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on Smoke what? · c/weedtime · 2 pts · 11h

Yes, Texas definitely has the best brisket. Not a ton of pork though, which is unfortunate.

Per capita? Highly doubt it. Would imagine smaller Great Plains / Southern states have more smokers per capita.

Yeah I’ve done that in a few cases where python is the better tool for the job (pulling new data, cleaning up in a consistent way, and generating reports), but it’s not a great solution for certain workstreams. Especially if you are collaborating with other people who aren’t tech savvy

I’ve tried a bunch of spreadsheet programs. They are all painful to use compared to excel.

Sure, you can type up some basic calcs in LibreOffice or Numbers or whatever, but none of these could replicate the stuff I do daily for work in excel unfortunately.

That said, the lack of suitable alternatives did get me to learn Python for personal use. And that opened up a whole new world for things I do at work too. Things that would have been a headache in excel are a couple lines in Python. It’s great (obviously very different use cases from typical spreadsheets)

Oh I’m not talking about those gambling sites. That’s just my personal view on the odds for this race.

Lot of support for Talarico - I’ve seen maybe 30+ Talarico signs for every Paxton sign (I’ve seen only one Paxton sign so far…)

But I just still think the guy with an R next to his name will win.

I’ve used GIMP in the past. I don’t understand it, but it’s free and can do stuff so I’m not going to complain.

But I’d also say that using/being good at GIMP is solidly not “normal” lol. And being on Lemmy is even less normal, so here we are.

on Anon reads Don Quixote · c/greentext · 1 pts · 7d

Spanish is incredibly easy to pronounce though? There are only a couple things different than English and none of those differences are relevant for Rocinante. It’s also consistent in pronunciation, unlike English.

on Elon solves chess · c/microblogmemes · 6 pts · 9d

It’s not a technicality. We’re discussing whether chess is a “solved game” or not.

That’s a much different standard than whether Stockfish can reliably beat Magnus Carlsen. Of course the engines are better than humans. They have been for a long time at this point.

Chess is not a solved game. If there was a bot that could provably always draw, that would mean it’s solved (as a draw). To be clear, I’m not saying that the bot would just have a perfect drawing record - I’m saying that it literally could never lose, even when playing against the absolute best possible moves.

Eh I always end up with fines and they really bother me.

There are definitely quality levels of filter brewing too. From cheap drip machines that don’t get to the right temperature to really fancy drip machines can effectively simulate a pourover.

Just depends what you like really. Would say that a $20 French press setup will almost certainly produce better coffee than a $20 drip machine, but a better comp is a $20 pour over setup imo.

Idk how you are estimating the “coffee equivalent”, but I’ve found that the generic caffeine estimates for a cup of coffee are too low.

Would recommend looking up how much caffeine is in the amount of beans you use. Caffeine extraction is practically 100% in water.

I think typical estimate is 90-100 mg caffeine in a cup of coffee. With my coffee/water ratio, I think it was ~20% higher. And then the mug I use was much much bigger than a “cup”.