Xavier a dog

So annoying. Uranusiance.

Yeah I’d absolutely consider replacing or augmenting my display with something like these glasses, but asking people to pay more, downgrade specs, replace their whole system, all while picking up an unfamiliar OS… I’ll wait for the gen 2. Or 4.

Definitely a shitpost and a whoosh

Evidence that thoughts and prayers really work

Trampolines and a big chandelier

Hard to recognize him without multiple hotdogs

A flavored oxygen multi-tank and gas mask. Inhale this shit that Xzhibit and a mechanic put in your car!

Hard disagree that earbuds negate codec importance. I love open-back over-ears, but one of my best pairs of headphones are Moondrop IEMs, and I can hear differences in audio quality more noticeably on them than a lot of speakers. I very often plug them into a Bluetooth receiver for semi-wireless convenience, and I can absolutely hear the difference between LDAC and SBC.

However, yeah definitely agreed that $150 is fair for what’s being offered here. Limited codec support is common (if unfortunate) enough in similarly priced gear without the other benefits these bring, so I’d say it’s fair enough unless the drivers themselves are bad.

Apparently now you’d have to go to Gozo (with dive gear…) to get a shot like this!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MT_Hephaestus

Definitely depends on the field. Most “humanities” studies require a masters first, although for that reason many PhD programs include the step of getting your masters so it can all be done as a single track. So still a standard ~6 year program but you get both, masters after the first 3 and then PhD after 3 more. I’ve only ever run with folks in humanities I’m realizing, so I didn’t even realize there were PhDs you could get without a masters

I wonder how many Demetri Martin jokes are stolen every day on Xitter

Aeropress is great and relatively easy, but you need to be able to adjust the grind size in order to dial in your cup at all, so I’d absolutely recommend getting a good hand grinder (1zpresso all the way) and grinding your own beans still.

I will also say that pour over setups and techniques can get crazy specific, but they absolutely don’t have to be. With the right cone and a quality grind, you can pretty much just dump water on top of and then give the cone a little swirl to flatten the bed. In my opinion, it’s actually the simplest way to get a clean/non-silty cup. I would get a Kalita Wave, which is more forgiving than the popular V60, and the whole process is just pouring heated water over coffee grounds til the cone is 1/2 to 2/3 full, and then repeating as it drains until you hit the desired amount of water. 3 and a half minutes and you’ve got a better cup than you’ll ever get out of a French press, faster and easier than an aeropress.

A second benefit of starting with a cone is that you’ll never have to, but any time you do feel like getting into deeper experimentation, you won’t have to buy anything new to do so. As someone who owns a nice-ish espresso machine, drip machine, aeropress, French press, immersion brewer, multiple V60s, and a Kalita Wave, I use the Wave nearly every day because it is the simplest to do while half asleep and it produces the best cup in my opinion.

I’d consider upping the dose and grinding a little coarser til you hit the same time, and also pre-infusing at a lower pressure until the first drops form on the bottom of the portafilter. You could also try that independently if you’re not doing it already. Good luck!

Also, does it eventually fill the screen and form a single stream? If it does this for like 5-15 seconds and then steadies, that could be totally normal and I wouldn’t worry about it if it tastes good.

What’s scary is that was already a few years ago, so it’s a EVEN CLOSER now!