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  • Comparing Switch Immersion vs Aeropress?

    That's a good question. Been a while since I've gone actually immersion brewed with it (usually just pour over and use the stopper for pre heating with less water). I'll make a couple of cups and get back to you.

    Edit:

    Cup making done! The immersion brew is super clean and easy. I do think some type of lid would help for longer brew times to keep the heat in on the Switch though.

    I think both the Aeropress and Switch Immersion lend themselves well to darker (chocolatier/nuttier) extractions. After this little test I will probably switch over to immersion brewing for my afternoon decaf for the foreseeable future!

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  • Can't say enough good things about mine.

    If I would start all over, the only two coffee makers I would own are:

    • Aeropress
    • Size 03 Hario Switch (V60 + a stopper for immersion brew)
  • Follow-up Two: Mobian on the Pixel 3a / 3a XL
  • Amazing work! I'm very excited to see mobile Linux reach a usable state for every day processing. Thank your for your time and energy. It is valuable and going to good use.

    Why the Pixel 3a? Is there anything special about it (or not special, which might mean my old 3XL is good for more than gathering dust?)

    How can I get involved? I know my way around C and would love to pitch in.

  • [Serious] What should every young person do?
  • Even in the US, state-level representation hardly counts as local. Neighborhoods, towns, counties, etc. all have people representing them.

    It's cool to care about and build up your community.

  • Port Fowarding minecraft server hardening question (gentoo)
  • Even faster -- tailscale. For a cheeky way to play with your friends make a burner account with a shared login to get on the same tailnet for free. On the endpoints, turn off tailscale-ssh and any of their other "features" you don't need.

  • AlternativeTo: a resource I wish I would have had when I started using Linux

    AlternativeTo is a site I use quite a bit. Personally I use it when I get fed up with an Android app having too many ads / creepy network behavior or want to find a self-hostable version of a freemium service.

    It has filters for free, open source, platform type, etc. From my understanding it's all crowd sourced, so if you disagree with a rating put in a vote! Sharing this in hopes that others find it as useful as I do.

    If you know of similar or better resources I would love to hear about them.

    Edit: many people are noting that the comments and reviews are out of date. I agree! Despite that I still find it to he useful. It would be great if this little bit of visibility gets more folks engaged over there to improve it.

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    Wish me luck at this critical milestone
  • I'm a big fan of buying power tools twice. I happen to go Ryobi for the first round but Harbor Freight / Northern Tool are probably similar.

    If you can stand the fuss, buy corded tools and skip the brand loyalty that comes with batteries.

    The biggest killer of cheaper power tools is generally heat. There are plastic components in the drive train. They hold up great to short jobs, but heat is their kryptonite. If you let a Ryobi tool cool down whenever you notice it getting warm to the touch it'll last a long time. If you need to run a tool for hours at a time then skip the fuss and go straight to a more brand with a good reputation like DeWalt, Makita, Bosch, or Milwaukee.

  • USB-C Multi-Device Charger Recommendations?

    I've been playing around with my home office setup. I have multiple laptops to manage (thanks work) and a handful of personal devices. I would love to stop playing the "does this charging brick put out enough juice for this device" game.

    I have:

    • 1x 100W Laptop
    • 1x 60W Laptop
    • 1x 30W Router
    • 1x 30W Phone
    • 2x raspberry pis

    I've been looking at multi-device bricks like this UGREEN Nexode 300W but hoped someone might know of a similar product for less than $170.

    Saving a list of products that are in the ballpark below, in case they help others. Unfortunately they just miss the mark for my use case.

    • Shargeek S140: $80, >100W peak delivery for one device, but drops below that as soon as a second device is plugged in.
    • 200W Omega: at $140 it's a little steep. Plus it doesn't have enough ports for me. For these reasons, I'm out.
    • Anker Prime 200W: at $80 this seems like a winner, but they don't show what happens to the 100W outputs when you plug in a third (or sixth) device. Question pending with their support dept. it can't hit 100W on any port with 6 devices plugged in.
    • Anker Prime 250W: thanks FutileRecipe for the recommendation! This hits all of the marks and comes in around $140 after a discount. Might be worth the coin.

    If you've read this far, thanks for caring! You're why this corner of the internet is so fun. I hope you have a wonderful day.

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    github.com GitHub - beeper/bridge-manager: A tool for running self-hosted bridges with the Beeper Matrix server.

    A tool for running self-hosted bridges with the Beeper Matrix server. - beeper/bridge-manager

    GitHub - beeper/bridge-manager: A tool for running self-hosted bridges with the Beeper Matrix server.

    Is anybody self hosting Beeper bridges?

    I'm still wary of privacy concerns, as they basically just have you log into every other service through their app (which as I understand is always going on in the closed source part of Beeper's product).

    The linked GitHub README also states that the benefit of hosting their bridge setup is basically "hosting Matrix hard" which I don't necessarily believe.

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