mushroommunk

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[–] mushroommunk@lemmy.today 5 points 11 hours ago (3 children)

Well duh, hot things are too hot to cross. That's why they painted the Mexico fence black last week remember? If the fire heats the water too much they can't cross it. It's genius is hear, genius!

[–] mushroommunk@lemmy.today 1 points 16 hours ago

It depends on the data but usually I'm just never offline. My NAS is accessible from around the world for my music and code repo and since I'm on IPV6 I didn't even have to deal with port forwarding and reverse proxy nonsense. Photos I'm hosting an app that's similar to Google photos and backs up from phone (it's kind of custom to how I do things but there's various self hostable apps). If I know I'm going to be truly offline unable to even connect through my phone somehow I'll manually copy the files to my laptop. I haven't done that in like five years though and it's only been a mild inconvenience once and honestly I just disconnected and enjoyed a peaceful offline day.

[–] mushroommunk@lemmy.today 3 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (2 children)

Or a NAS for truly decoupled. Only thing I'd lose with a fresh install is any installed applications which can all be pulled again easily but the added upside of my wife also having easy access.

[–] mushroommunk@lemmy.today 7 points 1 day ago

AKG 553 MKii checking in. I've had mine for years. Just replaced the pads and they're good as new

[–] mushroommunk@lemmy.today 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Google has actually released a software update to try to prevent the modem battery issue and are replacing the battery in affected models for free. Rare easy win from a megacorp

[–] mushroommunk@lemmy.today 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Not typically. You'll see police along the major highways for speeders and the like but no state border patrol like that. Legally often transporting across state lines is a crime in and of itself but it's one of those things where they look the other way unless they catch you using whatever item.

Often this is done for practical purposes, because if it's legal in the state you started in, and might be legal in your final destination, they'd piss off more people that not of they stopped and confiscated from everyone.

[–] mushroommunk@lemmy.today 28 points 2 days ago

It's the salt mostly. Especially with indoor cats who often don't get wet food and so are on the under hydrated side of things as they tend to not drink as much as they should.

Technically any without garlic or onion is safe for them to have a tiny bit as a treat but it's so incredibly easy to overdo that it's just safer to not give it to them.

Too much nitrates or nitrites is bad for cats yes, but they'd have to eat an excessive amount for it to be a concern and again the excess salt would be a bigger issue first.

[–] mushroommunk@lemmy.today 5 points 2 days ago

That's a version of decadence, and I got what you meant originally, but most speakers in the north (well, United States, Wales, and Toronto, Ontario as those are who I talk to most) think more of the excessive indulgence stemming from moral decline.

"Oh that chocolate was so decadent" meaning "I feel like I slipped into gluttony and sin eating it it was so good".

It's kind of used as a mix between the two definitions depending on the context. It's so interesting how language changes from place to place.

[–] mushroommunk@lemmy.today 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

I can (potentially) explain the double bagged paper. Growing up in the South that was the de-facto cooling rack, no wire racks or wax paper like you see today. They were cut open, laid on any flat surface, them cookies or cakes or what have you were laid on them to cool. They'd wick away moisture or grease and be easy clean up.

Free with groceries and if they were double bagged you had enough for a double batch of chocolate chip cookies while also usually guaranteeing (usually) the bag wouldn't split from condensation or something before you got home.

[–] mushroommunk@lemmy.today 8 points 2 days ago

They're talking about bubble foam tea. Sure that was a thing but at least in any part of America I've been in, boba tea and bubble tea from the start was the tapioca pearl drink.

Some people get this purist notion that things can only ever be one thing and screech if someone uses a term differently.

[–] mushroommunk@lemmy.today 12 points 2 days ago (2 children)

The "bubbles" refers to the little edible tapioca balls at the bottom.

The name started as "bo ba", the Chinese name for the tapioca pearls, and the west turned it into "bubble". No idea what the original Chinese means, could just be bubble.

It's often a sweeter milk tea (though pretty much anything goes these days)

[–] mushroommunk@lemmy.today 8 points 2 days ago

"You know, I know this woman doesn't exist. I know that when I hold her in my arms the Matrix is telling my brain that it is warm and soft. After nine years, you know what I realize? Ignorance is bliss" - Cypher

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