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Natal

@ Natal @lemmy.world

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  • Firefox outperforms Chrome in speed for the first time according to a Speedometer assessment

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  • Translator here. Beware of translation tools. It's fine for personal use and basic understanding but it's not up to the task for the translation of complex stuff or technical stuff. It's good at creating text that looks legit but can sometimes contain critical errors.

    I once worked on a medical device and used machine translation to test it. The text was fine but some numbers were changed. This is a huge error.

  • People are getting fed up with all the useless tech in their cars — For the first time in 28 years of JD Power’s car owner survey, there is a consecutive year-over-year decline in satisfaction, wit...

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  • I was driving with Waze once, on the highway but first gear like 10km/h because trafic. A popup came and I wanted to discard it because I was nearly at my turn and didn't want to lose it so I pushed the cross. By the small time I spent doing this, I was already going sideways off my lane.

    Lesson learned. Next time it happens I'd rather stay in my lane and take the next exit. But fk the people putting Ads in my car. Let me focus.

  • People who haven't gotten into habit of googling stuff in the last 20 years might not get into it at all anymore because of how search engines are gamed with SEO spam tactics nowadays

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  • I agree so much. It feels like I "understand" how a computer talks and interacts as opposed to most people I work with just learn processes by heart and have no clue what to do once their process breaks.

  • People who haven't gotten into habit of googling stuff in the last 20 years might not get into it at all anymore because of how search engines are gamed with SEO spam tactics nowadays

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  • Have you tried putting your search between " " ? It usually helps improve my results.

  • /r/place going full-on French Revolution now

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  • There's a very old saying that I think was attributed to a Roman leader which went something like "Games and bread", humans have been easy to swat for a very long time.

  • Exercises and Stretches to Counteract the Negative Effects of Prolonged Sitting?

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  • I like ChaseMountains. Some good exercises in there.

  • Offline media is kinda my jam

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  • Same. I used to have everything on my own computer or physically but was limited by hard drive space so I moved to Tidal.

    I listen to music with much less intentionality when using tidal compared to my own music player so I'm currently questioning streaming services.

    Less is more. I can buy less music, but I listen to it better.

  • Recommendations for a beginner

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  • So relatable! And now I'm finding myself often considering that one grinder is not enough because my Mignon does good espresso but isn't awesome at filter and it's a huge pain to switch granularity in it.

    I remember not so long ago when I watched Hoffman videos and thought he had too many grinders...

  • Recommendations for a beginner

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  • Depends. Most coffee aficionados prefer beans because then you weigh and grind what you need when you need it for best freshness and taste.

    Most pre-ground have been so for years and have lost quite a lot of flavour and might end up in a bad cup.

    But it's not a bad place to start, you can find people saying pre-ground is evil but it can do the job for you and maybe that's all you're looking for.

  • Recommendations for a beginner

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  • I started my coffee journey because I went on internship abroad and didn't have access to the house coffee machine anymore. I decided instant was too disgusting so I bought a 10€ French Press. Now I'm complaining to my wife that my scale is not good enough, I need to be more precise than a gram to make good espresso. What a rabbit hole.

  • Recommendations for a beginner

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  • I started with a supermarket glass french press, and a 10€ spice grinder and it did the job it had to at the time. It made coffee which was way better than instant or whatever I used to drink back then, and it was cool making my own coffee.

    I'd say French Press is the easiest intro because you just take the coffee weight you want, put it at the bottom of the French Press, and add water on top. Let it sit there for some time, you'll hear various times, I usually stick around 8 minutes but I don't look at the time anymore. Coffee ends up good anyway.

    You can make do with a measuring cup/spoon to begin with if you don't want to bother with a scale yet or due to budget constraints, but any scale is better than none. However, coffee scales are overpriced gadgets you don't need at all. Go fancy if you want and it makes you happy, but don't feel pushed to. I still use the same scale I did when I began my journey in 2019, which is a 10€ scale from the local store. You'll want more specific gear if you ever venture into espresso, but you're not there yet.

    So to sum it up:

    • French Press
    • Kettle
    • Coffee (preground) OR Coffee (beans) + cheap grinder.

    I upgraded my supermarket french press when the glass eventually broke from the heat to a metal one which might outlive me for 50€.

    Note : if you go French Press route, most likely you will end up with coffee sand at the bottom of your cup because you'll either use preground coffee that is too fine, or you'll start with a cheap spice grinder that grinds too fine. You may or may not want to skip that step and invest into a grinder capable of coarse coffee. Baratza is widely recommended for their bargain prices and very capable grinders. But that's a step above, depends on your budget and how deep you're willing to dive at first.