Acamon

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[–] Acamon@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

La Vie En Rose is a classic for a reason. I'd probably go for Grace Jones' version.

[–] Acamon@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Same!

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[–] Acamon@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I believe that the the claim that medieval people needed to drink beer because water wasn't safe to drink is a bit of a myth. They built aquaducts, dug wells, etc.

As far as I understand it, it was more to do with preference (beer is great!) and calories. Beer was a good way to turn grains into easily quaffed liquid meals.

[–] Acamon@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I love them! Generally find that once you get one it's a lot easier. I find that if I've not looked at one for a while, and 8k kit getting it, and I go back to the first one I got (some boxing kangaroos) and normally it just clicks again.

My partner can't see them, and is convinced it's just a dumb hoax that people on the Internet play pretending they can see them.

[–] Acamon@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

I do have a wood fired oven, but it's inside. So homemade pizza is a winter only thing. But takeout pizza is year round.

[–] Acamon@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Oh. My. The shame. You're exactly right. That's what it was. Don't remember turning it on, but since I'm apparently a dumbass, I would take my word for it. Thank you!

[–] Acamon@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

It is! Loved it as a kid, and gave me a lifelong fondness for command line terminals.

[–] Acamon@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] Acamon@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I used to work as a chef, but I still find it hard to cook for myself because of all the little tasks of deciding and shopping and so on. For a good while I used hello fresh just because it made things easy and uncomplicated week nights, and then at the weekend I'd cook fun or more elaborate stuff.

They're not as cheap as cooking for yourself, but adhd's poor planning and impulse control led to a lot of wasted food and expensive takeout. So in the end it didn't feel like to changed my overall expenses, and at least I was eating a cooked meal with meat and veg, not just eating instant ramen or ordering unhealthy deliveries.

Edit: fixed some typos

[–] Acamon@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

That there were some areas ruled by monarchs and now they're one bigger area ruled by a single monarch.

[–] Acamon@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

No, I've probably hid less than ten posts in the last year.

[–] Acamon@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago (2 children)

That's the one! Weird. Still not working for me, and I tried hiding some other posts, but none seem to work. It shows the post, but the menu now says unhide. Unless there's a setting I've toggles off to make all my hidden posts visible?

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Just tried to hide a post (don't like pictures of spiders) and it didn't disappear. It just sits there (like a gross spider) and the only difference is if I click on the menu it now has Unhide as an option. Which also doesn't visibly change anything.

I've tried it a few times, closed and restarted the app. Doesn't seem to make any difference. I've used hide before (but not for a while) and it worked fine, not sure what's changed? Or is it just a glitch?

 
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They slide in nice and smooth now. Wish I'd done it months ago, it was very easy.

 

I've got some smart home devices that need to be setup by another device on the same WiFi network, but it has to be 2.4ghz network. My modern android phone insists on connecting to the 5ghz network and so can't complete the setup.

Currently, I use an old android tablet that only connects to 2.4ghz to get round this, but it's clunky. Previously I've changed the WiFi network to produce seperate ssids for the two bands, but I'd rather not have to switch these settings around everytime I need to modify something.

What I want is a system setting in android or an app that forces my phone to turn off its wireless N capabilities and only use the 2.4ghz band. My searching and reading stackoverflow posts suggest this just isn't possible, but surely that's not true?! It seems like a simple enough option to have!

Tldr : how to force my phone to connect on 2.4hgz WiFi rather than 5ghz

 

I love Southern fried chicken, and I'm pretty fond of waffles (savoury with bacon and maple syrup, or sweet) but I cannot imagine the combination as working at all.

They're both a little dry on the outside and soft on the inside. It feels like they really don't complement or contrast with each other. I'm sure I'd eat it if I had so alternative, but I can imagine how it is a classic American paring. I'd much rather have fries, slaw, or potato salad which all seem to offer a creamy or crunchy contrast.

Am I missing something? People who like it, what's good about it? Is the secret lots of maple syrup? Are the waffles different that usual? Is it not actually that popular? I'm a decadent European, so I can't just go somewhere and try them myself.

 

I don't really like discord, but my gaming group have been using it for rpg stuff. Chat channels, video calls and easy to setup bots have all been really useful.

But I get the feeling the enshitification is going to get worse, so I was looking for somewhere else to migrate to. The video stuff isn't as important, we could switch easily to other services. But before I start a new campaign, and spend time setting up bots with routines for rolling dice and calculating tables, I'd like to do it somewhere that isn't in talks for an IPO.

I'm not really up on stuff like this, so I don't know if there's some obvious similar choices or an alternative medium that I haven't considered.

 

I came across this cryptic phrase in a description of an old D&D adventure Tale of the Comet . In context, it seems to describe the designer solving a problem of game balance by having the powerful technology items have limited charges / uses before expiring. But I cannot parse prophet-squeeze-monster and I certianly don't recognise it as a classic trope. Any ideas?

 

Is there any options for better bluetooth management than stock android (I'm on 14 currently, on a Motorola)? Android does a reasonable attempt at autoconnecting, showing me the last couple of devices and so on - but there's not a lot customisation or control.

I would like to be able to toggle easily whether devices autoconnect, I'd like to me able to have a list of 5 or 6 devices that I regularly connect to, rather than just the last three I've used. I'd like to be able to set priority for which device gets the audio out. Stuff like that!

Many androids ago there were apps that improved bluetooth management, but now they don't seem to exist. Or, at least all the ones I found in the app store seemed scammy af.

Any suggestions? Do I need to root? Or finally learn Tasker?

 

I've been looking for a zigbee temperature sensor that has a long (1-2m) probe. I can find general room temperature zigbee sensors, and WiFi devices with probes, but not what I'm looking for. Searching online just comes up with people saying I'd need to make make soemthing myself with esphome.

I'm not opposed to getting into esp at some point when I've got some free time, but I'd like something quick and easy I could just buy and have working easily. Anyone know of anything suitable?

 

Back in the early days of the internet, there were a bunch of webcams anyone could view - sometimes a street, sometimes the coffee machine of a lab, and, occasionally, someone's bedroom or appartment. Although they were much talked about, I'm sure it was a tiny number of people, and probably not for very long. And because of crappy bandwidth, most of these cams were more like constantly updating image, rather than actual video. Tbh, maybe it's not even a real thing, but I definitely remember it being spoken about.

Nowadays obviously things are great for people who want strangers to know what they're up to, they've got countless media to choose from. And 'watching a stranger do mundane things' was packaged up and sold as reality TV a long time ago.

But I guess my question is, are there people still live-streaming their life - without it being a sex thing (like onlyfans) or advertising / shilling front (so, ruling out most 'influencers'). Are their folks out there just running a 24h twitch channel where people can watch them fold their laundry or doomscroll the night away on a poorly illuminated couch?

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