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Cake day: June 10th, 2023

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  • What baffles me is, how can someone who leads a media company be so out of touch with reality and current events ?

    Fellon Muskolini is defaulting on rent, created a literal toxic environment by cutting janitorial and cleaning services, stifled Google Cloud and AWS - two services he needs to keep the site working, destroyed the value of the company, made fun of a disabled Icelandic national hero, and this is just skimming the surface. Now /u/Spez come in public to say he admires all that incompetence ?

    There’s being oblivious and then there’s… whatever alternate-world insanity that goes inside his peanut brain.

    I was pretty fed up with Reddit and the many site issues and instabilities they were having in the last couple years, not to mention the level of discussions that had deteriorated significantly in the same time-frame. I had already stopped visiting, even deleted bookmarks to Reddit, all in favour of hanging out on Mastodon.

    I’m glad I did, because Mastodon opened my eyes to the sheer beauty of the Fediverse. Heck, I’ve been mucking around the Internet since nineteen-ninety-seven, and this federated stuff really brings back a little bit of that magic network of yore, full of weirdness and exploration, with actual discourse. The only thing missing are the “under construction” GIFs.



  • This is why I love my Espresso machine so much. It’s a modern one, but:

    • It has a physical, mechanical switch that makes a satisfying “CLACK” when I turn it on
    • Selection of single/double shot espresso/capuccino/latte is done by a rotary knob
    • Separate (non-capacitive) buttons for continuous pour of coffee/steamed milk

    Sure it has a micro, but it’s function is to monitor temperature and allows preparation of beverages only when it’s at the appropriate temperature.

    Oh, and it doesn’t use wasteful capsules. It uses a regular socketed filter holder that takes regular ground coffee.

    If it ever breaks, I’m pretty sure it’ll be easy to fix with the junk I have at home. Clearly a machine designed by people who loves coffee and respects their customers.