WhiteOakBayou

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WhiteOakBayou,

I took up an instrument for the first time in my late 30s and have gotten okay at it. If I was 8 years old people would nod politely to my parents after my recital.

WhiteOakBayou,

Thanks for the tip about scales. Music theory has been on my mind as something to learn after I get technically good but maybe I should move it up in the batting order.

WhiteOakBayou,

Mandolin. Playing Bach, American folk standards and children’s songs. Started la vie en rose tonight. No original material but it’s been fun to do something I, for a reason I no longer remember, thought was beyond me. My wife loves it. My kids are annoyed that I follow them around like a restaurant mariachi playing the same songs over and over lol.

WhiteOakBayou,

Yes, I’ve never heard a real person use it but I’ve heard it on TV enough to know what it means. I think it’s a boomer expression.

WhiteOakBayou,

That’s an apple and oranges comparison. I don’t think Taylor swift is aspiring to be bjorkin any way

WhiteOakBayou,

I use Fen with no problems as my backup when stremio isn’t working or if I want to watch a legit HD 30gb movie

XMLTV providers

Are there any good websites that host xmltv info that I can just point my addon to? For context I’m using simple iptv with kodi to stream from my tuner card, through nextpvr, to other tvs in my house via the m3u nextpvr generates. I can see utils to create one but was going for just a web address and have been unable to find...

WhiteOakBayou,

Thanks, I ended up doing a version of this. Nextpvr when set up correctly handled everything well. The end result to the original query is there is no free epgs out there that work, Xmltv is the best to generate epgs, and that I lose sight of problems and get obsessed with solutions.

WhiteOakBayou,

If I don’t find anything free that does look like the best option.

WhiteOakBayou,

Friends, Big Bang Theory. Let There Be Blood. Which is odd because I like sitcoms and dramatic movies but sometimes it feels like the time has passed and all of the like memes and expectations surrounding a certain thing make for an insurmountable amount of initialization energy.

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I read the news. Feedly rss reader which opens the articles directly into Firefox with no script, ublock and bypass paywalls add-ons. Very easy to concentrate on the article content when there are no nags or ads on the screen.

How Many Streaming Services Do You Have?

I remember when it was just Hulu for $5 and Netflix for $8. Saved $50 a month from cable. Now it seems we spend more. I have four. Max, Peacock, Paramount and Hulu. Prime doesn’t count because it sucks balls. (Only paying Netflix when next Stranger Things and Squid Game is released). Curious to see what the average...

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Prime but just for the shipping. Hbo max from my phone plan. Never watch anything on either. Get all my media elsewhere

WhiteOakBayou,

Winterize the camper. Maybe drip my pipes

WhiteOakBayou,

something like this maybe. I haven’t shopped for this stuff in almost 15 years and the available options are much better/cheaper than they used to be

WhiteOakBayou,

I made a bunch of drinking glasses. I used a jig to score and hot water to pop it off so it broke smooth and relatively even. Light polishing and there you go. After doing it a while I got the feel well enough to do with beer bottles which I would then drink liquor out of and shatter against the side of my house during bonfires. Unlimited possibilities

WhiteOakBayou, (edited )

I used a jig with a small cutting wheel to score the bottle then heat the score line with boiling ( or near boiling for thinner glass) and then dip it in water to break along the line. Polish with emery cloth or high grit sandpaper. The less delta T between the hot water and the dip water the smoother the cut. Finding your preferred Temps for the thickness of the glass is the art.

Edit: Boiling water

WhiteOakBayou,

Those square ones are harder for me to cut cleanly so good on this candle maker.

WhiteOakBayou,

Excellent recommendation. I loved it when I was young but am I scared to rewatch as I approach (or have reached) middle age.

WhiteOakBayou,

I like the anchor steam which might be wal mart house brand. The pour spout is better than my Pyrex

WhiteOakBayou, (edited )

Cartilagenous I’d say. But the Mexicans swear on it as a hangover cure and salty chewey spicy soup is better than you think. Edit: the soup is called menudo if you’re interested

WhiteOakBayou,

Needlessly dismissive for someone who needs help. Yes he is probably in over his head but who hasn’t been.

WhiteOakBayou,

Enemy Mine is a sentimental favorite of mine

WhiteOakBayou,

Using noscript I approved the sites js, the cdn and jsdeliver. I am also running ublock and am getting no nags. This is on ff mobile for Android.

can I be a Free Software advocate but still use non-free software??

I’m asking this because one time, while browsing the GNU website, I noticed that some of the members’ emails had “gmail” on them!! And I asked myself how would that be possible?? And I think other members of the FSF had Gmail too. Why? Richard Stallman is against Gmail, so why would those memberse use it?? Would that...

WhiteOakBayou,

You can’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good.

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Why? People in my life keep telling me to shop there but it seems like aliex or dhgate stuff they end up showing me.

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