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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

Cool! French writer Georges Perec used this pattern to structure his novel Life: a user’s manual. The book follows the lives of people in a block of flats and moves from one to the other using the Knight’s tour.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

If there is like 12gr left, I’ll adjust my recipe a bit and make smaller cup. Especially if the coffee is very bold or funky.

Otherwise I’ll mix it with beans that are similar. I usually have four or five bags open.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Parts of it, but much of it is metal. Feels a lot sturdier than an Encore. I have owned both.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

I have an older commandate, which is pretty fantastic and an Ode 2 for when I’m lazy or want to brew bigger batches. Also great.

At some point I have also owned a hario skerton, which was shit, a baratza encore and later on a baratza virtuoso, which were both decent. Then I had a Mahlkonig Vario W (in the us that’s also baratza, I think), which was really good, but a bit of a bitch maintenance-wise. That was also the only one that died on me. Except the skerton, but that one never really lived in the first place.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

The bypass thing is real. It doesn’t matter all that much but it makes a difference. That’s why most geeks will also tell you to pour on the grounds, never on the paper.

You should check out the tricolate brewer. Full-immersion, but designed to have no bypass. And it makes surprisingly good coffee. I was dubious at first, but it is kind of neat.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

Don’t know what kind of pseudo-statistics lie at the basis of this but, as a Belgian, I don’t think Brussels would make the top 5 of best cities to bike in Belgium, let alone take first place.

Cycling-wise it is still decades behind most Flemish cities, despite laudable and hard-fought recent victories over the car-brained mentality.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

I think the writer meant to say 'gone rogue' instead of 'AWOL'. Just poor writing skills.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

These look nice. Haven’t seen them in the EU yet.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I wear a lot of clarks shoes and I have found that it greatly depends on the model. I have two pairs (craftdean wing, I think) that are easily six years old and I wear them a lot. Just service them once a year and they still look like new. But I owned another pair (not wings, they were dressier) that lasted me only two years. Perhaps the shoes in the outlet are not the sturdiest?

I have some wallabees and desert londons too and they used to be lower quality because the crepe sole would wear out fast. Last year I bought the black EVO versions and they barely wear out at all.

So clarks is still good in my book. I have two pairs of chelsea boots of the brand vagabond too, and they are great too!

[–] [email protected] 16 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

In catholic circles it’s more like: “Don’t read the bible, you don’t have the proper toolset and knowledge to understand. Come to church, we’ll explain it to you and leave out the bits we don’t like.”

“Oh, and while you’re there, make sure to put some money in the box we pass around. That is before you put money in the other box to touch our fancy cross. And after you put money in the other other box to light a candle.”

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Remember the Schumacher ads for this? Not even he could make this look cool.

https://piped.video/watch?v=9PHBgTHzyOY

[–] [email protected] 32 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Better to prepare those boys for all of the ass-whoopings women will serve them in their future professional careers, no?

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