nicgentile

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[–] nicgentile@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

I would imagine bracing for impact. When the market tanks, as is inevitable, he will be bargain hunting.

[–] nicgentile@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Thanks for this.

[–] nicgentile@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Author here of sorts. Obsidian.

[–] nicgentile@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

They will. It works in their best interests. Soft power is king.

[–] nicgentile@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

I've had the privilege of driving Asian, European and American cars on three continents. Currently in America and I drive a European car.

While different cars for different purposes and different situations, on a general scale, European wins in the quality department, it's a toss up for reliability between European and Asian, with Asian tilting the scales, performance, again a toss up between European and Asian, and Europe tilts the scales here.

I could go on, but when I lived in Europe and having seen what America has to offer, it would mean America would have to do better, offer smaller vehicles that are practical, reliable, economical and good looking, all of which they currently cannot offer domestically.

That being said, China is going to destroy everyone when it comes to EVs. You may not like them, and they can be gimmicky but dang, those rides are sweet.

Just my opinion.

[–] nicgentile@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago

The "wolf warriors" used to come in hot a.f.

[–] nicgentile@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Not a European, but a well traveled person who has drunk beers in Kenya, Ethiopia, South Africa, Botswana, Senegal, UK, Poland, China, and the UK, as well as drunk beers from Belgium, Germany, Czech Republic etc, I stopped drinking beer when I drunk American beer. Sure, there are some good microbrews, but holy moly, there are some questionable things that pass for beer in America.

[–] nicgentile@lemmy.world 17 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm not a lawyer but does this not set a precedent for others in the same predicament to follow?

[–] nicgentile@lemmy.world 17 points 3 weeks ago

Politically, this was a key proponent in creating and managing difficult alliances with African, Asian, and South American countries. China, and potentially Russia and India have been waiting for this splinter. They will flood the markets with cheaper generics and people will adapt. This will be a power play America will never recover.

[–] nicgentile@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago

Saw this and my mind played this song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fvhLrBrPQI

[–] nicgentile@lemmy.world 35 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Dang. Had no clue Japanese planes couldn't fly over land.

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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by nicgentile@lemmy.world to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
 

So this is what I have found as a working solution

Boil about a quarter cup of water. It must be as hot as possible.

Add a heaped tea spoon or two (depending on your preference).

Let it steep for a few minutes, the filter/sieve.

You end up with black liquid as indicated.

I top mine off with hot milk.

That's it. That is what is working for me.

Thanks for the tips.

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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by nicgentile@lemmy.world to c/coffee@lemmy.world
 

My default coffee making is to heat milk, add coffee and steep it for a couple of minutes before I sieve it and voila.

This does not seem to work for this coffee. I have tried water, boiling it with the water or milk and it simply will not mix. What am I missing?

Edit: I know about grinding, I have a burr grinder, a French press and I know the various ways to make coffee. None of the methods I know, work.

Burr grinder = bar grinder. I made that mistake.

 

What makes this your car?

 

Hi,

I've selfhosted Grav for two years going to three, but I want to move on to something else. I am looking for a flatfile CMS. I have experimented a bit and the best I found so far is Automad, but it isn't quite there. What alternatives can you recommend? PHP is where I am leaning.

Thanks.

Edit: Given my unclear query, I have struggled themeing. It has always been a pain and for whatever reason, documenting is somewhat unclear.

 

This is test art work from an upcoming project.

 

This is test art work from an upcoming project.

 

This is test art work from an upcoming project.

 

This is test art work from an upcoming project.

 

Above is one of my 2 year old nephew's favourite channels. He watches them everyday. For his parents who work from home, it's the greatest thing. If an ad comes up, he cries and they know something is up.

However, they are clicking the ok button on the TV far too often per video cause of this.

They run that 90+ sponsored content so frequently it's become crap. I've seen Land Rover ads, the one above is a house, and the most annoying is when they run other cartoons like Thomas the Tank Engine or something. If the kid wanted that, no problem. But right now the singing cats are his jam. Cars, property? Someone is paying actual money to get ads in front of 2 year old kids?

Tell me this isn't a scam.

 

I've hit rock bottom on this. I want a basic ~$20+ per hour job where I answer calls, chats, emails and help people with whatever they need from home. I don't mind working nights, long hours, overtime, holidays, I have basically nothing to do.

I have experience, I have technical skills, customer support skills, I have led 2 teams, switched to data entry, but the last close to 100 applications have led me nowhere. I imagined it would be easy to get into Amazon support or something like that, but dang, I am not getting anywhere. All I see are bait and switch jobs to sell insurance, or travel agency stuff, or benefits or some sort of MLM.

I got into CloudWorkers with the hopes it is some sort of legit cause I am in deep crap.

I have 2 - 3 weeks where I need to figure this one out, and this in the end of the second month looking for work.

Seriously, why is it this hard?

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