[-] frank@sopuli.xyz 2 points 12 hours ago

I read this a little bit ago. I enjoyed it! It's chill, and not terribly groundbreaking. But the writing and world building is fun and light. Good read, made me want a cup of coffee too.

[-] frank@sopuli.xyz 22 points 18 hours ago

Your title is hilarious

[-] frank@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 day ago

That was an interesting read.

My takeaway is that there's a bit more extracted caffeine in lighter roasts typically, but that it doesn't have to be that way since you can extract more out of a dark roast?

[-] frank@sopuli.xyz 3 points 5 days ago

Totally agree, and I want the mtg memes you'd provide instead.

On that note, anything mtg on the fediverse that you've found?

[-] frank@sopuli.xyz 8 points 5 days ago

Absolutely, if you're serious about sensory science!

At the large craft brewery I worked in we trained on like.... ~40 attributes? Weekly usually, with taste panel and impromptu trainings most every day.

[-] frank@sopuli.xyz 17 points 5 days ago

Yup! I know, I was an expert taster at a large brewery :)

It was fun! And a little bit ruined some beer for me.

[-] frank@sopuli.xyz 32 points 5 days ago

It's also an off flavor that tasters train for in beer, from water inclusion. It's not good for beer but I don't mind the smell at all

Very beet-flavored to me

[-] frank@sopuli.xyz 95 points 2 weeks ago

This is technically fired, but it's more like quitting. It doesn't perfectly fit this thread but I love telling this story.

A few months into my first real job, the engineers got their raises (not me, I was new). 0%, after record profits, the team busting their ass and working insane hours, and promises of good raises. I think they got some gift cards or something.

One of my coworkers goes back to his desk, packs some stuff, walks to his car, and doesn't come back. He got paid for a full month before they finally fired him. We got a beer after and he was like "oh I don't think I'm gonna go back" in the most Office Space way

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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by frank@sopuli.xyz to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

Hi all!

We're very excited to move to Denmark soon as lifelong Americans. I have a good job lined up, and we're set on a place to live for a while.

Any advice from people who have done it, looked it up, had friends who have done it, etc? Just in general :)

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submitted 1 month ago by frank@sopuli.xyz to c/gaming@beehaw.org

Hi Lemmy!

My partner and I are moving from the US to the EU soon. We both have gaming PCs but they're a bit older, so we're thinking it's a great time to sell them, taking the SSDs, and buying new components there to avoid shipping them.

Any suggestions surrounding it? Maybe there's a good way to pay a little and backup the whole SSDs to the cloud?

I know it's not strictly gaming related but it sorta is? Sorry if this is inappropriate for the community

[-] frank@sopuli.xyz 151 points 2 months ago

Wow, really well said. Extremely important that everyone reads this info above

Edit: thanks for the gold, kind stranger

[-] frank@sopuli.xyz 186 points 2 months ago
[-] frank@sopuli.xyz 120 points 2 months ago

She's a terrible human being, for a variety of reasons, but also she's somehow only 31?? The hate has aged her faster than Palpatine

[-] frank@sopuli.xyz 79 points 8 months ago

Oh man, as a (non structural) engineer I love the saying

"Any asshole can build a bridge, but only an engineer can barely build a bridge"

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submitted 8 months ago by frank@sopuli.xyz to c/formula1@lemmy.world

Sorry for the poor quality. Only twitter screenshots I could find

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by frank@sopuli.xyz to c/formula1@lemmy.world

Sprint race pushed back 20 minutes to allow for a short testing session with new track limits. If the sprint data isn't favorable, they will mandate a 3 stop during the race with 20 laps max per tire

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submitted 1 year ago by frank@sopuli.xyz to c/formula1@lemmy.ml

Hello all--

I'm already missing reddit for r/GrandPrixTravel, so here's a little write-up of my experience in Mexico City last year for the GP.

I've been to COTA, Montreal, Shanghai, Mexico City, Suzuka, and Silverstone for the GPs. Mexico City was absolutely fantastic and one of the best experiences I've had at an F1 weekend.

We went in large part because we were sticker shocked at the GA prices for COTA last year (and this year at that), and said "surely we can fly to CDMX and see the GP for the costs of flying to Austin for the GP." and we could! let's break that part down:

We were lucky and nailed the timing to get a Scott's Cheap Flights from CLT to MEX directly for $279 per person. Typical prices are $400-500 for that route.

We ended up missing the window for seats booked directly through the circuit (which we usually prefer to do) and ended up buying them through Grand Prix Events. We spend $1065 ($533pp) for 2 tickets in Foro Sol Norte (the stadium!).

Hotel was super cheap, and super nice. Just over $90 per night, and we did Friday - Monday (so 3 nights).

Food was also cheap and fantastic. Both at the stadium and just around the city. There's a weird system at the GP: you buy a card, load it with money, then can only spend that to buy stuff. Water was ~$1.50 and beer was ~$4.

Transport was cheap*, since it was all by train. 5 pesos per direction per person (like $0.30). Trains were of course busy, especially after the GP, but it didn't take much longer than normal.

This gives up $946.5 per person for travel, hotel, and F1 tickets, plus whatever food costs. You can definitely do much cheaper there, but for the $1,000 mark it's hard to have better seats from the US.

We mostly did F1 and Dia de los Muertos stuff, but there was a ton to see nearby. For Dia de los Muertos there was a subway station closed near the plaza (where we stayed), so we had to talk one subway stop away. Like any F1 race, we gave ourselves a few hours of buffer so it wasn't a big deal.

As for the race, we had AMAZING seats, got free Checo shirts (to make the crowd look like the Mexican flag in the stadium), cheered a ton (especially for Checo; when in Rome), got bootleg merch for almost nothing right outside the event.

It's a slightly weird one, in that you can only get in to your section with your ticket and can't freely roam around (even on Friday). So you don't see the whole track.

Of course after the GP, we went onto the track to watch the podium and have a beer on track. We walked down the whole front straight, checked out the pits, take photos, etc. All said, a really cool weekend, not horrifically expensive, and a very fun crowd. If you're on the fence, go to CDMX!

*I did get my phone pick pocketed immediately after the Friday session at the train station. A few people bumped into me in a row and next thing I knew my phone was gone from my front pocket. I spend $180 on a cheap random phone in Mexico and restored my backup and was off to the races again (with bad battery life and a terrible camera). That was a bummer; definitely keep a close eye on your stuff in CDMX.

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