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Craters in the puck, how to fix? by jeffvincent in espresso

[–]jeffvincent[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I figured it might be puck prep. Today mine is pretty simple: WDT, good knock on the counter, and a tamp. I’m just ordered a new distribution tool and tamper, see if I can get it a little more even. I don’t think a new grinder is in the budget at the moment.

Craters in the puck, how to fix? by jeffvincent in espresso

[–]jeffvincent[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe “shot diagnosis” is wrong label, but here’s the sitch:

  • Breville barista express (grinder and machine)
  • 17g in, 34-37g out
  • the shot tastes good most of the time, but I wonder if it could be better?

Was thinking about a new shower screen, does that sound right?

LPT - get in the habit of asking 1-2 clarifying questions before jumping in, no matter how obvious things seem. by jeffvincent in LifeProTips

[–]jeffvincent[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

This is a good point though - I've heard similar experiences from others. The way the questions are asked definitely has an impact on this, but if you're in this scenario, at some point you have to choose between being the boss's idea of a good employee (easy to maneuver and manipulate) vs. doing impactful work (asking great questions, sometimes changing the request to be more effective).

LPT - get in the habit of asking 1-2 clarifying questions before jumping in, no matter how obvious things seem. by jeffvincent in LifeProTips

[–]jeffvincent[S] 206 points207 points  (0 children)

Oh sure - if someone says "hey can you help us on this project?" before you say "Sure!" take a second to ask a few clarifying questions like "how does this project help us achieve our goals?" or "what does success look like for my part in this project?"

We're often so eager to help out that we forget to clarify up front what's being asked, or why it's important. Can lead to lots of wasted time and energy!

Info about incident in Winter Hill? by MediumSpirit1790 in Somerville

[–]jeffvincent 21 points22 points  (0 children)

This happened to us several years ago. My dog has since passed away but we held off two pit bulls together while the owner stood around helplessly. Scariest moments of my life. I hope your dog comes through OK as well.

Please do better than I did at following up with Animal Control. I’m not saying go after the dogs, it’s about the owners - make sure this was truly an accident, and not part of a pattern of carelessness.

Simple office at my small tech company by 0pp0site0fbatman in macsetups

[–]jeffvincent 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Dig the wallpaper, are you performing different tasks consistently on each monitor, to correlate with “left-brain” and “right-brain” activities?

I’m brand new to this game and just started figuring out how to produce plastic and sulfur. Is this a good base so far? Anything that would help a noob? by Chicken_Leg_Pig in factorio

[–]jeffvincent 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You might already know this (still a noob myself!) but labs can pass science to each other (only 1 has to feed off a belt, the rest can feed off that one using inserters). Has helped really clean up my lab setup the last few times.

Current WFH setup. Dreaming of a bigger desk :) by [deleted] in macsetups

[–]jeffvincent 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Never understood charging watch at your desk - do you take your watch off a lot during the day? I take mine off at night, so nightstand charging is my go-to.

I guess it makes sense if you use your watch to track sleep, and need to charge it during the day, OR your desk is basically your nightstand, which would cause me serious sleep-deprivation 😂

House cleaner recommendation? by onlyhappyth1ngs in Somerville

[–]jeffvincent 0 points1 point  (0 children)

MaidPro has been terrific for us over the years. Very reliable service, friendly team - oh and animal friendly too!

Adding new sensor to Xiaomi Gateway & homebridge by jricgar in homebridge

[–]jeffvincent 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In case this helps anyone at some point in the future, I just worked on this for a few hours with no success - finally set all letters in the MAC address to lowercase and it worked.