dave881

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What reading style do you consider more tedious to read, A) short, concise, and precise, but using non-layperson vocabulary, B) using layperson vocabulary, but it's longer, drawn out, and not precise?

I’ve seen a lot of people on here be teased for difficulty expressing themselves. Either people complain “you’re using big person words to describe mundane things” when they’re aiming for precision or “woah, we don’t need that damn wall of text” when they’re aiming for clarity. It’s like people just want to...

dave881,

I think that the answer to this depends on the audience and the topic or nature of the discussion.

I prefer precise, technical language if the audience has experience in the topic. You can save a lot of time by not explaining things that the readers should, reasonably know.

I think simpler language is appropriate for a more general audience or higher level discussion.

It can be challenging to find the right balance on a forum, like this, where you don’t necessarily know who the audience is.

dave881,

I wonder if that is a regional name for it. I don’t think I ever knew a generic name for it, growing up on the west coast. I always knew it as Magic Shell, which I think is a brand name

dave881,

I’m not sure that there needs to be a any grand cosmic reason for life to exist. Life could just be an accident of random events in our little corner of the universe.

Natural selection offers an explanation for how life changes across generations in response to challenges in the environment. It does not require a plan, just that the outcome of a chaotic process (reproduction) creates mutations that produce a slight edge, or at least no reduction in reproductive efficiency.

dave881,

Fountain pens are not a normal sight in US schools. I was an adult before I realized that they were a thing that still exist, and are even used.

dave881,

I think that’s kind of rhe point of these sorts to demos to begin with.

The company says we’re developing a product that, we are not ready to ship today, but will be this awesome. Give us some money and you can see how awesome it will be.

I generally assume that anything a company says about a product/service that is not shipping today is the best possible spin on the best version of what they’d like to sell. What you buy probably won’t be what is shown as an early demo

GF doesn't want to take compromises

TL;DR: We had a talk because GF said she doesn’t like some behavioral stuff about me. I said tell me what it is, and maybe I can work on it. She said no, changing, even just small changes, for the partner makes no sense, better find someone more “similar”. It’s a bad signal for me because it implies she wouldn’t take...

dave881,

Based on what you wrote, sounds to me like she wants out.

I think that a healthy long term relationship will require some compromise from both partners. Over the course of a lifetime there will be things that two people don’t agree on, sometimes very strongly. Being able to talk through those issues and work out an appropriate compromise is crucial to the longevity of the relationship.

If she’s insistant that the shorts of issues you’ve described are deal breakers for her I think there are a few possible reasons:

  • She wants out of the relationship and is using these issues as an excuse
  • she’s not really ready for a longterm, serious relationship
  • The issues are more serious than you’ve described and she’s not explaining her complaints in a way that makes clear to you what is really wrong

I'm about to buy my first grinder, can anyone help me streamline my morning?

I’m going to have a small French press for my coffee, as I’ve spent a little more than I wanted to on my first hand grinder so I’ll be saving my pennies for a good while. What’s your preferred ratio of water to coffee when making a French press? What’s your technique for brewing? I prefer a light roast, if that matters...

dave881,

I usually start at a ratio of 30g coffee per 500g water, then you can adjust from there if you feel it didn’t come out the way you like.

dave881,

When I do French Press, I usually use a darker roast. But I’ve found that ratio to bad good starting point for a new bag of beans. Then I just adjust depending on how that first batch/cup comes out

dave881,

That’s how I came up with the starting ratio.

I usually only let mine sit for about 5 minutes. Probably, I’m too lazy and impatient for his full method. I haven’t watched that video for a while, but I seem to remember that he leaves it sitting for quite a while

dave881,

I believe "local" refers to posts on the instance you're registered on, while "all" includes posts from federated instances

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