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  • That's me. I do find some images of puppies or kittens cute though. But never the grown up ones. And it's not that bad. I just don't go to those communities.

  • Tea Time
  • I'm not the one who's trying to change history here. We know that the Chinese have the oldest recorded tea consumption. Doesn't make that the only valid way of doing it. It's like saying that there's only one authentic way to cook a potato, which is whatever the first person did with it.

    And about whatever you said about tea being a new thing in India, it's not accurate. It was first mass produced after the British came. But it actually goes back quite a bit. Camellia sinensis var. assamica is actually indigenous to the Assam region of India, and not "stolen from the Chinese". Some think that some tribes in India (Singpho, Khamti) have been consuming tea from at least the 12th Century, though they had a different name for it. Some (A Revision of the Genus Camellia by Robert Sealy) think it goes back further, but idk about that.

    But honestly, that's not even the point. Why did you even feel the need to type this comment? Even if it was a 200 old tradition, that's a pretty long time. And it should be accepted as a valid way of brewing. I'm not even disputing anything. I simply pointed out that there are alternative traditions. That the world isn't fucking black and white. Seriously dude, when did I say anything that claimed that Indians invented tea? This isn't twitter, no need to do this shit here.

  • Tea Time
  • Why do you think that the Chinese way is the only way to prepare authentic tea? It's so weird dude. We have an ancient tea tradition in India. That's my point. That a purist might think this method as the proper way too. And it'd be just as valid.

  • Tea Time
  • Which is a type of tea.

  • ghoti rule
  • Fun fact: Ghoti is a (sort of) derogatory term for people with ancestry from West Bengal (a state in India) used by people with ancestry from Bangladesh. (Sort of, because no one really considers it offensive. The modern use is usually limited to signifying cultural differences.)

  • And they say English is bad
  • Truly one of the doods of all time.

  • Adobe Says It Won’t Train AI Using Artists’ Work. Creatives Aren’t Convinced
  • The stock market literally forces companies to be evil. Once you do an IPO, you're contractually obliged to be shitty in order to bring higher revenues.

  • Tea Time
  • It depends. It's perfectly acceptable to boil the tea for many Indian preparations (usually called cha or chai).

  • Why does Firefox get more errors than Chrome?
  • It's Lemmy, you're anonymous, of course I don't know shit about you. You may be the most wonderful person in real life, but I'll only respond to what you say here. So this defense is utter bullshit. Don't post on anonymous forums and then complain that people don't know anything about you before replying to your comments. That's the whole point of anonymous forums. That people only reply to what you explicitly post, and nothing else.

    Also, I'd suggest not taking any of this personally. None of us are properly represented online. All this criticism is just about your opinion on this one topic, and do not reflect our (at least mine) opinion about you as a person. (Because we have no idea about you as a person.)

  • Why does Firefox get more errors than Chrome?
  • When it's the software that's actually faulty. As others have mentioned, Firefox usually sticks to the standards. You're just using some peculiarities of Chromium, which is why you might be having issues. Anyway, this actually seems irrelevant to your stance, since you care more about the market share. Which is fine, being profit driven and all. But then you shouldn't get annoyed when people like me call you lazy.

  • Why does Firefox get more errors than Chrome?
  • You do realize that you had the experience due to lazy developers such as yourself?

  • What does the world think of India?
  • I can attest to that. I was born and brought up in India, and right now in the US for education. It's kind of the same here as well, just expressed differently due to cultural differences. The fact that the US is actually the world leader at this time makes these people much more dangerous imo.

    In any case, I'm more hopeful about my country after the last election. They seem to be rejecting religious fundamentalism to some degree. It'll take time, but I think we're finally starting to see through BJP's lies. I hope I can go back to India soon enough. (It's hard to get good jobs in my field there at the moment. Counting on it changing at some point.)

  • Why does Firefox get more errors than Chrome?
  • Don't you think that it may be because Firefox is pretty much the only browser using a different engine that Chromium? There are literally two major browser engines, and you're developing for one them. Ofc everything else will act like Chromium, because they are Chromium for the most part.

  • How can I easily and conveniently transfer files wirelessly between my linux computer and android phone?
  • Something like this happened on my sister's laptop. She got a new laptop with Windows 11. She followed some website to set up Syncthing, but it wasn't syncing. Turns out, there's some kind of "trusted network" deal that needs to be figured out. (Don't remember the exact term anymore.) Anyway, helped her fix it, and installed Debian Stable on it the next time I was visiting.

  • Why does Firefox get more errors than Chrome?
  • Honestly, I'd be fine and understand that he cannot but be complicit in this due to powers beyond his reach. I'd eat my words if he says that he doesn't like it, but has to comply. But he seems like he's pretty happy with it. (Again, from that one comment.) I will blame the sandwich artist if he defends shitty sandwiches. Because one has to be responsible for their own work. They're free to not give a fuck about what anyone thinks. But they are complicit.

  • Why does Firefox get more errors than Chrome?
  • I never said he alone did it. I'm sure he'll be happy to share credit for any great product his company makes. Why not take some of the blame too? (I'm not sure if he does think that way though. He hasn't replied since. I'm just replying to other people.)

  • How can I easily and conveniently transfer files wirelessly between my linux computer and android phone?
  • Interesting. I currently use it on a Samsung Galaxy S22 and a Galaxy Tab S6 Lite. In the past, I've used OnePlus, Redmi, and Realme devices. Always worked.

    Maybe post it in their forum? They're usually very helpful.

  • Need suggestions for VPS

    I want to get a new VPS. It'll mostly be used to host lightweight Docker images, and reverse proxying through Caddy. So, decent CPU and fast network speeds are the main things I need.

    I have a cheap VPS with RackNerd. It's fine, but only has a single CPU core, which gets overwhelmed if multiple connections are trying to pull stuff from some service. So, I guess having multiple cores is a requirement as well.

    I want to spend around $5/month, but willing to go a little higher if it's worth it. Any suggestions are appreciated.

    P.S. I'm based in US and would prefer something in here for lower latency.

    Update: Hetzner's CX22 IPV6 only plan seems to be very good in terms of price-performance ratio. But the servers are in Europe. I'm planning to try it out for a while and see how the latency is. It's great that they don't lock you in with yearly plans.

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    Recommendations for lightweight wiki servers?

    I currently run a personal wiki for some notes, recipes, and stuff. It's set up using Wiki.js as the server. I'm the only regular user, and I feel like it's a bit of an overkill.

    Does someone have any suggestions for a more lightweight wiki server? I tried DokuWiki and mostly like it. But the UI is very old and dare I say, ugly. I love the UI of Wiki.js btw.

    My main criteria is that it should be lightweight. I don't need fancy editing features. Happy to work with raw html or markdown files.

    I need some kind of permission management to hide some private wikis from the public, but otherwise I don't really care.

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    Help with snippets?

    My goal is to automatically close the environment while editing a tex file. There was an issue for vimtex asking for basically what I want to achieve. They achieve it using snippets as mentioned there.

    The problem is, I have no idea how to set it up. I've never used snippets in nvim. I have vim-vsnip and cmp-vsnip installed as it was needed for another plugin to work. Is it possible to implement this using those?

    It can be noted that in vimtex, an environment can be closed by typing ]] which is a mapping of vimtex-delim-close. I basically want to emulate the behavior in VS Code using LaTeX Workshop. It auto-closes the environment, adds an indented line in the middle, and moves the cursor there.

    If anyone has any other ideas about doing this without snippets, that's welcome too.

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    Do you use a coffee subscription? Which one?

    This post is mostly for me to look at alternatives. I currently subscribe to Trade. But recently I've been hearing about their bad practices like sending packages with wrong weight, or paying very little money to the roasters.

    If you like your current subscription, please place a link so that others can check it out. If you don't, and want to switch, tell why so that I can avoid it too.

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    Is it okay to store coffee beans in old sealable bags?

    For the last few months, I've been splitting a bag of coffee beans into 2-3 portions and freezing them. I've seen that it extends the freshness by a bit. Now, I've been storing them in older coffee bags (the standard sealable ones) since they take up less space than jars and also I'm just reusing something that would've gone to landfill/compost.

    I do clean them of residues of older beans and don't use a bag more than 2 times since I get new bags whenever I buy beans anyway. Are there any health/quality issues that might arise from this that I should be aware of? Should I just store them in sealed glass jars instead?

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    Looking for an FOSS alternative to TickTick

    I currently use TickTick for managing my todo tasks. i haven't been able to find an FOSS replacement for it yet.

    The main features that I need in an app like this would be:

    1. It should be accessible from the desktop. Don't necessarily need an app, a website is good enough.
    2. It should have a decent android app with a home screen widget for listing all the upcoming and overdue tasks.
    3. It'll be really nice if it can interpret date and time from the task description to add reminders. For example, writing "Remind me to get some milk at 6pm" will put a reminder for that task at 6PM.

    Please let me know if you know about such an app. Thanks.

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    What's the worst spoiler that you've inadvertently given to someone? (Please use spoiler tags.)

    When I was in college, my then girlfriend texted me that she was watching Jojo Rabbit. She knew it was one of my favorite movies, and said that she loved it too. She was talking about how Scarlett Johannson's shoes almost have their own personality. So I said,

    spoiler

    ___ yeah, it's devastating when you notice her shoes on the hanging body.

    Turns out she had paused the movie to make some dinner, and hadn't seen this part yet. Needless to say, she was PISSED!

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    Should I replace my SSD?

    cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/5332699

    > I have an SSD that's around 5 years old now. It used to be in my laptop. But then I upgraded my laptop and put it in a homeserver. It still works perfectly well but from what I've read, SSDs fail suddenly without much prior indications. > > Do you think I should replace it already? It's not running any super important stuff. If it dies, it'll just mean that my media servers will be down for a day, not a super big deal since I have regular backups. I feel bad creating unnecessary e-waste, so I'll love to know your experience with SSDs and how frequently do you usually replace them. > > Also, if you know a tool which can help me detect remaining lifespan of an SSD, that'll be very helpful. Thanks.

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    Should I replace my SSD?

    I have an SSD that's around 5 years old now. It used to be in my laptop. But then I upgraded my laptop and put it in a homeserver. It still works perfectly well but from what I've read, SSDs fail suddenly without much prior indications.

    Do you think I should replace it already? It's not running any super important stuff. If it dies, it'll just mean that my media servers will be down for a day, not a super big deal since I have regular backups. I feel bad creating unnecessary e-waste, so I'll love to know your experience with SSDs and how frequently do you usually replace them.

    Also, if you know a tool which can help me detect remaining lifespan of an SSD, that'll be very helpful. Thanks.

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    Bromite is dead, long live Cromite.
    github.com GitHub - uazo/cromite: Cromite a Bromite fork with ad blocking and privacy enhancements; take back your browser!

    Cromite a Bromite fork with ad blocking and privacy enhancements; take back your browser! - GitHub - uazo/cromite: Cromite a Bromite fork with ad blocking and privacy enhancements; take back your b...

    GitHub - uazo/cromite: Cromite a Bromite fork with ad blocking and privacy enhancements; take back your browser!

    The Bromite project has been inactive for the last 9 months or so. Today I found this fork of Bromite that's well maintained and seems to work flawlessly. Hope it helps others who were looking for a replacement.

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    Need suggestions for grinder

    Hi everyone. I recently bought a Breville Bambino. It's my first espresso machine, and I'm quite happy with it. I love the fact that it has a thermoblock which means that I don't have to wait for the water to turn on before I can enjoy my coffee. I've been able to pull some good shots with it, but the exact same technique sometimes gives me inconsistent results. I'm thinking it's my grinder.

    I have a Timemore C3 manual grinder. It's great for most other brewing methods e.g. aeropress, V60, French press etc. But I don't think it's the best for espresso. I borrowed a Baratza Encore from a friend and it gave me more consistent results.

    Now, I do like the Encore, and would buy a new one, but I looked at this chart and it looks like it doesn't go too low in terms of grind size. Do you guys think that it might cause problems when I upgrade my machine in the future?

    Also, if you have any other suggestions for grinders, let me know. I'm willing to spend around $200 on it right now. (I guess I can go up to $300 if it's worth the extra $100.)

    Thanks for taking your time to read this. I really appreciate it.

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    Why is there so much hate against children here?

    It was the same on Reddit, people openly say disturbing things against children. What prompted me to post this is someone saying that babies should be put in overhead bins inside airplanes. Even if they're joking, this is a disgusting thing to say. I won't say that about anything else.

    Would they say this openly about dogs or cats? I doubt it. If they do, people will be ready with pitchforks.

    But no one gives a fuck when it's said about children? Why is that? I though that the general consensus were that children are cute. Maybe annoying sometimes, but still cute. But with the amount of hate I see about them here, I'm really concerned. Does anyone have any thoughts about it?

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    Need suggestions for storage expansion in a mini pc

    Hi all, I have a very simple homeland which consists of just one thinkcentre mini pc. I don't really need extra storage at this moment, but I think adding another disk for redundancy will be nice.

    The problem is, the mini pc only has space for one hard drive. What is the best thing to do in this case? Is the a reliable way to add an (ideally, with space to add more later) extra disk to it? I don't really want to get something like a Synology as I'm happy with the processing power etc. of this. Some way to expand the storage as directly as possible will be the best.

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    I fuck numbers.

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