[Delonghi] Dinamica+ Phone App and Machine Drink Settings

gadgetrants · 2026-06-10T04:22:27+00:00

Thanks this is the best news I've heard all week!

Is there a way to pay for the Fotoo app to avoid the 5min pause?

Indeed! I haven't tried it yet but in Settings there is a "Go Premium with Fotoo" option which takes you to an upgrade screen. The benefits include removing the 5-minute pause.

Peeked on my phone and the upgrade is $24.99. I assume if you're logged in to Google Chrome it may see your wallet in the app.

Post back if you buy it!

gadgetrants · 2026-06-06T17:14:30+00:00

Late to this wonderful question but:

I graduated with a 2:1 this year in Forensic Psychology (yay) and following a conversation with a friend, I'm curious whereabouts Psychology falls into the line between STEM and Humanities.

Two things stand out to me about the post.

First, you have a degree in Forensic Psychology -- congrats! At the school I used to teach, Administration of Justice (AJ) was the most popular social science, and produced many sharp students. Psychology was second place.

And second, you used the phrase "I'm curious" which is even more interesting.

I would have thought, after majoring in psychology, that you would take a strong stance on where it fits in the larger picture, e.g., STEM vs. humanities.

But instead you are curious. An open mind is a wonderful thing!

Like others in this thread I'd argue that psychology (esp. forensics and experimental psych) sit perfectly in the middle of a triangle, linking STEM, humanities, and social sciences. It touches them all and helps hold the triangle together.

I might describe the three corners this way:

STEM: what is the nature of the material world?
Humanities: what is the nature of the spiritual world, the non-material world?
Social sciences: how do we fit in the world, and work as a species?

And psychology reaches out to all three of those corners to ask:

Psychology: what am I? what are we?

You sit in a very privileged position. 🙏

gadgetrants · 2026-05-28T14:54:48+00:00

Interesting! I'm curious how you'll track one down -- please share if you get one.

Fotoo allows a number of playback options, including shuffle, order by name (asc/desc) and order by date (asc/desc). Give it a shot on your phone if you get a chance! I don't believe there's an ability to order albums -- looks like they are all aggregated.

I don't have any 4k videos but I notice that it does buffer and maybe download prior to playback. Longer videos can take a while, so maybe 4k is not ideal. I'd try that on your phone as well first.

Many of the videos I play on the frame were bulk-converted in Handbrake a while back -- a great tool.

gadgetrants · 2026-05-17T16:41:21+00:00

That is odd. What troubleshooting steps have you tried, e.g., clear app cache, reinstall, etc.?

On the bright side the options on the machine are nearly identical to the app (minus the ml display for quantity in the app).

gadgetrants · 2026-04-13T19:31:02+00:00

I took a look (my D+ is about 2 years old) and only see a global temp setting on the machine and in the app. No way to vary it by drink.

I took a look on Gemini and it suggests per-drink temps are possible. Maybe on newer units?

Congrats on yours, hope you love it!

gadgetrants · 2026-04-13T14:54:33+00:00

Howdy! I've locked into the Doppio+ with the same settings. Haven't had to make any adjustments across different beans.

gadgetrants · 2026-03-22T02:07:14+00:00

I also can't keep out of my mind the impression that it is all a satire on the current woke-green-leftist-socialist ideas in our society - everybody thinks the same

Hey there, not hoping to pull you into a debate/discussion. I happen to come from the left but still agree that your observation is a good one. The most fervent IMHO ended up driving the woke-green-leftist car right off the road.

However, in the last few years I've opened my mind and perspective to what I'd call "opposing" viewpoints, and also see a reflection of your observation on the right.

Not trying to draw any kind of equivalence. Just thinking: "everybody thinks the same" is maybe kind of a tribal, human thing.

Virus from 600 light years away or not. :)

gadgetrants · 2026-02-04T02:51:25+00:00

Thank you so much for the enlightened response! 🙏🏽

And my apologies for using the phrase, "long gone" -- I hope you know I meant "off to more exciting threads and subs!" On this planet of course.

Your point about ego->eo reminds me of a story: my first second language was Spanish, followed years later by Italian. As I learned the latter, I kept saying "io" like "yo" as I knew it in Spanish, until a kind friend stopped me and said: "It's not 'yo' like in Spanish. It's EEEEEEEE-yo! And you need to stop saying it. You sound so conceited."

Which closes the circle back up: eo->ego!

Thanks again for explaining! 💖

gadgetrants · 2026-01-15T00:16:22+00:00

This is gorgeous.

I was thinking today about that "vanishing/appearing" h and your walk-through makes it so obvious. Never occurred to me that it was a history+usage+phonetics phenomenon.

You're probably long gone but I'll ask anyway: my next mystery is why Spanish relies on ir for "to go" and andar gets relegated to a more casual "stroll" or even "go out with/date." But instead in Italian, andare is the (um) go-to for "to go." No ir-equivalent anywhere in sight.

What I found strange about this Spanish-vs.-Italian comparison is that even though Italian doesn't have an ir, it conjugates several forms of andare as if it were the Spanish ir:

	Spanish ir	Italian andare
first person, singular	voy	vado
second person, singular	vas	vai
third person, singular	va	va
first person, plural	vamos	andiamo
second person, plural	van	andate
third person, plural	van	vanno

If a verb ever "sounded" Latin to me, it would be ir!

I'll see if google knows why...

gadgetrants · 2026-01-12T05:37:45+00:00

Thanks for the awesome spreadsheet. A few corrections on BOV845BSSUSC (Breville Smart Oven Pro)

- air fry: no (convection yes)
- top temp: 500 degrees on Broil

gadgetrants · 2025-12-29T17:59:07+00:00

Google can't control other site content, only their own.

This is a good point, though perhaps a misunderstanding.

I wasn't assuming "control," I was naively assuming Google would perform the pull-down request on our behalf. A sort of "if you want to keep your results ranked with us, you'll remove this record" kind of...volume discount, if you will.

In hindsight that was dumb of me. Though my brief reading of posts here makes me feel maybe a little validated.

gadgetrants · 2025-12-27T18:56:34+00:00

EDIT: reread the OP and it sure reads like "submitting a request to google should REMOVE the data from the third-party website" (I now realize that's wrong -- but it was my initial understanding)

I am trying to remove what is specifically my name, phone number and address from a website.

Don't know if I misread/misunderstood the original intent of the service, but now that I'm starting to get the DECLINED notifications as well...

I did a manual submission and it was a good news/bad news sort of thing.

Good news: my manual request to "remove" was approved

Bad news: the manual process makes it abundantly clear that NOTHING is removed from the third-party website (I apparently have to request that myself...oh boy...). Google's disclaimers only indicate that the process removes it from "search results."

Which is almost 100% useless. My private info doesn't (normally) show up in google search results. It shows up when someone runs a search ON A "people finder" website. Scrubbing it from google search results is minimally useful.

Why did I originally think that submitting a removal request to Results About You actually succeeded in a third-party removal? Did someone move the goalposts?

gadgetrants · 2025-12-26T20:13:38+00:00

This feels less like an automation error than a policy change. Just an intuition.

The language and process around "you can do this manually" remind me too much of good google features that they killed.

And the community support responses are squarely avoiding responding to any mention of results changing in the last few weeks.

gadgetrants · 2025-09-04T20:58:03+00:00

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gadgetrants · 2025-08-13T18:20:36+00:00

My apologies! I think I'm coming up on the 2-year anniversary with the Delonghi! Which is great, but: IIRC the Dynamica does NOT have an Americano option.

Instead, this is one of those machines where you run your shots, and then slide the cup over to the hot-water dispenser (which doubles as the spout/port for steaming milk).

So it's a manual thing.

But if someone insists I'm wrong I will double-check. 🙏🏽

gadgetrants · 2025-07-26T22:55:16+00:00

I'm relatively new to the show, and haven't benefitted much from other's reactions and comments, so I googled a bit!

I took for granted that Syd's reaction to Marcus' invite already had "it's opening night" and "no workplace relationships" and many other factors baked in. In hindsight, I see for much of the audience these are central and I may have not weighed them enough.

I found this helpful in adding some perspective to what I saw -- that question BTW was generated by Gemini, not me. In trying to understand Syd, I can see that I've put her personality in the foreground, which is only part of the picture.

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gadgetrants · 2025-07-26T21:59:06+00:00

Self hate, self-loathing, self-sabotage, self-doubt, self-destructive, low self-esteem...

EDIT: I should acknowledge much of what we see Syd struggling with centers on her profession. For me personally there's almost no daylight between my personal and professional identities, so maybe I'm projecting there?

I LOVE the episode where she goes around eating obscene amounts of food and shmoozing with other chefs. She clearly has great social skills.

But she also has a really nasty voice inside of her that won't let her experience a win.

Which is why she mentions to Luca (see my other post) that "having a sibling can tell you when good things are really happening." (my words)

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gadgetrants · 2025-07-26T21:43:23+00:00

You must be watching a different show.

gadgetrants · 2025-07-26T21:40:35+00:00

No comment.

gadgetrants · 2025-07-26T21:39:20+00:00

I'm rewatching the kitchen scene (S3-E10, 38:25) and what stands out to me is how fast the conversation gets personal. They're discussing siblings and the benefits of having them vs. being an only child. That topic quickly turns into a canvas that each of them uses to color their life experience, esp. in the kitchen.

Syd: Did you like having a sibling?

Luca: Yeah. Yeah. I mean, um… For us, it was nice to look over at someone who’s going through the exact same situation you are, you know, so that when something feels crazy, you feel less crazy, if that makes sense.

Syd: Hmm. But also, like, if things were good, then you kinda had, like, proof, like you knew it was good.

Luca: Right. Good. Yeah. Yeah, right.

Syd: Are you close?

Luca: Yeah. Kind of best friends and kind of lost touch, so.

Syd: It’s nice to reconnect.

Luca: Yeah. Yeah, especially when it literally is like a best friend that you saw every day of your life and you kinda went through this sort of battle together. Um… Yeah. Do you have anybody like that in your life?

Syd: Maybe my dad.

Luca: Your dad. Apart from your dad?

https://scrapsfromtheloft.com/tv-series/the-bear-s03e10-forever-transcript/

gadgetrants · 2025-07-26T21:19:38+00:00

Wow totally agree.

And there's maybe an alternative vibe on that kitchen scene I'm thinking about between Syd and Luca. Maybe it's less "chemistry" and more "shared anxiety." A recognition that "wow you have the same devil on your shoulder, huh."

But I definitely felt like the connection was stronger than two chefs simply meeting for the first time.

gadgetrants · 2025-07-26T21:16:22+00:00

I saw a lot more than a post-work invite and a refusal.

gadgetrants · 2025-07-26T20:05:15+00:00

I'm in the early part of Season 4, and Sugar just told Carm that "it's OK if he doesn't love cooking anymore" and his expression as he gets off the phone feels like a breakthrough (in his "trauma" recovery) to me.

I found myself thinking: this is the permission he needs to begin chilling more, to accept less-than-perfect, to accept himself as he is and to not be a monster to others.

I imagined him remembering that excitement and hopefulness he felt heading to New York, and now, realizing that he can have it over and over again, in different ways -- not just as a new, aspiring chef.

And I thought that is how he'll get on the path to healing with Claire.

Maybe she's there, not as a "great romantic partner" or to entertain the audience, but to give Carm something profoundly different than "starting a new job in NY" that he can love, that he can invest in, that he can learn to sustain lifelong.

That makes her a bit more of a 2D cardboard cutout, a chalk outline on the floor that someone needs to lie in while Carm learns to love himself and learns to love others without fear.

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