OhmsLawn
@OhmsLawn@lemmy.world
- Comment on Conifers 💚💚💚 4 days ago:
“Everyone gets professional headshots, except for you, Red Pine. You can just send us a selfie from the McDonald’s drive through.”
- Comment on A Konami code variant in Castlevania has been discovered after a quarter of a century 5 days ago:
That’s what it said in the title, a quarter century ago.
/s
- Comment on Arizona Charges Giuliani and Other Trump Allies in Election Interference Case 3 weeks ago:
Is this a new NYT sharing policy?
I got past the paywall with the message Shared to you by a New York Times subscriber. First time I’ve seen that.
- Comment on Why do Americans measure everything in cups? 4 weeks ago:
God gave us two hands and 10 fingers. USE DUODECIMAL, PEOPLE
- Comment on Why do Americans measure everything in cups? 4 weeks ago:
If you get into baking bread, you buy a scale. It doesn’t change the problem with volume vs weight, because American flour is sold in pounds, and the recipes are all in grams or bakers ratios.
What it does help with (in bread baking) is consistently and speed. It’s much faster to dump 500g of flour in a bowl than to measure out that many cups.
For almost everything else, cups are faster and easier.
- Comment on Why do Americans measure everything in cups? 4 weeks ago:
We have measuring cups, along with similarly standardized spoons and liquid cups same measurement just a different form factor.
Everyone who cooks has at least one set. I literally never had (nor needed) a scale in the kitchen until I started baking, in my forties.
- Comment on Why is "Dear X" considered more formal than "To X" in e-mail/writing? 4 weeks ago:
For me, the first 4 lines go on the bottom, with the signature.
One of my managers cold-starts his emails with Name,. That’s a little too dry for my style, but obviously Dear is far too mushy. I stick with Hi, Hello, Hey, or Greetings, depending on the context.
- Comment on How do I get my suit tailored? 1 month ago:
Yeah, Eddie is good people. Keep in mind, it’ll take at least two weeks. Make sure to call a few days before pickup to confirm.
- Comment on How do I get my suit tailored? 1 month ago:
When you’re at the tailor, have him take your measurements. You can use those to order your next suit from indochino. They do nice, made-to-measure suits on a budget.
- Comment on How do I get my suit tailored? 1 month ago:
I always call my tailor first, just to be polite. Sometimes he’s really stretched thin. If you’re in SF, Taraval Tailor is a really good shop.
- Comment on When will the floss stop hurting 1 month ago:
As a man with thirteen teeth, I wholeheartedly applaud your gran’s tenacity. If your gums are damaged by not flossing, they’ll bleed a lot at first.
Has your dentist recommended a deep cleaning? It’s possible you have tarter under the gum line. That would cause inflammation and lead to more painful flossing. Once my gum disease was in check, they stopped bleeding from my water pick, before that, it was a fountain of gore.
- Comment on Plumber 2 months ago:
I find skin-colored pants to be consistently distracting. I don’t know that people who wear them understand what it looks like from half a block away.
- Comment on What's with the 'Thanks' people? 4 months ago:
You get “regards” “best regards” or if we do a lot of work together, " best," from me. I’ll usually express any gratitude on a separate line.
Thank you for all the work you put into this thread, OP!
Regards,
OhmsLawn
- Comment on This is way too expensive for a drink. 4 months ago:
Mix in some peach herbal tea bags for another 15 cents?
- Comment on How Can I Make this Legless Bed Rise 2-inches? 4 months ago:
Already commented about raising the bed. Here’s another idea.
Remove the top of the desk from the bottom and rotate it 180°, then reinsert. Put a heavy weight on the foot to stabilize, then cantelever the desk out over the bed.
- Comment on How Can I Make this Legless Bed Rise 2-inches? 4 months ago:
To get that thing under the platform, you’re going to need to add stubby legs like the ones on a stuffed chair, unless you want it to look like a dorm room with sticks or bricks. At a guess, I’d say you’ll need 1 leg for every 2-3 linear feet that the bed contacts the ground. Don’t forget the center support.
Platform beds aren’t designed to have legs, so you’ll need significantly more legs than a framed bed would have. You’ve got to spread the additional stresses evenly or it’ll all loosen. It’ll start creaking and the drawers will get stuck with too few supports.
- Comment on Whats the difference between cheap and expensive modern TVs? 5 months ago:
I’m guessing op meant to say “if you have the budget…”
- Comment on Whats the difference between cheap and expensive modern TVs? 5 months ago:
My primary concern buying a TV would be UX. If the menu system is well thought out and they’re not spamming the user with advertising, it’s probably a good indicator that they’re investing in good hardware too.
Not that I wouldn’t totally geek out for weeks watching reviews and learning all the minutiae of light levels and color accuracy before pulling the trigger. The research is half the fun.
- Comment on This toilet paper at my work 5 months ago:
Gotta do the star fold with the thin stuff, get the grain aligned like plywood to keep it from splitting.
- Comment on This toilet paper at my work 5 months ago:
Ain’t nobody single-sheeting paper that thin.
- Comment on Why do all the new TVs expect me to have a platform AS WIDE as the fucking thing?? Fucking shit!! God awful absolutely dumb thoughtless design choice 5 months ago:
And not have the TV hanging out in space to be knocked over.
- Comment on The Weekly 'What are you playing?' Discussion 5 months ago:
On mobile, Shattered Pixel Dungeon. It’s brutal. I’ve made it down five levels once or twice. I’m determined to win with the fighter before I start with another class.
- Comment on Could we use AI to update 4:3 media to 16:9? 6 months ago:
Yeah it’s always better to watch the original aspect ratio. I remember renting VHS movies and being frustrated either way because the screen was so small. That isn’t a problem these days.
- Comment on Is there any christian religions that don't believe in space? 6 months ago:
Questioning The Big Bang is somewhat ironic, as it was initially Georges Lemaître, a physicist and Catholic Priest who was the outlier.
- Comment on Why advertise on YouTube? 6 months ago:
As a one time Nord VPN, and current (dissatisfied) Surfshark user, I concur with this statement.
- Comment on Why advertise on YouTube? 6 months ago:
I’m not denying my own vulnerability to advertising, but that particular preference is based on my parents’ choices.
- Comment on How do empty nesters deal with over cooking? 7 months ago:
I’ve found smaller portions to be a waste of time. It takes just as long, but you don’t get as much out of it.
Yes, the freezer is one key. I’d actually like to get a chest freezer too.
Another trick is re-use. I’ll cook a steak, save half for stir fry, ramen, nachos, sandwich, etc. A chicken gets legs and thighs used for dinner, breasts for chicken salad, and bones and bits for soup.
Cans are also great. They serve a dual purpose of emergency-kit food and (since they eventually need to be rotated) super-lazy meals. I generally keep, maybe 20 various cans of chilli, soup, beans, spam, tuna, crab, tomatoes, etc. and make a point of using a couple every month, just to keep things from getting too old.
The real difficulty I run into is making good salads. It takes just as much time to make salad for six as for two. I often just settle for the bagged stuff, but it feels wasteful and uninspired.
- Comment on mr. pepper 8 months ago:
Maybe he was a surgeon?
- Comment on Wikihow brutally kills 36 year olds 9 months ago:
That’s after 25 years down the coal mine