Acamon

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[–] Acamon@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

It would be helpful to know what you're baking? It might be cooking longer at lower temperature, but it might also be about adjusting the size (a larger cake is usually cooked at a lower temperature to allow the centre to cook before the outside over-browns).

[–] Acamon@lemmy.world 8 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

While it's absolutely true that baking is a strict formula, I don't agree that not reaching a given temperature means it's necessarily doomed. It might achieve a somewhat different outcome, but for a whole bunch of baked goods a lower or higher temperature with adjusted time will produce something perfectly acceptable.

As you say, most people have no idea what temperature their oven actually produces, or fail to adjust for the strength of fan assist or placement in the oven. Sometimes this leads to frustration and failure, but many delicious cookies have been baked with imprecission.

[–] Acamon@lemmy.world 7 points 7 hours ago

Depends what you mean. I think 'progressives' are usually more collectivist in the economic / social democracy sense. But 'conservatives' are often collectivist in the sense that everyone should have same beliefs, same religion etc. I think that's something that people sometimes miss, that right wing people are solely motivated by bullying people for being 'different' or wanting to control people's private lives. They do both those things, but partly because some geninuely struggle to believe that different lifestyles can coexist. Everyone needs to have same sexuality and eat the same kinds of foods, so of course they want the collective choice to align with their personal preference.

As a left-wing person, I find it mind-boggling that people don't see the unfairness of billionaires and poverty coexisting. And beyond unfairness, the existance of wealth disparity makes things worse for the poor than if everyone was equally poor. But conservatives think that its none of anyone's business what happens in the bank account.

[–] Acamon@lemmy.world 3 points 18 hours ago (3 children)

I've got some tiles on my keys and my earbud case. I'm mostly pretty good with my keys (thy have hook hy the front door), but for the occasional time I've need to find them in a rush and they aren't where they should be the tile has been very helpful. The ear bud one I use multiple times a week, and before I had it I'd regularly waste hours searching through my clothes and bags looking for my headphones (only to find that they fallen off the table and were now in a shoe or something).

So, if you're prone to misplacing stuff they're amazing. But if you never lose stuff then I doubt they'll be very helpful.

[–] Acamon@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

This. Winning the peace prize doesn't mean you're a saint, it means you've further world peace. Most things in politics are so complex and involve so many different actors and factions that it's impossible to really boil stuff down and know whether the motivations are 'worthy'. Most peace is achieved by international arrangements that make it more attractive for decision-makers to choose peace over war, often for very selfish reasons.

I was completely opposed to anyone winning one for the recent change in Isreal / Palestine, because until we see the fallout from it I'm skeptical any meaningful peace has been achieved. If Russia remove all their troops, and Ukraine is at peace, and Isreal are no longer genociding, then sure give him the peace prize. That's the point of awards and shit, to make it tempting to do good even when it doesn't immediately benefit you personally.

[–] Acamon@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Same. I can view it fine, but when I click reply it freezes the loaded back to me default feed. On 1.0.24

[–] Acamon@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

I'm sure that's true, but I've never managed to keep a pair of earpods for more than a couple of years. I always end up losing them, generally while travelling.

[–] Acamon@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (4 children)

They usually charge themselves in their case (small pods) or have big batteries (over ear). I use my pods probably 8 hours a day, and just need to charge the case once or twice a week.

[–] Acamon@lemmy.world 32 points 2 days ago (3 children)

It's an understandable reaction, but it's not ideal or effective. In fact, depression and apathy is one of the key mechanisms of keeping a group oppressed.

Fighting to maintain power is costly and risky, but if someone can make people give up hope and stop struggling, then they can do what they want to them.

[–] Acamon@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It was a university degree in the UK , and then I worked for the NHS for a number of years (until I moved to France and a much more relaxing job teaching at a university). I mostly specialised in pediatrics, particularly ASD and other developmental conditions. If I'd stayed with adults I would have focused on Aphasia and acquired language disorders. I found neurology very fun, and the way that damage could reveal the maaany faculties required for effective communication was super intresting to me.

LSVT is certainly well-evidenced and I've seen it be very effective. But it's quite repetitive, so colleagues who did a lot of it sometimes complained of not getting a chance to be creative in their approaches, just having to stick to the protocol.

Dysphagia is a bit scary, but it makes such an incredible difference. Even many years after working with stroke survivors, every time I'm incredibly thirsty I think about the poor folks who were 'nil by mouth' and so desperately wanted a mouthful of water. Having a nurse swab your mouth is really not the same. Doing a swallowing check with them and giving the nurses permission to give them some fluids (even if they had to be weird and thick) completely transformed their day.

Good luck with your studies! It's a very rewarding career!

[–] Acamon@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Social stories can be really helpful for all sorts of things. But it really depends the individual and what their strengths and needs are. I've worked with children with ASD and they've been great readers, but struggled with verbal communication and understanding social expectations. For them having a short focused 'story' that explained how to ask a question in class, or how to share with a friend, can be really helpful.

I've also seen them be effective with adults with learning difficulties. But often that's more because it trains the carers and family members around them. Not only does it fix the language so that the same thing is explained the same way everytime, and in appropriate language, but the process of writing the story and trying to articulate a piece of advice into concrete simple language can help 'normal' people realise how complex the 'simple rule' they want to communicate actually is. "don't talk to strangers" is the sort of advice people give, but what's a stranger, how does someone become 'known', what about a police officer? Or even a waiter?

[–] Acamon@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago (5 children)

Hah ! Speech therapy was what I thought! I used to be an SLT, but you probably know more than me about a bunch of things, because it's been a while...

 

I'm rewatching Babylon 5 and it's putting me in the mood for an immersive game where I get to command a spaceship and blast stuff with lasers or plasma cannons or whatever.

I fondly remember playing Tie Fighter, Elite 2 and Privateer, and I was wondering if there were good games from this side of the millennium? I've tried playing Tie Fighter Total Conversion, but without a joystick I found it very hard to control. I've played some Elite Dangerous, and enjoy a bit of trading, but the combat is a bit too hard for me.

I'm a very casual gamer, and not looking for an mmo, or anything particularly challenging. I just want to zoom around in a spaceship as epic battles rage around me, and have a bit of a power fantasy.

Any suggestions?

 

I'm in a group of friends that are looking for an alternative to basic chat/messager services like Signal (or WhatsApp/discord/etc.) Chats are fine for causal conversation, but when we're doing something more specific and detailed like a watching a season of films together, it's really tiresome to have to read through dozens of messages, with multiple conversations happening at the same time.

A more classic message board / forum style would be better, having indvidual posts and comments and keeping discussions organised. For me, the obvious answer is lemmy, and just making our own communities - but that's got the issue of being public and of hassle of being an extra account and app or whatever for everyone involved (I seem to know too many people who aren't on lemmy yet).

Is there any other alternatives? Easy ways to setup a Web forum? Or decent apps that allow a more message board style of communication for groups? Is there other ways to approach this problem?

 

More of a "waiting while cloud flare verifies my humanity thought" but this is the closest c/ I could find.

 

Recently got an immersion heater and vacuum packer and I've been experimenting with lots of sous-vide cooking. This 'roast' beef (gently cooked for 24 hours then finished on a hot griddle) was great, so smooth and rare with still a lovely browned crust.

 
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Just tried to hide a post (don't like pictures of spiders) and it didn't disappear. It just sits there (like a gross spider) and the only difference is if I click on the menu it now has Unhide as an option. Which also doesn't visibly change anything.

I've tried it a few times, closed and restarted the app. Doesn't seem to make any difference. I've used hide before (but not for a while) and it worked fine, not sure what's changed? Or is it just a glitch?

Edit: solved! Show Hidden Posts had been turned on, so it was working just as intended.

 
 

They slide in nice and smooth now. Wish I'd done it months ago, it was very easy.

 

I've got some smart home devices that need to be setup by another device on the same WiFi network, but it has to be 2.4ghz network. My modern android phone insists on connecting to the 5ghz network and so can't complete the setup.

Currently, I use an old android tablet that only connects to 2.4ghz to get round this, but it's clunky. Previously I've changed the WiFi network to produce seperate ssids for the two bands, but I'd rather not have to switch these settings around everytime I need to modify something.

What I want is a system setting in android or an app that forces my phone to turn off its wireless N capabilities and only use the 2.4ghz band. My searching and reading stackoverflow posts suggest this just isn't possible, but surely that's not true?! It seems like a simple enough option to have!

Tldr : how to force my phone to connect on 2.4hgz WiFi rather than 5ghz

 

I love Southern fried chicken, and I'm pretty fond of waffles (savoury with bacon and maple syrup, or sweet) but I cannot imagine the combination as working at all.

They're both a little dry on the outside and soft on the inside. It feels like they really don't complement or contrast with each other. I'm sure I'd eat it if I had so alternative, but I can imagine how it is a classic American paring. I'd much rather have fries, slaw, or potato salad which all seem to offer a creamy or crunchy contrast.

Am I missing something? People who like it, what's good about it? Is the secret lots of maple syrup? Are the waffles different that usual? Is it not actually that popular? I'm a decadent European, so I can't just go somewhere and try them myself.

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