khannie

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

What you're missing is that after Brexit the EU is desperate to appear to citizens that they're listening and this would be such an easy win that yeah, I really expected them to not only listen but actually get their fingers out of their collective arseholes and do something about it.

Blah blah funding. Sure, start by targeting games that sell over X units or Y euros in revenue.

If the article is correct then it's a massive missed opportunity.

[–] khannie@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

I like to nibble the occasional onion but this one definitely didn't feel like an onion unfortunately.

[–] khannie@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

SBU > FSB 🌻🌻

[–] khannie@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Can't recommend it highly enough. I've done two listens fully through despite only discovering it about two years ago. More are definitely on the cards.

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

Incredible summary. 10/10.

[–] khannie@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

High five from the far side of the Atlantic at 1:36am and not entirely sober ✋

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

Right.... Well that's some insight. Thank you . I heard a rumour that it was down to it being popular during a war where cocoa was in short supply but that makes sense too.

[–] khannie@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago (3 children)

There is. That's fair, and some of it was decent and that's not to say that all American chocolate is bad because that would be stupid of course, as you say. And I'm sure there's top notch American chocolate. Of course there is.

But, the dominant chocolate, the one that foreigners associate with the US, was shite IMO. That's all.

And tbh I do like an oul' mackers. I wouldn't call McDonald's the Hershey's of burgers.

This is all subjective and I'm not being a cunt. I just was expecting sparkles in my mouth and I got.... Hershey's.

[–] khannie@lemmy.world 15 points 3 days ago (9 children)

Try chocolate that wasn't made in America...

I'm actually very fond of the US but the chocolate is absolute filth, sorry lads. I was so excited to try Hershey's and holy moly was it an earth shattering disappointment.

[–] khannie@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago

Consistent with their more ecumenical views

I.... Can't help myself....

[–] khannie@lemmy.world 51 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

My french friend told me that the dairy farmers once protested by dumping a massive amount of milk on the streets of Paris one time. Apparently the smell was..... Well you can imagine.

The French know how to protest.

[–] khannie@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I have both on my way home from work conveniently, but the Lidl is handier so I use that and not so much the Aldi, but I thought I might be missing some hidden gems. :)

 

I'll get it started. I just had Aldi noodles for the first time and they were pure shite.

So....Lidl is better for cheap noodles (the 5 pack ones are very decent at only 30c a pack in the 5 pack).

Aldi has a far better frozen section generally IMO.

 

I mostly use the deck in desktop mode recently as my laptop died and I have it hooked up to a dock with monitor and keyboard.

I'm having a bunch of networking issues lately. Basically the network becomes incredibly unstable after some time and a reboot fixes it. Restarting networking through systemd does not fix the issue. Same with disable / enable networking in the dropdown.

Ping is going as high as 10,000ms where after a reboot it's 14ms and I'm getting 5-15% packet loss.

The router is about 7 metres away (22 feet or so).

I do suspend quite a bit. System is fully up to date. Just rebooted and now it's fine.

 

Please sign if you haven't already.

EU petition

UK Petition

 

This is just for fun, but it looks like 1M will be reached if the last week is anything to go by (over 40K signatures in the last 12 hours so if anything it's speeding up).

So....Place you time and date below. Winner gets bragging rights!

edit: Don't forget to add a timezone to your guess

 

It only appears occasionally. I have no alarms set, no timers, stopwatch etc. running.

Android phone. Searching got no joy.

Update: it was a scheduled message in signal. Didn't want to send my bestie memes too late at night. It does use the actual alarm icon though, weirdly.

Thanks everyone for your help!

 

“CRACK the right egg and get 1% off for every year since nothing of note happened in Tiananmen Square on that fateful day,” confirmed the welcome screen on consumers’ Temu apps today, as the Chinese discount online marketplace of stuff that you’ll end up throwing away sought to mark the anniversary.

 

Formerly "nanny's chicken stew" but this is my variation on it and I've been cooking it long enough that it's a decent variant.

Stew ingredients (large family - 2 adults and 4 kids so adjust to your needs):

  • 5 Chicken legs
  • Rosemary
  • Thyme
  • Whatever veg you have / is on offer, mine included:
  • 3 onions
  • 4 cloves of garlic
  • 2 large parsnips
  • 6 carrots
  • large bowl of frozen peas, defrosted (by volume I'd say about 450ml / a bit less than a pint)
  • about 750g / 1.5lb of potatoes, skin on
  • 6 spring onions (only added these as they were on their last legs)
  • head of broccoli
  • 1 or 2 stock cubes to taste
  • Salt (I use the low sodium variety)
  • Pepper
  • Fresh parsley to garnish if you have it (I never do).

I will always use whatever veg is in season and cheapest though. Other frequent visitors include leeks, cauliflower and turnip, occasionally celery.

Stew Method:
Put the chicken legs in enough boiling water to cover and then some (usually ~1 per person you're cooking for) with the rosemary and thyme and very low simmer for an hour or more to get stock and cook the chicken and soften the rosemary.

While you're waiting on the chicken, prep the veg. Everything should be cut / diced small enough that it can fit on a spoon along with something else. Potatoes would be the largest cut for me.

Take out the chicken legs and start adding veg based on how long it takes to cook. In my case the first things to go in was the parsnip. Last was the broccoli and defrosted peas. Fry the onion and garlic until soft and lob them in relatively late.

I tend to be a little rushed on getting the carrots in on time so after I've diced them I steam them in the micro for 2.5 minutes just to soften them a little.

Let the chicken legs cool and using a fork remove the skin, then fork at the meat to get it off the bone. Some care is required here to avoid taking non-meat but you get good at it over time. Add the chicken meat back in near the very end.

My mum (AKA "nanny") thickens with cornflour near the end (mixed to a thin paste in cold water then added to the stew) and always adds fresh parsley at the end. I don't bother with either. edit: She also adds nutmeg into hers.

Brown soda bread scones:
400g wholemeal flour
100g white flour (you can change the 4:1 ratio for more white if you want them fluffier)
1 tsp of baking soda
Pinch of salt
~425ml Buttermilk (you can sour normal milk by adding either vinegar or lemon juice and stirring if you don't have buttermilk).

Scones Method:
Wholemeal flour in a large bowl, sieve the white flour on top, sieve the baking soda in, add salt on top.

At this point you need to put your hands into the flour and mix it by lifting and dropping through your fingers trying to get more air into it.

Make a hole in the middle, add the buttermilk. Mix, but only enough to get consistency. No kneading like with yeast breads.

It should be fairly sloppy.

Plop it out onto a floured board and flatten to about 2cm / 0.75 inches thick. Use a relatively wide glass and cut scones (push, twist, lift) or if you're fancy and have a cutter, great. :D

Put each scone on a well floured baking tray. The dough should be sloppy enough that they just fall out of the glass into your hand.

In the oven at 180C (fan) which google tells me is 355F for 22-25 minutes or so until golden brown. Add some extra temperature if no fan.

If you want a soft crust, cover with a damp teacloth after taking out of the oven. I like them crusty so don't do this.

Let them sit for a few minutes and you're done.

I would get 2 dinners for 6 out of this for comfortably under 15 euro (or one dinner and lunches etc) which is about $17 USD. It's obviously incredibly healthy and really delicious.

 

A-50 confirmed damaged. Suchomimus seems convinced that this was their last remaining fully operational one.

 
 

And how much of a passion project is it for you?

 

US states by population data (you'll have to do a little work to sort).

New York City population - estimated 8.4M in 2024.

The only states it's lower than are:

  • Virginia
  • New Jersey
  • Michigan
  • North Carolina
  • Georgia
  • Ohio
  • Illinois
  • Pennsylvania
  • New York
  • Florida
  • Texas
  • California
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