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Alphabetically sorted months. But WHY?
Finally, I can find the month I want!
Now to enter my phone number...
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Alphabetically sorted months. But WHY?
Finally, I can find the month I want!
Now to enter my phone number...
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PineTime - a $27 smartwatch that runs open source firmware and software that's easy to flash and easy to modify and tinker with
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Works great using an app like gadgetbridge. It Syncs notifications, music control, HR, step counter, etc. It apparently has GPS text directions but I've never used it.
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Steam Workshop::Vanilla Vehicles Expanded
Those tanks look pretty badass
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Steam Workshop::Vanilla Vehicles Expanded
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I will tame a herd of wild tanks and let you know my results
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How does someone with no experience learn to make food?
Try to deliberately learn something each time you cook.
Feel like curry? YouTube how to make it from raw spices.
Feel like soup? YouTube how to make your own stock.
Didn't like a meal? Ask yourself what you didn't like.
Was it the texture? Cooking time? a particular ingredient?
If it was an ingredient, learn about other ways to prepare that ingredient, or find another version of that recipe and do it slightly different next time.
Once you learn a bunch of recipes you start to acquire techniques and knowledge of how flavours balance and interact. These days if I want to make something I will find 5 versions of that recipe, see what's common, what's unique. I'll use only the bits I want because I have a feel for the general flavours, what I like / don't like, what I can be bothered buying.
So, learn new recipes on YouTube, start to play around with them. Try to watch videos where they are actual qualified chefs who explain not just how but why they do something. For example, some basic tips and tricks videos from Gordon Ramsey. Consider buying some high quality essentials to start with - a knife, chopping board, a pot and a pan will do.
Above all, give yourself time. You gain confidence when you know what works only after years of trial and error.
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PineTime - a $27 smartwatch that runs open source firmware and software that's easy to flash and easy to modify and tinker with
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I gotta say, the step counter is accurate. I've tallied steps on longer walks and it was only off by 0.5-1%
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PineTime - a $27 smartwatch that runs open source firmware and software that's easy to flash and easy to modify and tinker with
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Not yet. The camera is still not really usable and the battery life is very bad. It's all about Linux optimisation though, so it has huge potential.
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What exercise routine REALLY works for you?
5km walk for 1hr. No less. Doesn't matter where, just walk 5km.
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PineTime - a $27 smartwatch that runs open source firmware and software that's easy to flash and easy to modify and tinker with
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I get about 4-5 days with moderate use and a constant BT connection to my phone. There's a few big impacts like the heart rate monitor, so I never use it
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PineTime - a $27 smartwatch that runs open source firmware and software that's easy to flash and easy to modify and tinker with
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It does. Its one of the stock apps. I'd say it works pretty well but I don't like it as you can pick up the vibration sound on a condenser mic.
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Police repeatedly punched driver following head-on crash in Brisbane, video shows
Misleading headline. Not the scandal they're hoping for.
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Man dies in late-night e-scooter accident in Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley
The article doesn't mention whether alcohol was involved, but if it happened in the Valley at 3am, I'd say he wasn't out selling girl scout cookies.
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[Feature request] Add an option to block community in the kebab menu of a post
Funny, I've always called them traffic light menus
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[Feature request] Add an option to block community in the kebab menu of a post
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That makes sense. I guess that makes the elipsis ..a takoyaki menu?
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So who else is new?
Perhaps someone can build a bot to post once-weekly helicopter posts, just to help settle in?
My personal favourite is LiftOff at the minute. It does global searches on posts and comments, which has really helped with discovery.
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What other less-toxic system could work instead of karma?
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I do like that. Perhaps an exponential factor where if you downvote 10 comments you lose 1 karma, downvote 20 you lose 10 karma, etc.
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How does someone with no experience learn to make food?
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Everyone has overcooked their fruit loops at least once, it's a rite of passage
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Feature Request: Default Comment Order
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You guys are very active at the minute, nice work!
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Why is the indigenous voice to Parliament so controversial?
Partisanship aside, referendums are always close. The republic referendum was the same.
Trouble with this one is, theres a lot of confusion about what's proposed. Confused people vote no.