RBWells

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[–] RBWells 2 points 3 weeks ago

So apparently the job of answering the question "what job should be replaced by AI" is a job that can be replaced by AI.

[–] RBWells 11 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I'm not so sure. If I went around standing at doors waiting for them to be opened for me, I think it might get laughed at.

[–] RBWells 2 points 3 weeks ago

Good pornography (I am a woman and it's slim pickings), and lots of more in depth reporting like NPR sometimes does - the sort of articles that are so satisfying to read, they feel like eating a good meal.

I don't think it would be created by AI, but do think AI would be helpful for finding it.

[–] RBWells 1 points 3 weeks ago

The Babbel app Latin American Spanish course gets pretty close. There isn't some standard US Spanish but when I switched it from European Spanish to the Latin American one it got much more familiar. I am sure that would help and it is conversational language learning.

[–] RBWells 2 points 3 weeks ago

I like group fitness classes, yoga, dance, etc so don't mind paying something to have that space to do it; but yeah I stopped going to any that were too far away to walk in, say, half an hour. Driving to gym to work out freaked me out too, it feels crazy - a gym should be on your path home from work or really close to work or home, otherwise you are less likely to use it. But I say this as the privileged spouse of a man so rich in free weights that I can always lift heavy at home - if we didn't have those I might be willing to drive and pay to use the equipment.

I think a lot of things are scammy, most investments and crypto are pyramid schemes, the US private healthcare system and I'm not sure Medicare fraud isn't what the public system was built for.

[–] RBWells 1 points 3 weeks ago

I played this in my house when it came out because I liked Skinty Fia; my kid immediately said "play that again please, the whole album". I love it!

[–] RBWells 30 points 4 weeks ago

They are just propagandized. In general, it's so much like racists - they may know trans people and just think they are the exceptions, like them as individuals and still think they hate them as a group. They are intentionally riled up by being forced fed edge cases and disinformation.

Trans people are just people. They aren't angels who are never criminals and they aren't degenerates who are always criminal, they are a diverse group like all of us are. But you can bet your ass that whenever a trans person does something criminal it will be blown up so big in conservative media and used to paint them all as criminals. It's just the right wing media machine.

[–] RBWells 2 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

I'd like to have a deep understanding of a few things, a pretty good understanding of more things, a passing knowledge of a lot of things, and think it's impossible to know a whole lot about a whole lot of things.

I think it's fine to say you have not the means to evaluate the sources of "information" available to you, if it's not something immediately necessary to you. As I said to someone else, your time and attention are not unlimited resources. Better to use them on things that matter to you.

[–] RBWells 1 points 4 weeks ago

The way things are going with the censorship here, he likely wouldn't need to buy any books for it anyway. It could just be a fire pit.

[–] RBWells 5 points 4 weeks ago

I like cooking, I like gardening. Husband likes washing the cars. Sure I like convenience - live about a mile from work so can easily get there without a car, have a Roomba, hire for biweekly cleaning so we can have weekends. But some sorts of activities you think of as inconveniences may be stuff other people enjoy doing.

Is your planning theoretical at this point? Your responses sound like you haven't actually implemented these plans.

[–] RBWells 1 points 4 weeks ago

Our summer/rainy season. Warm mornings building to hot early afternoon, then thunderstorms, rain to cool everything off, then warm evenings with crazy beautiful lightning, all different sorts, so you can have dinner and a show.

Plus I would pretty much always rather be too hot than too cold. Most people come here for our winters but I really love the rainy season.

[–] RBWells 1 points 4 weeks ago

The chaos is my favorite part, the people. I am hosting so make the turkey plus a bunch of vegan sides because one kid is vegan and otherwise she gets not much. So for her a stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, roasted sweet potatoes with chili paste, green beans & mushrooms, "creamed" greens in coconut milk, confit of parsnips.

Now would I rather be putting butter in most of those,and eggs in the stuffing, and sausage? Fuck yes. But I'm her best chance at getting something that is delicious not just vegan, so I do only vegan sides. We have two grandmas attending and one insists on bringing a whole Thanksgiving no matter what I ask so there is all the regular stuff. Like sometimes she literally brings another turkey with her, it's ridiculous. I only want her to bring pies, I cannot pie.

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by RBWells to c/cocktails
 

This was an experiment but I took a sip and literally exclaimed "oh my God, this is so good!". It's almost savory somehow.

A weekday level drink, not a heavy hitter.

1 oz bourbon 94 proof Elijah Craig

1/2 oz mezcal, the good one - Del Maguey

1/2 oz Cherry Heering

2 oz fizzy lemonade (I mixed one part simple syrup one part lemon super juice two parts Topo Chico)

Shake (it was all in the shaker before I remembered the fizz but it was fine)

Might fuss with the proportions but yum, not much.

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by RBWells to c/cocktails
 

This is Eva's Spritz, mixed with orange juice, lime juice, Topo Chico, and a little of my fermented frankensoda (I mixed the end of ginger beer, tepache, and pineapple juice and let it keep going - it's slightly alcoholic at this point but more importantly for this drink, very dry and bitter, the spritz was too sweet for my taste.)

Wow Lemmy doesn't like pictures today, here it is on imgur

 

For 2024 we will have a monthly original cocktail challenge, I will try to announce the ingredients one month ahead to give everyone time to play with them and create something.

Rules are few:

Cocktail must be novel in some way, can be completely original or a variation on a standard. Unless one of the challenge ingredients is alcoholic, the cocktail can be non alcoholic, it just needs to be a drink you create that includes the ingredients.

Entries must include a picture, a description of your impressions (tasting notes, smell, mouth feel) and a recipe clear enough that a beginner could follow it.

Winner is most upvoted, because there is no other way to measure. (As a clarification - upvotes not net votes. A controversial but popular drink will win over a crowd pleaser in this challenge) Winner each month gets nothing but glory.

January Challenge is Kiwi and Mezcal!

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by RBWells to c/cocktails
 

Untitled mid-week drink. And, finally, a picture!

1.5oz bourbon

3/4 oz Tuaca

1 oz pear juice

1/2 oz lemon juice

Shaken. It's quite good just as it is. Very compatible flavors, balanced acidity, booziness, sweet, hint of bitter. The pear is a little lost, if I was trying to perfect it might make a pear syrup.

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Cheese! (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by RBWells to c/foodporn
 

Our wine & cheese course at Thanksgiving. There were also baguettes, out of frame. Wine is 2015 Baron de Brane, it was good! I don't always like wine but this one was delicious. The big wedge of cheese with a line through it is my beloved Humboldt Fog.

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Scavengers Reign (self.sciencefiction)
submitted 1 year ago by RBWells to c/sciencefiction
 

I am enjoying this series so much. We are only 2 episodes in and it's just so creative. Only watching one a week as I understand it's sort of depressing but it is gorgeous.

 

What are you drinking this week?

I'm having some homemade ginger beer with some Chartreuse and rum, a little lime.

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Do you collect anything like this? (www.thespiritsbusiness.com)
submitted 1 year ago by RBWells to c/cocktails
 

I am absolutely sure my palate could not appreciate this enough to pay for it. I assume people are buying these to sell, not to drink but in the end someone must drink it for it to make any sense!

My more well off relatives will buy a case of good wine sometimes and hold it until it's best year to open. I don't like wine enough to do that, although because they are enthusiasts they are the people who can help me find wines I do like.

The only food or drink I can even imagine wanting to do this with is cheese. Cocktails I think of more as a puzzle, what can I put together to create synergy, not so dependent on an individual element. Wine I just don't like enough.

Do you collect, store any wine or liquor or other consumable food or drink to hold until it's perfect?

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Thanksgiving (self.cocktails)
submitted 1 year ago by RBWells to c/cocktails
 

So, for the USians here, what drinks are you serving at Thanksgiving? I always end up with a crowd as we are centrally located and have a big family. I will get a great Cabernet, a sweet white wine for my ex mother out-law who always asks for white wine then says it's too dry, beer of course, still working on the house cocktail and non alcoholic drinks.

Always start with a spritz of some sort, mimosa or similar.

Tried a really good pineapple drink (it's in another post) and it's great but I don't want to juice pineapple, andthe tepache will be too dry or gone by then.

Still thinking about this. I do have time to make more ginger beer by then. But I'm thinking to make that one of the non-intoxicating drinks.

In previous recent big gatherings I've made a pineapple drink, a pear and ginger, a ginger and Chartreuse. I am cooking and not willing to also be a bartender so need a pitcher of something for sure. Not many of my guests like wine, the beer drinkers are all set, they bring more than enough. I can get just about anything in terms of ingredients.

We have vegans so besides turkey the food slants toward mushrooms/potatoes/lentils.

Sorry, this got long, just looking for ideas, will put my trials in this thread and also please ask here if you are also looking for ideas.

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submitted 1 year ago by RBWells to c/cocktails
 

This is a thanksgiving test drink. Very nice. This made two, I am having both of them!

2 oz Angel's Envy

2oz fresh pineapple juice

A little less than 1 oz lemon

1/2 oz full proof coconut rum

1/2 oz Ancho Reyes

Scant 1/2 oz orgeat

Shake

Add 2 oz pineapple tepache, stir, pour over new ice or I think dirty pour would also work beautifully.

 

So far just coffee for me but made the avocado pit orgeat, and have tepache and ginger beer (both house fermented) so thinking to make something with tepache & the orgeat. There's still pineapple juice too. Alternatively, I also rinsed out a jar of guava jam with the end of the vodka and cachaca so might use that for something.

Anyway - something resourceful and made of scraps tonight. Along with tacos of leftover pulled pork.

 

I counted 10 I can make on the fly, so 14 I couldn't. But in my private life, the drinks that have been specifically requested of me when I ask "would you like a drink?" and got an answer other than yes have almost all been Margarita. Paper Plane second place, not even on their list, but it's a distant second.

I would say if you can make a margarita without a recipe (I do this with proportions, 2 parts tequila, one of orange liqueur, one of lime, shake with ice) and it gets seal of approval from Mexican girl-or-boyfriends of my kids. If you can make that, an old fashioned, martini and a Negroni I think you are going to cover most guests at parties but in my experience most of those will be margaritas.

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