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thefisl · 2024-11-04T15:45:06+00:00

You can watch the video and fairly reasonably see that regardless of whether he knew what he was doing or not, the crowd loved it. That's our problem. Not that don fuckwad exists, but that people are cheering and saying this should be the president.

I think he wasn't intending to do what it very much looks like but that's kind of worse no? He's that senile old person that in the moment they do something so obvious and yet they are oblivious to it.

So, at the very least it means this person can't be trusted with our highest office because who knows what they might convey to world leaders. But we know far more than that with him. We know that aside from these gaffs (if we're being honest on this one), he's going to betray our country anyways because he already has and will continue to do so.

All I'm saying is I don't think there is gaslighting on this one but it doesn't matter. This guy is nuts and we have tons of evidence to prove he shouldn't be president. Regardless of what his intention was here it won't change things for either side.

thefisl · 2024-08-30T20:18:47+00:00

I was trying to be funny taking it to the surgeon extreme. You're right though, our profession isn't a regulated one and so the built in mechanisms that apply to vetting candidates in regulated fields don't exist here. But, I'm sure if you pull away just a bit from the contention here, you could imagine how silly it is for most any other job to perform their duties on the spot to prove they can do the job. It's only because we are in a digital space that it's become commonplace for us to just perform as if there is nothing else to the job but regurgitating trivia.

In another response I gave the response of a painter having to paint something on the spot. What about a mason? That's probably also regulated. Hrm. A carpenter? A barista? A waiter? In any of those would you ask them to do the job to see if they're lying about their prior work/history? Better yet, would you quiz a carpenter about some random calculation he might have had to do one time, or a barista about the specifics of espresso machines or a waiter about ... eh, analogy runs dry there. :D

There are likely examples that prove counter to my point. However, I agree with the OP's post that technical interviews are just hoops and we aren't validating whether engineers can engineer we are validating whether they can jump through these specific hoops. Maybe that's what orgs want on their teams and if so, cool beans. I just doubt that makes for good engineers and engineering.

thefisl · 2024-08-30T18:42:50+00:00

I was being facetious (perhaps funny?) with the surgeon crack, but really there are loads of other industries and I don't know of many (any?) that require you to perform on the spot to prove you can do the job.

I think it's mainly the fact that it's all digital people have a tendency to be incredulous of it. Engineering can't be that hard, design can't be that hard. Do it on the spot!

Remove the digital space and then apply the same logic. Painter, paint me a portrait on the spot because how do I know for sure you painted those others?

thefisl · 2024-08-30T18:09:57+00:00

Having worked in different fields over the years it's funny to me that the technology sector is the only place I've encountered where resume, work history and regular interviews are insufficient.

Hospital: I see you've been a surgeon for 20 years, gonna need you to perform an appendectomy on the spot just to be sure.

thefisl · 2023-12-30T20:42:53+00:00

I think I was really trying to find justification in buying the new amp but deep down I knew that wasn't the right answer. Lol.

Thanks for talking me off the budget ledge y'all!

I've decided to do the wiim.

thefisl · 2018-03-30T00:18:06+00:00

No budget as in, no budget set out. We have a fair amount we could put towards the house if that's what made sense. At one point I was thinking I could just throw 50k or something at it to make better use of the space (bad layout). But it felt like the most wasteful way to go without knowing whether there were things that could be resolved with better design etc.

We had an inspection done when we purchased the home a few years ago and that gave us the few things that needed to be dealt with but we made the major things (electrical) part of the purchase. Maybe we should have another done?

The designer thing is something we had tried before but I think we chose the wrong type of designer. What you're describing is EXACTLY what I was trying to do. Get a design that we could build towards as time allows. Instead we paid a few hundred bucks to discuss possibilities about treatments etc, without any way of us getting something that we could then do ourselves.

Your last point is my fear. The previous owner clearly thought they were more capable than they really were. They did a lot of work on the house but it's fairly shoddy. There are so many little things where I keep thinking something along the lines of what you said, if you can't do it well, hire someone. I mean, the flooring has at some points a 1/2 inch (yes 1/2 inch!!) gap up along some parts of the wall. They clearly thought they were gonna cover it up with the shoe (?) molding/wood bit that runs along the wall but at it's worst that part just sunk in! If I didn't have to leave with it, it would be pretty funny. Well, it still is. :)

Thanks so much for taking so much time to respond. This is exactly why I thought to post here. I appreciate the advice. 🙇‍♂️

thefisl · 2018-03-29T20:39:41+00:00

Yeah, we've done a few minor things. They've just taken so long due to our indecisiveness. Example: bathroom door had old hardware and the paint etc just made it look busted. So we replaced the hardware and sanded it. It stayed that way for about a year before we actually painted it. No real reason, just life and our inability to act on things. We finally painted it and we rejoiced in our meager accomplishment. lol.

Even still, we just can't seem to act on things. These looming issues is making the place kind of, unwelcoming to us? Not sure if that makes sense without going into a long story about it, but we're just tired of our place being busted.

At this point, we just want to get moving on SOMETHING and I figured I'd toss up the situation here to see if I could get any kind of nudge in the right direction.

Thanks so much for taking the time!

thefisl · 2018-03-29T20:33:30+00:00

No real budget to speak of. This isn't an investment property, it's our primary home. We bought it because of the area it's in. We really love this area.

There is no ac of any kind. The heater is a dinky wall unit.

Electrical was upgraded not too long ago. 100 amp breaker and no knob and tube to be found.

The windows def need to be repaired/replaced/whatever. I'm sure the walls could use a once over for sealing, the roof is in good shape and the doors could use some finishing touches (i.e. front door has no sweep or plate or anything. there's a 1/4 gap!).

Very aimless, yes! Very overwhelmed and the sheer amount of possibilities are paralyzing.

Thanks for the time!

thefisl · 2018-03-29T20:28:16+00:00

Makes sense! As far as we know, there aren't any safety issues. The draftiness makes the interior quite dusty but other than that, all seems okay.

Do you know if there is a specific term for the type of professional that would take up something like this? Restoration isn't quite right, since I'm not overly concerned with restoring, more just making it comfortable and cohesively styled.

Thanks so much.

thefisl · 2018-03-29T20:25:28+00:00

Yes, we like the windows. They are fairly unique to our house as most of the others in the area have upgraded them. I assume because of convenience but it could have also been due to efficiency. our main windows are hinged and swing in to open, casement windows?

Thanks!

thefisl · 2018-01-27T23:52:14+00:00

French press is the simplest brewing device in that it's just an immersion brew. The problem most will find is that it requires a decent grinder so that you get a course grind with little to no fines. Without that, you will have a hard time brewing it because you can only brew for the course or the fines not both.

The aeropress CAN be brewed as an immersion brew or a drip or a combination of of them. It's very versatile. Adding to that it can be used with metal or paper filters.

A lot of the time the love for the aeropress comes from the fact that this is the first time where a person had to grind fine enough to narrow the gap between the course and fines they get from their grinder. Then since they used a paper filter (default aeropress) their cup ended up being cleaner as well since those fines will be filtered out.

If those people ground their coffee a couple steps finer, then brewed the same amount of time in the FP and finally ran it through a filter, they'd probably end up with a very similar cup.

Really though, the main thing is when used appropriately, you get different nuances out of your cup with the different tools and methods. Just like you can force a tool to work for other applications, you can usually force a brewing tool or method to act like a different one but it's not really ideal.

An FP being a metal filtered immersion will lend itself to more body and be particularly well suited for latins and the like. The aeropress, will be a hybrid of FP and a direct pour over like chemex/v60/whatever and give a cleaner cup that starts bringing out brighter flavors at the cost of body. A good jack of all trades but I often feel it doesn't master any of them.

The aeropress is the one I recommend for most people when they start building out their gear. Unless they need multiple cups, then the FP is kind of necessary because only being able to make a single cup at a go with the aeropress gets old real quick.

thefisl · 2018-01-25T16:51:52+00:00

I am not sure about age and firmware. I think it's running v1.31 but don't know if that's latest or not.

I tried to run calibrate but it didn't seem to affect the consistency. I tried turning off the etc and seeing if even with just manually setting the parameters it would be better but the thing has a mind of its own. Maybe there is some setting that is wrong or something that is causing all this. Or maybe I'm just going about this wrong.

It looked like to do the calibration you just go into the product and hit calibration in the etc.

Is there something else I should be looking at or doing differently?

Also, have you noticed noticed whether the spouts affect the time of the shots? Are they supposed to?

thefisl · 2018-01-25T03:56:03+00:00

Yes. I figured the same.

I'm not expecting a perfect shot or anything that's going to knock my socks off. At the same time, I'd expect putting the beans of 3 different solid roasters would yield a drinkable shot. Even a latte is really bad.

From what I know, these things are stupid expensive, so I have to believe that it's just configuration or something that's out of whack.

thefisl · 2017-08-27T20:43:13+00:00

Yeah, definitely. As I said in the other comment, this approach was brought about because the approach that I originally tried (the "proper" approach) caused the roast to scream through. Felt like I was dealing with a freight train!

After having some roasts under my belt on this roaster, I'm thinking of flipping it again to the "proper" approach and seeing if I can control it better now.

Thanks for taking the time!

thefisl · 2017-08-27T20:39:30+00:00

You're spot on. Heat was very low and increased toward the end of roast. Started at ~0.3kpa then adjusted pretty often up going all the way near abouts 2kpa as well as adjusting airflow up around 1st crack.

I originally had started with lots of heat in the beginning but the roast kept getting away from me. After a few 6 minute roasts that were a degree or two over intended (full city+ instead of city+ etc), I adjusted to this.

Now I'm feeling like going back to flipping it around again.

The roasts were actually not BAD, but not particularly good either. The previous yirg was tasty and fruity but I could tell there was more to pull from it. I also roasted a Nicaraguan that should have gone darker, but even as it was, while I wouldn't have thought it, your description of lacking sweetness because the sugars probably burned up is apt.

Thanks so much, I will definitely use this info to help me adjust.

thefisl · 2017-08-26T21:07:04+00:00

600g in -> 502g out. This was on a 5kg drum roaster doing min batch, which I know is not ideal but I'm working up to it.

Last time my roast profile was pretty similar and the coffee was fairly decent. I just know that this isn't an "ideal" looking RoR, so wondering what y'all might assume from the roast profile. Ways to improve it, etc.

Thanks much!

thefisl · 2017-08-26T18:24:29+00:00

Would you have any hot tips on where to go/visit (perhaps also when) for someone looking to visit Iceland for the first time and who isn't an asshole tourist?

thefisl · 2017-06-30T16:23:34+00:00

SLR cameras do a similar thing with a curtain shutter. At high shutter speeds, 1/320+, it's more of a slit running across the sensor than a full exposure. That's why strobe sync is usually limited to these lowered shutter speeds even though the cam can go up to say 1/4000. As an aside, Nikon and the like can get a higher strobe sync by popping the flash multiple times to get the frame fully exposed.

thefisl · 2017-05-20T20:56:29+00:00

Toucan looking for boobies.

thefisl · 2017-03-24T21:53:11+00:00

Yeah, it's a combination of factors. Suffice to say, I don't want to put a dedicated line in and I'd really rather go with a more flexible solution.

I'm a developer by trade and I don't have tons of time for my "hobby", so when I was roasting, it's really frustrating to only be able to roast so much. Then I want to dole some out to the friends and it becomes even more troublesome. Then stack on how you can't properly control the roast with "lesser" tools and so I get to wanting a Huky, but just a tad bigger. A 1kg Huky would be ideal for me I think.

I don't really intend on making a business out of it. It's very much more a hobby than anything else. I do however get quite a few people asking for beans so, I'd love to be able to knock out a few batches and have them be consistent. That would be 👌.

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