tychosmoose

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[–] tychosmoose@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago

Powder detergent is the way. When I open up the dishwasher at the end of the cycle and find clean dishes and no residual foam at the bottom of the machine I know that I used just the right dose.

[–] tychosmoose@lemm.ee 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

High Sierra and Dark Passage are both great. So is The Big Sleep. Anything with Bacall really.

To Have and Have Not is a good watch since it's when the first worked together. But I would probably wait a while after seeing Casablanca for the first time since it suffers by comparison.

[–] tychosmoose@lemm.ee 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Process Explorer (the sysinternals tool) will show you which process has the handle open to the file.

[–] tychosmoose@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago

No, you're holding it wrong!

[–] tychosmoose@lemm.ee 49 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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[–] tychosmoose@lemm.ee 29 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Also, isn't GIF itself an acronym? something-or-other Image Format?

It is! Jraphics Interchange Format.

[–] tychosmoose@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It's probably still IPv6 related. If you use something like Network Analyzer on your phone while only connected to the mobile network you may find that it only shows an IPv6 address and DNS server, no IPv4 config. That could explain the difference. Particularly if you were using the maximum typically permissible MTU. Your provider might also be doing some 6to4 tunneling somewhere that adds overhead and causes size problems.

[–] tychosmoose@lemm.ee 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You might want to do a DNS leak test from your phone with the wireguard connection down and then with it up to make sure you're tunneling DNS. This will be clearer if you set pihole to use something upstream that an ISP is unlikely to use - quad9 for example.

[–] tychosmoose@lemm.ee 4 points 5 months ago (2 children)

It would be nice to get rid of the batteries, but there seem to be downsides to each of the alternatives currently.

Solar scales like the one from MUJI seem to update measurements slowly. I haven't seen one that looks like it is responsive and likely to work for a lot of weighing tasks. Seems like this may be the best option for a manufacturer to innovate - bigger solar array, and a super capacitor to hold a good charge.

Mechanical are pretty classic and durable, but you choose either capacity or precision. I haven't seen even a 2kg model that has 1g precision. More like 20g. So not very useful for home baking. Perhaps fine for general portion control. If you go this route you will probably need one small precision scale for fine resolution and a larger one that can accommodate 5kg.

Kinetic scales from CASO seem like a good option. The main criticism seems to be a short usable time after charging. It would stink to be 5 ingredients into a baking recipe and lose power midway through the next ingredient. It would also be annoying to keep stopping to charg it. They also seem to have slow updates when the weight changes like solar models. This is probably to reduce power usage. I think these are fine for occasional use, but not if you're using a scale 3-5 times per week.

My personal solution has been to use a commercial scale that has a rechargeable battery built in, as well as a power adapter. I keep it plugged in, on our kitchen counter, and I use it nearly every day. After 10 years now the battery doesn't hold a charge, but it works fine while plugged in. I could replace the battery, but don't need it.

If you really want BIFL then it's probably best to check out restaurant supply stores to see what they're selling. At least in the US the scales from Edlund are well built and reliable, and for digital you can get a good one priced under $100. Taylor are lower quality and not as reliable, at least for the affordable models.

For mechanical i would expect to pay $100+ for a good small one with 10g precision. To get more precision the dials need to be pretty large, so this would be a trade-off.

[–] tychosmoose@lemm.ee 16 points 6 months ago

Stated reasons are safety and security. They are officially still in a health quarantine, but the leadership has expressed that the security situation has been better with no migrants, and so it continues. The opposition and neighbor states disagree.

A spicy near-land entry by air is sure to lead to an even spicier exit procedure when the visa is checked!

[–] tychosmoose@lemm.ee 32 points 6 months ago (3 children)

You could, except that Azerbaijan has kept their land borders closed for entry since covid. You can depart on land, and you can arrive or depart by air, but you cannot arrive by land.

[–] tychosmoose@lemm.ee 4 points 6 months ago

This is why I switched from a multitool with pliers to a Swiss Army Knife and XS Knipex Cobra pliers. Overall smaller and lighter than most multitools, and higher quality materials.

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