MIDItheKID

joined 2 years ago
[–] MIDItheKID@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

What's brown and sticky?

A stick.

[–] MIDItheKID@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

Makes me think of the one like:

A sailor walks into a bar and has a really small shrunken head. The bartender out of curiosity asks "I'm sorry to pry, but how and why is your head so small?"

The sailor says "Well I was out to sea, and I saw a mermaid. She said she would grant me one wish. I said to her - Well it's awfully lonely out here and could go for a roll in the sheets you know what I mean? But seeing as your all fish down below, how about a little head? "

[–] MIDItheKID@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Good point. And it's often just municipal water too. So uh... Tap water.

[–] MIDItheKID@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Plenty of people saying their tap water is not good. Just buy/install an RO for your tap ya dummy. They aren't that expensive or difficult to install. Or some kind of brita-type filter. I'm lucky enough to have an in-fridge filter. Cold, clean water on tap. It's the best.

Bottled water companies don't produce water. They produce plastic bottles.

[–] MIDItheKID@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago

What a drag.

[–] MIDItheKID@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Is there a way to this with like a MAC address instead of an IP? Allowing specific devices (my parents have a Firestick that they travel with) would be pretty ideal.

[–] MIDItheKID@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

I recall he was actually somewhat progressive at first, but then he had a stroke and suffered brain damage and is now a republican. Go figure.

[–] MIDItheKID@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I'll probably be hung for this one but Disco Elysium.

And the thing is. I like text heavy decision-based games. Like I could go on and on about Shadowrun Dragonfall. But Disco Elysium was just so drab. It just felt like a slog of memorization, and when I gave up on trying to do that I was like "okay, I'll just play and do whatever I feel like" the game punished me. Maybe people like that? I don't know... Like... Maybe I like games for escapism? So playing some peice of shit alcoholic didn't do it for me? It just felt like a depressing version of a good game. People kept telling me "you just need to keep playing it gets so good". At like 6 hours in when it's not good yet, you failed at good story telling and you failed at good game development. To each their own I guess.

[–] MIDItheKID@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Ugh. My friends and I recently played through "V Rising" . It's a good game. It's like Valheim meets Diablo but you're vampires.. Because of our busy adult lives we played together once a week for usually 2-3 hours. It's took us damn near a year to get to the final boss, and it was just wipe after wipe after wipe. We weren't making any progress. Like we couldn't get him down past 75% life no matter how hard we tried. We changed our skills and equipment, same thing. We looked up some guides online and they were basically like "git good"

We never beat him, because we didn't want to waste any more of our limited adult gaming time just getting crushed by a boss for hours.

It was such a slap in the face because nothing else in the game was that difficult. There were some tough bosses that took us down maybe 3 or 4 times. But this was just hours of getting wrecked without even getting close to winning. It was truly a morale blow.

Sigh... We switched to a different game, and I guess we will just never finish that one.

[–] MIDItheKID@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago

It's pronounced ketch-up

[–] MIDItheKID@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

I used to work IT in a hospital, and you would be surprised how many medical devices still run Windows 7 or even XP. Offline devices, of course. And behind locked doors. But stuff for scopes etc.

 

I love the idea of getting older AAA titles for free, but hate the idea of installing the Epic Games Launcher on my computer. Where do you guys stand on this?

It also makes me sad that Epig Games has fallen so far. I grew up on Unreal Tournament and now I don't want them anywhere near my computer.

 

So I have drank coffee on and off since I was a teenager, and I recently took probably a 2 year break from it. When I was drinking coffee, it was usually because they had a pod system at work, and it was an excuse to get up from my desk and take a break. With that said, I have been watching this Netflix show Resident Alien recently, and there is a lot of coffee drinking in it, and I started craving a hot cup. On my way home from dropping my daughter off at daycare, I stopped at the local gas station\market and got a cup and was like "Man, I miss coffee, and this coffee is pretty terrible."

So this got me thinking that I want to get back into morning coffee tradition, but I no longer work in an office, I work from home. I don't want to go pod system because they are wasteful, weak, and a pain in the but to clean\maintain. My wife doesn't drink coffee, so I don't need to make a whole pot. So I was thinking of going French press, as that seems to be suggested in a lot of places for single-serve.

Do you folks have a suggestion on French press brands? I know it's a pretty simple mechanism, but I'm not against spending a couple extra bucks to get something that will enhance my coffee making\drinking experience. Additionally, I am looking for something that will filter out as many grounds as possible. Are you guys for\against paper filters? Should I get a metal one? Do I need one of those things that goes on top of my mug to hold the filter? Where do I start?

I know coffee can get really mad scientist really quick, and I'm not trying to go that route (yet). My brother-in-law has one of those electric kettles that gets to an exact temperature, and he grinds his own beans and weights them, and does the whole swirly pour to get "the perfect cup" and while that seems cool, I am not ready to take it to that level.

So what is your suggestion on "starter builds"?

Also, what about beans? Do I grind my own? Do I start with store bought stuff (I always liked Cafe Bustelo)?

Any and all advice is welcome.

Edit: I also forgot to add - I have read about cold brewing being really smooth. How do I cold brew and heat it back up? Do people do that? Would love to hear more about it.

Edit2: Oh man, this community is awesome! I didn't expect so many great responses. Pulling the trigger on an Aeropress after reading all the comments here and watching some James Hoffman videos about it. It definitely looks like the right fit for me. I'm not going to get a grinder quite yet, as I feel like I am just beginning my journey and I don't want to go balls to the wall right out the gate. There is a coffee shop right down the street from me that sells\grinds beans, so that sounds like the best bet for trying different things.

Sxan mentioned the Toddy's kit, and that also has my interest. Maybe that's next after a grinder. I have a feeling I am about to go down an expensive caffeine fueled rabbit hole. Wish me luck. I will report back.

 

I have been living in the Samsung ecosystem for quite a long time now, and i finally decided to make the switch to Pixel because the 8 looked pretty great, and it was time for a new phone.

Big surprise to me, is that I can no longer use any of my Samsung Smart Tags, which I have quite a few of (Dog collar, Luggage, Car, eScooter, Keys, Backpack, etc).

I am pretty upset with this, as I purchased the smart tag pro's, and it wasn't exactly cheap. I previously had some Tile devices, but I found them to be incredibly unreliable, and I really don't want to have to re-purchase a bunch of devices and the things that hold them (collar, waterproof container etc).

With all of that said, is there any unofficial way to get the Samsung smart devices working on a Pixel? From my understanding, they are just bluetooth devices. I don't see why there would be any physical restriction to pairing them to my Pixel, it's just the software stopping it. Like is there some kind of jailbroken Samsung Smart Things apk that tells the app that you're on a Samsung device? I've looked around but haven't had much luck finding antyhing, so I thought I might ask here.

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