I think this is really spot on. I wasn’t looking for a “reddit alternative” that “kinda sucks” because it’s not reddit. I was looking for an actual “reddit alternative,” not a reddit clone. And yes, I’ve just been lurking up until now, but so far this seems so much more sane and reasonable. For the time being, at least. Until someone finds a way to turn it into a reddit alternative.

Wow, this is fucking amazing. Thanks for this!

I’m almost always listening to this lo-fi beats channel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6D2p1UYM1Yw

This is a timely thread. I’m trying to ditch lightroom because it’s just way too expensive, but the reason I keep using it is that content aware healing tool. I’m a film photographer and a lot of what I do is get rid of dust from scanning negatives. Do any of these solutions have something similar? (I mean, yeah, I could google it, but maybe someone has some experience to share)

Edit: I just watched a video on the retouch tool in darktable. It seems like an excruciatingly painful exercise to just remove a spot. I may need to just keep giving adobe $15/mth

I’ve been reading the Lonesome Dove series, not in order of publication, but in internal chronological order.

Dead Man’s Walk
Comanche Moon
Lonesome Dove
Streets of Laredo

I would never have thought to read these books, but I was looking for something to read and my current favourite author, Joe Abercrombie, said Lonesome Dove was the best book he’d ever read so I thought I’d give 'em a whirl. I’m so glad I did. McMurty has such an excellent, calm, matter-of-fact way of telling these stories. I’m most of the way through Lonesome Dove at this point. I think that Comanche Moon is one of the oddest, but most authentic books about mid-19th century Western America I’ve ever read. The other thing that stands out to me is that each chapter could really be a short story that could stand on its own without any of the other context that the rest of the book provides. It’s really a masterclass in storytelling. Can’t recommend enough.

•AA benefitted white women more than all other groups COMBINED—plaintiffs never complained about that
•43% of white Harvard students are legacy or athlete students, of which 75% would not be admitted otherwise—plaintiffs never complained about that
•Asians are 6% of the population & 26% of Harvard admissions—plaintiffs never complained about that

I’m just glad it’s over and I don’t have to listen to Hamilton whinging about everyone else’s track limits

I was in Mallorca a few months ago and got a bunch of really amazing regular smoked and smoked sweet paprika to make paella with. Thought I’d try something a little different and found a paella pan I could use on the bbq at the kitchen supply store down the street. I used blood sausage, green chorizo, chicken thighs, and shrimp at the end. A few cherry wood chips while I was getting the rice to soak up the stock, and then when I put the shrimp on for the last 15 minutes, I put a handful of dry chips on and went to town with the smoke. Absolutely fucking amazing. You’re all invited for the next round.

Pretty much freestyled it. I’ll try to see if I can walk you through what I did.

Started with oil in the pan and browned the chicken, blood sausage and green chorizo. Took those out, added a bit of bacon, then diced red pepper and onions. Sauteed, added garlic at the end, because I couldn’t find bomba rice I ended up using arborio, which worked well enough. Once the rice was nice and toasty, I added a can of San Marzano tomatoes, and then some beef stock (I had some frozen and it seemed like it might be the right time to use it, but chicken stock works great, too I’ve since found out). Threw the meats back on the top, added a bit of soaked cherry wood, closed the lid, and let it cook down. Once the rice was almost ready, I threw the shrimp on, a handful of dry wood chips, and got a good smoke going for the last step.

How much of each thing? I guess it depends on the size of your pan. I used about 1.5 cups of rice and then just filled the pan as much as I could with stock.

One thing I’ll say is that regulating the coals when cooking with the lid off is always a bit tough. I had to put the lid on with all the vents closed a couple of times to cool them down so I didn’t burn the pan and everything in it while sauteeing. Otherwise, it’s pretty straightforward. And so goddamned tasty! This has become a Friday night meal for us.

I have used both briquettes and lump and have found lump to be the easiest to regulate the heat. Briquettes get super excited about any contact with air and seem to just take off. As for total cook time, with prep it’s probably about two hours, but once the lid is on after putting everything together, if I keep it at a solid 300 it’s probably about 30 mins for first stage and then 10 or 15 with whatever seafood one puts on top if one is adding that to the mix. Can’t wait to see how it goes for you!