whaleross

joined 1 year ago
[–] whaleross 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I agree that "obsolete" is an exaggeration, but from my point of view I'm making an upgrade from WiFi 5. WiFi 7 has way better throughout and possibly better real life coverage than 6, so I have no reason to settle with WiFi 6 when 7 is about to be readily available. I live in an apartment with plenty of competitors for the frequencies with good internet speed and plenty of NAS-ish use. And as mentioned, I was only sharing my personal reasons for why this isn't a box for me. Maybe it is great for you and I'd be happy to learn more about your use case.

[–] whaleross 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

A rubber duck that is more rubber than duck but also more duck than a rubber duck.

[–] whaleross 2 points 2 weeks ago

More things I come to think of: Great for finding specs that have been wiped from manufacturers site. Great for making summaries and comparisons, filtering data and making tables to my requests. Great at rubberducking when I try fix something obscure in Linux though documentation it refers to is often outdated. Still works good for giving me flow and ideas of how to move on. Great at compiling user experiences for comparisons, say for varieties of yeasts or ingredients for home-brewing. This ties into my first comment about being a game changer for information in old forum threads.

[–] whaleross 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

A game changer in helping me find out more about topics that have wisdom buried in threads of forum posts. Great to figure out things I have only fuzzy ideas or vague keywords that might be inaccurate. Great at explaining things that I can follow up on questions about details. Great at finding equations I need but I do not trust it one bit to do the calculations for me. Latest gen also gives me sources on request so I can double check and learn more directly from the horse's mouth.

[–] whaleross 16 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

It was Penny that did the hunting, killing and eating of raw flesh. Pam is struggling so hard to cover it up and keep Penny safe and keep others safe from Penny. Nobody must ever know. So many feelings. So many thoughts. So much worry. That's why Pam drinks. Pam needs that booze to numb herself from the lies and grim truths that are the cage of her life.

[–] whaleross 9 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

The two things that decide this device is not for me:

  1. WiFi 6 when 7 is already in the shops. The wifi portion of the router will be obsolete very soon.

  2. I need one uplink and 3-4 ethernet ports. Consumer WiFi routers have this.

So I'm just staying patient for my eventual upgrade from WiFi 5 to 7. I'd been more interested in a non brickable OpenWrt 1+4/8 ethernet device and get me a separate WiFi bridge.

[–] whaleross 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm just surprised that the colour theme of Forest Mushroom Soup is Concrete Garage by Fluorescent Light. Not really my association to forest mushroom.

[–] whaleross 6 points 2 weeks ago

Bleeding heart libtard should be adopted as a compliment.

[–] whaleross 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Somebody calling up your family and workplace and tell them you've been stealing for your drug habit are also just words.

[–] whaleross -2 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Oh no, policing. Like in everything else in a functioning society because people do things they are not supposed to. You're free to drive wherever but you're but free to ram your car into pedestrians. Oh my god the oppression.

[–] whaleross 10 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

No shit. What else would he do with it? Cling on to his fortunes while descending into the particular pits of the underworld?

[–] whaleross 67 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (19 children)

Yes. There is no contradiction. Freedom or speech is the freedom to discuss or criticise as part of a discussion, in particular the freedom to criticize those in power without the fear of repercussion. Discuss sensitive topics to all your hearts desire. Hate speech does not intend to discuss anything. Hate speech is there to target, to threaten, to belittle, to dehumanise, to attack. Hate speech is violence.

Edit; As usual with this topic "free speech absolutists" emerge, often accompanied by elaborate use of language and a thesaurus. And as usual they are not really into the entire "free speech" as in "freedom of discussion", but rather "freedom of consequences" for themselves. Well boo hoo, ain't that a pearl clutching shame of a slippery slope to the strawman of "who are the real Nazis" when not supporting your freedom of unadulterated hatred to run free into the world.

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(lemmy.world)
submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by whaleross to c/[email protected]
 

"Chief technician Ronny Human. Why is it vital that we reroute to fill spare tanks from this gas cloud? We are not in need of it as fuel nor solvents?"

"Captain Zzhfnntx Rrzhfn. Trust me on this. It's the purest ethanol you can find next to the Absolut Space Port".

 

How much difference does different yeast strains really make? Is it perceptible like what kind of apples you used or is it delicate nuances when doing a blind tasting?

 

Tecknet för grader (°). Det finns ju inte. Man får antingen slå in ALT+teckenkod på numeriskt tangentbord eller söka på tecknet och kattenpejsta om man sitter på laptop. Det är ju ändå ett tecken som används i det svenska språket varje gång man talar om temperatur eller vinklar.

Mitt förslag är RALT + apostrof/asterisk ('*), alltså tangenten till vänster om enter. Annars är RALT + 6 eller RALT + paragraf (§) också outnyttjade.

Nu har jag fixat till det för egen del i Windows med AutoHotkey (>!'::°), men det vore faktiskt användbart om det blev standardiserat.

Är detta möjligt att föreslå någonstans och det faktiskt skulle kunna bli av?

 

I call it baguetti

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submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by whaleross to c/[email protected]
 

BUMPSIES: Update and discussion on bitters/aperitif in comments

This particular little wine was supposed to have the fruits in it for ten days. I forgot all about it over Christmas stress so the fruit has been soaking for over a month. I racked it today and boy does it have an aftertaste of the zest. Do you think it can be recovered? Will the zesty bitterness reduce from aging? Or can I do something else about it?

 

While manually degassing my current 23l bucket of wine, my mind drifted off into dream land of how to save my arms and back in future times. I came to think of those vibration plates for supposed exercise benefit.

Googling it seems people have considered them for making beer but in order to stimulate the yeast or something something carbonation magic - quite the opposite of my idea.

Whaddya think? Could it work for degassing buckets of wine?

 
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submitted 11 months ago by whaleross to c/music
 

Jazzy baroque lounge music on microtonal harpsichord is 🔥🔥🔥

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It's not new year (self.flipped_forecasts)
submitted 11 months ago by whaleross to c/[email protected]
 

I've lost count of how many years we have been trying.

It's still 2024.

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by whaleross to c/general
 

I'm a middle aged heterosexual man and I've been in various circles in my life where I've had lesbian friends and acquaintances. I was just thinking how much I've appreciated those interactions and how I currently miss having lesbians around me. Not because we stopped being friends, mind you, but due to my dynamic life and me being shit at staying in touch I've floated away from people that I appreciate.

Anyway, then I started thinking why is that? Am I fetishizing lesbians, craving what I can't get etc? I like women who are confident so is it a sexual or psychosexual thing? It made me a bit worried because that does not sound very nice, Freud and mothers and all that jazz... But then I realized that this is not why.

It's because they don't act and treat me like a man, like a male person, like a sexuality - but that for them I'm 100% a person. If I'm entertaining or funny or interesting, it's because I am entertaining or funny or interesting. No interference from deep rooted primate reproductive brain behaviour, and at the rare occasion it's popped up, it's something we can play off and dismiss.

Even though I have and always had women friends, it's a different thing. Regardless our relationship, I'm always a man. It's inescapable. My friendships with lesbians have always had this special vibe. It's like what I'd imagine a good sibling be like, but I wouldn't know because I'm a lone child.

Yeah, I miss that vibe.

Edit: thanks autocorrect

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Spicing up a bland cider (self.homebrewing)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by whaleross to c/[email protected]
 

UPDATED

I decided to try to make a cider from supermarket el cheapo concentrate just for the fun of it, 2/3 pear and 1/3 cranberry/raspberry.

It's gone from 48 Oe to 0 Oe in ten days, so I guess so far it is technically a success. I've been degassing it vigorously and it's going to rest now for a week before I rack it. I had a taste and I can taste the alcohol and some faint flavors from the concentrate, but oh boy it is so bland it makes my tap water seem flamboyant.

On a whim I sliced up a thumb of ginger and dropped in, hoping it would give some flavor. It's what I had at home. Any other suggestions of how to add some taste? I've got xylitol, citric acid and tannin at home. I don't want to add more sugary fruits because it already tastes a little bit too boozy for the lack of body. There will be a bit sugar before bottling for carbonation though.

UPDATE: Racking and having a taste a week later and it's a world of difference. Thanks for the advice @[email protected]! The ginger, nutmeg and cinnamon brought some body that it was desperately lacking. I think I may have had a little much ginger, two large thumbs in the end, because it's a bit heavy on the ginger basement in the flavour. We'll see how it matures. Surprisingly it was still gassy, despite vigorous shaking until flat a week earlier. Maybe the sugars in the ginger were enough to give it another go. I brought alon g the nutmeg and the cinnamon because why not. Now it's going to rest for another week and then it be another racking, sugaring it up for carbonation and bottling. Considering the low aspirations, I hope it will be ready for some early bottles by Christmas.

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