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  • I've seen the Charlton Heston one, and the 2001 Mark Wahlberg one. The original was obviously better. I hadn't seen any of the current cycle until I saw Kingdom last weekend. It was fine.

    I listened to a recap of the previous 3 films and it didn't matter. Kingdom takes place "many generations" after the third movie so all the other characters are dead. Kingdom's story works fine as a standalone film. It's not amazing, but there's nothing particularly awful about it. Now I'll probably see the next couple, but they're not high on my list.

  • Scientists Use Ultrasound to Make Cold Brew Coffee in 3 Minutes Instead of 24 Hours
  • From the paper.

    Ultrasounds accelerate extraction processes due to acoustic cavitation [8], [9]. When acoustic bubbles, also called inertial bubbles, collapse near solid materials, such as coffee grounds, they generate micro-jets with the force to fracture the cell walls of plant tissues, intensifying the extraction of the intracellular content [10].

    Seems more involved than just aggressive stirring.

    https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1350417724001330

  • [Discussion] New month, new games. What are you playing on your Steam Deck? - May 2024
  • Heist has a story and preset levels. Each level is usually a different ship you have to board and clear. They're all connected by a sort of star map. The objectives for each level are preset. Though, the level layouts may be generated. I've rerun a couple and I remember the layouts being a bit different.

    SteamWorld Dig 1&2 are platformers. I really enjoyed them. The gameplay for Heist is different but it still feels like the same quality.

  • How do you store your grounded coffee?
  • I store mine in a plastic container with an air tight seal. I prefer to use fresh grounds, but my grinder seems more consistent with higher volume. I usually grind 2-3 brews worth at time.

  • [Discussion] New month, new games. What are you playing on your Steam Deck? - May 2024
  • Steam World: Heist. Tactical turn based shooter. Somewhere between Worms and X-Com, definitely on the lighter side. It's the same vibe as Steam World 1 and 2, but now the cowboy robots are in space. It's perfect for the Deck and easy to pick up for a few minutes at lunch or in between meetings.

  • Dogmeat rule of thumb
  • It's both. In episode 1 someone asks the cowboy actor to "do the thumbs up". Later, the actor explains the mushroom safety part to his daughter. In episode 3 there is another flashback where the cowboy actor does a photoshoot for Vault-Tec. He asks the photographer "what if I try a thumbs up?"

  • What are you brewing this week? April 2024
  • A medium roast from Costa Rica. I'm using my small Chemex and I'm still dialing in the grind size. It's brewing faster than a few weeks ago so I went finer. It's at about a 3 minute brew, but still has a light mix of sour and bitterness.

    I'm behind on using my subscription coffee so I started a batch of cold brew last night with the last 75 grams. Hopefully it turns out well.

  • Movies that “go from 0-100” in the last 15 or so minutes?
  • Once Upon A Time In Hollywood. It felt like mostly nothing happened for 2 hours. There was some decent dialogue and a lot of references to 1950s and 60s Hollywood. There is some build up, but not much payoff until the last 20 minutes. Then everything goes off and you are reminded that this is a Tarantino film.

  • Satanic Temple prepares to enter Florida schools as state moves to pass bill allowing chaplains to volunteer
  • That's the point, right? At best this will shut down some poorly written legislation. If it doesn't, and the law gets changed to be explicitly Christian, then at least it's out in the open and no one can claim it's about protecting ALL religions.

  • Does anyone know any Hard Sci Fi books about humans surviving without any hospitable worlds?
  • I loved the first two, but I had a hard time getting through the third. It has interesting concepts but it takes a long time to make its point. Plot structure spoilers:

    Spoiler

    The main reveal should have happened half way through, not at the end.

    Apologies for mobile formatting

  • Does anyone know any Hard Sci Fi books about humans surviving without any hospitable worlds?
  • The Children of Time books by Adrian Tchaikovsky have a lot of those themes. Half of the first book is about an ark ship sent out to find a habitable planet because earth is dying. It spans hundreds of years as key crew members go in and out of hyper sleep. Relationships and political factions form and dissolve as the ageing ship continues its mission to find a new home.

    The second book focuses on a terraforming crew that was sent to another star system to prepare a planet for humans. However, the planet's ecology is so alien it proves very difficult to gain a foothold.

  • Does anybody listen to country, bluegrass, AND folk music too?
  • Depends on the day. I grew up on 90s and 2000s country. There was some bluegrass in there but I moved on to alt/indie pop rock in highschool. Now I enjoy folk music, mostly the punk variety. AJJ is one of my favorite bands. I've never been into bluegrass to know the bands, except maybe Trampled by Turtles.

    As others have said, genres are fluid and bands rarely stay in one category. Country music has had huge style shifts in the past 50 years. The same could be said of the various folk, anti-folk, and protest song movements.

    I've discovered I enjoy the stripped down production of folk and acoustic country music. It makes the song seem more authentic to me. I also like the desperation and anti-establishment themes of punk music. So for me, folk punk hits the sweet spot of rebellion, sorrow, and simplicity.

  • What is your Depression Anthem?
  • I've got a playlist, "Everything sucks but that's ok". This Year by The Mountain Goats is usually a solid pick. It's wistful and defiant without being too sweet.

    Misanthropic Drunken Loner by Days N Daze is bleak with a wry smile.

    Nausea by Jeff Rosenstock.

    I got so tired of discussing my future I started avoiding the people I love Evenings of silence and mornings of nausea Shake and sweat and I can’t throw up

    And if things are starting to get a little better Good As It Gets by Little Hurt is great. It is incredibly catchy.

  • Do you use a coffee subscription? Which one?
  • I get mine from Cortez. They're local but they moved their cafe further from me. So now I have them mail it across town. I've met the owner. He's really nice and obviously cares a lot about coffee.

  • The Weekly 'What are you playing?' Discussion
  • Remnant 2. I watched Iron Pineapple's review back when it released and got excited. It went on sale a couple weeks ago and I convinced several friends to get it. It's been great. I'm just getting to the point where I can play around with different builds. The set pieces look great and the writing and lore has surprising depth, especially for a co-op shooter.

  • Can the notification settings be changed automatically?

    I often forget to turn off sleep mode. Is there a way to change the notification settings on a schedule?

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