I’m not sure I understand why Fluxer’s monetization gets so much hate. It seems to me like it is a built-in way for the people hosting servers to accept money from users.

Correct, 3 cups of coffee in a single day would absolutely wreck my system. :(

If I drank 3 cups of coffee, I would be able to see my pulse. But I guess if I die of a heart attack at 50 then I am much less likely to get dementia?

There are shockingly few new recruits to Starfleet here…

I am so happy to live in a non-HOA neighborhood…

Enshitineers?

Have any evidence of that? The only thing I saw was commentors in that thread (who were obvious AI-bros) claiming it must be AI generated because “it just wouldn’t happen”…

I’ve not seen anyone mention fluxer before, have you been using it long, is it as good as their website claims? Seems strange no one else has mentioned it in many of the discord replacement threads going around if its as good as the website makes it sound.

Their post didn’t sound like they were going to RUN it submerged in alcohol… Just dunking in the alcohol to clean it off. I don’t think mineral oil is going to help clean the parts much.

Yea… Forums were (are) great for something that Discord isn’t great at…

Not might.

I don’t know if this counts, but grease. Especially pepperoni grease, the orange stuff. I will just run my finger through it and lick it off, or sop it up with bread of some kind (garlic knots are great for this).

I dunno, dementia-riddled old fuck’s is not my first choice to run the country. Being bought by donors is bad, but it’s a different problem. Just cause we need to fix one problem, doesn’t mean we should ignore all the other problems.

It feels like all the other corpos are mad and want to sue Valve to force them into enshittification.

I’m all for holding companies accountable - when legal pressure forced Valve into creating a return policy, I was happy for that. But this is a $900 Million nothing burger imo. Publishers are mad they can’t get the exposure and sales numbers on a cheaper platform. Cheaper platforms are mad that they still can’t get people to switch to them by significantly under-cutting Steam. That’s (publishers) customers mad they have to pay a ‘premium’ (basically the ‘market rate’ for the service before epic decided to start under-cutting btw) for a better service and the competition mad that a LOT of (publishers) customers are willing to pay that ‘premium’.

The biggest problem is that even if they fix it, it will take ages for the people that left to believe it is actually fixed. We can’t take MS’s word for it… And even then we will have no trust they won’t just slip right back into this hellscape a couple years (or months) down the line.

Sure, if you want paid-for advertisements. Consumer Reports is hot garbage and nothing will convince me that isn’t because they get paid somewhere on the back side from big daddy corpos. They love to shill brands that make actual trash all the time.

Something to keep in mind, US regulations started in 2012 that significantly limit water and power usage for dishwashers sold in the US. It is likely nothing you can buy today will dry as well as your current one, and they will likely take longer to finish a cycle. Just, be prepared.

For $1200 you should have a wealth of choice. Bosch is decent, but pay close attention to the layout of the tines, esp on the bottom rack, and how they would work with your dishes. If you don’t have pretty flat plates, they won’t fit between the tines easily and it can be a pain. Really though at that price, I would look for Miele or Asko.

I would put an Asko up against basically any home dishwasher sold in this country, with Miele as a close second. The downside to Asko is price. You should be able to find one close to your price point if you shop around, but you will be at their lowest feature model. You still get a killer wash and dry system comparatively, but you might not get all the extra racks and bottle washers and other “bells and whistles”.

Viking is just a re-badge brand, they don’t make shit. Some of their (very expensive) fridges are just glorified Frigidaire models.

it’s just planning to incubate inside us and then burst out of our chests.

Strangely, I think that would be a better use of our collective time and energy than these shitty chat bots.

Hell, even my 3d printer connects to a computer via USB B, if you want/need to connect directly to it.