Hoxton

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[–] Hoxton 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I actually read an article yesterday that stated apparently siestas are are dying thing, as they result in more work and less sleep.

https://edition.cnn.com/travel/spain-late-night-culture-end/index.html

[–] Hoxton 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Colds not too hard to deal with at all. As the other poster mentioned, when outside, the trick is layers.

Inside, it’s actually very easy to trap heat. Knowing where and how it dissipates in a house makes a huge difference, but it’s generally much easier to heat a place than cool it.

[–] Hoxton 2 points 1 week ago

Summer storms are the best! That feeling of anticipation as the pressure builds up, then the way the temperature drops, before the rain hits and it just washes the heat away (sometimes!)

[–] Hoxton 3 points 1 week ago

That’s what got me thinking about this question initially; the home construction. I understand there’s a lot that can be done tree cover, air flow, and decent thermal material, unfortunately it seems that’s often deemed too expensive in places that aren’t consistently warmer.

 

I live in a pretty hot climate, but it’s only really unbearable at times due to shoddy building and bad urban planning. Even then, summer can be difficult.

I can’t imagine what it’s like on the equator, especially in dense urban centres. What’s Mumbai, Bangkok, or Singapore like at the height of the wet season?! How do millions of people function day to day?

[–] Hoxton 15 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I’m fearful if I add anymore, it may reach mozzarella singularity. No life, only moz

[–] Hoxton 4 points 3 months ago

This is very clever and I hate you for it.

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submitted 3 months ago by Hoxton to c/cooking
 

So I have absolutely boofed up a lasagna. It’s an old Margaret Fulton recipe and I was really looking forward to making it for the first time in ages.

The cheese mix was perfect, and the meat had cooked down fantastically. I must have had a brain fart though, because instead of just a sprinkle of mozzarella in between the middle layer and on top, I seem to have totally overdone it - it’s basically a mozzarella pile that just tastes like it’s been in the same room as the meat sauce. Pretty much a salty inedible blob.

So instead of wasting it, I wanted to ask if anyone has any ideas of how to salvage this mess? Recook with extra sauce? Scrap off the top and hope for the best? Anyway to save it!?

[–] Hoxton 4 points 8 months ago

I’m legit looking forward to when Google returns completely garbled and unreadable search results, because someone is running an automated Ads campaign that sources another automated campaign and so on, with the only reason it rises to the top is that they put the highest bid amount.

I doubt Google will do shit about it, but at least the memes will be good!

[–] Hoxton 3 points 8 months ago

Honestly, that sounds like the most realistic outcome. If the history of the internet is anything to go by, the bubble will reach critical mass and not so much pop, as slowly deflate when something else begins to grow and take its place of hype.

[–] Hoxton 2 points 8 months ago

You’re absolutely right about not going back. Web 3.0 I guess. I want to be optimistic that a distinction between all the garbage and actual useful or real information will be visible to people, but like you said, general tech and media literacy isn’t encouraging, hey?

Slightly related, but I’ve actually noticed a government awareness campaign where I live about identifying digital scams. Be nice if that could be extended to incorrect or misleading AI content too.

[–] Hoxton 21 points 8 months ago (12 children)

Well said! I’m still wondering what happens when the enviable ouroboros of AI content referencing AI content referencing AI content makes the whole internet a self perpetuating mess of unreadable content and makes anything of value these companies once gained basically useless.

Would that eventually result in fresh, actual human created content only coming from social media? I guess clauses about using your likeness will be popping up in TikTok at some point (if they aren’t already)

[–] Hoxton 1 points 8 months ago

I love a good chunky overdrive. Not enough that it’s all just fuzz, but something that adds snarl while preserving body. I used a Boss for a while but last year switched to a Darkglass BK3 It’s absolutely amazing. The volume can be a bit tricky to balance but it adds just enough bite with the blend and mid boost to cut through without becoming mud. Highly recommend.

[–] Hoxton 4 points 10 months ago

Can this be a new, more positive spin on the koala copy pasta? Cuz horseshoe crabs really are fucking gnarly

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