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I noticed some hitching that I hope gets worked out, but otherwise it ran smoothly for me.

The Bioactive Substances in Spent Black Tea and Arabic Coffee Could Improve the Nutritional Value and Extend the Shelf Life of Sponge Cake after Fortification (pubs.acs.org)

Abstract: The study aimed to evaluate the potential use of spent coffee powder (SCP) and spent tea powder (STP) as bioactive supplements for sponge cake. To achieve this aim, we initially compared the chemical properties of spent tea and coffee powders with those of their raw forms. Subsequently, three supplemented cake blends...

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I was totally reading this title thinking it was extending the shelf life of all foods generally and stuff, then they drop “Sponge Cake” in there instead. 🤣

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Specifically sponge cake? Like seriously?

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Doing God’s work over there.

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I’m right there with you. Maybe us THPS fans all just have a “fuck the man” mentality and refused to buy from Epic. Then again, this game never got cracked, either…

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Based on my research, the first season of the Netflix live action show (8 episodes) covers the first 61 anime episodes. At this rate, the live action show could still continue for 17 more seasons.

In all seriousness, the more I think about it, the more perfect this anime was for adaptation. There’s a ton of filler in the anime, but otherwise good story beats and character development. When you condense that down, you get all the good and leave out the cruft.

I watched all of the live action show this weekend, and really enjoyed it. I figured the anime tone and goofiness that they clearly baked right into it would work against it like all the other live action anime adaptations, but it feels like it’s a lot less of a quick cash grab than the others. Some real love and attention went into it and it’s a lot of fun.

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Pretty selfish outlook, wouldn’t you say?

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Because it’s all for you. You’re protecting yourself from disappointment.

Time almost always proves you correct, and very occasionally, you’re pleasantly surprised!

But what about everyone else around you that you care about? Being pessimistic tends to wear on them and simply for personal gain.

I’d rather be wrong than unpleasant.

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I’m not advocating for ignorance. We should still be as informed as we can be. Optimism and pessimism show up when there are unknowns.

It’s ultimately best to be correct and happy, which is achievable, just not if you’re pessimistic.

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Yeah, the ISP cartels sucks. I’ve been stuck paying $170/mo for uncapped 1000/35mbps connection.

Thankfully, before the end of the year, a local ISP is moving into my area. They offer uncapped symmetrical gigabit, for $75/mo… I’ll be saving $95/mo for BETTER service.

The longstanding ISP cartels should seriously be punished for the abuse of their market positions and failure to appropriately use government funding they’ve been given.

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LTT, for better or worse, is a very popular tech/PC gaming entertainment YouTube channel. A lot of the younger folks in the nerd space probably grew up watching his content.

I started watching a little late, because I thought he seemed kind of annoying back in the day, but I actually do enjoy their content. It’s clear they have some organization and communication problems internally that they need to sort out, though.

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It’s a little more than that. Felons in Georgia can apply for a pardon after fully serving their time, paying their fines, and then waiting 5 years without committing additional crimes. There are additional requirements, but those are the big ones.

The RICO charge alone carries a minimum sentence of 5 years. Trump is looking at 5-20 years if convicted.

So really, at best, Trump could be pardoned in 10 years.

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He could not be federally pardoned, no. The State of Georgia can also pardon individuals of state crimes, but this requires the applicant has paid all fines amongst other requirements like being a law abusing citizen for over five years after serving their sentence. The governor cannot pardon.

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I mean, it’s still another pretty big company, but the Shopify “Shop” app is actually pretty great as an alternative to Amazon.

Basically, all the businesses using a Shopify online storefront are amalgamated and searchable in one app, and the UI is pretty solid, too. I really like that a business can have their own website with a storefront, but also be there for convenience and still be in the same system.

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I like video games, goofy stuff, and tech. So lately, it’s been:

  • My Brother, My Brother, and Me
  • Noclip
  • Besties
  • We Have Concerns
  • Search Engine (New podcast from PJ Vogt of Reply All fame - if you haven’t listened to Reply All, there are a number of great episodes to enjoy)
  • How Did This Get Made
  • and occasionally Swindled (my girlfriend likes true crime stuff and this is about as close as I like to get to that)
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Hey, I thought your post lent itself well to using img2img stable diffusion to create a more detailed version of your 7yo’s drawing and story.

By far, the best result came when I cranked the de-noising level up, but it’s further removed from the original drawing. I used the story as the prompt to give the model (Dreamshaper XL, a brand new SDXL checkpoint) more information. https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/3116b8b1-2971-4ccd-a11c-685d5cfc1f75.png

Here’s an album including the ones with lower denoising values to line up more with the original sketch: imgur.com/a/hH9pYE5

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Beautiful. Love the color scheme! And yeah, the 4080/4090 cooler is awesome.👌

SiN Reloaded has not been cancelled according to Nightdive (twitter.com)

Hey everyone! You may have noticed that there have not been any updates on SiN: Reloaded in quite some time and there's a good reason for that. As we've been focusing on other projects that exceeded the expected period of development due to reasons that have been stated several times until now, this unfortunately had an impact...

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Wow, there’s a title I haven’t heard about in a while. Never played the original game, but played the first, and only iirc, “episode” of SiN that came out on the source engine.

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Well, good. Hope things are smooth sailing from here!

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How else you think they get up in them ears?

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