jcarax @ jcarax @beehaw.org

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I'd rather they bring out some nice open back bluetooth headphones. Much better imaging, which is great both for music and shooters, and more comfortable for a lot of us. I just want the convenience of wireless, I don't need ANC.

Maybe Audeze will do it with a Maxwell stable mate.

Too late, I now have "GNU/Linux+Steam" stuck in my neck beard, ready to be spewed forth at every opportunity.

Yeah, I have the same problem in the summer. We do have extreme winters, but very mild summers with lots of dew. It gets down into the low 50's pretty regularly at night, and then 70's and maybe 80's during the day. You might look towards the Wesco Romeo, but water will get in through the goring, and to a lesser degree through the welt if you start walking through puddles, or even too long in wet grass (hours).

If you want something taller, Nicks makes a Chelsea. There are plenty of other GYW Chelseas, but those are the only narrows which is a requirement for me. Others are available from Grant Stone and RM Williams. I'm pretty sure RM Williams has some that are more weather resistant, as does Allen Edmonds (hard to recommend AE at this point), but weather resistance usually compromises repairability. So make sure to research.

There aren't a lot of properly welted romeos, unfortunately. I know one of the Canadian boot makers makes a romeo, but if I remember correctly, it's actually taller like a Chelsea. Georgia Boots makes a lot of romeos, but I don't think any are welted, and if they are, they're probably not going to last.

I'm more likely to just own it, and go out in a Quoddy camp boot, or some sport mocs/camp mocs. I'm dreaming of someone making a 4" romeo moc with a wrapped sole, at this point. I want a slip on that protects my ankles from the briars and nettles.

I think Quoddy released a waterproof hiker, recently, but I lost interest when I saw they don't offer either a 13, nor a narrow, in that model.

I do tend to keep around something replaceable that is more weather resistant. Right now that's some junky waterproof romeos from Huckberry, and some hiking shoes from La Sportiva.

Oh... you might look into Crispi. They're known for hunting boots, and I know the heavier duty stuff is repairable (though not welted). I have a pair of insulated Briksdals for the winter, to hike with my dog through the snow. I know they have some lower and lighter stuff, though the soles tend to be very rigid. I don't know if you compromise repairability for the lighter duty stuff, but their customer service is very helpful.

Sorry, I've searched a lot, and have probably come across some stuff that would suit you. But I have really weird long, narrow feet with a forward arch and wider toes. So I tend to discard things that won't fit, and forget about it.

Oh, and Danner, definitely check out Danner. Not everything they make is welted, but there's a lot of variety, and a lot of it waterproof or resistant.

Moccasin construction can often be resoled and such, look at the likes of Quoddy, Russell, and Rancourt. Unfortunately, they are very much not waterproof, but they tend to be a lot more comfortable and sneaker-like in feel than Goodyear welted boots and shoes. It's a tradeoff I've learned to embrace, but I still have plenty of GYW for work and wet, and some duck boots for the wet and cold seasons where even GYW isn't enough. Once it's winter, it doesn't really matter because nothing is melting in -20F.

I'd trade it all for a forward gesture.

I really don't see the problem with honesty in product marketing, aside from the fact that it should be 100% and not limited to artificial meat products. That said, a ban doesn't seem like the best idea, because it limits your ability to describe the product. How do you describe artificial spare ribs concisely, without being able to say the words "spare" and "ribs" together?

And just because artificial meat isn't indistinguishable from the real thing at the moment doesn't mean:

1. Manufacturers aren't dressing up the packaging in a way that makes it difficult to tell the difference. And not even necessarily in order to be deceitful, but rather to make it look appealing, and get more people to try it.
2. When you're tired, and hungry, and just want to get back home from a shopping trip, you accidentally choose the wrong package because the identifiers don't stand out sufficiently. I can't tell you how many times I've accidentally bought something with artificial sweetener, after staring right at the two options, and registering that I don't want the one.

I wish we could just get past the loud, over the top design language of literally everything. Every time I leave the house, it's an assault on my senses, everywhere I turn.

Time to invest in coffee.

Then we should get rid of Walmart and Amazon, grow the majority of our food locally, and largely deconstruct cities in favor of Main Street America centered on local production of high quality repairable goods.

But I'm sure they'd say no, not like that.

Cops are on such a power trip these days, what a load of bull.

It's why I moved far north, when I came back to the midwest. There have been way too many encounters with with rattlers and copperheads, in my post-midwest life. I mostly just see garter and gopher snakes here, but I guess there are some pretty huge pine snakes.

The Massasauga, just like we have here in Wisconsin. It's just in the far SW of the state, in part of the driftless, so I'd expect it's only far south for Michigan as well. It's a small rattler.

I used to recommend Anolon, but unfortunately they discontinued their enameled cast iron. I much prefer the slightly rough, black enamel style of Staub. I find it sears much better, at the cost of being a bit tricky to keep clean.

You can often find sales on individual Le Creuset and Staub pans on Amazon, bringing them down to around $100. I do have my eye on a Le Creuset skillet that has a black enamel.

All-Clad often has individual D3 pans on sale on their site, and they regularly have factory seconds and packaging damage on sale at https://homeandcooksales.com/. You can subscribe and get notified when they have an event, they don't go overboard with emails.

Don't feel like you need to buy everything at once, or even stick to one brand. You might get a 9" skillet here from All-Clad, see a Fissler Original-Profi sauce pot on sale there. Then decide you want to splurge on a saucier, because a saucier is worth splurging on, from Falk when they have a 15% sale. There's something to be said for having the bulk of your collection from a single brand for the sake of lid interoperability, but there's also something to be said for sniping the best in class for each piece when you find a deal.

Just don't buy sets, it's a sure way to get stuck with pans you don't really use.

Man, I wish I wasn't old and slow.

About 20 years ago. But same, though I mostly gravitated towards Debian.

I want something wireless 75%, so I was looking at the Keychron K2 Pro since I don't want the knob of the Q1 Pro. But I'm leaning Nuphy Halo75 now, for the sake of the 2.4Ghz wireless.

They're releasing an Air75 v2 with QMK/VIA support, which solves the major issue of their buggy software. But I don't suppose their existing keyboards will get that support in a firmware update.

I forgot to turn off the stove with some pork and sauerkraut on low heat, and went out drinking. Many hours later I came back to a smoke filled house, with a pot filled with solid charcoal that ended up in the trash because I just couldn't get it clean enough. I had to trash a couple things in the cabinets above the stove, because I couldn't get the smoke taste out.

More recently, I preheated a pan too much to sear a steak. I always wondered what kind of idiot starts a grease fire, now I know. The avocado oil took about 5 seconds to ignite, and it ended up destroying a splatter screen I'd set on the pan from the rapid temperature change. Luckily I remembered to cover the fire to put it out.

They already did, but they could only afford a RAM-less QLC model with all the cash they're funneling to Trump.

And let's not forget porn.

Seems like every rumor pushes it back.

The good news is, with Pixel 8 they're supposed to start moving away from Exynos design elements. Bad news is, it's probably going to take a few years. Hopefully they replace the cellular radio sooner than later.