I’m bored and want to practice my Rust skills. I am the creator of open-tv. If you have any idea for a linux desktop app, even if it seems quite complex, I will take it.
Like the title says, are there any EVs that just have a Bluetooth radio and that’s it? Like a normal car, not a smartphone on wheels? If not, do you all think that this will actually happen at some point? This is the main reason why I can’t (and will never) buy an EV. I like to have actual buttons everywhere on my car. I...
I remember reading a while ago that with medical and technical advances over the next 50 years, they reckoned that some people born now will be able to effectively live forever, eg replacing or regenerating body parts, cure cancer etc etc
I’d need to think for a while about if you could, would you want to live forever? I vaguely remember a sci fi short story that had this question as part one of it’s themes.
Some years ago, I remember reading posts (can’t remember where I saw them) from a guy who lived out if his car in Sydney.
He was doing it by choice to save money to get an apartment. He had a job, but didn’t want to waste money on rent. He covered a lot of tips and tricks, and answered heaps of questions. Eg a little heater for cold night, membership for 24hr gym so you could shower/ exercise, best places to park etc…
What struck me the most, was I started out thinking the guy was crazy, but ended up admiring him and thinking maybe he was the only sane one. I often think about this when I see homeless stories, and wonder what I would do if I lost my home.
This is just a side story though, and this guy (and I) had many advantages that other homeless people don’t.
Being homeless is no joke, and we shouldn’t have a society where people don’t have basic shelter.
This also brings another phrase to mind. It’s usually an American term, but I fear that we are inevitably heading to our own ‘trailer park trash’. And by this I don’t mean the trash is the people.
The ‘trash’ -no,tragedy- is that the housing situation is so fubar that we’ll end up using caravans and temporary accommodation as stoogaps for shortages. And,.once it’s established as a substitute for housing, it will never be replaced. Because it’s cheaper.
Luckily, in the article, the caption underneath the pictures told me which one was actually a photo of Gina, otherwise I wouldn’t have been able to tell…
(Not me) Official video from David McBride’s Official Youtube channel. If you don’t know who he is - I don’t blame you, with how little coverage this story has gotten
McBride’s intention was not to leak to expose war crimes, it was to show how troops were being unnecessarily hounded by legal etc , ie ‘over-zealous” investigations of special forces’
The ABC discovered war crimes in the leaks and went down that path.
Now McBride looks like the hero being victimised for exposing the war crimes.
It has always amused me that the tourists to the US that I’ve spoken to are often very excited to see raccoons, and disappointed if they don’t see them before they leave....
Yellow crested cockatoos, galahs etc can be terrorists to trees and shrubs. You can be walking along and on the ground see piles of leaves and little branches and fruit with one bite out of them.
The cockies have very sharp beaks and will just chomp through anything. This includes aerials, cables or anything else they think looks like fun. Sometimes they will even party in your room
Maybe you just moved out of home or don’t have a lot of space, maybe your jaffle iron or sandwich press broke, or your ex took it. You can still have a cheap easy hot meal with minimal washing up....
This is great! I hate the trend of having a separate kitchen gadget for everything
I do something very similar for a simple pizza in a pan,.rather than firing up an oven. I’m oven averse 😬
Again, you can use anything on top. Leftovers etc.
Wipe non-stick pan with oil. Medium heat. Put lebanese bread face down for a short time till it’s at least warm or slightly toasted. Flip so it’s face up. Aldi Lebanese bread fits nicely in a 30cm pan. Sauce, cheese, then whatever toppings you like. Cover with lid, and wait until the bottom has got nice and crisp. The cheese should have melted and the top ingredients heated up by then. If you really wanted the top to get a bit of a crisp on it, you could throw it under the griller for a while, but I can’t wait that long, and if you do, you probably should have done it in the oven anyway.
My favourite topping for pizza, quesadillas, nachos^1^ or anything crispy:
sweat down onions cut into rings and different coloured capsicums cut into strips until they become nice and soft. They also become beautifully sweet.
Slice up chicken into bite size pieces, or dismantle a breast from a bachelor’s handbag into bite size pieces. Grab some mexican seasoning sachet, Fajita is my preferred, and coat the chicken lightly in that. Toss it around in a bowl to coat evenly. Chuck the chicken in the pan and cook/warm it.
Cheese & Sauce. You can use whatever cheese you like. I’ve been using Aldi’s Vintage Cheddar lately. Also, you don’t need to grate it. Just slice it reasonably thin and cover the area. BBQ sauce is the go. I use Bullseye Original, and loooooove it.
Put it on something crispy and enjoy 😋
^1^ If doing nachos, leaving out bbq sauce, but adding sour cream, guac, diced tomatoes/salsa and lettuce is acceptable
As an aside, I was surprised to find this ‘oil’ was totally solid. It had the same consistency as a bar of copha, and I couldn’t even put a spoon into it. I had to nuke it in the microwave to get any out.
I used this recipe and used about 1 row and 2 squares from the next row of chocolate (so a little less than a 1/4 of the chocolate) and 2 tsp (10g) of coconut oil. This made enough for 2 serves for me, but I don’t drown my ice cream. So, one 200g chocolate would make about 8 serves. And one 300g jar of coconut oil would make about 60 serves.
Now for the important part; how did it look, how was the consistency and taste?
Once it was melted, I used a spoon to drizzle it over my ice cream. It flowed nicely, and after a short while, created a nice shell. I may have added a bit more of this than the usual Ice Magic, so in some spots, it did seem a bit thicker. But a couple of cracks with a spoon and no problem. It looked lush, and the consistency was good.
Now on to the taste. I’m a simple man. I put this over vanilla ice cream. I want to taste vanilla and chocolate. But in some cases there was a definitive taste of coconut. Now, the ratio of chocolate topping to ice cream varies by spoonful to spoonful. There were some spoonfuls I was thinking, “OMG this is soooooo much better. The choccy is delicious, and a very subtle hint of coconut with the vanilla”, and other spoonfuls I was thinking “WTF, I get chocolate, but the coconut is obliterating any vanilla in the ice cream! No!”
So, I might experiment with the next batch by cutting back a little on the coconut oil, and see how that goes. The other option is to embrace the coconuty in something different. I’m thinking a white choccy with a coconut might be interesting to try. Seeing as I have about 7 bars of chocolate to buy to get rid of this jar of coconut oil, I can experiment 😁
Got a bit of a shock when the recipe says to use semisweet chocolate chips and they show up for $56 at Woolies… I guess dark chocolate chips would be better…
Also the coconut oil in bottles seems pricey. Copha is cheaper.
Hang on. Copha. Dark chocolate chips. We’re making chocolate crackles, aren’t we? 🤤
I also kinda wish I didn’t notice the Homemade dark chocolate recipe at the bottom of the page 😬. If I’m gonna make one, I should really try the other…
Federal agency warns critical Linux vulnerability being actively exploited (arstechnica.com)
VLC Player
VLC is the supreme of all open source projects, you used it in school, college, work and home....
Taking your ideas for my next linux app
I’m bored and want to practice my Rust skills. I am the creator of open-tv. If you have any idea for a linux desktop app, even if it seems quite complex, I will take it.
Are there any EV cars without any "technology"?
Like the title says, are there any EVs that just have a Bluetooth radio and that’s it? Like a normal car, not a smartphone on wheels? If not, do you all think that this will actually happen at some point? This is the main reason why I can’t (and will never) buy an EV. I like to have actual buttons everywhere on my car. I...
World-first tooth-regrowing drug will be given to humans in September (newatlas.com)
Southern Hemisphere's first cryogenically frozen client at rest in regional New South Wales facility (www.abc.net.au)
In short: A cryonics company has frozen its first client in Australia in the hope of bringing him back to life in the future....
Australians among 560 million users around the world caught in Ticketmaster hack (www.abc.net.au)
Homeless physicist 'sick of smelling of my own BO' living in a van in a region with impossible rent (www.abc.net.au)
Dutton threatens to pull Australia from [international] criminal court (www.aap.com.au)
Mr Dutton says the Albanese government should pressure the court “to make sure that they reverse this terrible decision”....
Pythagorean Theorem Found On Clay Tablet 1,000 Years Older Than Pythagoras (www.iflscience.com)
Gina Rinehart demands National Gallery of Australia remove her portrait (www.theguardian.com)
Streisand Effect, do your work!
'Life is harder than it used to be' for young people, and this economist says that needs to change (www.abc.net.au)
If you're seeing this, I'm in jail. (www.youtube.com)
(Not me) Official video from David McBride’s Official Youtube channel. If you don’t know who he is - I don’t blame you, with how little coverage this story has gotten
In your country, what "common" animals are tourists most excited to see?
It has always amused me that the tourists to the US that I’ve spoken to are often very excited to see raccoons, and disappointed if they don’t see them before they leave....
Why Super for Housing is a Bad Idea - Purplepingers (youtu.be)
NOTE: Video sponsored by the ACTU...
Wayland usage has overtaken X11 (lemmy.world)
Source: linux-hardware.org/?view=os_display_server...
Just reading the comments of this video made my day 🤣 (youtu.be)
https://youtu.be/6TWJaFD6R2s?feature=shared
What did you get told as a child that you realised was a lie as you got older?
Frypan toasted sangas
Maybe you just moved out of home or don’t have a lot of space, maybe your jaffle iron or sandwich press broke, or your ex took it. You can still have a cheap easy hot meal with minimal washing up....
Homemade Ice Magic (microwave, 2 ingredients) (www.allrecipes.com)
Colesworth jacking up the cost of Ice Magic? You can make some with chocolate and coconut oil to work out much cheaper....