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brianinbc

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Enjoy the outdoors, brewing and baking. Day job in ocean robotics. Living in BC these days.

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coffeegeek, to random
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I feel a lot of pressure some days to start producing "reels" on Instagram, because it's sort of expected, and I even got feedback from a recent potential advertiser that they think our low IG traffic / likes may mean it's not a good fit for them to advertise on CoffeeGeek.

But I don't think I'm going to succumb to the algorithm.

Literally the only benefit I see for our website with IG and getting our likes and subscribes up, is that it will convince CERTAIN potential advertisers to support our website.

But I'm starting to think... do I really want their support? Do I really have to completely become a slave to the IG / Tiktok algorithms just to get these companies to give us $200 a month in ad revenue?

brianinbc,
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@coffeegeek my guess is it's all demographics. I don't have many peers on either of these platforms. But my kids friends all are. So which audience is more important to CG? Not convinced that these marketers are serving their brands well.

brianinbc, to random
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Found a few crab apples in the freezer when we were cleaning it out yesterday. Jelly 😁.

brianinbc, to homebrewing
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Stout is done now. I think it is my best stout yet. Very delicious. Lots of dark chocolate with a bit of vanilla going on. Excellent mouth feel. #homebrewing #beer #stout

brianinbc, to random
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Chickpea curry

Spices-Cumin, chili, fenugreek, coriander, tumeric, mustard seed, few whole green cardamom pods, stick of cinnamon

Onion, ginger, red peppers minced.

Tin tomato paste

Wake up spices in oil
Add onions, peppers and ginger
Add tomato paste
Cool til darkish
Add splash cider vinegar

Add cooked chick peas
Add a few red lentils

Add water as necessary throughout to prevent burning and promote caramelization. Simmer to meld flavours.

Salt to taste.

brianinbc, to Espresso
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A friend of mine sent me a gift for completing a major professional milestone. A very good friend 😊

brianinbc,
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Not bad but still dialing in

clive, to random
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"The 'Range Anxiety Society'"

Some thoughts on the psychologies we'll see as Americans shift, en masse, to a world powered by renewable electricity sources

My essay: https://clivethompson.medium.com/the-range-anxiety-society-3cb8cf18d468

A free friend link in case you don't subscribe to Medium: https://clivethompson.medium.com/the-range-anxiety-society-3cb8cf18d468?sk=7a1ad9900daaead694482bf7ed653c22

brianinbc,
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@clive my rambling take on this is it will be transitory. Maybe the next 5 years or so while the rate of charge increases and standardizes. To take your laptop example, and what I have noticed in other consumer electronics as a trend, is to increase the charging rate dramatically to allow for smaller batteries and cheaper devices. It's a common strategy for the 5min from 20% to 80% marketing bleeps. My x250 Thinkpad had more battery life than my x1 carbon from this year and I miss it.

mike, to random
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Somebody convinced Jagmeet he's got a chance in a general election.

He doesn't

And he'll lose his position as a power broker in a minority coalition.

The NDP needs a backroom knife fighter and what they've got are boot lickers and bleeding hearts.

brianinbc,
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@mike I like jagmeet. He used to be my MP. I don't understand the pharmacare as the hill to die on. I wish they would pick something else.

brianinbc, to beer
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So this happened. It's yummy. Very flavourful. It's pretty dry. Fair amount of bitterness for a brown although nothing close to IPA territory. Lots of chocolate going on. Some earthy bits too. Good for the season

grammargirl, to Etymology
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I came across another phrase with a fun origin this weekend: "over the transom."

A transom is cross-beam, such as the beam at the top of a door.

Here's the quotation from an editor at "Atlantic Monthly" that Etymonline has for the origin:

"Mr. Weeks once said that some very interesting material comes from writers who, too shy to walk in and talk to the editor, just toss their manuscripts over the transom and run."

https://www.etymonline.com/word/transom#etymonline_v_16895

brianinbc,
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@grammargirl transom is commonly used to refer to the back end of a boat as well.

brianinbc, to random
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Practice practice practice....

mike, to random
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When it comes to carbon, I don't understand why we don't pick the low hanging fruit. Tax big engines. You want recreational horsepower (and I'm a fan) you have to pay. You want an F250 grocery getter, you have to pay. And make it punitive. It's too cheap right now to recklessly burn fuel.

brianinbc,
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@mike sure let's try it. It's likely not as "efficient" as a carbon tax but if it gets traction with groups presently opposed to a carbon price then why not.

brianinbc, to cake
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Raspberries are at the tail end but still delicious. Chocolate helps 😄

brianinbc, to random
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Saskatoon berry jam making time

brianinbc, to random
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Love this.

"If we collect data for monthly ice cream sales and monthly shark attacks around the United States each year, we would find that the two variables are highly correlated."

https://www.statology.org/correlation-does-not-imply-causation-examples/

tomw, to random
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This whole submarine thing is a preview of exactly how "space tourism" is going to go

brianinbc,
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@tomw maybe. Access to the ocean is ubiquitous. Access to space is controlled. We can agree there will be problems.

brianinbc, to random
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It's donuts for breakfast day 😋

Shallow frying donuts in a large cast iron pan with 16 donuts cooling on a rack behind
Donut on a plate with a cup of coffee

brianinbc, to random
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Slowly slowly ❤️

brianinbc, to random
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It's a lily? Getting better at least. Slowly.

brianinbc, to random
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It's a group of seven tree?

brianinbc, to random
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I planted some tulips last fall that my partner found from an individual in our neighborhood that had too many and they have brought so much joy.

brianinbc, to food
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Cranberry breakfast Bundt cake with a hint or orange.

brianinbc, to random
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It's beer making day.

10lbs 2row
1lbs cara40

1oz northern Brewer at 60
1oz East Kent Golding's at 10
1oz fuggles at 5
A whack of fresh hops of various and unknown varieties at 5

Should be 👍

brianinbc,
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I put the fresh hops through the food processor this time around as an experiment to see if they would soak up less liquid. Smell and taste is amazing, we'll see how it works out.

brianinbc,
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In the brew kettle

brianinbc,
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Cooling it down

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