How do you even curate a fb feed. When I tried that I got an algorithm that shoved “recommended” posts down my throat that got worse the further down I scrolled. Not to mention looking for posts older than a day is a pain because they’re not chronological. AND the cherry on top is when you finally reach the place where that post might be and the page just decides to reload. Awful, awful user experience.

Few places have secure DMs.

I make a 12 minute steep with 15g/300g coffee:water ratio. A bit coarser grind than what I’d use for pour over. I (accidentally) found out I like it the most.

Oh, the patent expired? No problem, we’ll just methylate the structure, see that it makes no difference and put it out on the market as a new drug. Or maybe take the active part of a racemic mixture and half the dosage. Same drug double the patent. Semisynthetic insulin is even worse in that regard.

I backed up my data and downloaded the iso before going to work, once I get home I’ll give it a shot.

I just want my computer to do what it’s told. Putting it to sleep and turning the mouse off doesn’t mean it should wake up, download and apply updates and remain awake only for me to find the search bar appeared again and a big red dot telling me what the former orange president of a country one continent and an ocean away said about something.

I used linux mint long ago. My biggest worry about a linux system is my Nvidia card.

My coworker opened edge when they added the new ai bullshit and thought the desktop was infected by a virus and started panicking.

Removing all the popups at work about scheduled updates, news, ads in a workplace with 8 desktops and zero people who speak English is my favourite past time. Thanks Microsoft.

Also that post prompted me to remove windows from all my devices that still run it. Not that I didn’t think of it yesterday.

I’m familiar with debian-based Linux distros and run Xubuntu on my travel laptop. It occasionally freezes and needs a forced reboot but otherwise runs ok. Any suggestions on what to install on this more powerful one? I use it for gaming but play older games.

Cold brew, followed by French press. With cold brew you want a coarse grind but it doesn’t really matter THAT much compared to pour over. You just dillute to taste. I do it in a french press so it’s easily filtered. The french press is also forgiving. I’ve oversteeped by 5 minutes and the coffee is still drinkable. Lately I’ve been mostly drinking supermarket generic Arabica bean brews since I’m on a tight budget but I wouldn’t do cold brew with specialty coffee anyway!

Lately when I’m looking for tutorials, my search results are overwhelmingly weird question and answer style “articles”, akin to chatgpt prompts, some of which are barely related to what I’m looking for. I’m having a hard time looking for articles written by a human. In fact oftentimes I question whether or not the article is written by a machine or a person who sucks at writing.

Within 200m I had falafel from two different places. One tasted like woodshavings and paper towels (I kinda suspect a paper towel really did get in there, it’s usually just wood shavings), the other one was Lebanese, and it was the tastiest, most amazing falafel I’ve had in my life. Homemade is great, supermarket is ok when I want a quick wrap but kinda meh.

Now you got me excited! Going to try it out. Thanks!

I got two stainless steel ones and I love them to bits.

A bit off topic but my blender died. Can I make plant milks with a stick blender-powered chopper? It’s not within my budget to replace it right now.

Just tried Lucas Zahradnin’s recipe from 2015 and it worked so well with the Burundi light roast I had at home. He recommends Kenya but any high density washed coffee works well:

• Inverted method

• 20g finely ground, 5 clicks on the porlex mini… I did it with 8 by mistake but it turned out delicious, I just like having some acidity in my mug.

• 230ml of water at 80°C. I make my own barista water since the one from the tap is liquid limestone here Recipe for the water.

• Rinse filter and preheat. I do it over running boiler water from the tap.

• Add the coffee to the chamber.

• Pour 60ml of water.

• Wiggle the AeroPress for 15 seconds to mix the water and grounds.

• Pour another 170ml of water.

• Fasten the filter cap, flip, press for 30 seconds.