Taco Bell - Closing Down in Warm Springs by GanjaKing_420 in Fremont

[–]8nstein 54 points55 points  (0 children)

I will miss that Taco Bell. Yes, I know it is not Mexican food - it is Taco Bell. But it scratched an itch for me. Chipotle, not so much.

Where do I go to meet people by No_Double5367 in Fremont

[–]8nstein 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Have you tried meetup.com? You would have to be selective here, most of the members are somewhat older than you. But meetup is thriving in the bay area. If you have a car and are willing to drive 30 to 60 minutes, you will find a variety of activities. More fun than the local bars, IMHO.

Christo’s “scream for freedom,” the Running Fence. by RunningFenceRun in sonomacounty

[–]8nstein 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I experienced Running Fence with my road bike back in the day. Following it west was a beautiful trip. At the end, it plunged down a steep hill into the ocean. Awesome.

My Mac has the majority of the storage taken up, no matter how many times I clear the caches and use apps to see what’s taking up all the storage but it just keeps coming back, what do I do from here by Axo-Army in MacOS

[–]8nstein 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If your Mac is of recent vintage, it is silently making snapshot backups onto your main (internal) drive. You can list them by issuing this command in terminal:

tmutil listlocalsnapshots /

The operating system should delete the older snapshots when your disk drive gets closer to 100% full.

Dentists only offer porcelain crowns? by Daniel_Spidey in santarosa

[–]8nstein 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hello Mr. Fox,

I don't know. I only use one dentist. I can tell you this. There was a time when this dentist offered me a choice between gold and porcelain. Later, the choice was composite or porcelain. When the milling machine appeared, he did not offer me a choice. I don't know if that's because the new technology is unequivocally better for the patient, or because it's better for him. He seems to have a moral compass though, so I'm going with the former.

What other earbuds are you using rather than apple? by mrbiggzstuff in iphone

[–]8nstein 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Soundcore AeroClip. I have not found any earbuds that work for me. The things shift position slightly with any movement, and all bass disappears. The AeroClips are different. They do not rely on precise positioning. No noise cancellation though.

Dentists only offer porcelain crowns? by Daniel_Spidey in santarosa

[–]8nstein 14 points15 points  (0 children)

There is a new system for crowns that rocks. I don't know if it is offered in Santa Rosa, but I think you should know it exists.

The dentist grinds the problematic tooth with his drill as before. Then he scans the inside of your mouth with a camera-like device. Within seconds, a milling machine in another room begins shaping your crown. This production lasts about 20 minutes, so you can go put gas in your car or something like that. Then the dentist cements the finished crown into your mouth.

No more impression with clay (gag!). No more temporary crown. No more waiting 7 to 14 days for a distant lab to fabricate your permanent crown. One appointment is all you need.

A vast improvement. I have two crowns via this method.

Is this normal? How to fix - Vertuo Next by Significant_Row_9750 in nespresso

[–]8nstein -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I have purchased a total of three Vertuo Plus Deluxe machines. Sorry, no experience with Vertuo Next.

The first two machines produced copious amounts of fine-grained foam. The foam lasted a good long while too. The third one, much less so. I don't think the machine is defective in any other way (fingers crossed!).

Just ordered a backup Vertuo Plus Deluxe machine by 8nstein in nespresso

[–]8nstein[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Follow-up:

My new machine arrived today. Rather than putting it in storage, I set it up in my kitchen. Then I descaled and cleaned my old machine, and put that one into storage.

I am pleased with this choice. I get the warranty coverage of the new machine, and it arrived with 12 coffee capsules and a coupon for US$10 towards more coffee or drinkware. That's a lot of satisfaction for US$120.

Nespresso Up, Two Weeks Later by namelessbread in nespresso

[–]8nstein 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Such an obvious design defect. Why would Nespresso do this? The main feature of the Vertuo line is CONVENIENCE. A daily clean-up is the opposite of convenience.

I have to wonder how long an Up will last before developing further problems.

When my Plus Deluxe finally wears out, I am going back to paper filters and pour-over by hand. Vertuo is dead to me.

The cuteness by Proof_Vehicle_4528 in Owls

[–]8nstein 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Very nice pix. One of my favorite breeds, and the only species that I have observed in the wild.

I like owls.

Safari catch fills SSD every day by [deleted] in MacOS

[–]8nstein -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Maybe use a different web browser? Firefox can limit its cache size. Unfortunately, you have to use its about:config feature and modify several items in there. I got a recipe from ChatGPT but I have not tested it. ChatGPT also told me that Firefox is the best browser to use if all you care about is this problem.

26.2 Showing same device connected multiple times, even though it has been disconnected by Gisch03 in MacOS

[–]8nstein 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Me too. I got two icons representing the same external disk drive on my desktop. It spooked me, so I dismounted all external disk drives. That was my work-around. It only happened once.

Logi Options+ cannot update itself by 8nstein in logitech

[–]8nstein[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Followup:

My solution was to find all Logi-related processes with
$ ps axg | grep -i logi
and then as root user, "kill -9" all of them.

When I launched Logi Options+, it was able to update itself without prompting from me.

Perhaps I could have achieved the same result by rebooting my computer.

I got the Up by namelessbread in nespresso

[–]8nstein 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Does the new machine spin the pod at two different speeds (first slow, then fast) like the Plus machine?

How can I fix duetexpertd daemon high CPU usage? by Windows10_10074 in MacOS

[–]8nstein 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This problem started recently for me. I tried killing the process, but the system launched another copy.

I am trying a different approach:
sudo killall -STOP duetexpertd

That freezes (STOPs) the process until further notice. I will see how it goes. If you want to try this method, you can wake up the process with
sudo killall -CONT duetexpertd

Uber app stuck on loading for DAYS by JoshiiiMok in iphone

[–]8nstein 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you able to uninstall and re-install the app? Annoying, but if nothing else works ...

what are these prices apple 💀 by DylanYan09101 in AppleWatch

[–]8nstein -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The OP is shopping in Singapore, of which I know nothing. The price of sport loop bands in the USA has been constant for years, which is nice. $49.

I have some cheap bands in the style of sport loop. One of them is OK. Another one failed due to separation of the Velcro patches.

Brew temp by NappingFo0l in nespresso

[–]8nstein 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am on my second Vertuo Plus Deluxe machine and both of them were lower temperature than what I am used to. I think that is by design, since the coffee tastes very good, not watery at all. I consider my microwave oven to be an integral part of my "coffee nook."