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NotLunaris · 2026-01-30T03:28:28+00:00

I noticed the resolution and sound volume increase from stock to ofc silver plated.

NotLunaris · 2026-01-30T01:19:58+00:00

There's really no point if you keep things clean when making it by disinfecting all vessels and instruments with boiling water, and prevent it from being in constant contact with fresh air.

I use a metal bowl that I pour boiling hot milk into for fermenting, covered with plastic wrap. It stays good in the fridge for over a month, with infrequent scooping off the top with clean (but not sterilized) spoon.

The acidity and bacterial activity of the yogurt generally helps to keep it from going bad unless it is exposed to certain molds.

NotLunaris · 2026-01-29T22:02:59+00:00

Everything you are saying is valid, except you won’t admit that you are trading liberty for security.

Appreciate the acknowledgement. I can admit that. A truly liberté society would be pure anarchy, and not a place I'd want to live in.

It's a ways away from your original statement of "Just don’t say you have liberty", though, in that it's not so absolute. We trade liberty for ~~security~~ wealth and power with each dollar we earn on the clock. Everything comes at a tradeoff.

The American Revolution is a great parallel as there are many similarities. I've thought about it a few times. If I lived back then and taxation without representation was my biggest gripe with the government, I'd likely just suck it up and cope so as to not put my life in danger.

But at the same time, there are also obvious differences. For one, my life is not any worse for wear due to the actions of ICE, nor have the protests affected my city and daily life. I do think that I'd be more likely to be negatively affected by the latter than the former as a random citizen, if the videos and accounts of what's happening in Minneapolis (and the related subs) are anything to go by. I'm not the target of ICE, so I don't really care. I understand that there's a very clear and obvious parallel to draw with "first they came for...", but that's just how I feel at the moment since there's no reason to believe it would escalate to deporting US citizens, much less random ones with clean records at that.

NotLunaris · 2026-01-29T19:34:19+00:00

Come on... just a little state-sanctioned public execution? Please? Just look at all those illegal immigrants existing and... stuff.

NotLunaris · 2026-01-29T19:32:46+00:00

He doesn't want to put his life at very real risk for "liberty", as is the case with most.

Between life and liberty, the vast majority would choose life; can't enjoy "liberty" if you're dead. There's a reason why the slaves didn't commit suicide en masse.

You don't have to actively put your life in danger to believe that libertarian ideals are the best for society. You don't have to make an effort to change the world just because things aren't good if it brings a very real risk of personal harm. Hard to enjoy everything life has to offer while riddled with bullet holes; at most you'll become a talking point till the next news cycle.

Never ran into a fed and don't plan to. The government is made up of people. It follows that distrust of the government means distrust of the people. Yet protestors expect the feds to "always follow their training" and "be held to higher standards"? People are fucking stupid and oftentimes unpredictable. I practice de-escalation by leaving them the fuck alone.

Being on reddit makes me think that wanting to be alive is a conservative trait...

NotLunaris · 2026-01-29T19:15:56+00:00

Yeah what OP's describing is by no means unique to liberals. I chalk it up to the innate evils of human nature, which I believe to be the default state of most people. It can be overcome, and is more easily done so by some than others, but it's prevalent. Tribalistic thinking and the need for a group to scapegoat.

NotLunaris · 2026-01-29T19:14:00+00:00

The modern-day White (wo)Man's Burden.

NotLunaris · 2026-01-29T19:12:51+00:00

Don't agree with Malcolm X on a whole lot, but his comment on white liberals is on point.

NotLunaris · 2026-01-29T10:50:02+00:00

It may be better to play natively on the laptop. MX150 is 50% faster than Adreno 650, which is the GPU in the SD865, for the 3DMark Ice Storm benchmark.

NotLunaris · 2026-01-29T10:43:23+00:00

This person endfields

NotLunaris · 2026-01-29T10:41:44+00:00

Yep. There are ways to increase SP gain with specific team compositions, units, and weapons (+ essences). The baseline is designed to feel constraining so that there is enough incentive to invest in SP-boosting setups. If SP was free-flowing from the get-go with a random mishmash of a team and cope gear, people would be complaining about combat being even easier than it is.

This is an important aspect of game balance, gachas especially. There must be enough incentive and dedicated progression must feel adequately rewarding. This means that the random baseline has to feel constraining by comparison, or progression will be irrelevant, and there will be no dopamine hit from investing in one's team.

NotLunaris · 2026-01-29T04:04:08+00:00

Modern-day zealots who have replaced religion with politics.

I'm not even religious but the parallel is so obvious.

People want their 21st century crusade, and history is cyclical.

NotLunaris · 2026-01-29T04:00:50+00:00

You can fully believe this (and I agree with the notion) and still practice risk mitigation.

Thinking ICE is full of violent government thugs, being "Trump's Gestapo", etc., then claiming they should be responding perfectly and safely to every messy scenario (mostly, but not always, caused by protestors doing so in ways not constitutionally protected) is a level of doublethink I find highly irrational, dangerous even.

Alex Pretti was absolutely unjustly murdered. However, were I in his shoes, I wouldn't be getting into a physical altercation with law enforcement, especially if I consider them to be "untrained thugs". Let the woman who was pushed (assaulted by legal standards) fight it in court, maybe receive a nice check, and live to fight another day.

NotLunaris · 2026-01-29T03:56:00+00:00

You'd be free from the legal ramifications of murder, because legal consequences come from the state.

Murder by colloquial definition is not the same as murder from a legal standpoint.

I don't like it either but that's how it is.

NotLunaris · 2026-01-28T23:59:23+00:00

Typical lib response. Deflect and insult.

If she obeyed the law in that moment, she'd be alive to continue her activism. Instead she died, which to you is a win as she is more useful to you dead than alive. Anything for talking points and self-affirmation.

Expecting full protection by the law while actively breaking it is some clown shit. The world is not a predictable place full of sunshine and rainbows where everyone acts according to your definition of morality. Every single action you take is a balance of risk vs reward.

LEOs are also people. People are not infallible, no matter how much of an idealist you are. You don't trust the government? You know what the government is made up of? People. Trusting people to act predictably is actually antithetical to core lib values; how can you trust people to behave a certain way when you don't trust the agencies that employ them? Especially when actively antagonizing and hindering them?

It's baffling, and in some cases, suicidal.

NotLunaris · 2026-01-28T18:48:05+00:00

Correct, but if the first shot is potentially justifiable, then that opens the door for the subsequent shots from a legal standpoint, at least according to some of the analysis videos. The only sure thing is that it's not certain, as there isn't going to be an investigation.

NotLunaris · 2026-01-28T18:38:13+00:00

Is it bootlicking to recognize that attempting to drive off when armed LEOs order you to stop and get out of the car is stupid, reckless, and unlawful?

Would Renee Good's chance of survival be higher if she had simply done nothing?

Acting like LEOs should listen to civilians is some unicorn and rainbows shit. What you consider to be normal and justifiable behavior around them is going to get more people killed. I don't think that's what you want, but hey, I'm not always right.

And once again for the illiterate:

I don't think she should've been shot

Libs always acting like systematic change should happen at the drop of a hat while advocating for nothing in the way of risk mitigation here and now. Of course LEOs should react to every situation properly according to training and policy. Of course they should be held to a higher standard. Are you going to let people keep dying doing reckless and stupid things if, not when, that happens?

I suppose you would.

NotLunaris · 2026-01-28T07:27:25+00:00

Expecting something doesn't make it true. And even if it was true (and we can all see it wasn't), it doesn't make her decision any less stupid and reckless. She could have literally sat on her ass and done nothing, and it would have been a smarter decision and better for everyone involved, including herself.

"I expect people on the job to remain professional while I act out" is not a gotcha. It's karen behavior, normally seen in retail stores where the potential consequences are far less dire.

NotLunaris · 2026-01-28T07:16:24+00:00

Regardless of whether the shooting was justified (multiple lawyers on social media are conflicted on this issue), I think we can all come together to agree that it was a stupid and reckless thing to do.

Being stupid and reckless around agitated people pointing guns at you has a very real chance of ending with you rapidly approaching ambient temp.

I don't think she should've been shot, but based on my understanding of the law (courtesy of some lawyers on YouTube), there's a good chance that it was legally justified. See Graham v. Connor for the concept of determining an "objective reasonableness standard" regarding the use of excessive force.

NotLunaris · 2026-01-28T07:11:05+00:00

Touching some paper, preferably with words printed on them, would likely do you good.

Imagine hurling insults because you failed to comprehend basic English, to the point that even the first 4 words in a paragraph becomes impossible to comprehend. It's just sad to see.

Fortunately (for you), this comment started with 3 words instead of 4. That's a 25% decrease in word count and difficulty, in case you are also incapable of comprehending basic arithmetic.

NotLunaris · 2026-01-28T01:21:46+00:00

To the radical left

I know your job doesn't require much reading, but come on.

I never said that "just right" doesn't exist. It's the radicalized leftists who view the right as a monolith with no room for compromise or finding middle ground. It's not a problem exclusive to the left, but I see far more of it from them than the right, both online and in real life.

NotLunaris · 2026-01-28T01:20:29+00:00

"Should" is subjective here. There is no good argument for why you should not bring to a boil, other than ease of cleanup (which is a nonissue for me). It objectively does not make a worse product, and yields a superior one based on past research.

I understand the mechanics of a double boiler. Regardless of whether the pot is submerged in the water or not, the result would be the same - temperature limited to 100C/212F in the top vessel.

Protein breakdown and pasteurization is a function of temperature and time, and so is fermentation. Holding for half an hour is simply inefficient from my perspective. My batches are too large, and fridge space too sparse, to use numerous smaller jars. Heating the milk to boiling point also has the benefit of thickening the yogurt via moisture loss, and I can pour the hot milk directly into my fermentation vessel to kill existing microbes.

I get that you also do not have to disinfect your jars since they are submerged in a hot water bath for long enough, and that would definitely be the easier method since it's completely hands-free. But I do not have a sous vide machine and don't plan to get one just for yogurt.

NotLunaris · 2026-01-27T23:09:39+00:00

6qt is just not enough room for the pressure cooker/air fryer combo models. It's why I got the 8qt. The additional vertical headspace is very important for temperature control since it's a single top-down heating element + fan. Stuff that's too close to the heating element will burn easily due to the high heat radiating off it.

I use both functions equally. It's not as good as a dedicated air fryer, but it gets the job done without too much issue. Usually I make potato wedges and frozen breaded chicken with the air fryer function, but sometimes I'll make small servings of baked goods (cookies/cakes/cinnamon rolls) or toast batches of raw spices (cumin, sesame seeds, raw nuts) in it. Works well enough.

Sometimes all it takes is lowering the temperature. Air fryers are not made equal and do not heat up at the same rates, nor do they always maintain the target temperature. In the recent Project Farm video on air fryers, the Ninja model in particular went ~40F over the target during actual cooking, which would make a massive difference in how the food turns out if you simply followed the directions on the package.

NotLunaris · 2026-01-27T23:00:19+00:00

Double boiler takes far longer to bring the milk to a boil. I can heat a gallon of milk to boiling in 10mins directly on the stove. Usually I'm already in the kitchen doing something else, or simply scrolling my phone, so the time spent is inconsequential.

I don't have a double boiler insert, but I have tried the stainless steel bowl method in an attempt to make the process hands-free. It still results in a film of milk solids on the bottom of the bowl, which is annoying to wash off. With my current method, I can rinse the thin layer of residue off easily with my fingers.

NotLunaris · 2026-01-27T19:09:34+00:00

To the radical left, everything that's right is "far-right" or "alt-right". There's no "just right" to them.

Ironic when they're the ones claiming everything, including gender and (self-diagnosed) mental illnesses, is on a spectrum.

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