You'll be fine, a lot of the shows need to grow, but I think Voyager and DS9 from the gate is pretty solid. However, I agree that DS9 is actually better the more you rewatch. I didn't care too just for it the first time, but on the second watch 💪
Voyager's got that family feel with the cast that you just enjoy being around.
TNG is best to start after season 1. Not saying season one is bad, but it might be harder to get into for a new comer.
Enterprise is good is you like your uniforms tight.
The original series is great to get a lot of the origin information. I guess it's hard for new comers, but I grew up with it, so has a special accepting place in my heart.
Deep Space 9 is my personal favorite for political sci-fi. However, there is the occasional whatever episode. This is best to watch is order all the way through.
I still think that lower decks and strange new worlds can not be fully enjoyed without some other older trek shown under your belt, but it's only a few episodes so you can finish them both quickly.
I abandoned Discovery after season 2 or 3 (I forget) I hear it got ok later on, but idk.
Picard, just watch season 3. I watched the others and then season 3 came out. I forgot about the others.
Cool. A album of all the movie themes could be nice. Greatest hits of start trek.... Star Trek the rainbow album... 🕳️
I wonder if the government still controls the weather?
Season one is alright, I like 5 and 6 actually.
Stranger things season one is the best of that show. Each episode flows great and keeps you going to the next one. It really is a hard one to stop once you start. The later seasons are ok, but never reaching season one greatness for me.
Zootopia has a scene that shows this issue on microwave meals.
The government wants your money and to waste time.
Street fighter 2 turbo on SNES is my jam.
Definitely need to go back a few years for some stock trades ........
No worries, I think the way I write may have caused confusion. Trek on. 🖖
Yes, that's why I picked them up.
? I prefer the original special effects, but that's what I grew up with and it gives me the most comfort. I think the only way to watch the original is with the blurays at this point.
Back in the day prime used to have both available for streaming, but the golden era has ended.
If you want the highest quality video and audio the Blu-ray is the best you can get.
I think you can do some settings related to transcoding per user account. Maybe that will help.
Looking at the moon is always fun.
Yes. If you read Dracula, Dr Van Hellsing explains all this and many other interesting things...
Let's see him survive the Friday night dinner rush or those late customers coming in right at closing time.
Nice, been waiting for this as I abandoned Discovery once her story was over. I view it as a TV movie or basically a long double episode.
I don't place my speakers in the right spots, but luckily (like Sonos and others) room correction software really helps with this. Especially after A1Evo.
Soundbars are a great solution really, I never understood the negativity towards them. It's all I recommend to my friends as I know they are unable to comprehend what a receiver is and then what speakers to get and let's not go into subs.
I didn't read much yet, but does private space have support for a separate VPN connection? That's why I use work profile, I have it for my tailscal connection to my media servers back home when I'm away, but don't want to drop off my main VPN. So the work profile allows for this.
YesPlz beans
The best and most fun coffee subscription service — a no corners cut bag of the best fresh roasted coffee delivered to your door.
Trying out their blend and just opened my first bag. It's their 295 mix. I like it, lite and easy to drink It tastes like coffee. Did an aeropress brew and will try V60 next time. I will say the beans gave off an interesting smell that made me nervous about how it would come out, but all is good.
I never heard of this place, but it was recommended in another post. I'll likely keep the subscription, at least for another few bags to see how it goes.
What's in your cup this week?
I'm doing a blend of Kona from a local store and whole food Kenya. It's a 70/30 of Kenya to Kona and taste great. The Kona alone I got taste and looks like really dark soil after a brew, so I picked a lite roast to see how it would go and I'm happy.
I haven't had too many Kenya coffees, but if you have a whole foods nearby this one tastes good to me.
(Solved) Unable to install 2.6.1 Google Play
I'm having trouble getting the latest update for the Android app 2.6.1. is it working ok for everyone else?
Stumptown Coffee Videos
I've been watching a bunch of the stumptown coffee brewing videos on YouTube. They are another great starting point for all of us. I tried their V60 and aeropress recipes and the coffee came out good. It tastes like coffee. Lol
Anyway wanted to share in case someone hasn't seen them. Enjoy
Media Skipping after recent releases
My Google TV picked up the latest versions of the jellyfin app and now a few of my 4k movies are no longer working as expected. I'm getting pauses and it looks almost like a buffering issue. I checked with my NAS and see network to the TV to be around 9MB/s which is fine for a wired connection. I used to be on wifi, but started having the same issue there after the update so I loved to a wired connection. Some 4k movies are good over wired, but some are in buffering hell.
Am I alone with this issue ? Idk. I ordered a 1gb USB adapter for the tv as a last attempt to validate it isn't the network connection. Will be here this weekend and will update with the results from that.
--- Got to tv on GB ethernet and I see it pulling the file at around 50MB/s which is great, but no difference. Maybe I did something wrong on the encode... Not sure. Let me try a re-encode of the movie... Idk
Hario Drip Kettle Air
This little kettle is perfect for beginners or travelers. It’s durable and heat resistant. Perfect for brewing small batches of coffee. The material is very lightweight and gives the user more control over the pour stream. This kettle is tiny and can fit in any cabinet, drawer or camping bag. ...
I recently picked up a V60 to take a stab at pour over at home. I was getting ok drinks out, but my pour control was all over the place. It was too fast and not very accurate as I was using my existing hot water kettle.
I hate replacing things that work and I didn't want to get a new kettle just for coffee making. I started looking for some small kettle options where I can put my hot water on and pour out. A lot of the products in this category are either too affordable where the handles come off or too costly. I was hesitant to get the Hario Air due to Hoffman's review, but it really seemed to check all my boxes.
After making a few cups, it is amazing. I can't get as close to the grinds as a normal kettle, but I'm not to far. Control is great, but the neck thickness causes me to bump the V60 sometimes, need more practice. At any rate, I love this and it's easy to store in the cabinet when not in use.
TLDR: Great product if you have an existing hot water kettle you don't want to replace just to make pour over.
Crooked finger print sensor
I was sitting in my car the other day and was able to tilt my phone just right under the sunlight to see the two sensors under the screen. This is a pixel 7. I noticed that the finger print sensor was crooked while the top sensor was pretty straight. It got me thinking for all the people with issues against the finger print sensor, I wonder if theirs is more mis aligned, or maybe this is unrelated.
I check the photos on iFixit and the sensor looks straight there, but it's getting the back. Anyway, would be interesting if others could take a look at their sensor to see if this is a common thing.
Took a photo with my flashlight and modified it on Snapseed to make it easier to see. It is possible this is normal, but never know. !
Starting Grind Settings Chart
I'm wondering if we should start a sticky post which contains everyone's collection of Bean/Grinder+Setting/Brew method information as a reference. It's always good to have a nice starting point.
I will update as comments come up.
| Bean | Grinder | Settings | Brew | |:----------:|:---------:|:---:|:---:| Speckled Ax - Early Bird | Encore ESP | 20 | Aeropress 11g - 200ml Speckled Ax - Bird Dog Espresso | Encore ESP | 23 | Aeropress 11g - 200ml Speckled Ax - Early Bird | Encore ESP | 21 | V60 15g - 280ml Light Roast | Fellow Opus | 4.5 | Moka Pot All | Encore | 16 | V60 Light Roast | Encore | 18 | Chemex - 1 cup Light Roast | Encore | 20 | Chemex 32g - 2 cups Light Roast | Encore | 22 | Chemex - 3 cups All | Jaffee J1 | 30 clicks | Switch 20g - 300ml
Aieve Silicone Coffee Hopper Bellow
When I placed the order for a new Baratza Encore ESP, I also picked up this bellow for the hopper to push the left over grinds out of the machine. I posted a picture of the grinder earlier this month.
After two weeks of use, I needed to clean the grinder since I'm switching from flavored beans to non, there were no grinds in the machine. Sure there are some fines on the burrs that need to be brushed off, but not much. I'm impressed with this product and recommend it for anyone that has this grinder.
You can actually see the left over grinds fall into the bin when you press the bellow. Works great especially if you do the water spritz to minimize static.
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Parent's Bitter Coffee
At visiting my parent's this holiday weekend I tired to gently tell my parents that their coffee brew is very bitter. The response I get back is something like, " I like it strong."
I wasn't too sure how to respond, but then they told me my coffee is to watery. 🤔 I told them it's not that is watery, but it's a light roast and not bitter tasting.
So my question is how do you convince someone that bitter coffee is not good coffee? I might bring my scale next time to help measure and perfect the coffee brew there. Maybe even see about cleaning their been grinder, which I think has never been cleaned.
Oh well.
Update: Thanks for all the tips and thoughts. I agree with basically everything posted here and sorry no butter (I fixed the title)
Brave using network when idle
I wanted to try out the desktop version of the Brave browser. Its setup according to the privacy guide directions and I have sendoff usage data disabled, but if I open the browser sitting on the home page, windows is reporting 100KB ofdataa going out every 5 or so seconds.
Running the same test with Edge, no network usage is reported.
The only extention on Brave is bitwarden, which is also installed on edge.
Any thoughts? This is the IP it is sending to: 104.18.12.33
Edit: on reboot of process, I see the hostname: ec2-35-163-26-5.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com