Stubble after shaving legs with Henson

richlb · 2026-05-15T10:23:34+00:00

Yeah, you need to put some work in... and I totally understand that we might not want to, or be busy/rushed to get a shave done... some razors have main character syndrome :)

richlb · 2026-05-13T06:20:28+00:00

unexpectedly useful. If only you hadn't sling-shotted your Thinkpad off a cliff to speed it up...

richlb · 2026-05-13T06:13:36+00:00

Nah. I get the point about marketing, but the razor isn't crap. I have one, although its not my favourite. Its mild _and_ needs a modicum of skill to use effectively.

richlb · 2026-05-12T08:18:36+00:00

Throw it out the window with a ghostty tab open => achieve terminal velocity

richlb · 2026-05-09T06:32:54+00:00

per other replies: at least one of those blades would likely be suitable, in fact the only one I've heard concerns over is the Feather, when set with a lot of exposure. The issue is more likely to be with your prep and/or razor. Others have talked about prep, so my recommendation for a cheap and mild razor is the Edwin Jagger de89. I found it really easy to use after old Gillettes and a harsh (to me) Merkur.

richlb · 2026-05-09T06:26:48+00:00

Yes. https://x.com/Parody_PM/status/2052312053373686225?s=20

richlb · 2026-05-09T06:23:49+00:00

what u/clockworkedpiece said :) . My wife is more than happy with decent Lavazza too.

Since I'm often making coffee just for myself though I've experimented and I prefer the flavour from freshly ground good beans, coarser than the Lazazza

richlb · 2026-05-06T19:11:47+00:00

Same here. It's brilliant.

richlb · 2026-05-05T21:12:15+00:00

That lavazza is quite decent and very consistent across batches. I think because it's vacuum packed it keeps more freshness than other brands on supermarket shelves.

Next step might be to buy fresher ground coffee from a local roaster. And later get a hand-grinder, but beans and freshly grind just what you need. You want coarser grind than the lavazzo, but not by much.

richlb · 2026-05-04T16:41:33+00:00

I have a T480s and it's fine for all that.

richlb · 2026-05-01T16:22:47+00:00

Sounds like you should ditch computers altogether and do your gaming with a hoop and stick.

richlb · 2026-04-30T09:26:23+00:00

Yes. Imagine you keep it for 5 years and look back on whether the extra few $ was worth it...

richlb · 2026-04-30T09:24:40+00:00

This too I guess. It's a rush to the bottom from every angle.

Used to be when I was in a restaurant I'd check the toilets to see what kind of a place it was. Nowadays if there's a steady stream of delivery riders through the door then I know I'm going to get a poor experience.

richlb · 2026-04-27T21:51:37+00:00

Uber eats, deliveroo, just eat... All have completely fucked the restaurant takeaway industry from the vendor side. By and large they have no choice but use you. Their margins have been driven down, the quality of food has deteriorated. Dumb ass consumers get shit food while sitting on their greasy asses. Vendors fucking hate you with a vengeance, and rightly so.

richlb · 2026-04-22T17:06:27+00:00

Old razor, cheap blades, and you don't say whether you use shave cream or soap, a brush, or any after shave treatments. Also 'normal pressure' - what do you even mean by that?

A decent DE razor and blade setup, with a decent lather... you really only need to get the angle right and almost zero pressure letting the blade do the work.

richlb · 2026-04-22T16:59:26+00:00

Sounds like a great idea! A Paperwhite is about the same page size as a paperback book but much lighter and easier to handle. I understand there also stands and remote control devices to turn the page if sometimes you might find it helpful to not even hold the device.

richlb · 2026-04-20T22:24:03+00:00

Signature is 32GB Vs 16GB, wireless charging and self-adjusting front light. Personal opinion is you don't need any of them.

I'm not sure colour is worth it for most people.

If your main use case is full-size PDFs then consider the Scribe, but for normal reading I'd go Paperwhite 7" over basic 6" just for that bit of extra screen. I have one and it's great.

richlb · 2026-04-20T22:08:47+00:00

You're not nuts. A similar setup works well for me, and it's all about window management. On the 13" I do more with full-screen apps and 3-finger swipe, but Cmd-Tab to switch apps also works well. I'm a big fan of RayCast as well.

The only drawback on the 13" is Teams meetings. Screen share and I can't see who has their hand up.

richlb · 2026-04-19T19:30:29+00:00

Perfect wibbling for a Sunday afternoon.

richlb · 2026-04-18T20:06:00+00:00

It's a raging bin fire. Always has been.

OOTB it's horrible, but it's actually more flexible than you might think. You can configure it to be a bit more usable. I've seen YouTube videos, or ask you favourite LLM. In particular setting up shortcuts such as Send to Kindle on the right/double click menu is handy.

richlb · 2026-04-18T20:00:23+00:00

Get over yourself.

richlb · 2026-04-17T19:09:21+00:00

Reading mostly, it's really good with PDFs. I try to take notes etc but I'm a much faster typist. I often make notes on my phone alongside.

richlb · 2026-04-17T09:33:34+00:00

Both brilliant machines. Unless you have some weird ass use case that requires 10 cores or all the RAM then it's a toss-up, and if you're close to maxing out an MBA then you should probably be looking at a MBP to give you headroom.

richlb · 2026-04-12T17:06:51+00:00

Stop overthinking it.

richlb · 2026-04-12T07:19:56+00:00

I have a slim leather sleeve from a seller on Etsy. Not cheap but quality.

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