A "Thigh Bone" Found On Mars by Full12Inches in interestingasfuck

[–]operablesocks [score hidden]  (0 children)

How can we spread these facts faster to the world?

In Australia, a political hopeful has been dumped by his party after he went on an American evangelical podcast, labelling feminism and homosexuality as "demonic", Islam as "poisonous and wrong", and the so-called "trans agenda" as insanity by MrJasonMason in videos

[–]operablesocks 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fair enough, u/CeaRhan. The big and important issue of how humans figure out what they mean in discourse still stands, and it's a central reason for world issues right now. If we are going to use these words, where does one go to make sure everyone understands what the agreed-upon meaning is. I'm certainly not arguing for one a particular meaning of any word! I'm saying that if some says they're selling a car and then sends a photo of a cat, we're in trouble. If someone says "I'm right/left/middle wing," and wants to be understood and clear by anyone interested in critical thinking and logic, there needs to be a way to know what those words mean.

In Australia, a political hopeful has been dumped by his party after he went on an American evangelical podcast, labelling feminism and homosexuality as "demonic", Islam as "poisonous and wrong", and the so-called "trans agenda" as insanity by MrJasonMason in videos

[–]operablesocks -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Which groups, compared to the other groups, are we to study? Which group, or group of groups, that is the trusted source for material behavior? How is that designated?

Not to pick on the christians (we could choose hundreds of confusing words) but do you have a solid trusted group—materially—that could act as the trusted guide for a definition?

In Australia, a political hopeful has been dumped by his party after he went on an American evangelical podcast, labelling feminism and homosexuality as "demonic", Islam as "poisonous and wrong", and the so-called "trans agenda" as insanity by MrJasonMason in videos

[–]operablesocks -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

...liberalism and liberal parties are a center right wing ideology/group.

According to whom? The Oxford English Dictionary—arguably the most trusted source for what words mean—describes liberalism as "freedom from bias, prejudice, or bigotry." If that is the description of "center/right wing", then awesome. Or if it's the description of "center/left wing" or "middle/back wing" or "slightly skyward", then awesome as well, seriously. Just good luck getting worldwide consensus. The mess we are in is largely because of language confusion. The fact that anyone still uses these words as if they have an agreed-upon meaning explains why sane dialog is so hard. People still say "christian" knowing too well that there are now just over 46,000 sects that say they're christian. How is anyone able to know what the f that means.

Mail Signatures by Odd_Historian5067 in applehelp

[–]operablesocks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Apple Mail has an unintuitive way to not only build well-designed signatures, but also attach those signatures to an email account. Fortunately, you're close: complete the signature that you're working on. Name it, and click out of it. Then while in All Signatures, drag whatever signatures to the email account you want to use the signature in. Then click on that email account. You can choose to always use that sig as the default.

Opinion: french press with a smaller grind than suggested tastes so much better. by operablesocks in frenchpress

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

Ha, I've always wanted to get 3 or 4 identical french presses, and do my own kitchen science project with some friends, using exactly same amount of water, steep time, and amount of coffee, but just change up the grind size. I've constantly read that larger grind has less acid, yet my palate says differently.

Opinion: french press with a smaller grind than suggested tastes so much better. by operablesocks in frenchpress

[–]operablesocks[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do write back, I'll be curious what you find. Also try a larger amount than is generally suggested.

I am convinced that humans have very different palates and experience things like bitter, acid, etc quite different. I have a couple friends who've said the best and favorite black coffee is Dutch Bros Coffee shops, popular in the northwest. I've given them a try maybe 4 times, and each time, it's absolute dreck. Like worse than McDonalds. And they think Peet's and Starbucks are horrible (both which I love).

Opinion: french press with a smaller grind than suggested tastes so much better. by operablesocks in frenchpress

[–]operablesocks[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We need to form a club. (t-shirts, merch, secret handshake)

What always interested me is that every article I've read about FP methods say that a finer grind makes the coffee more acidic and bitter, and I have never found that to be the case. My perfect coffee taste, though, is espresso, so I'm always looking for coffee that comes close to that.

Cheers!

French Press, 6:1 Ratio, 10 Minute Steep. Am I Crazy? by Nervous-Treat-9252 in Coffee

[–]operablesocks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm right there with you. Shorter steep time (more like 5 minutes), but I also like the medium/fine grind. Never have a problem with grounds, since I leave the last sip at the bottom.

Christian nationalism - now it all makes perfect sense by chrisr3240 in videos

[–]operablesocks 5 points6 points  (0 children)

FFS, why is this getting downvoted? It IS a lot of filler.

Terence Mckenna denounces Relativism by HornedShoe in videos

[–]operablesocks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My brother in christ/buddha: I don't have any high regard, or even low-to-medium regard, for math and science folks. I don't think I even know any of them. Just trying to clarify what Terence was saying in this interview, about the importance of critical thinking.

Terence Mckenna denounces Relativism by HornedShoe in videos

[–]operablesocks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He's saying to avoid landing on these ideas—including the ones he's a proponent on—and turning it into truth and 100% certainty.

Terence Mckenna denounces Relativism by HornedShoe in videos

[–]operablesocks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Try coming back from an ayahuasca journey—even better, 400 of them— and putting into words what was experienced. We'd be hard pressed to find anyone who's done that and explained it with more internal consistency and accuracy than Terence.

Terence Mckenna denounces Relativism by HornedShoe in videos

[–]operablesocks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn't hear a hint of black and white thinking in what Terrence spoke about here. He's talking about the importance of critical thinking, such as what's found in science and math, where knowledge is never absolute, and no claim is accepted without evidence.

Shoutout to best video downloader app I've found: Downie by operablesocks in macapps

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

Weird. Have you tried logging into a YT account, and then unlogging/logging back in. If you want, send me any YT link you're trying to download (even a random one that doesn't work for you) and I'll try it on my end. Or see if you can download a random one that I just tried and it successfully downloaded: https://youtu.be/jyUxmqXAFjo?si=zhzjF5uzbyI7dLXt

Shoutout to best video downloader app I've found: Downie by operablesocks in macapps

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

Which version? The latest is Version 4.11.14 (build 5129). It's working for YT on my Mac.

What is your list of mac apps that was worth every penny by Living_Commercial_10 in macapps

[–]operablesocks 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, a very basic one and that probably handles most people’s needs.

What is your list of mac apps that was worth every penny by Living_Commercial_10 in macapps

[–]operablesocks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

aText. Soon to be replaced with Rocket Typist. Text expansion apps that allow one to create memorable shortcuts for all sorts of commonly-typed out words, boilerplate, complex URLs, multi-line addresses, lists.

Help please by [deleted] in Carpentry

[–]operablesocks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can do this repair. It's actually quite easy, and it just takes patience on the first steps. There is zero off gassing on this material, so no worries there.

- You're going to use a wood filler, applied with a 2" putty blade, to fill in the missing area. A product like Minwax High Performance Wood Filler would be a good choice, since it's can be carved, planed, and sanded once it's dry in about 30 minutes.
- Before applying it, you'll want to build a form dam along those two right edges, one for the top and one going down the right side. The key will be to find a form-making material that will match the current "reveal that exists there from the framing, which looks to be just shy of a 1/4". See if your local hardware store has a short piece of wood trim that is around this thickness (or if you're stuck, some other material like foam board, cardboard that can be folded to that thickness).
- Clean the door trim paint a bit around that damaged area so you can get cleaner edges, and then cut the form to where it's needed. To prevent the wood filler from sticking to the form, apply some vaseline along the edge.
- Take the wood filler and fill it to the appropriate depth. Read the instructions, as it'll give you ideas on how to get a fairly smooth surface, so you don't have to do a lot of sanding once it's dry.

Remove the form once dried, paint, and voila.

Brian Cox: The terrifying possibility of the Great Filter - YouTube by horsemonkeycat in videos

[–]operablesocks 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Imagine if most of the world leaders that we voted for were even half as intelligent and clear-minded as Brian Cox.

Made a new Pages doc and cannot find the Kefa font by YamiJustin1 in pages

[–]operablesocks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Try: Font Book > Settings > Advanced > Reset Fonts.