terraborra

terraborra, 6 days ago

Just bought the Breville Bambino over ANZAC weekend. On sale it was about $250 and I’d expect it to be discounted again over King’s Bday in a few weekends time.

We were looking at the Breville Barista Express as well, but all the info online suggested that the grinder breaks first and isn’t economical to repair, so you end up having to buy a separate grinder anyway. Bambino on sale + Baratza Encore ESP is not much more than the Barista Express and the Encore is a much better grinder than the bundled one and is designed to be repairable at home.

Otherwise the Brevilles actually review well for their espresso making capabilities. I fell down the rabbit hole on /r/espresso and they come highly recommended as entry level machines.

terraborra, 6 days ago

Yup that’s the one we got. Definitely makes decent coffee, heats up instantly and my wife is happy with the milk frother. Only additional thing we bought for it was a tamper as the plastic one it comes with is crap. The stainless steel milk jug and 4 portafilter baskets are all good.

terraborra, 7 days ago

Recently tried to play it and ran out of lives multiple times in the first 20 mins or so. The AT-ST inside the base just keeps smashing me.

terraborra, 12 days ago

Its a shame it’s not going ahead because a connected up network is what’s really needed for cycling

That’s exactly why it’s not going ahead. A safe, connected cycleway has users and that undercuts the ideological reckons and feels in the GPS.

terraborra, 8 days ago

Does anyone use Hot Shot as their ISP?

I’m moving house and eyeing up a new fibre provider. They look very reasonably priced and a quick search of reddit and geekzone suggests their uptime is good. However im more concerned about whether I will get pinged for “reasonable use” under their unlimited plans given that I use between 200-400GB a month and sometimes more.

Despite slingshot being extremely expensive they at least haven’t said anything when I’ve hit 700GB in a month. It’d also be a dealbreaker if Hot Shot does port blocking with no way to control it and selectively open ports.

terraborra, 7 days ago

Legend. Thank you that’s exactly what I was after.

terraborra, 7 days ago

I guess I haven’t really compared my usage to others in quite some time. I did think it’d be defensible given there’s usually a 80GB+ patch or game install each month but just didn’t want the hassle of having to explain each month if I could avoid it.

terraborra, 13 days ago

Lettuce speedrun any%

terraborra, 13 days ago

Most of our mountainous land is protected. Even if it’s not, dairy farms aren’t being run on rugged terrain. Cows aren’t exactly known for their adventurism.

terraborra, 24 days ago

It’s expensive, first gen, there’s a cost of living crisis, and the quest 3 has good enough MR for 1/4 of the price.

I don’t need my economics degree to understand why it has poor sales.

terraborra, 24 days ago

Pretty sure that diagram only applies to mobile chips and apus. For desktop cpus the first digit denotes architecture.

This article is about forthcoming desktop cpus.

terraborra, 27 days ago

Original artist is Mike Davis for any like me who were wondering.

Mike Davis’ paintings

terraborra, 1 month ago

Vaporstructure

terraborra, 1 month ago

Damn that sounds painful. I think our bread knife is the sharpest knife in the block. Use it to score the fat on pork belly as the teeth are great for getting through flesh.

terraborra, 1 month ago

Been in the hospital overnight again which has been pretty traumatic. Just counting down the minutes until my wife gets here and I can go home.

terraborra, 1 month ago

Had my tonsils out on Saturday and feeling pretty messed up from the cocktail of drugs they’ve got me on. Currently watching all the fast and furious movies and then moving on to the Lord of the Rings extended editions.

terraborra, 2 months ago

Cunts

terraborra, 2 months ago

They wish they could be our western island.

terraborra, 2 months ago

Any mild acid should do. Would suggest trying undiluted white vinegar or lemon juice if it’s particularly built up. If it’s not too bad then mix one or the other into some water.

terraborra, 2 months ago

Yes that data exists and has been seen at the ministerial level. There is also the publicly available Domestic Transport Costs and Charges report on MoT’s website.

Unfortunately ideology has won out over common sense.

terraborra, 2 months ago

Copying a comment I made in one of the movie communities last night:

Saw Dune Part 2 in a sold out imax screening.

Just wow. One of the few movies that lived up to the hype and visually it is one of the most stunning films I have ever seen. The whole scene on Giedi Prime is otherworldly and sets the Harkonnens up as a malevolent force that is the complete opposite of the Atreides we see in the first film.

Only complaint is that while the first part was 99% faithful to the book, part two drops to about 90% and also cuts out what I think are pivotal scenes in the book. Still it was never going to be easy to choose what to drop without turning it into a 4 hour movie and overall it all works incredibly well.

terraborra, 2 months ago

Yeah I rewatched part one on Saturday because I couldn’t remember where it finished. What surprised me was how early in the story it wrapped up.

I think because I’ve read the book so many times I’d created false memories of scenes that I thought where in part one but weren’t (e.g. Jamis’ water weighing ceremony). Doesn’t help that there’s the flash forward clairvoyance scenes jumbled in there as well. However, where those false memory scenes were included in part 2 they were much better than what I had imagined.

terraborra, 2 months ago

Sounds like you need to change the time you do the workout.

terraborra, 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago)

Just got out of seeing it in imax.

Just wow. One of the few movies that lived up to the hype and visually it is one of the most stunning films I have ever seen. The whole scene on Giedi Prime is otherworldly and sets the Harkonnens up as a malevolent force that is the complete opposite of the Atreides we see in the first film.

Only complaint is that while the first part was 99% faithful to the book, part two drops to about 90% and also cuts out what I think are pivotal scenes in the book. Still it was never going to be easy to choose what to drop without turning it into a 4 hour movie and overall it all works incredibly well.