artifex

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 hour ago

I think after 18 months or so you will have a good feeling for what you bought. There will still be things to do. There will ALWAYS be things to do (some of which will be very expensive). But as far as coming to terms with exactly where everything is, what the quirks are, and whether you can live with them, you need all 4 seasons and a bit.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I don’t think this is quite right - the “hierarchy of needs” pyramid is misleading. Self-actualization is fleeting just like physical care (eg meeting basic needs) is fleeting - if you stop doing it, things go downhill quickly, and so you’re always doing it at least a little bit.

While a lot of people frame self actualization as what they would do if only all other needs are met, they really should be thought of as needs you must meet to feel fulfilled. Could be as simple as reading a good book, getting out into nature or cooking a nice meal. Anything that you get value from ticks the box for a little while.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 12 hours ago

I don’t think this is quite right - the “hierarchy of needs” pyramid is misleading. Self-actualization is fleeting just like physical care (eg meeting basic needs) is fleeting - if you stop doing it, things go downhill quickly, and so you’re always doing it at least a little bit.

While a lot of people frame self actualization as what they would do if only all other needs are met, they really should be thought of as needs you must meet to feel fulfilled. Could be as simple as reading a good book, getting out into nature or cooking a nice meal. Anything that you get value from ticks the box for a little while.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I have a dedica and find it can be a little underpowered with an unpressurized basket (though the coffee looks so pretty). First thing I’d try is - without adjusting your grind - to back off to 8g to reduce the extraction time and see how it is.

If you’ve also had it for a while and have never descaled you should do that as well, even if the machine hasn’t bugged you about it yet.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

Since the earliest towns and cities formed there have been periods where “heroic societies” celebrated powerful men by showering them with women and luxury goods, burying them like kings and immortalizing them with legends and songs. Beowulf is kind of the archetypal example.

I strongly believe that in modern times whenever we’ve veered toward fascism it’s because that social memory leaked out.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This is the kind of thing that could get him elected president or thrown in jail. Or possibly both.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

It’s short for Bobbert.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

Also 1 degree C is the same as 1 degree K - only the starting point is different

[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 day ago (2 children)

As stupid as this sounds I think we (and really the media, but we know which side they’re on) should be doing this in F for US audiences. Saying “hey, it’s now 5°F hotter than it was in the 1970s” is more immediately meaningful — and the bigger number looks scarier too.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (8 children)

As stupid as this sounds I think we (and really the media, but we know which side they’re on) should be doing this in F for US audiences. Saying “hey, it’s now 5°F hotter than it was in the 1970s” is more immediately meaningful — and the bigger number looks scarier too.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

I don’t 100% agree with everything here but it’s well done. And makes me sad.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago

So happy to be less than an hour late to the party here but see it’s already full of Futurama comments.

 

While I understand the concept of federation I'm unclear as to what it actually entails at a technical level. When lemm.ee eventually shuts down, will all of that user content (posts, comments, votes, etc) cease to exist? Is it mirrored on other instances?

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