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Capitalism rule
  • Come on, socialism is an economic system where society owns means of production. That's what happened in USSR. The problem is, society cannot function without structure. There should be some representatives like secretaries. And those people have more power than others, even more, they can have near absolute power. And those people aren't the best. As a result, bad people own all society, and there's nothing to do with it. Under capitalism, if an employer is bad, workers can just quit and find another job. Under socialism, if the employer is bad, there is nothing to do because there is only one employer: the state. Capitalism is not bad, people who have lots of money are bad. But imagine exactly same people gain absolute power. That's what was in the USSR. Greedy people, who wrote anonymous letters accusing others, benefited from it. They received confiscated flats and furniture. People of power lived better than others, they had better flats, better food, better goods. They were "elite". All of them were actually higher class. And they stated they were caring for society. All their deeds were for good, they said.

    I believe regulated capitalism and democracy are the best for imperfect humans. If people were ideal, any system would work flawlessly. But people are flawed, and any system giving absolute power leads to a state where bad people rule others.

  • Capitalism rule
  • Socialism

    1. You're a student in a big beautiful city. After graduation, you became a doctor. Now you are sent to a village far away from home to live and work there. And you can't say "no" because the state knows better where you should live.

    2. You're a successful plant director, and you are sent to build a big collective farm. You are OK with moving far away because the state needs you there. After some time, you're told NKVD is searching for you. You say: "It's a nonsense, I did nothing wrong, it's a mistake." Later, you are executed because an anonymous letter against you is enough.

    3. You're a little girl in a village. The state took away all food, so there's nothing to eat. Parents send you to the field after harvesting to search for ears of wheat. Adults are executed if they are caught with three ears of wheat, but children are safe, so you regurly go to the field. But it's not enough, and your parents dig rotten potato, grind it to make potato flour, and bake rotten potato bread. It tastes so awful that you refuse to eat it. Parents try to force you to eat that bread, but you tell them that if they keep trying to force you, you're not going to the field anymore.

    4. You're a communist. You know that people disappear at night. But you believe it's ok because you are told they are bad people hurting the state and society. They are not just people. They are pests.

  • AeroPress Premium
  • They're good, but I'd avoid AeroPress Clear for now, as there are crack reports on the internet. Other models are durable. Compared to French press, AeroPress produces cleaner cups because of paper filter utilization. Also, though AeroPress is an immersion brewer, it also allows percolation.

  • AeroPress Premium
  • Heat loss is related to glass, not plastic. Brewers made of glass, ceramics or metal must be preheated before brewing. For AeroPress Premium, heat loss may be not that big, but we need feedback from owners to know exactly.

  • AeroPress Premium

    Finally, AeroPress made of glass and metal, came out. Its double-walled design should reduce heat loss.

    Price: $149,95.

    Official site

    Was introduced on Williams Sonoma first

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    James Hoffman's AeroPress recipe is not that great
  • Add 15g of coffee. Then:

    00:00 Pour 100g of water
    00:10 Let it bloom
    01:30 Add 150g of water
    01:45 Stir slowly with a spoon front-back, left-right
    02:00 Insert plunger and let it steep
    02:30 Make a gentle swirl and push gently
    03:15 Finish
    

    Source: https://youtu.be/VXPKxowfXDQ

  • James Hoffman's AeroPress recipe is not that great

    I've been using James Hoffman's recipe since I bought AeroPress, and I was pretty satisfied. While being simple, it produced rich, balanced cups of coffee for both light and medium roasts. I was happy with it. But then I started noticing that some light-roasted coffee was too bitter. It rarely happened, but when it did, it wasn't possible to get rid of that excessive bitterness. When I tried to increase the grind size, I got watery, but still too bitter coffee. At first, I thought there was something wrong with the coffee beans, but then I thought, maybe immersion brewing was just not suitable for them. So, I decided to find another recipe.

    I wanted to try a hybrid recipe containing a percolation phase, as I believed it could produce more balanced cups. So I searched on the Aeromatic app and found a recipe from The Real Sprometheus. It has a long percolation phase and quite a short immersion phase. And this recipe fixed my coffee. I got a balanced cup without excessive bitterness and with more detailed acidity. Now, this is my recipe to go, as I think it's superior to James Hoffman's recipe.

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    Demko AD-20.5 CF

    Shark Lock is even better than I thought. It's so smooth and easy to operate. See example (2.2 MB)

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    Weird Knife Wednesday: Cold Steel AD-15
  • Yes, the spring on it is too stiff and is hard to operate. But it turns the knife into a sort of gym for hands, and after some time, opening and closing the knife one-handed becomes easy. It's my favorite lock so far (I haven't tried Shark Lock yet) and I like it more than Axis Lock and Compression Lock. I only wish the knife scales were smoother, like on Demko AD-15.

    Lock operation example (6 MB video)

  • Humble Choice April 2024 Leak

    Source: gg.deals

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    Theft of millennia: how Moscovia rebranded itself as 'Russia'

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    Ukraine @lemmy.world Gxost @lemmy.world

    Theft of millennia: how Moscovia rebranded itself as 'Russia'

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    Krava Leleka

    N690, micarta

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    Spyderco PM2

    CPM 15V details: Please Tell Me About 15V

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    Ayreon - The Theory of Everything (2013)

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    Blocking vs filtering

    What's the difference between block user/community and filter user/community? Why do we need filtering feature if we can block?

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    Infused coffee

    How do you like infused coffee? On one hand, it has unusual flavors, on the other hand, those flavors are added. What is more important, experiencing an unusual taste or drinking good coffee instead of the flavored one?

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    Benchmade 133 Fixed Infidel

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