online, but I've had good luck just picking places at random.

    3 votes

  18. Comment on What are you reading these days? in ~books

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    I’m currently reading King: A Life by Jonathan Eig. It’s really good. Doesn’t pull too many punches with the flaws of a great man. I’m also reading The Time Has Come by Will Leitch. I’m about...

    I’m currently reading King: A Life by Jonathan Eig. It’s really good. Doesn’t pull too many punches with the flaws of a great man.

    I’m also reading The Time Has Come by Will Leitch. I’m about halfway through and loving it.

    This just made me think, the last three books I’ve read now have strong Georgia ties. I read A Man In Full by Tom Wolfe just before these. It wasn’t intentional but interesting nonetheless.

    1 vote

  19. Comment on What is your favorite live album? in ~music

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    For me it’s Little Feat’s Waiting for Columbus. I went through several copies of it on CD when I was younger.

    For me it’s Little Feat’s Waiting for Columbus. I went through several copies of it on CD when I was younger.

    1 vote

  20. Comment on Favorite ASMR type? in ~health.mental

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    Has anyone else become desensitized to ASMR? I used to get the tingles quite often, but now I can’t even remember the last time I did. I still listen to a lot of ASMR to help me go to sleep, but I...

    Has anyone else become desensitized to ASMR? I used to get the tingles quite often, but now I can’t even remember the last time I did. I still listen to a lot of ASMR to help me go to sleep, but I sure miss the tingles.

    2 votes