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Gin posted:#3 I should point out that some people prefer the taste and body given by the oils, some prefer to have them left behind and intentionally use a paper filter for that reason. I've heard coffee geeks say the oils are good and plenty say they're bad and I think the most reasonable coffee geeks will say they are just different. I like both personally and when I'm in the mood for the oily kind (or have a kind of coffee i think it works well with) I break out my french press, otherwise I use a paper filter in a drip maker or pour over.
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i keep my coffee beans on the counter in a big porcelain thing with a tight (but not airtight) lid and they taste good. imo french press is absolutely both the easiest and best way to drink coffee and you can get a perfectly good one from like target for $15
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Oct 23, 2023 17:34
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Earwicker posted:i keep my coffee beans on the counter in a big porcelain thing with a tight (but not airtight) lid and they taste good. I agree with all of this, especially the French press - but can I ask why you use tight but not airtight? I've been buying a month's worth of beans and then grinding them every morning but I store them in an airtight container, am I making my coffee worse?
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Oct 23, 2023 17:45
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I had no idea what I would unleash with coffee Qs. alnilam posted:I should point out that some people prefer the taste and body given by the oils, some prefer to have them left behind and intentionally use a paper filter for that reason. I've heard coffee geeks say the oils are good and plenty say they're bad and I think the most reasonable coffee geeks will say they are just different. That's super interesting! My machine doesn't have a metal filter, I'll maybe see if I can find one that fits and then compare the two.
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Oct 23, 2023 17:48
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alnilam posted:I should point out that some people prefer the taste and body given by the oils, some prefer to have them left behind and intentionally use a paper filter for that reason. I've heard coffee geeks say the oils are good and plenty say they're bad and I think the most reasonable coffee geeks will say they are just different. The oils are good, but the will eventually go bad, as oils exposed to air tend to. I worked in a very hipster (roasted our beans daily, had to know how to identify region/etc. by taste) coffee shop about twenty years ago, and we'd make sure to clean the oils off everything once a week to ensure good taste. That said, there's a lot of superstition in coffee prep.
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Oct 23, 2023 17:51
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Yngwie Mangosteen posted:I agree with all of this, especially the French press - but can I ask why you use tight but not airtight? I've been buying a month's worth of beans and then grinding them every morning but I store them in an airtight container, am I making my coffee worse? no i dont mean that i specifically avoided getting an airtight container, i was just saying that a pretty tight lid is good enough, you dont really need something that hermetically seals, at least not for the relative short term. but i dont store my beans for months i refill that container every couple weeks
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Oct 23, 2023 17:57
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Someone around here posted the equivalent to a therapist search engine a few months ago. It would let you enter your area, type of therapy you were searching for, male or female doctor, etc. I can't seem to find it. Does anyone have that info handy?
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CzarChasm posted:Someone around here posted the equivalent to a therapist search engine a few months ago. It would let you enter your area, type of therapy you were searching for, male or female doctor, etc. I can't seem to find it. Does anyone have that info handy? psychology today? https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/
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Oct 23, 2023 17:59
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Earwicker posted:psychology today? Yup. Looks like. drat that was simple. Thanks.
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Oct 23, 2023 18:02
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Earwicker posted:no i dont mean that i specifically avoided getting an airtight container, i was just saying that a pretty tight lid is good enough, you dont really need something that hermetically seals, at least not for the relative short term. but i dont store my beans for months i refill that container every couple weeks Got it. I just had a left over big container for like oats/flour/etc after a kitchen reorganization and it holds exactly 1lb of beans.
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Oct 23, 2023 18:08
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Yngwie Mangosteen posted:The oils are good, but the will eventually go bad, as oils exposed to air tend to. I worked in a very hipster (roasted our beans daily, had to know how to identify region/etc. by taste) coffee shop about twenty years ago, and we'd make sure to clean the oils off everything once a week to ensure good taste. That said, there's a lot of superstition in coffee prep. Hm interesting. I have a couple of extremely coffee geek friends who work or have worked in fancy single origin pour-over coffee shops and they specifically recommend a paper filter for e.g. east african beans, which people like for its light body and berry-forward flavor, and the oils you get from a french press or metal filter kind of drown these out. Like they would say a yirgacheffe bean would be best made with a paper filter (but still plenty tasty from a french press)
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Yngwie Mangosteen posted:I agree with all of this, especially the French press - but can I ask why you use tight but not airtight? I've been buying a month's worth of beans and then grinding them every morning but I store them in an airtight container, am I making my coffee worse? A roaster buddy once explained it to me that the beans off-gas after being roasted and you need to let that escape for maximum freshness. This requires a one way valve on the container though not just a non-airtight seal. For home coffee this is almost certainly pointless because you're not going to be turning over beans fast enough for this to matter but it can make a difference for the coffee shop experience. Also the superior coffee maker is one of those $5 Vietnamese coffee makers that last so long that they'll outlive the sun (or at least more than the 3 weeks you'll get out of a french press that breaks when your pre coffee self drops it, causing you to have broken glass all over the kitchen floor and still not caffeinated). 
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those things are great but man the iced version with the condensed milk is like my kryptonite. if i have one sip of an iced vietnamese coffee my reptile brain takes over and i have no choice but to drink the entire thing in 1 second and then it just destroys my stomach. i have one like every two months.
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Inceltown posted:A roaster buddy once explained it to me that the beans off-gas after being roasted and you need to let that escape for maximum freshness. This requires a one way valve on the container though not just a non-airtight seal. Or get a metal French press. 
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Oct 23, 2023 18:27
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What's the easiest (and ideally cheap/free) way to find what font was used in a picture/drawing? I get that I may never find a true 1 to1 match, especially since it could be one that's sort of "made up" for the property in question, but I would like to get pretty close. I tried a couple online "font detector" webpages, but those did God-awful jobs, but I also suspect it may be because the source image quality wasn't good, so I have to try and get the best quality of that I can, which...might be tricky. I don't know if I can get a higher quality, so maybe I just have to take the picture to the CC forum and find some goons with encyclopedic font knowledge?
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DrBouvenstein posted:What's the easiest (and ideally cheap/free) way to find what font was used in a picture/drawing? whatthefont.com
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DrBouvenstein posted:maybe I just have to take the picture to the CC forum and find some goons with encyclopedic font knowledge?
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I keep my coffee in a big jar with my wife.
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Oct 23, 2023 19:38
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tuyop posted:I keep my coffee in a big jar with my wife. let her out!
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Grassy Knowles posted:whatthefont.com I tried again now with the best version I could get and I think MAYBE I have the font it is, but it also says it's like a $40 font, so... Maybe I'll pop in here and see if that is the right font, or if there's a better/closer one that also isn't $40 (I looked and I have a similar font installed on my system already, but it's not similar ENOUGH.) V V V Yeah, I wouldn't be surprised if that's the case. I don't need a perfect match, just close enough. So far the closest one is the $40 one, but I bet if I looked I might find it cheaper someone else, or maybe it's included with the fonts you get with Adobe CC? V V V DrBouvenstein fucked around with this message at 20:44 on Oct 23, 2023 |
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From occasionally reading the font thread, I've also learned that sometimes people modify fonts slightly to suit their needs, especially in a logo or image where a lot of effort was put into the design. So there might not be an exact match from an off the shelf font.
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Do all Discord transactions list San Francisco? I have an unrecognized charge from on one of my accounts, and it has San Francisco listed in the charge but almost no other info.
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Does anything still use / care about covid vaccine cards? I put my wallet through the laundry machine accidentally and the (paper) card got wet. it's dried now but it's kinda hosed up in the way that paper which gets wet and then dries always is. anyways now that I've actually looked at it for the first time in a year or so I've gotten to wondering whether I should still carry it around with me
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"first time in a year" I think you answered your own question
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yea the last time anyone asked me for proof of vaccination was like january of 2022. i didnt even update my card when i got the last booster bc i didnt remember where it was.
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For what it's worth, I brought my card when I got my updated booster last month and the technician didn't even want to look at it.
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Yeah, when I got my booster, I said "oh dangit, I forgot my vaccine card!", and the nurse said "that's fine, we're not doing them anyway."
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I asked them to sign my card for my most recent booster but I doubt that I'll ever use it.
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Late to coffee chat, but if you don't have a French press an Aeropress is maybe a little bit nicer, and pretty cheap.
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RPATDO_LAMD posted:Does anything still use / care about covid vaccine cards? quote:Once a Ticket to Travel and to Socialize, Paper Covid-19 Cards Are Going Away https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/05/...ce=articleShare
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Is ball lightning a real thing or a myth? I remember learning about it as a kid and it seemed like the coolest thing ever. I guess there’d be some footage of it if it actually existed though, right?
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dupersaurus posted:Stealth aircraft aren’t radar invisible, they just don’t appear as strongly so they can get a little closer before being detected Oh that makes sense. Thanks!
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RCarr posted:Is ball lightning a real thing or a myth? I remember learning about it as a kid and it seemed like the coolest thing ever. I guess there’d be some footage of it if it actually existed though, right? https://www.britannica.com/story/do...tremely%20rare. Edit chopped up my first paragraph phone posting: This link goes into the doubts and weirdness of it. There are lots of reports of it doing unlikely things, but it can be observed in certain circumstances. Basically, it exists, it's just not that common and atypically filmed. You can find some shots on youtube but it's electricity being weird so it often doesn't last long. Here's a video. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jwCDxCmW5pg&pp=ygUTI2JyaXNiYW5lbGlnaHRpbmluZw%3D%3D I also thought it was cool when I was in my preteen ufo and weird weather phase. Yngwie Mangosteen fucked around with this message at 06:56 on Oct 24, 2023 |
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Is it possible to emulate Qi Gon Jins hair without extensions/wigs?
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DildenAnders posted:Is it possible to emulate Qi Gon Jins hair without extensions/wigs? For you, no, but I could. It's just long with only the front part tied back without a parting as far as I can tell.
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BonHair posted:For you, no, but I could. It's just long with only the front part tied back without a parting as far as I can tell. Why are you assuming I don't have long hair?
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DildenAnders posted:Why are you assuming I don't have long hair? I was assuming you are going bald specifically, but mostly just to be an rear end. Also from the fact that you didn't just try. You might need to have thick hair, I'm pretty confident my wife could never pull out off for example.
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BonHair posted:I was assuming you are going bald specifically, but mostly just to be an rear end. Also from the fact that you didn't just try. I thought it was a username joke
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Is there a thread for giving advice on what language to learn? I've been wanting to for years but can't seem to decide what would benefit me/be fun to study the most. I know a little Spanish, a lot of Serbian (family from there, so I can read Cyrillic) and some Swedish because of a Moomin themed hyperfixation. I'm in Cyber Security so I'm kinda leaning towards Russian since I can already read Cyrillic and it'd be nice for my job, but idk. Just looking for input. 
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