paulywill

paulywill, 2 months ago to homebrewing

Brewed another Imperial Stout yesterday and my efficiency was way off!

Without abandoning my setup I think I've stumbled on a solution.

https://www.morebeer.com/articles/Recirculating_Mash

#homebrewing

paulywill, 3 months ago to random

Every time a MS note taking app refuses to sync I cannot help but think of Derek Sivers’ plain text article:

https://sive.rs/plaintext

I’m thinking a simple back script at work would be the ideal.

paulywill, 3 months ago to homebrewing

It's no surprise German Engineers are on another level with their #homebrewing.

Exhibit A: Counter pressure bottle fillers

https://hobbybrauer.de/forum/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=18859&hilit=gda

https://www.printables.com/model/724483-automatic-counter-pressure-bottle-filler-automatis

https://www.printables.com/model/162996-counter-pressure-bottle-filler/files

paulywill, 4 months ago to random

Almost the perfect beer glass…last line over the line

paulywill, 4 months ago to homebrewing

Yesterday I did my first forced diacetyl test on my #homebrewing

• 2 samples: Vienna lager, APA Smash
• 60°C for 10 mins
• Vienna passed, APA Smash failed smelling sooo buttery 🧈

https://escarpmentlabs.com/blogs/resources/the-forced-diacetyl-test

(I reported FG ABV results via pic to friend and felt it necessary to specify they were beer samples…not urine)

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paulywill, 5 months ago to random

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays #homebrewers! 🍺

@akrennmair looking forward to the holiday reading! 🍻

yakkoj, 5 months ago to random

from the IP Wikipedia page:

"Versions 2 and 3, and a draft of version 4, allowed an address length of up to 128 bits, but this was reduced to 32 bits in the final version of IPv4."

Essentially the "640k should be enough for anyone" of networking. This was in the 1970s, when clamping to a 32-bit (thankfully UNsigned by then) int wouldn't get you tossed out on your ass.

But we're paying for this engineering tradeoff today. If only DNS were invented along with earlier IP versions...

paulywill, 5 months ago to random

@pluralistic ‘s year end podcast was a beauty of an essay on copyright!

“Internet works based on making copies of everything ….you’re making 1000’s copies everyday by the morning.”

(Paraphrased)

https://pca.st/episode/f107f369-c1de-4c8e-935a-6a1d083b740b

paulywill, 5 months ago to random

Ever get locked out of an old account b/c 2FA with an old cell number you no longer had?

The new owner of that number send forwarded me the PIN and I’m back on!!! 😎

Sounds odd but this time of year is the prime time for that ask.

donwatkins, 5 months ago to linux

8 reasons to use the Xfce Linux desktop environment
| Xfce has a very small memory footprint and CPU usage compared to some other desktops, such as KDE and GNOME. https://www.both.org/?p=2861#xfce #linux

homeassistant, 6 months ago to random

The Verge has written a great article on the MyQ integration and Chamberlain Group's decision. This quote is especially concerning:

"Marenson points out that this change only affects a small number of users, “around 2 percent” of the customer base. However, considering Chamberlain just announced it has 10 million users of its MyQ platform, that’s around 200,000 people who have been left without workable solutions."

https://www.theverge.com/23949612/chamberlain-myq-smart-garage-door-controller-homebridge-integrations

b0rk, 6 months ago (edited 6 months ago) to random

what git jargon do you find confusing? thinking of writing a blog post that explains some of git's weirder terminology: "detached HEAD state”, "fast-forward", "index/staging area/staged", “ahead of 'origin/main' by 1 commit”, etc

(really only looking for terms that you personally find confusing, not terms that you think someone else might be confused about)

evacide, 6 months ago to random

If you have a uterus and you live in the UK, it's time to update your threat model to include police testing you for the presence of abortion meds and requesting data from period-tracking apps: https://www.tortoisemedia.com/2023/10/30/british-police-testing-women-for-abortion-drugs/

RickiTarr, 7 months ago to random

I want to talk about Women's Pain. I've never had "good" periods, not since I was a teenager, but as I aged they got worse and worse. I was basically bedridden three days out of the month, and popping ibuprofen for a while after that too. I even got a prescription for Marijuana, because I knew the ibuprofen wasn't good for my stomach, and I needed something to ease the pain. Despite all of this, I just assumed that this was what it was like for most women.

I've always had a lot of anxiety about doctors, but it had ramped up since childhood. My Mom has been in and out of hospitals her whole life, and has had some pretty traumatic experiences. I watched my Dad die in an ER in front of me. But my best friend died suddenly of a preventable illness, and I decided I had to do better, regular Doctor visits was the top of the list, since I had only been going when I absolutely needed to. I casually mentioned to the doctor increased pain during periods and he (like a very good doctor) ordered an ultrasound just in case. This started months and months of tests and doctor visits, 4 ultrasounds, birth control pills that made me sick, an MRI, two different specialists, one of which let me know that I was a mess inside, but I would need surgery to find out exactly how, basically a nightmare. I was so ready to be done with it that when they said surgery I said Yes, immediately, I was so ready to be done. My surgeon was fantastic, but basically said they wouldn't know what the end result was be until they were in there could be just cyst removal, could be a total hysterectomy. In the end, they had to remove my right fallopian tube, right ovary, and some cysts, they also put in a Mirena IUD. I had endometriosis for years, and didn't realize it.

I tell this story, because in a way, I was lucky, my doctor believed me about my pain, but there are thousands more stories where Women's pain gets ignored by the medical establishment, they tell them they are just stressed and hysterical. The average endometriosis diagnosis takes about 7 years, because of this. Men get better care than women, period, and if you're a woman of color or LGBTQ, watch out, the stats are even worse for you. Men get treatment and pain management far more often and far quicker than women. And to top it all off, women are just told pain is normal and part of life from the time they are small children, your period will hurt, so will sex, pregnancy, menopause. We are expected to live in and accept pain our whole lives. Women don't have a higher pain tolerance than men, we are just expected to grin and bear it in a way Men simply are not.

So, final message, if something feels wrong, don't wait, go to the doctor, don't take no for an answer, if your doctor denies you, get another doctor. You know your body better than any other person, you deserve the best care for it, love yourself!

If you have any other advice for women, and dealing with the medical establishment, or just want to share a story, please feel free!

grueproof, 7 months ago to random

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StillIRise1963, 7 months ago to random

Homelessness means society has failed.

Billionaires mean society has failed.

ernie, 8 months ago to random

I saved my boss from boarding a hijacked flight on 9/11. You won't believe what he did next

Post See new posts Conversation Bill Ellmore 𝕏 @BillEllmore · Sep 11 I was booked on United Flight 93 on 9/11, 2001, flying nonstop from Newark NJ to San Francisco CA. Around midnight the night before, a coworker called me urging me to change my flight to fly into San Jose instead. This meant I had to give up my 1st class seat and move to a flight… Show more Bill Ellmore 𝕏 @BillEllmore The reason my coworker told me to change my flight was she took the same flight on 9/10 and the commute from San Francisco to Mountain View would make me late for my meeting whereas traveling from San Jose to Mountain View would be faster in the morning. 11:42 AM · Sep 11, 2023 · 921.5K Views Mark (Elsa's Dad) Davis, Man of Leisure @MarkDavis8919 · Sep 11 she saved your life with advice, which you followed. what ever happened to your coworker? Bill Ellmore 𝕏 @BillEllmore · Sep 11 Sad to say, I ultimately had to fire her for poor performance. It was difficult

textfiles, 8 months ago to random

I have a retinal tear and it is being operated on, and hopefully it'll go well or else the last movie I ever saw with my I will be Fast and the Furious Tokyo drift.

godlessmom, 8 months ago to TeslaMotors

Good morning. A reminder. #elon #elonmusk #tesla

feditips, 8 months ago to random

There are good reasons why the Fediverse is on so many servers:

-It prevents Musk (or anyone!) from buying the network

-If a server is badly run, you can move to another without losing your followers

-Far more human admins on the Fediverse, moderation tends to be better

-If one server goes down, the others still work

-Each server makes its own rules

-Anyone can set up a server

-Lots of server types to choose from, and they connect to each other

More details at https://fedi.tips/why-is-the-fediverse-on-so-many-separate-servers/

esther, 9 months ago to random

Earlier today an ATM responded with an error when I tried to get cash. I immediately checked my account balance online to make sure my account wasn’t somehow empty.

There would have been no realistic way for my account balance being the cause here and indeed it was fine. It really was just an error of the ATM.

But the time of my live where the last ten days of every month could very well have been like “no grocery money, fuck you” has left such a mark that a failing ATM transaction for any reason still sends me into a short panic.

Poverty fucks you up permanently and nobody should have to go through that.

QasimRashid, 9 months ago to random

“AR Gov Sanders suggests course on Black history spreads ‘hate’ against U.S.”

I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again: Some white people were enslavers. Other white people were abolitionists. If you think teaching that accurate history “spreads hate”—then you’ll have to first explain why you associate more with enslavers than with abolitionists?🤔
https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/sarah-huckabee-sanders-ap-african-american-history-hate-comments-rcna100657

stux, 9 months ago to random

lol :bloblaugh:

After all this time I just saw the option to create a screenshot from a whole page on iOS :nkoFacepalm2:

It was right there when you take the screen and want to crop/edit it but within a tab

‘Screen filling’ option