Trixie Mattel and Kim Chi

As much I despise Spotify, I’m trying out Qobuz and it’s just not really it.

No folder organisation for playlists or albums.

No Linux application.

No lyrics.

No support for smart speakers.

No information linking to artist tours and merch.

No dedicated classical music app.

Generally lacking when it comes to non western artists.

Prides itself on providing high quality music, yet still only has lower quality masters for some artists compared to Apple Music, Tidal, and even Spotify.

I want to love it, like the way it loves and respects the music industry, with it’s special magazine etc, but it’s just not it.

“Mary was teenager”, conservatives defending child rapist republicans, probably actually

Roy Moore, Republican US Senate candidate, accused of sexual assault on 14yo girl - ABC News - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-11-10/roy-moore-republican-senate-candidate-sexual-assault-allegation/9136922

Usual suspects

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It’s so funny, non Australians complaining about Australia slang mirrors foreigners complaining when learning English. E.g. people think Australians are crazy for giving toilets an “immature” and “toy like” name in the form of dunny, but potty is also immature and toy like.

It’s a 好帮手wok, a line of SUPOR, which is a very well known and regarded brand in China and Asia more broadly.

The Japanese isn’t random, just reads as ちゅうかなべ which is just Chinese wok. They probably added it to the California specific packing to appeal to the rather substantial Japanese market there.

I don’t, because sadly it’s the only thing that works with the right, and really people in general.

They don’t care about actually well researched policies or political content - these get labelled as the “liberal wall of text.”

We need more of these sorts of jokes for engagement. See for example Megan Coyne’s tweets when she ran Biden’s official Whitehouse account.

Single payer healthcare systems get all the political attention, but we really need a single payer judicial system. Basically public defenders but properly funded and for prosecution as well.

The US judicial system is also particularly bad because each party is responsible for their own legal fees. Most of the world has the loser pay the winner’s fees.

American rule (attorney’s fees) - Wikipedia - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_rule_(attorney’s_fees)

When one piece fans have hyped up the villains for Water Seven but saying u are excited to see CP9 is way too sus 💀

汽油 (gas, as in state of matter + oil) refers to petrol/gasoline, the kind you put in cars.

石油 (stone oil) is refers to oil, as in the natural resource (such as crude).

原油 (origin oil) refers specifically to crude oil.

柴油 (kindling oil) refers to diesel.

加油 (add oil) is used to mean refilling the car with petrol.

And finally, 机油 (motor oil) is engine oil.

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It’s a crypto rag, so not at all

Water cooling is typically much more complex and expensive than air cooling, and is mainly attractive because of space limitations. The same applies to data centers. IBM’s mainframes have a liquid cooled version mainly targeted towards users wishing to get the most out of their data center space before upgrading sites. These ship without coolant, and simply ask the user to “just add water,” i.e. just demineralised/distilled water.

Sure Mainframe ain’t dead, but what about that toilet water? | Aussie Storage Blog - https://aussiestorageblog.wordpress.com/2021/04/07/sure-mainframe-aint-dead-but-what-about-that-toilet-water/

Which JoJo villain is this

My pet peeve is people thinking they are being clever by complaining about the supposed incorrect usage of literally as figuratively.

People, including famous authors, have been literally (not hyperbole) using the word as an intensifier, and therefore, figuratively, since 1847, e.g. F Scott Fitzgerald, Charles Dickens, and William Thackeray.

Did we change the definition of ‘literally’? | Merriam-Webster - https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/misuse-of-literally

Ink tanks have a waste ink pad, which is essentially a sponge that soaks up ink, which may be replaceable depending on how shitty the manufacturer is.

Canon Megatanks don’t have a pad at all just dump the ink randomly, so you have to throw the printer out.

Epson’s Ecotank pads are replaceable, but have a DRM chip for a sponge (though quite cheap).

In a rare W for HP, their smart tanks have user replaceable pads (albeit labour intensive).

Print heads for ink tanks also tend to be fairly cheap, around $50 for a colour set. Issues with clogging etc are also overblown, with most modern models with auto clean cycles.

People love laser printers (and rightfully so compared to inkjets), but ink tanks fix most of the issues with inkjets.

Ink tanks are refilled with generic ink, as opposed to proprietary cartridges. They thus have vastly cheaper running costs, even more so than lasers, which still needs replacements for their drum units every few years.

Also, laser toner is literally fine microplastic powder, and printing works by depositing and “baking” this powder onto paper. Laser printers result in terrible indoor air quality without adequate ventilation.

Hong Kong’s subway system offers fare discounts if you use the entrances/exits that require you to walk through a mall, as part of their monetisation of spaces required to access public services