television Television What are you watching right now?
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showerthoughts Showerthoughts Lemmy has so few comments that I am now reading many more articles
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    7 months ago 98%

    It is just nice to be able to comment and have it read instead of buried 3000 comments down after the memes and one-liners.

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  • sciencefiction Science Fiction What is Your Current Wish List?
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    I have to look up a bunch of these ones. Gaiman is excellent and the Ocean book is good but not his best. Mistborn is simply outstanding though and I devoured them. Hail Mary I know about and want it on sale. I don’t recognize the rest.

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    I read those 25 years ago. I gotta say, I was a rather underwhelmed but by all means read Book 1 and form your own view.

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    Science Fiction NBCooks 7 months ago 96%
    What is Your Current Wish List?

    Currently, I have the following books on my wish list that I am thinking about buying. Salvation by Peter Hamilton. I have read everything he has published except his short stories and love them so this is next on my to-read list. Soon I Will Be Invincible by Austin Grossman. Seems kinda cool. Seven Deadly Wonders by Matthew Reilly. It seems like a book in a similar vein as Jurassic Park, Dan Brown, Clive Cussler type stuff. Pernasi By Susanna Clarke. I read her first book nearly 20 years ago and thought it was good. I really like creative sci-fi stuff. I am re-reading the Ninefox Gambit series again currently so this seems right up my alley. Brandon Sanderson Way of Kings Book 3. Yeah, I probably need to start with Book 1 again and catch up. Has anyone read his Secret Books yet?

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    Science Fiction Book Subscription

    Do any science fiction book subscriptions exist anymore with reasonably good quality books? About 10 years ago I was able to subscribe to a year of Angry Robot books for about $120 or $150. It wasn’t a bad deal as I remember I got about 24 books for the price.

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    comicbooks Comic Books Just finished Batman: White Knight...what Batman comics are you all reading?
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    8 months ago 100%

    I just finished that one as well. I thought it was good but not good enough to commit to reading the second White Knight book. I thought Batman Hush Batman Universe, and Batman RIP were much better.

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  • books Books Harlan Ellison Books
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    9 months ago 100%

    Excellent advice. I will review the site!

    I go back and forth on digital, but if it is cheaper than paper in this case, maybe it makes sense if I can find the right collections.

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  • books Books Harlan Ellison Books
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    The local used book store just closed. I will have to travel out a bit further.

    The 35-year retrospective is excellent but not portable for the commute.

    Maybe a road trip is needed or some careful hunting on eBay.

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    Harlan Ellison Books

    What is the best way to acquire readable copies of Ellison’s short stories? Amazon prices look extremely high at hundreds of dollars per copy. By readable, I mean books with font sizes larger than size 6 so a probably editions published after 1990. Is there a better name for these readable non-1970s editions? eBay and thrift books are also good alternatives. I guess I am surprised prices are so high but I guess many of his books are out of print.

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    books Books Have you recieved any books as presents for Christmas - or any other reason just lately? If so, tell us about them.
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    I bought my son 5 different Batman books and we have been reading them together. Lots of fun. I also finally bought Completely Mad (a history of Mad magazine) after wanting to read it for several years so that is on its way.

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  • world World News ‘Youngsters should work 70 hours a week’ ,Narayana Murthy says India’s work culture must change.
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    Voyager NBCooks 1 year ago 100%
    wefwef to voyager?

    When will the app’s name on the screen change?

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    grilledcheese Grilled Cheese what is included in a grilled cheese?
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    1 year ago 0%

    What is your proposal for a definition of a grilled cheese then so we can distinguish from a melt then?

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  • bbq bbq What smokers do you have?
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    1 year ago 100%

    I will never be without a kamado. I love my Akorn for easy of use and temp control. It would be nice to upgrade to a Primo someday.

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    1 year ago 100%

    Those can be awesome paired with a charcoal smoker to add the smoke flavor and then the pellet finishes off a long cook with zero effort.

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    1 year ago 100%

    My 560 kept having massive flare ups after two years of ownership no matter how I cleaned it. You got a great deal but it is not going to last long IMO.

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  • grilledcheese Grilled Cheese what is included in a grilled cheese?
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    Well, I think we want to draw the lines between a grilled cheese and a melt because we are in a grilled cheese community.

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    Grilled Cheese NBCooks 1 year ago 100%
    what is included in a grilled cheese?

    Personally, I think it would be fun to keep the minimum requirements to bread, cheese, butter/mayo and a grillled/heat aspect to crisp the bread. Multiple types of cheese, sure. Pesto, cilantro, dipping in tomato soup, cream cheese, all good. However, I do think the main focus of the meal should be the cheese. If bacon is a accessory for the cheese like one strip then fine. If it is the main point (like 10 slices), then no. Same for chicken, burger meat, turkey slices etc. if you want to be creative and add one slice of bacon, one slice of Turkey, one slice of chicken, then you are overriding the glory of the cheese. The golden rule with a grilled cheese is that you must respect the cheese. Extra ingredients can be included but if they detract materially from the glory of the cheese, you have made a melt.

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    bbq NBCooks 1 year ago 93%
    What smokers do you have?

    I have a new PK300 and an Akorn. I have previously owned a Weber 22”, a Masterbuilt 560, and a Pit Barrel Cooker.

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    android Android Opinion - What are your thoughts on password managers? Do you use one? Would you recommend it to others?
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    asklemmy Asklemmy What's the best Android/iPhone app for Lemmy?
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    Not an official app via the AppStore so I suppose it would be closer to the webpage thing. It is super slick though.

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  • asklemmy Asklemmy What's the best Android/iPhone app for Lemmy?
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    1 year ago 100%

    I have tested all of the IOS apps available and I like wefwef and MLEMapp the best. Both seem intuitive to use and have the handy list of subscribed communities easily available for individual scrolling.

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  • asklemmy Asklemmy Missing Communities?
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    1 year ago 100%

    Basically the community shows up when I search from worlds as over 1k subs but just 9 from vlemmy. I guess that is the number of local subs from each instance?

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    1 year ago 100%

    You are right. Maybe it is an app issue? Let me see if I can figure out how to post a screenshot

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    showerthoughts Showerthoughts If Lemmy and Mastodon continues to get popular, we will eventually get Instance wars.
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    1 year ago 100%

    So I shouldn’t make a post asking which is the best lemmy community under 1k? I am tempted to create like 10 accounts and just hang out in these local “slow” communities.

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    1 year ago 100%

    It would be great as my other account on vlemmy seems faster and loads quicker but is missing stuff!

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    poor teddy and fireworks products

    Fireworks are very bad this year. We tried some kind of brownie that was $5 bucks and supposed calm him and a product called July 3. Both did not work. What is your best product for dogs and calming them during fireworks?

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    asklemmy Asklemmy Anyone else struggling to access sh.itjust.works?
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    asklemmy Asklemmy Email verification from sh.tjustworks?
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    asklemmy Asklemmy Email verification from sh.tjustworks?
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    asklemmy Asklemmy Why start a Lemmy instance?
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    1 year ago 100%

    Thank you all. You are all right that it would be an awful idea for me to start one but I was interested in learning a bit more about why someone would do so. This is very enlightening.

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    Asklemmy NBCooks 1 year ago 90%
    Why start a Lemmy instance?

    What are the pros and cons? For someone who has zero IT background so ELI5.

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    Lemmy.world Support NBCooks 1 year ago 100%
    Change username

    How can I change my username? Thanks

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