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Moka Pot or AeroPress
  • I own both. I daily use my AeroPress. I use my Moka about twice a month. They’re both great brewers, but the Moka isn’t for making a good daily cup or espresso. The coffee you get from it is unique. If you make a lot of milk beverages, I think the Moka is a decent way to make coffee for that use, but you’ll also need a good way to froth and steam your milk.

    I’d go with an AeroPress and check out the various brew methods available to achieve your desired results.

  • Was Jim rude not to provide any vegetarian options for Angela at his BBQ?
  • If Angela told him when she was invited, he could maybe have made sure to provide something vegetarian, but when you have a unique dietary choice, it’s on you to communicate it.

    I eat a keto diet. People who know me are usually pretty thoughtful to provide a low carb option when they have me over, but I don’t get angry with someone for not going out of their way to guess at my dietary choices.

    And after Diwali, it becomes clear that Angela plays the vegetarian card to justify outrage even when it’s not justified.

  • Tornado damages Pfizer plant in North Carolina, will "likely lead to long-term shortages" of medicine
  • Unfortunate? Yes. Do I feel bad for Pfizer? No. For their employees? Yes.

    Should a company with as much capital have redundancy in their manufacturing facilities to the point that “shortages” are nearly unthinkable? Absolutely.

  • How Apple became the king of sci-fi
  • Severance and For All Mankind are also both pretty great.

  • How old are you?
  • 39
    I use Mastodon and /kbin

  • ☕️ Breaking in a new Bialetti Venus 2-cupper. Tips?
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfDLoIvb0w4

    This is the best possible resource on moka pot brewing. There’s two more in the series, but this is a great way to understand how to get the best possible coffee out of your pot.

  • Judge rules White House pressured social networks to “suppress free speech”
  • But not for coronaviruses. For parasites. And not in the doses that are intended for animals, but for humans. And not purchased from a farm supply store, but through a pharmacy.

  • Ford CEO says Tesla's Cybertruck is only for 'Silicon Valley people' and he's not threatened by it: 'I make trucks for real people who do real work'
  • I mean… they can. I drive a Maverick. My bed easily fits a riding mower, a weed eater, pressure washer, pole saw, and all the manual yard tools I could need for working on other people’s yards.

    And my wife and children can also comfortably ride in it when I’m using it for family transportation. And I average 43 miles to the gallon.

    Not every truck needs a full size bed, and four doors doesn’t make a truck less useful but more.

  • 1960s BBC TV Transmitter Breakdown tape
  • Techmoan and coffee in bed is my Saturday morning routine. I’ve been watching Matt do these videos for so long that he feels like a good friend.

  • YouTube tests restricting ad blocker users to 3 video views
  • $2.99 a month for an un-skippable ad at the beginning of a video is the threshold for me. Anything more than that and I’m just not interested. Make the length and cost of the ad itself commensurate to the length of the video it precedes. I hate watching videos that are chopped up into bits with thoughts interrupted at random.

  • You just won One Billion Dollars, what are you buying?
    1. A modest house.
    2. A second (functioning) vehicle for my family.
    3. Some apartments that I can turn into transitional housing for houseless and/or low income families, along with a staff of full time handymen, social workers, and counselors for facilities and transitional support.
    4. Create a healthcare fund/endowment investment managed by someone competent. It would be used to pay medical collections debts using the interest it draws.
    5. I dunno. A billion dollars goes a long way. Well above and beyond any amount I ever anticipate needing, let alone having. Maybe some Picassos to hang in my modest house.
  • They've already fixed the highway in Philly! Unreal!
  • Meanwhile, my little town struggles to fill potholes…

  • "Tipflation" may be causing tipping backlash as more digital prompts ask for tips
  • Here’s where I tip:

    1. Restaurant’s where waitstaff come to my table for my order and with my food.
    2. Small coffee shops where the person taking my order is also making my coffee.

    Nowhere else. AND, I have a small stash of bills that I use to tip in cash. Never use the built-in tipping feature.

  • "We're shocked that Joe Rogan would do this" - people who watched Joe Rogan do this to everyone else
  • Apple Music exists on Android and is very good. Supports all sorts of Android specific features. It’s a good citizen of the platform.

    https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.apple.android.music&pli=1

  • Does bltouch style probe supposed to work with textured PEI surface?
  • I’ve had no issues using the bl touch on a textured bed up to this point, and I’ve been using mine in combination for about 18 months. The bed texture shouldn’t be significant enough if your z offset is appropriately dialed in.

  • The PTFE Tube on my Prusa Mini broke last night. This is my hacky workaround until my replacement parts arrive
  • Binder clips are up there with duct tape for the number of times they’ve been a good quick fix! Good chance to stock up and keep a few tubes on hand.

    My policy has been to buy multiples of any part I replace. I’ve got a dozen tubes, a hundred nozzles, two beds, and a couple extra belts in my “spare parts” box at the moment. It helps that, often, buying multiple parts seems to drop the overall price per unit by a good bit.