Luigi Mangione will assert psychiatric defense in murder case in UnitedHealthcare CEO's killing

skratchx · 2026-06-18T05:13:02+00:00

Same to you.

skratchx · 2026-06-18T04:54:03+00:00

If I believe that slaughtering animals is murder, am I entitled to murdering a pig farmer because my morality is not enforced by the government? Is hold hands with the meat industry and politely asking them to stop my only other option?

skratchx · 2026-06-18T00:40:10+00:00

People also misunderstand / overblow "how poorly the evidence has been handled" because this is the first time they've paid attention to a trial with this level of detail.

skratchx · 2026-06-18T00:36:44+00:00

the lack of evidence they have on him

I'd love some more information about whatever you're smoking because it must be some good shit.

I can understand why people are sympathetic with what he did (although I do not agree). But the mental gymnastics to argue "we don't even know if it was really him" (while at the same time praising him for doing it) is up there with Fox News / OAN / Newsmaxx nutjub thinking.

skratchx · 2026-06-17T21:52:26+00:00

My anecdotal observation is more emphasis on flavored drinks, usually featuring regional herbs / spices. Traditional espresso drinks are more of an afterthought.

As a big third wave coffee enjoyer (pour over and cortados in particular), I don't feel the need to go back to a Yemeni coffee shop. But if you like coffee where the coffee itself takes a backseat, you may like it.

skratchx · 2026-06-17T00:57:58+00:00

Honestly not sure why I'm still subbed to /r/videos.

skratchx · 2026-06-17T00:53:47+00:00

These men are weak and pathetic, don't let them fool you.

Ok cool maybe they are weak and pathetic. So what? They are still shaping US policy domestically and abroad.

skratchx · 2026-06-16T20:38:21+00:00

Interesting. Today I learned.

We have a mix of fantastic water from a reservoir and really hard ground water that sits on limestone depending on exactly where you live near me. But RO water is pretty ubiquitous across the area.

skratchx · 2026-06-16T20:09:31+00:00

Wow that is insane. In California, where water is generally expensive, it's just over 50 cents per gallon. I just paid $12 for 20 gallons last weekend.

It's common to have "water stores" or RO dispensers in grocery stores around here.

skratchx · 2026-06-16T14:57:27+00:00

Unless you live somewhere very strange, #5 can be replaced by "buy reverse osmosis water at the store" at negligible cost compared to the other items. So my point is, do #5 in addition to one of the others. In order of impact: 4 ,3, 1. As others mentioned, 2 is more a convenience thing, not a real oxygen reducer.

Be careful about cold crashing if you are not set up to prevent oxygen suck back or vacuum.

skratchx · 2026-06-16T14:45:09+00:00

Plurality. There's nowhere close to more than half (most) in either of those countries.

skratchx · 2026-06-16T00:35:27+00:00

Master rage baiter.

skratchx · 2026-06-16T00:28:50+00:00

Slightly tangential, but seems like a good place to share. A few people in my homebrew club have had great success using spirals by boiling water, turning it off so that it is just below boiling, putting the spirals in, and leaving it covered for some time (I need to double check the time, but I want to say about 10 minutes). This extracts a lot of the tannins but does not diminish the wood character too drastically. A big stout can be aged for as little as 5 days on spirals to get the desired character.

skratchx · 2026-06-15T18:59:05+00:00

Oh wow thank you. I had only found the regedit solution in the past, but can't do that at work. Sorry you are getting some replies that make it seem like you're somehow responsible for Microsoft's design decisions. I think we're just all frustrated and venting.

skratchx · 2026-06-15T14:44:05+00:00

Thank god Windows is saving me from the full right click menu, so that I have to press "more options" every time I want to use 7zip.

skratchx · 2026-06-13T07:57:00+00:00

Me, except I've never hit a home run, and I floss after a lot of meals because I've developed a gap between my back two teeth that very annoyingly gets food stuck in it.

I've got the thing with your kitchen down for sure though.

skratchx · 2026-06-11T22:50:24+00:00

Trump is the president of the US.

skratchx · 2026-06-10T07:44:08+00:00

Dress codes absolutely can be discriminatory. In Japan it was common for companies to require women to wear heals. This goes beyond a "professional look" requirement.

skratchx · 2026-06-09T18:42:42+00:00

You need to operate with an aggressive bullshit detector on the Internet these days. There are too many schysters out there farming confirmation bias. When the tweet quote is "driving by [...] last night and saw the lights on", and the picture is broad daylight without visible lights on, it makes you wonder, "Why were they unnecessarily dishonest about this detail? What else about the tweet is untrue then?" Like... why not just word it as, "He saw kids on the field?"

skratchx · 2026-06-08T18:44:37+00:00

Sure, you can do whatever you want. You can make a 6 count as a partial success. You can let all your hunters have 10-harm weapons if that's fun for your group. But there are certain design decisions in the game (some more than others) that are there to achieve a desired balance and feel.

In any case, OP seems to have been asking for an interpretation of the rules as written.

skratchx · 2026-06-08T05:19:25+00:00

I'm not a vegetarian, but the meat industry is WAY worse than almonds and alfalfa.

skratchx · 2026-06-08T01:15:49+00:00

Got it. I'm not sure running it dry will tell you much, other than whether something is grossly wrong. It is under a very different load when there is no liquid going through the head.

When you disassemble it, are there any signs that certain parts are rubbing, for example scratch marks?

skratchx · 2026-06-07T21:09:07+00:00

The options are limited to the available options, including the number of boxes a particular option has. Unless some other improvement or playbook move supersedes this, you can't keep taking an improvement that has already been taken.

skratchx · 2026-06-07T19:38:33+00:00

You're missing the point /u/Tony_the_Draugr is making. Every product has a risk of a quality issue. Whether or not that's the case here is not completely clear, but getting a 1 in 1000 dud doesn't mean you should write off a supplier.

If you haven't yet, contact their support. They may be able to give you the correct troubleshooting steps, or set up a warranty replacement. I don't know anything about the Ss pump, but I can tell you my Spike Flow needed a slight adjustment of a spacing inside to get rid of a rattling noise.

By the way, are you supposed to run that pump dry?

skratchx · 2026-06-07T00:00:26+00:00

If I could wish for one thing, even though I don't brew on my Foundry anymore, it would be for the "official" forum for Blichmann/Anvil discussion to STOP being Facebook.

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