Something that existed until the beginning of 2025.

How do I check when the last power outage was if it’s connected to a UPS?

Heresy! The Emperor Protects!

Damned Cornites.

Dude, Dollar Tree was awesome back in the day. In the early 2010s I got a complete set of dishware there, plates and bowls for $1 each, and the reason they were there was that the ceramic glaze wasn’t “perfect.” I couldn’t tell, I just had some cool looking plates and bowls that lasted me nearly a decade before they finally got scratched and scuffed up enough to bother replacing. Money well spent.

You could get actual glass mugs for a dollar. Bars of Jergens soap for sensitive skin were like $0.70 a bar. All kinds of actually decent kitchenware and housewares stuff for dirt cheap. Was an absolute life saver at the time.

I just need Jellyfin to fix their subtitles issues on Apple TV and I’ll be all set. Swiftfin needs some work yet, though I’m told the fix is in the pipeline for release soon^™ (probably by Q1 next year?).

Non stick make food go hot but food no stick. Doesn’t last very long but it’s very easy to clean. If you really love eggs they’re a necessity.

Hard disagree. Eggs are the first thing I ever learned to cook, and I can make them consistently how I like them, every time… or I could, until I started using non-stick pans. For a few years I struggled to make a proper egg and couldn’t figure out why. Switched back to stainless steel pans, perfect eggs every time.

I really, really don’t like teflon/PFAS/whatever non-stick pans. Just plain steel or cast iron for me. The consistency matters, and I just can’t get that from non-stick coated pans.

Non-stick is terrible for anything that needs real frying, because the non-stick coating breaks down at high temperatures (generally manufacturer recommendations are to keep the pan under 400f / 204c. I’ve had the coating start browning and changing at lower temperatures than that.

I have cast iron pans, but I can’t be bothered to maintain them so they mostly sit in the cabinet. I need to sand and re-coat mine currently, as they’ve got some rust spots, and I don’t really use them.

I swear by steel pans. They work great on any stove type (gas, electric, induction, doesn’t matter), have enough heft but are lighter than cast iron, and they can handle high heat and even be baked so long as the handle is also steel. The trick to stainless is making sure it’s hot enough for water to dance on, and nothing will stick. I tend to use a bit of oil and then a bit of butter when cooking in them and they’re practically non-stick that way anyway, just give it a rinse and wash while it’s still hot and everything comes right off.

Plus, there are some foods you actually want to stick a bit sometimes, like when you’re searing meats and later using the glaze from the pan for a sauce.

If you’re using steel and accidentally leave it and stuff is stuck to it, no need to panic, just put some water in the pan, heat it up (preferably with a lid on), and once it’s hot, everything should come off easily.

Edit - one trick to cooking with a stainless steel pan that I’ve found specifically when cooking with oil (olive oil generally) - When the oil becomes thin and moves around the pan easily you’re generally good, but if you leave it sit on medium heat until the oil makes a sort of sine wave pattern where the edges of the pan start to curve up, you’re set, nothing will stick.

Deadpool lives here.

It’s often an upstream issue, and I’m not keen on people who suggest men in middle age (40s, 50s) should automatically jump to supplementing testosterone. I had low T for a while and it turned out it was due to a vitamin B deficiency (I’m a T2 Diabetic and my medication basically leeches vitamin B from my body, as well as blocking absorption). Started supplementing vitamin B and eating more foods with vitamin B and the next two tests over several months went from low, to the lower end of “normal” range, and seemed to be steadily increasing back to normal.

Here you go man: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L08vWPkMftQ

I watched that some time back when I was rehabbing with bands, and it’s got a ton of resistance band exercises you can do for a full body workout. Find the motions that work for you and go for it.

Consider kettlebells as well going forward. I’m in my mid-forties now, and I lifted weights a lot between 30 and 40 to the exclusion of a lot of other options, and found over time the injuries and joint pain rack up. Over the last few years I’ve leaned into more cardio and kettlebell work for explosive movements and keeping a lot of that natural motion and mobility compared to static lifting. Heck, I even got back into playing Dance Dance Revolution (via ITGMania on PC and a cheap dance mat). It’s a lot of fun, and somehow, my knees haven’t murdered me in my sleep yet. 😂

Grim Dawn was an excellent and finished game on release, and said DLCs came out years later via DLCs that acted as expansions to the campaign.

Last Epoch doesn’t even have a complete story, just some unfinished tripe with no real lore and oh here’s a bunch of alternate versions of how the unfinished thing you encountered could have happened differently.

They’re not even in the same class. It’s why I have 440 hours on Grim Dawn and would play it more still. I dropped LE at 170 hours and don’t really see any reason to play more. Hell, Last Epoch had a cash shop before the game even left Early Access. It feels like the development and costs were mismanaged out of the gate. I waited to buy it on discount.

Yeah, high desert living. I don’t love the rain, but it ain’t bad, and we need it. Plus, it keeps the dust down for a bit.

This is what happens when you abandon Splinter Cell.

SteamOS isn’t even on the latest kernel. If anything, everything on SteamOS is already compatible with other distros. It’s just Linux.

It’s got a use case. I mean, I know not everyone has a dedicated gaming PC, but some people (myself included) do. I don’t keep any personal info on it, it’s just for gaming. I have a separate mini-PC for general use. It’s a good option for a “consolized” PC at the TV for gaming, in lieu of the typical gaming console. Many already use Bazzite for the purpose.

Either way, I’m glad to see it as an option. And that’s all it is. I doubt I’d use dedicated SteamOS (I like my gaming rig to be fully up-to-date on the latest kernel so I use Endeavor), but it’s a simple and straightforward choice. There’s Bazzite, Cachy gaming, and plenty of standard and immutable distros, SteamOS is just one more.

Putting it toward my mortgage payment.

I’m down to buy the new controller. I have a Steam Deck and it’s very comfortable to hold, other than the weight. This thing is basically the Deck controls without the screen and a bunch of the weight.

Plus, I’ve personally found the gyro, trackpads, and back buttons to be extremely useful for games that don’t have controller support, or for simply easier use of existing buttons (like putting L3/R3 on back buttons). I’m really looking forward to this, looks way better than the 2015 Steam Controller.

Lastly, that charging connector / wireless adapter all-in-one combo is just nice.

My only concern would be haptics. This really needs to have good rumble motors, and not just trackpad haptics like the deck. The pad haptics are good for subtle effects, but near useless for conveying actual heavy vibration, explosions, stuff like that. Sounds like they accounted for this though:

High definition rumble

Steam Controller’s powerful motors are capable of handling complex waveforms for immersive, accurate haptics.

That sounds closer to something like the PS5 DualSense enhanced haptics, and if so, I’m here for it.

I honestly don’t understand what you’re talking about or inferring from my comment, but it sounds pretty cynical the way you describe it.

Edit - would you mind clarifying? I’m assuming I’m misunderstanding, as again, I don’t really know what you’re talking about with Christianity, rational economic theory, and Margaret Thatcher here. I’m not a Christian, nor am I British. And until I looked it up just now, I’d never even heard of rational economic theory. Not sure how it relates here.

Regarding the “reddit tier” advice on cutting people off… This is my personal lived experience. I’ll just say sometimes you’re better off without some people in your life. If you want details I’ll be happy to share, but it’s off topic to the post thread. Suffice to say, sometimes there are people who are only a net negative on you, socially, personally, mentally, and emotionally. Associating with terrible people leads to bad results.

For me the most important factor is partnership. My wife and I split up our responsibilities equitably and we each play our roles well. We’re also flexible enough to cover and support each other when needed. If you can’t do that for each other you don’t have a partnership.

This is a big one. Like… I can cook, but I hate doing it. My wife went to culinary school in her youth and enjoys it. So she does nearly all the cooking, and I generally take care of dishes and laundry. She does the periodic sweeping, and I’m more inclined to mop and/or vacuum, take out trash, and general maintenance stuff. I handle our finances for the most part, but I don’t keep up on news and info well. She has time to keep up on financial, political, and tech sector news and keeps me informed on anything important so I’m aware of things going on that could potentially affect us financially. We’ve got a balance of chores that works for us, and doesn’t leave either of us annoyed or exhausted.