Yeah, it was a jokey way of saying I don’t get out a measuring cup anymore, but add enough vinegar that its around 1:4.

Measuring with your heart the same way you do with garlic, or vanilla. You know? Like you might have measured once but now you have enough experience and know that its forgiving enough to just yeet some in there.

I haven’t tested it on grapes, but have on all sorts of berries. I imagine it would work well on grapes as well actually… I’m totally going to do that when grape season is here!

This! This is one of those old timey things you hear about and think is bs, but actually works. I don’t even remove the berries from the packet because I am lazy.

I fill a tupperware with apple cider vinegar and water, measured with my heart, and dunk the berries in it, container and all and let sit while I unpack groceries. Then I give them a shake to remove as much vinegar water as I can and toss them in the fridge. I don’t rinse them, no they don’t taste like vinegar.

A couple years back strawberries were $1 a punnet here and I tested this - the ones dunked in vinegar lasted a week or more with no soft spots, the ones without lasted just a few days before developing soft spots.

So yeah. Dunk them shits in vinegar. It works!

I’m sorry. ❤️

I am the wife of a mechanical engineer, who’s brothers are mechanical and electrical engineers, who’s parents are electrical engineers, who’s best friends are aerospace engineers.

Basically I married into a family of robots, and I agree with this commenter here.

This is the crux of why senior engineers struggle to talk about work I think, and I find the best way for me to get them talking, is to try to learn something small about their work, enough that I can ask intelligent questions, and then listen carefully to the replies.

After a while they open up and I get to listen to the best rants about “special metals” or “systems architecture” or “braking systems in the railway”. It’s awesome.

It’s how I connect with my husband.

The other wives stand in a circle and roll their eyes about them talking about work because they don’t understand anything. “Oh there they go, talking about work again.”

I decided I didn’t want that to be me, and told myself I would listen when they were talking, listen when my husband was working from home. Learn to ask intelligent questions about his work, and eventually, I knew what he was talking about.

Enough that I now freelance in condition monitoring, giving me yet another way to connect with him.

Ask intelligent questions, get excited about the replies, encourage them so they know you won’t be insulted when they assume you don’t know about <speciality subject> and you will have them opening up in no time.

My favourite article of clothing is my pink cape by Review Australia. Since buying it we moved to the tropics so I never get to wear it, but I love it so much.

There’s just something about it.

That is a scam, they probably send mass texts linked to tracking numbers that have a registered phone number.

Along with the other things posted here, it would be nice if peertube had a landing page or even if there was a “watch peertube now” button that led to a page showcasing current popular videos or something.

I clicked your link to peertube.org, then had to “Ask Sepia, our iconic cuttlefish” for a search term to get a list of videos, which after scrolling for a bit moved into lists and channels. A click of the “show more videos” button opened a new tab, and upon clicking a video to watch yet another tab opened to what seems like a fediverse instance for peertube?

For it to be a viable alternative, it needs to capture the way people watch and engage with youtube. If I am watching a video on youtube, there are suggestions for similar content below. If I go to the home page and scroll, either the most popular content will show if I am not signed in, or if I am, content related to videos I watch will be shown.

If I click to watch a video, it will open in the same window.

This is the sort of usability that will entice those new users to make the leap.

This has to be ai generated… Right? Look at his thumb? The odd reflection/background…?

I went down the rabbit hole and tried to type out the youtube links he posted, here is what I found:

Proof of miracles: https://youtube.com/shorts/fov-IdhBa5s?si=eT3x9yix0_b60EAI

Video removed but description sounds like this one of Former DA Myron May discussing being a “targeted individual”: https://youtu.be/alvIkUjR14 This is a sad story, there is a good summary here: https://youtu.be/ym-tLU_2Ctg

FBI head Ted Gunderson - the link here is wrong, but here is the video the guy seems to be referring to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTnN-8BDswI Gunderson is where the satanic death cult conspiracy theory started. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Gunderson

Video of Mattias Desmet: https://youtu.be/Egq5Y0taok4 A professor in Belgium who has published books spouting nonsense about mass mind control which have been debunked as pseudo science by his peers, went on American talk shows comparing Biden to Hitler, and is an avid covid denier. His duties as professor were reduced in 2023 after admitting he lied on the talk show, and after students publicly testified that his courses included his conspiracy theory book as the only required reading material, telling students they must repeat his opinions in order to pass the class. His book is no longer allowed to be used as course material. Translated wiki page: https://nl-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Mattias_Desmet?_x_tr_sl=nl&amp;_x_tr_tl=en&amp;_x_tr_hl=en&amp;_x_tr_pto=sc Translated sourse article from wiki page with student statements: https://web-archive-org.translate.goog/web/20230328201321/https://www.demorgen.be/nieuws/studenten-beschrijven-hallucinant-gedrag-van-complotdenker-en-psychologie-prof-mattias-desmet~b7338742e/?_x_tr_sl=nl&amp;_x_tr_tl=en&amp;_x_tr_hl=en&amp;_x_tr_pto=sc More recent article about his book no longer being allowed course material: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTnN-8BDswI

My curiosity is now sated, and my youtube and search history is now contaminated.

Hey there, I’m not sure since my laptop only has usb c free, but one of the reviewers on Amazon said that it works fine over usb a.

Ah! I saw this in a medical journal last night! Was a case included in the paper I was reading about increased IOL after ICL implant. They didn’t show how they fixed it, but you could see that the iris was wrecked. Very cool stuff!

I won’t claim to be an audiophile by any means, but it sounds ok to me!

This is the one I have:

https://www.amazon.com/Creative-Compact-Under-Monitor-Soundbar-Bluetooth/dp/B0CHF8YMNX

Its nice, does usb or bluetooth.

My husband has 4E feet, and finding safety boots that actually have a larger toe cap was impossible. A few years back this company started up here and they are great!

https://www.wideloadworkboots.com.au/

Edit to say: I just checked and they definitely come in 6E width!

Edit again to reply to OP’s deleted comment: The website lists their products, you will need to find a distributor to purchase them. :)

I hope they serve you well!

Very pretty!

Seriously, this is a wonderful thing to do. Teeth are so important and so fragile. I can imagine a lot of soldiers have damaged teeth, or have dental issues from not being able to properly keep up with hygiene in the field. What a wonderful person.

Lopburi was one of our favourite places to visit in Thailand. The monkeys had been getting increasingly cheeky while we were there 9 or so years ago. I read somewhere that they went nuts when covid hit and there weren’t a ton of tourists to feed them.

Archive link to article: https://archive.is/mHDh4

Something like the powerbank/hand warmers would have been a lifesaver when I was going through it. A powerbank that can also keep you warm. Lots of places have free usb outlets to charge devices, most homeless people have phones.

Something like this, though you may find them cheaper on ebay or such: https://www.amazon.com/NUEAYMS-Compact-Enthusiasts-Adjustable-Temperature/dp/B0CSN7CK7G/

“I was always puzzled by the fact that people have a great deal of trouble and pain when and if they are forced or feel forced to change a belief or circumstance which they hold dear. I found what I believe is the answer when I read that a Canadian neurosurgeon discovered some truths about the human mind which revealed the intensity of this problem. He conducted some experiments which proved that when a person is forced to change a basic belief or viewpoint, the brain undergoes a series of nervous sensations equivalent to the most agonizing torture.”

I saved this quote years ago, I don’t remember the source, but your post reminded me of it.