What can I say? My love of coffee exceeds my body’s capacity to process caffeine.
Before we were old enough to drink my friends and I would sit in the local diner shooting the shit and drinking free refills of coffee until the sun started coming up before we would go home and immediately crash.
Can’t do that anymore. One of the first ways my body started failing me as I’ve gotten older…
Yeah - I rotated the output arm on the Automatic brewer 180° so it brewed over the pour over instead of over its own brew basket. The design of this particular brewer totally accommodates it but I don’t think it was intentional…I’ve never seen it done before anyway.
These US healthcare systems are effectively scams. Yes in theory they can save you money, however in theory there is no difference between theory and practice, while in practice there is.
If one was indistinguishable from the other: taste, scent, texture, temperature, etc. You can’t tell apart the real thing from your choice, but you know 100% what you are eating....
The PS2 (and AT) connectors keyboards and mice were largely using before USB were round…
Arguably still better though because you could just rotate the plug until it went in instead of flipping it back and forth 5 times to get it to go in. And they also had more reliable indication for orientation.
Some people want to be able to watch a movie “for the first time” all over again. Others want to forget a rubbish one. If you could remove just one movie from your memory, which would it be?
I’m curious what people here listen to, and I’m also looking for new ones to check out. I’m personally a big fan of Linux Unplugged, MBMBaM, Lateral, and Twenty Thousand Hertz!...
Not an expert with Lemmy, but if it’s like the markdown interpretation on Reddit single line breaks are ignored. You need two to have it render with a line break. Alternatively you can do a numbered list or a bulleted list with single line breaks starting with 1. or *
This
is a
numbered list
This
is a
bulleted list
EDIT: Ok. After playing with it, I think your lists would work if you put a space between the hyphen and first word on the line
I limit my laptop battery charge to 80% with a third party software tool. Laptops can generally bypass the battery and directly power themselves from the wall....
I’m going to have a small French press for my coffee, as I’ve spent a little more than I wanted to on my first hand grinder so I’ll be saving my pennies for a good while. What’s your preferred ratio of water to coffee when making a French press? What’s your technique for brewing? I prefer a light roast, if that matters...
A point of confusion for me has always been is that 60g of beans for 1000ml of water or 60g of beans for 1000ml of desired coffee since some of the water gets trapped with the ground beans?
Oh my god. My USB-C connected external drives can barely keep connected. It’s infuriating waking my Mac up to dozens and dozens of “improperly ejected” messages.
I know of someone who says they listen to Joe Rogan podcasts (political I assume) but I don’t know what this means or what the connotations are. Both this person and I live in east asia.
I don’t know but if someone told me they listened to Joe Rogan, I would assume, the best case scenario is they are Libertarian. Worst case is Qanon nut job.
Like can I just jump in my boat and go? Do I have to alert any authority about my trip? What are the chances the coast guard boards my boat to search it? How do you find a marina in Mexico? Do I have to alert the Mexican government of my trip? I assume I need a passport....
I’m not an expert whatsoever but I have done a fair bit of international travel and resided overseas for multiple years.
That experience has lead me to believe that unlike many countries the US government doesn’t care to track you leaving the country. They may know incidentally due to other processes such as airport/airplane security checks but those are performed by TSA; not the CBP. Both agencies fall under DHS but perform distinct functions.
When leaving the US by air you will go through security checks, but when arriving you come through customs and immigration.
All that is to say I think when traveling by private boat your main concern will be with entry into Mexico; not departing from the US.
I had long ago fantasized about traveling the world by sailboat and often wondered how immigration via seaport would work but never pursued an answer. Your question motivated me to do so.
This is what I found regarding entering Mexico via seaport from a private boat:
STEP 1: Submit passport of captain and vessel documentation along with $332 fee
STEP 2: Complete form with documentation of passengers and crew
STEP 3: Submit completed form from STEP 2 along with receipt from STEP 1
STEP 4: Await confirmation of approval from STEP 3 and receive entry authorization.
STEP 5: There is no step 5! Enjoy a margarita or paloma on the beach!
I’m not eating and I need to keep my electrolytes up. I’ve been trying different drinks and there pretty much all awful. The best I’ve had so far is pineapple coconut water. The worst is Powerade Zero fruit punch....
This is an odd one. The only whole house shut off is on the city side of my meter and the person from public works I talked to said only the city could operate it and if it were to break while I operated it I could be held financially liable....
I’m talking about types of accounts, automatic transfers, etc. Feel free to mention specifics, but I’m more interested in higher level information like does your paycheck go to savings or checking, do you use automatic transfers, do you use a traditional bank account or something different, etc....
Without getting too into the weeds with retirement accounts and such, my paycheck gets split and direct deposited into three accounts:
Bills. This is based on any regular recurring payments that were made last year including insurance, utilities, car payments, housing payments, property tax, services, etc. I add all that up for last year, add 10% padding and divide it by my 24 bimonthly pay periods.
Living expenses. I don’t have a finely detailed budget. I’m a responsible spender so I can trust myself. This is irregular spending. Gas, groceries, clothing, household goods, car/ house repairs and improvements and general discretionary spending.
Emergency fund. Everything else gets put into replenishing the emergency fund. If the emergency fund is fully funded I will manually make a payment towards my mortgage principal (or somtimes buy myself a new toy 😬)
So, how do you deal with communities that don’t interest you? I personally block them, because I don’t like them popping up on my All feed, but at the same time I don’t want to switch to Subscribed because a new interesting community might pop up....
As a long time NoVA native I agree sweet tea isn’t uncommon but also not assumed. I think you’d get the same puzzled reaction if you ordered “tea” as if you ordered “soda”.
As an example, you’re having a good conversation but have to part, and the other person goes, “Oh btw are you on [social media/messaging app/whatever]?”...
Sales people for both buying a house and a car wanted to exchange Line info. They were baffled both that I didn’t have line and that I would want to exchange phone numbers.
We shouldn’t accept climate change as inevitable or stop trying to effect change. That said, what sort of clothing is out there which might help as we feel more negative effects?...
Lets say I’m researching buying a coffee grinder. I would like to search !coffee for past discussions on the topic before starting a new post. Same goes for this community and asking this question. Has it been asked before?...
I had tried that before but when I search for the community from the drop-down there is no indication that a search would be limited to the coffee community. It immediately reverts back to “All”
If I ignore that and search for grinder anyway it does seem to (mostly) be limited to the coffee community.
For me what made Reddit great was not the big wildly popular communities. It was the small niche communities that were (IMHO) only able to form in their shadow and you need a critical mass of people before you can have that.
Dunno if it’s just me, but if I try to login through the old.lemmy.world interface it is unsuccessful. I don’t get an error message or anything it just takes me to an blank page at /login...
Am I going to coffee geek jail? (lemmy.world)
I usually brew 2-3 cups of coffee in the morning in the Moccamaster. Sometimes around midday I’ll make a single cup of decaf in my v60....
Matt Breunig on HSA ＆ FSA: The Welfare System Stole $2k From Me (www.youtube.com)
These US healthcare systems are effectively scams. Yes in theory they can save you money, however in theory there is no difference between theory and practice, while in practice there is.
How do you deal with incompetence?
Especially paired with ignorance.
What would you rather eat a poop flavored chocolate, or chocolate flavored poop?
If one was indistinguishable from the other: taste, scent, texture, temperature, etc. You can’t tell apart the real thing from your choice, but you know 100% what you are eating....
USB inventor explains why the connector was not designed to be reversible (www.pcgamer.com)
You can remove *any* film from your memory. What do you pick and why?
Some people want to be able to watch a movie “for the first time” all over again. Others want to forget a rubbish one. If you could remove just one movie from your memory, which would it be?
What are your favorite podcasts?
I’m curious what people here listen to, and I’m also looking for new ones to check out. I’m personally a big fan of Linux Unplugged, MBMBaM, Lateral, and Twenty Thousand Hertz!...
[James Hoffmann] Join the Great American Coffee Taste Test! (m.youtube.com)
List of defederated Instances
Is there an on going recorded list of the defederated Instances from lemmy.world?
iPhone 15 Models Finally Show Battery's Cycle Count (www.macrumors.com)
iPhone 15 can limit battery charge to 80%. Does this mean there’s now battery passthrough? (www.macrumors.com)
I limit my laptop battery charge to 80% with a third party software tool. Laptops can generally bypass the battery and directly power themselves from the wall....
What is the biggest animal you think you can take on with your bare hands?
How about an adolescent kangaroo?
There Was A Recent Explosion Of Mushrooms In My Yard. Here's About 40% Of The Chickenfat Mushroom That Showed Up. (lemmy.world)
This was a good chunk of the chickenfat, but the rest were more spread out....
I'm about to buy my first grinder, can anyone help me streamline my morning?
I’m going to have a small French press for my coffee, as I’ve spent a little more than I wanted to on my first hand grinder so I’ll be saving my pennies for a good while. What’s your preferred ratio of water to coffee when making a French press? What’s your technique for brewing? I prefer a light roast, if that matters...
Defederated from Feddit.nl. Update: Refederated!
Lately we have been dealing with a few abusive members from Feddit.nl and we were unable to get in touch with the instance administrator....
Apple Adds 6TB and 12TB iCloud+ Storage Tiers (www.macrumors.com)
New iPhone colors be like… (i.imgur.com)
Apple Event - Tuesday 12 September 2023 (www.apple.com)
Haven’t seen a post here but it may just be my new instance missing a post.
What are the connotations of Joe Rogan?
I know of someone who says they listen to Joe Rogan podcasts (political I assume) but I don’t know what this means or what the connotations are. Both this person and I live in east asia.
If I live in Mississippi, and I want to drive a boat to Mexico, and back. What is the proper procedure for that?
Like can I just jump in my boat and go? Do I have to alert any authority about my trip? What are the chances the coast guard boards my boat to search it? How do you find a marina in Mexico? Do I have to alert the Mexican government of my trip? I assume I need a passport....
Is this how I'm spose to wear these? (lemmy.world)
Which electrolyte drink do you think tastes the best?
I’m not eating and I need to keep my electrolytes up. I’ve been trying different drinks and there pretty much all awful. The best I’ve had so far is pineapple coconut water. The worst is Powerade Zero fruit punch....
I apparently don't have a whole house water shut off I can use.
This is an odd one. The only whole house shut off is on the city side of my meter and the person from public works I talked to said only the city could operate it and if it were to break while I operated it I could be held financially liable....
What does your cash flow process look like?
I’m talking about types of accounts, automatic transfers, etc. Feel free to mention specifics, but I’m more interested in higher level information like does your paycheck go to savings or checking, do you use automatic transfers, do you use a traditional bank account or something different, etc....
How do you deal with communities that don't interest you?
So, how do you deal with communities that don’t interest you? I personally block them, because I don’t like them popping up on my All feed, but at the same time I don’t want to switch to Subscribed because a new interesting community might pop up....
If you ask for "tea" at a restaurant, what happens and where do you live?
In the South East, they bring you sweetened (usually far too sweetened for my tastes) iced tea. This is amazingly universal....
Besides phone numbers/email, what contact methods do you find others expect you to use?
As an example, you’re having a good conversation but have to part, and the other person goes, “Oh btw are you on [social media/messaging app/whatever]?”...
Do you use a credit card? Why or why not?
I know this might just reflect financial culture differences across countries, but let’s give it a try...
What is the best "climate change" clothing?
We shouldn’t accept climate change as inevitable or stop trying to effect change. That said, what sort of clothing is out there which might help as we feel more negative effects?...
What's some great software / website / services you've discovered recently?
I’ll start....
How do I search a specific community on Lemmy?
Lets say I’m researching buying a coffee grinder. I would like to search !coffee for past discussions on the topic before starting a new post. Same goes for this community and asking this question. Has it been asked before?...
Sound Off: How many 10+ year redditors have left the site?
I was just browsing a thread on c/nfl looking for new mods. There were multiple 12+ year Redditors there offering to help....
How exactly did Reddit become a top website and what does Lemmy need to do to eventually get there?
Did Reddit get massive because of Digg users making a beeline towards them or were they already big before that?
What is your favorite new word for Tweets?
Now that Twitter has been renamed to X, what will you call Tweets?
What is the most popular thing in the world?
Music?
Login from old.lemmy.world not working
Dunno if it’s just me, but if I try to login through the old.lemmy.world interface it is unsuccessful. I don’t get an error message or anything it just takes me to an blank page at /login...