I’m using the free version and not missing the paid features!

Same with great results! Especially if you have hard water.

I prefer pull vs push media. Less intrusive. I have a feeling lemmy users may also like RSS feeds for the control it provides. I know in mastodon you decide who to follow, but the whole culture to encourage re-blogging means a lot of potential unwanted crap in our feeds.

I’m still very bitter about the broken electoral reform promise.

As far as TV shows: The Expanse and Foundation. I really want to like them but the first 3-4 episodes left me quite meh. Someone tell me it’s a slow start and gets better?

I tend to put more priority to story line vs special effects or action scenes.

They may sell a package for all streams like the NHL does? Not sure. It’s a 24 game season so would make sense.

I had to create a “if you add one, you sell one” rule after running out of shelf space.

European expansion is worth it! I like the round end goals!

You raise good points. The expensive part for me was the discovery aspect. Once you know what you like it’s not bad but the learning part…trying all the different greens and oolongs and pu’er and black teas - that was a little nuts at the beginning.

Now I have about 10 varieties that I like for different occasions and I stick to those and it’s not too bad.

Biggest splurge for me was an ember mug. Im a little embarrassed by how expensive it was, but honestly no regrets. Perfect temp tea for hours.

I have! …then full circle back to grandpa style. I still use a gaiwan from time to time on the weekend but I like bringing a container up with me at my desk without needing to refill constantly.

Similar but different : tea! You go from cheap bagged tea to going down the rabbit hole of loose leaf variations, temp control kettles, brewing vessels and brewing styles.

🫡 Thank you for sending me down a rabbit hole of early Federation days which made me rediscover Tellarites.

I don’t get a ton of satisfaction or have patience learning rules of complex games anymore. I decided to embrace games that have tough choices but with super simple mechanics instead.

Games like Scout, The Crew, Wingspan…easy to teach and fun to master.

This handy aspirin holder. Could save the life of someone having a heart attack. https://www.saveaheart.ca/

I’m with you! The show wasn’t perfect but it was cool to see a crew explore before the prime directive , stable transporters and the federation. Tons of opportunities to explore that further.

I mix them. Not sure if this is weird or common. Honey Nut Cheerios and Rice Krispies are a good combo. Vectors with Rice Krispies too. Alone: Golden Grahams.

Agreed. I find myself using Siri on walks via AirPods quite a bit. Siri what’s the weather going to be like tonight . Siri what’s in my calendar tomorrow. Siri what’s the latest news. (That opens up podcast app and plays local news I love it. ). Siri let me know when it’s 12:30. I just wish it got better at answering simple questions. A few articles mentioned Apple started looking at incorporating a GPT style AI with Siri.

Hidden Brain, Search Engine, The Knowledge Project

It’s great for quinoa, farro and couscous too. Love our tiger rice cooker, it’s a work horse!

Little things that make solo hikes even more enjoyable:

• Merlin Bird Sound ID app.
• Bringing one piece of hard candy with you
• If you must listen to something, get earphones with a transparency setting where you can still hear birds and leaves crunching under your feet
• A dog

I’m not sure what you mean by the source. In this case Ground News is an app.

https://ground.news/app

There are daily news podcasts if you like consuming information that way. Apple News , AP News and Ground News are good news aggregates. Reuters has a cool app where you get to pick the amount of time you have (5 minutes to 30 minutes I think ) and it shows you the top stories in video format. RSS feeds of your favourite news sites with a RSS app like Feedly.

Random list but I am told I am a unpaid ambassador for:

• Vitamix
• Zero inbox for work
• Stoic mindfulness / negative visualizations / Momento Mori
• Birkenstocks , even if they went a bit downhill
• Star Trek
• Chimes peanut butter ginger candy
• Tea…in general
• Merino wool socks
• Lemmy

The natural world. Both at the micro level of looking at the symbiosis between tiny insects and plants, to the macro of untouched natural landscapes. Also clouds! We forget to look up and see how cool clouds are.

News apps, RSS feeds and online communities.

Apple News is decent in that you can pick and choose your interests and hide certain news sources. Associated Press AP News app is great too. I’m in Canada so I also have the CBC and CTV apps. For RSS, I use Feedly app. It has a good discovery mechanism but most the time I manually add urls of sites I want to follow.

Other than that, I get shared links in different slack workspaces and discord servers.

I sent them a note via their feedback form too. If we all do that they might start paying attention.

RSS forever!

I didn’t find one … ended up on metapixl.

Cyberus! Yes! I think you’re right there was a name change or merger or something.

You can also go in your lemmy profile and check that you want to hide all NSFW posts.

Love Libby!

I was one of three women in my year who graduated in CS at my university. I did most of my course work at home…trying to be one of the guys and make sure kindness wouldn’t be considered flirting made for a weird 4 years. No horror stories to tell though , just plenty of awkwardness.

I used to have the “Apple for hardware , google for software” mentality. I’d use google mail, calendar, maps, drive, chrome…on my apple products.

But recently I’ve noticed myself slowly migrate to Apple. I have Apple One family (not premier ) which is worth it IMO.

Apple Maps feels less invasive than Google maps and they’ve upped their game recently.

Safari has become my default browser with Ecosia as the default search engine. Love that Safari shares tabs across devices.

I still have Google mail and calendar installed though. I prefer the UI.

The copy paste ability across devices is something I use daily too.

I went down the rabbit hole of stoicism 15 years ago when I had a lot of existential anxiety and while it didn’t miraculously help, it really did nudge me into a new path over time.

Small things like not focussing on happiness as a goal, having a momento mori around and taking the time to stop and think about its meaning when I’m overthinking. Doing the negative visualizations on rough days.

It’s more than a philosophy. It’s a good self help tool to have in your tool belt.

This episode reminded me of the Original Series “This Side of Paradise” and it made me wonder if we will hear more about Leila Kolomi the biologist. Leila talks about her falling in love with Spock 6 years prior….which would be in the timeline of SNW!

Same! Only reason I still use it is for Community events, and neighbour groups. Super useful for that. Wish there was a way to do that without being peppered by ads and reels.

Marketplace is a Kijiji replica so it could die with little consequence IMO.

Kids in the Hall Spaced Stark Trek Next Gen and Voyager Stargate SG-1 Bob’s burgers

Me too! Did you give The Great North a try? Same vibe.

Fresh cheddar (bonus if in curd form) , warmed in microwave with maple syrup. Sweet, salty, fatty.