Grimlo9ic

Still grinding away at Street Fighter 6, and currently starting another run of the FFVII Remake!

What a top-tier tip. I’m one of those people who have uBlock Origin but never knew about this. Thank you!

Just curious since I just got into it… what other issues did you have? If you’re comfy with saying, of course.

I’d been smoking cigarettes for 11 years and just switched to vaping 2 months ago. My lungs feel much, much better. I can walk up multiple flights of stairs/longer distances without getting winded. My mouth also no longer has that eternal burnt paper taste, especially when I wake up in the mornings.

So for the purposes of what I switched to vaping for - to ease back on destroying my lungs - vaping/e-cigs work. I used to smoke 2 packs in about a week and a half. I’d say the amount I vape now is the equivalent of 1 pack every month (I don’t constantly hit it throughout the day).

I have no doubt that inhaling vapor with that density is still not good, but it’s better than what I was doing previously.

As for helping to quit the habit entirely, I think that’s the opposite of their goal. All these fruity flavors they keep coming out with seem like they’re designed to be popped like candy.

+1 vote for the Dishonored games. If you want a quick showcase of what’s possible in this title or the whole series, StealthGamerBR is probably one of the best people to watch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKyT19o-Nl8

Good insights! Yeah if it gives you a mental/emotional boost then it’s pretty worth it, especially since that’ll translate well to the rest of your day.

Why I asked my original question is because I’m currently on those meal kit things, and the one I’m subscribed to sends the food fully cooked and ready to eat, you just have to pop it in the microwave. And it’s pretty tasty stuff, doesn’t look too preprocessed. But it does get expensive. So I was considering the alternative of cooking daily to save money, which sounds funny because 99.9% of people probably do that.

And I’m kinda on the fence about meal prepping because the idea of eating the same thing a few days in a row doesn’t really appeal to me.

I guess I’ll find out this week which is more sustainable for my situation!

Great on the eyes and I’m sure it was delicious!

I made an effort here

This is my biggest hurdle most days. I live alone so that much effort for something that I’ll probably consume in about 10-15 minutes, in the middle of the workday, is kinda hard for me to reconcile. Is it worth it? And I don’t mean in the “self-care is always worth it” kind of way. 😂

A lot of great answers in here. Another one that I’ve never seen/heard fail to get crowd participation is “It’s My Life” by Bon Jovi.

Basically any song that has a really catchy chorus and allows you to sing it whether you’re on or off-key is a winner, because karaokes are all about having fun with it.

Oh man, I knew there were a lot but I had no idea.

I remember when Google Wave was demo’ed to a live audience, there were audible ooohs and aaahs from the crowd. It was such a mindblowing idea 14 years ago, shame it never really got off the ground.

That’s uncanny. How did you get it so close?

EDIT: Actually not close, bang on!

For sure! It’s a rite of passage into the world of… even more chores and responsibilities lol

Haha, sometimes I do that, but when I’m cooking for myself, often no. I think most other households do though, since we (Pinoys in general) often serve rice on a separate plate and not straight from the pot, so that takes care of the fluffing part.

I usually leave the lid on, but not fully covering the pot so I can keep an eye on it.

I forgot about that. We usually put pandan leaves in there from time to time to make it more fragrant. But otherwise, it’s mostly plain rice. Our dishes usually have either a tomato-based sauce or broth anyway, so that takes care of additional flavor.

We call leftover, day-old rice “bahaw”, and is usually made into “sinangag”, which is literally garlic fried rice, and is usually cooked during the following day’s breakfast.

Here’s a nice blog post with pictures that made me hungry: https://www.kawalingpinoy.com/sinangag/

Filipino here. Rice is a staple of our diet, and traditionally we’ve mostly eaten Dinorado or Sinandomeng rice. I’d say in the past 20-30 years though Jasmine and Basmati rice have also gained popularity in our dishes. I’ve always been taught this method:

1. In a pot, rinse the rice 2-3 times, draining the water each time. Rinse just enough that most of the cloudiness of the water is gone, but some still remains. You’ll want that starch.
2. Fill the pot with enough water to cover the rice. Use enough so that if you dip your middle finger to touch the rice underneath, the water line hits the second joint on your finger (I believe the anatomical term is proximal interphalangeal joint lol). It’ll be enough water for whatever amount of rice you have - everytime.
3. Cover the pot, put it on the flame, let it boil. Once it’s boiling, turn the heat down and let it simmer for about 15-20 minutes, until the water evaporates.
4. ???
5. Profit.

Wow, holy shit. Servers must be getting slammed with requests. Good thing there’s lots of instances to spread the burden.

I bought the Mustang Alpha and Avenger Titan pledges last year and played for quite a bit. Ran around naked in the cold of New Babbage. Passed out and woke up in Brentworth. Suited up and did some mining with my multitool. Flew the ships. Did some fetch quests. Fired a gun or two. Blew up the ships (multiple times). Had a blast.

I really think it will take years at this point to get it to where they want it to be, but in the meantime I enjoyed how the players treated it seriously, and not seriously at the same time, if that makes sense.

BTW, there’s a pretty active community on !starcitizen@lemmy.ml.

I’ve tried both as a forum admin. I think it’s just a matter of preference at this point. phpBB is still sporting that old compact style, which kinda makes it look dated.

I’ve heard that kbin supports blocking entire instances at a user level

Yes, to do this, go to kbin.social/d/insertinstancehere, then block from there.

I think this is one of the strengths of kbin, because kbin itself can be open and neutral as much as possible and let each user decide the content they want/don’t want to see. Of course this doesn’t stop bad actors from coming over, making accounts, and start giving the instance a bad reputation, making it increasingly likely for it to be defederated by other instances…

Joke’s on us, that’s exactly what he thinks.