zabadoh

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[–] zabadoh@ani.social 1 points 2 hours ago

A standard vented coffee bag has... a vent. So some smell is expected.

I just keep old coffee bags around if I need to store grounds or separate smaller quantities of beans.

I believe the objective is to reduce beans' and grounds' exposure to air, to reduce oxidation and flavor oil evaporation, so a standard coffee bag is the best way. Just squeeze out most of the air as you're resealing it.

Storing in airtight jars leaves too much air, IMO.

[–] zabadoh@ani.social 1 points 2 hours ago

It's a different brewing method using pressure through a filter, resulting in a more fragrant brew.

I use a recipe that just brews in an inverted Aeropress for 10 seconds, so it comes out faster too, although most recipes call for brewing for longer.

But the quick method is great if I'm in a hurry that morning.

One downside to Aeropress is consuming paper filters, but I also have an aftermarket reusable metal mesh filter, and it works great.

Another downside is the dreaded "inverted Aeropress" disaster, which I recently experienced. I hold it by the plunger now ;-)

I alternate using both french press and Aeropress to keep from getting bored with my coffee.

[–] zabadoh@ani.social 1 points 2 hours ago

For some reason, I get the opposite effect. I feel that the resulting brew from my plastic Aeropress loses more heat than my glass french press, so I have to preheat my coffee mug if I'm using my AP.

Giving it some thought, the effect may not be the AP material itself, but the heat loss from the high surface to volume ratio of the droplets as they come out of the filter, as opposed to the stream as the liquid is poured out in a single thick stream out of the french press.

i.e. A glass Aeropress may not reduce temperature loss significantly over plastic.

But my desire for a glass Aeropress is more for reducing plastic use, and risk of shedding microplastics into foods that I consume.

[–] zabadoh@ani.social 1 points 3 hours ago

What would a funnel be for? I can't think of a use for one off the top of my head.

[–] zabadoh@ani.social 1 points 3 hours ago

I pour my old grounds out of my storage bag into a small bowl, pour my new grounds into my storage bag, then I pour the old grounds on top of my new grounds, and they should get used first.

I don't shake my storage bag to mix the old grounds and the new evenly.

[–] zabadoh@ani.social 2 points 1 day ago

That depends on state and county law.

If a recall is possible, the same would dictate what the procedure for a recall is.

[–] zabadoh@ani.social 6 points 1 day ago (4 children)

In the US, sheriffs are elected officials, i.e. they can't be fired.

[–] zabadoh@ani.social 17 points 1 day ago (3 children)

When you need to escape bad conditions by migrating to Syria, things must really be bad.

 

I love articles like this about obscure and interesting places with local history!

[–] zabadoh@ani.social 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

To paraphrase badly: "You can take the boy out of Afrikaners, but you can't take Afrikaners out of the boy"

[–] zabadoh@ani.social 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Pretty good episode!

They forgot to add Sharon's hair to the potion!

 

80s anime-style music video.

The song is decent too!

[–] zabadoh@ani.social 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Or breaches even. Breeches are pants.

[–] zabadoh@ani.social 27 points 3 days ago

They lived together in harmony with other large dinosaurs inside large structures.

 

More and more high profile athletes are displaying their love of anime.

p.s. That's a closeup of My Hero Academia's All Might's eyes on the NFL player's visor

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High quality oriental sword that took over 2 years to transport across the Silk Road.

Kept in my cellar in ideal storage conditions.

Don't try to lowball me, I know what I got.

 

A pretty good summary of the DOJ documents in the Russian propaganda campaign.

 

The movie just recently became available for streaming, so I got a chance to watch it.

Mostly a recap of the first 2 seasons, but from Nagi and Reo's point-of-view.

I felt disappointed by this:

Nagi isn't the most captivating or motivated character. He has a one-dimensional personality and this movie does nothing to change that.

He spends most of the movie moaning about what a hassle it is to do just about anything: Playing soccer, brushing his teeth, even eating.

Incredible football super powers aside, he just isn't interesting enough to be the subject of a 90 minute movie.

It was nice to watch the group elimination stage from Team V's point of view, but it's presented almost as quick highlights, with maybe the best part being against Nico's Team Y, although more screen time is given to their fateful match against Isagi's Team Z.

And that's a problem, because we already saw what happened in V vs Z in excruciating detail in the TV episodes.

Assuming anyone who is investing time and money to watch this has already watched the show already knows exactly what happens, so what was the value add here?

Although the production did animate just about everything from scratch for the movie, there was disappointingly little actual new story.

And the movie production quality was also not that great.

The TV show is famous for its Powerpoint-style graphics, and the movie was only slightly above that.

It felt like a missed opportunity to "fill in the gaps" of the action that's happening between the Powerpoint slides.

To sum up, it feels like a lot of poor production and concept decisions.

 

Just when you thought it was over...

Redstone/Paramount to consider a competing bid for the company...

 

Apologies for the slightly off-topic post...

It's not looking good, folks...

George R R Martin confirms he hasn't written anything for the 2 remaining A Song Of Ice And Fire books since 2022.

He wishes that they were finished.

The last published book in the series, A Dance With Dragons, was published in July 2011, now 13 years ago.

Obligatory song that's now 12 years old... https://youtu.be/j7lp3RhzfgI

 

A little off topic, but the whole Japanese "utsukushii" and/or "kawaii" aesthetic... Where does it come from?

Descriptions of "utsukushi" things and moments in "The Pillow Book" from the Heian period goes back to the year 1002.

Note: Thumbnail URL is from a different article that is referenced in the linked article https://news.artnet.com/market/yoshitomo-nara-hong-kong-1671325

 

Apparently unrelated to the massive Netflix anime leak, the Re:Zero movie length premiere has also leaked.

This one appears to be related to a canceled showing at Japan Expo in Paris, similar to the massive CR premiere leak from a convention in Washington couple of seasons ago.

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