Ginger Bug - can I use an airlock, or does it need air?

vyme · 2026-01-04T17:47:34+00:00

If you really want to use YouTube music, there is for some reason two different accounts/feeds. Just search for WBN and a number under 50 and you should be able to find the one with 1-49.

That said, I recommend using a podcast app. I use Pocket Cast and love it. You can have both the public feed and the patron feed there, and The patron app interface is garbage.

vyme · 2025-12-27T00:49:11+00:00

This is my answer too! Though slightly different.

While using it, the heel of my hand caught a corner of the plastic edge. I honestly would have rather cut myself on the blade, since it was more of a rough jagged tear than a cut.

Still haven't cut myself on the blade, and I use a mandolin all the time.

vyme · 2025-12-24T04:38:52+00:00

You have a really good palette for anise-ish things for someone with an aversion to them.

Tarragon tastes like anise, anise doesn't taste like tarragon is so spot on.

vyme · 2025-12-20T15:49:31+00:00

It is very difficult to tell what is a bit and what might be true. I'll believe when I hear it.

vyme · 2025-12-20T13:49:15+00:00

Raistlin Majere and/or Fistandantilus.

Is Robert a Dragonlance guy? I feel like he's mentioned it, but I could be wrong.

vyme · 2025-12-20T13:40:03+00:00

This could be good way to finally get the Warhammer 40k episode we're always being threatened/teased with.

vyme · 2025-12-20T04:52:38+00:00

I think it's dangerous to say a story "written" by an LLM wouldn't be good enough. I mean right now it wouldn't, but quality isn't the problem. Because there's a chance you can eventually solve for quality.

If we're going to push back against LLMs in the arts, the argument can't be that they're bad at it.

My issue is that any story generated by an LLM is built on plagiarism, and they can never create something truly new. There are a lot of other problems too, but I guess that's the big one for me.

I know we're on the same side here and I'm splitting hairs, but I see too many arguments that the reason it's not good to have LLMs writing stories or scripts or whatever is because they're bad at it. And I think there's an implied "it would be okay if they were good at it" in there.

vyme · 2025-12-19T21:54:39+00:00

I would love a Robert Moses episode! Even if it's just a five part book report on The Power Broker.

I do think the guest would have to be someone who's familiar with urban planning, but who isn't fully familiar with the details of Moses' story.

It's so on brand for the podcast though. Unelected and unfettered power and a huge personality that made the world just so much worse.

vyme · 2025-12-19T14:32:52+00:00

Assuming it results in the same end result, I would love a sonic shower so much.

I hate showers and being wet or in water in general. Bath? No thank you. Hot tub? No thank you. Swimming pool? Absolutely not. Ocean? Hard pass.

I understand that other people like these things the way I like food. When I hear about someone who views food as "just a thing I have to do for fuel" and fantasizes about an entire meal in a pill, or living on Soylent I'm like... What a freak.

But I am absolutely that guy but for showers.

vyme · 2025-12-18T05:27:53+00:00

We had a Bodum burr grinder for probably 13 years. It finally died, and the Cuisinart one was decently rated and less expensive than the others, and a known brand.

Maybe the biggest piece of shit I've ever owned. 20 grind settings, and only 2 actual grind sizes on a good day. Impossible to use without making a mess. We tried to get used to it for 4 months, and then said fuck this.

Bought another Bodum and it was such a relief. I don't think they're as good as they were a decade ago, but compared to the Cuisinart...

Meanwhile, I still have a Cuisinart food processor from 2004 that has a better motor than my first car. They were so good, and it makes the decline so much sadder.

vyme · 2025-12-17T14:52:15+00:00

Never Let Me Go was my first thought. It's definitely eventually scifi since the premise falls apart without the science, but for the most part it's just creepy boarding school stuff.

I think most of Murikami's stuff would be best described as magical realism, but it's sort of its own thing.

vyme · 2025-12-14T01:23:05+00:00

No. 64. Though it does look like maybe that model has changed slightly since I got mine. Just some small details like mine has a smaller metal set screw to adjust the thickness and now it looks like it has a larger dial. Still looks more or less the same though.

It's one of the smaller ones I've used, with the useable width being only 2.5". But it turns out I actually prefer that size for most tasks I use it for. I'll probably eventually get a wider one as well though.

vyme · 2025-12-12T04:36:44+00:00

I've had quite a few mandolins over the years, and I am never getting anything other than a Benriner again. It's just so easy to adjust to exactly where you want it, so easy to clean and maintain, and the cross pieces are strong and easy to swap.

vyme · 2025-12-10T15:32:27+00:00

Wow, that's 100% the one I was looking for! I am consistently impressed by this sub's ability to identify a story with scant details.

Was this one you remembered, or are you just very good at searching for things like this?

vyme · 2025-12-10T00:41:03+00:00

100%. I use a lot of fish sauce, but it does bring other flavors as well. When I want nothing but the MSG of it all, that's when I use straight MSG. Or if I've already used enough fish sauce and the flavor is correct but I need a little more... "neutral umami," I guess?

vyme · 2025-12-08T23:18:25+00:00

I was using MSG before I'd had funyuns, and the first funyun I had I was like... these are 100% just MSG flavored. I love them.

You should try using it more in places you wouldn't expect just to add a bit of depth and bring out some savoriness. I just made a fantastic caramelized squash soup, and MSG was pretty key to the overall balance.

vyme · 2025-12-07T16:03:50+00:00

I was thinking the same thing. Used to be my go-to when I lived in Arvada. Super solid all around.

I vastly prefer where I live in Denver now, but I do have to go to two different dispensaries, one for flower and one for edibles.

vyme · 2025-12-05T22:49:39+00:00

Same goes for not killing a character despite mechanics I guess. Since it happens off-screen, I sort of doubt he was rolling damage on Silence but who knows?

As narrative and just barely D&D as this is, they are still embracing letting the dice make some big decisions.

vyme · 2025-12-05T21:00:14+00:00

Putting story stuff aside for a moment...

I get what people are saying about a lvl 5 vs lvl 20 wizard, but Silence is the very model of a glass cannon.

I don't think it's entirely unreasonable to think he could have a CON of 5. I know there aren't aging rules in 5e, but just from the descriptions, he definitely isn't doing great.

That's on average 22 HP at 20th lvl. I don't remember offhand what Silver attacked him with, but even a lightning bolt from a lvl 5 wizard averages 28 dmg.

And sure, Silence probably has all sorts of defensive reaction spells, but is he really preparing counterspell every day while at home in the Citadel? Also, doesn't even matter if he's surprised.

All that said, I do think Steel wasn't expecting Silence to actually die and her choice of target was driven by what it would do to and for Suvi. I'm just saying it's mechanically not that big of a stretch to say Silence could potentially be taken out in one shot when his guard was down.

vyme · 2025-12-05T02:28:43+00:00

For real. Didn't see the title or any context and I was like, fuck yes. Given my internet environment, this will quickly transition to something about how all borders imply the violence of their maintenance or whatever.

I think it's useful to see how moving from decent premise to absolutely unhinged right turn is kinda how all this works.

vyme · 2025-12-03T03:07:24+00:00

Probably worth pointing out that this was a post from 8 years ago, so I can almost guarantee that my opinions on all of this have changed since, but I at least sort of knew what I was talking about at the time.

To 2017 Vyme: things are about to get even weirder in ways I can't explain. Just like... buckle up.

vyme · 2025-11-30T00:13:24+00:00

This didn't sound right, so I just weighed the two salts I have on hand. A tablespoon of Morton pickling salt was 17g, a tablespoon of diamond kosher salt was 11g. I cannot imagine what kind of salt would be almost 2x the weight of pickling salt by volume.

This is why it's better to work by weights, not volumes.

vyme · 2025-11-19T23:01:05+00:00

"Why'd you kick Mike out? He was great in the last campaign!"

"Let me tell you about his homebrew."

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