I used to have tons of problems with it but for the last 6 months or year it seems to be working fairly well for me.

HiFi folks and coffee folks have active forums outside of reddit and discord.

Quality Director for a multinational manufacturing company

Not specifically certain songs but definitely certain artists. I have to the would library on shuffle sometimes to mix things up and introduce a bit of freshness.

It’s the OS I know how to use. The Thinkpad is a P50 with a Xeon processor and lots of RAM so it runs it easily.

Old ThinkPad with Win 10 Pro, Plex, Plexamp, and several 14TB drives so I can stream my home media library on the go.

Oh yeah, it was completely nuts. More than a few poor choices back then. Now I won’t drive after more than one beer.

Gear Acquisition Syndrome is most common problem in most of the hobbies I have had. Folks need to calm down and work with what they have before diving further down the rabbit hole.

Regarding your driving under the influence thing, I am amazed I didn’t die or kill someone when driving all over the USA while on LSD after Grateful Dead shows back in the 80’s and 90’s.

Well made coffee should not be bitter

Water S; black coffee and tea without milk and sugar are A.

Kia also.

And beer.

Our Japan group’s website is such a complete early 90’s train wreck.

I do moka pot at home every weekend. I would argue that experience is needed to make good coffee. It is easy to make something undrinkable.

Other than that it comes down to personal preference. I believe manual pour over results in a better tasting cup of coffee.

Most poor folks can’t afford a hobby.

Costco’s return policy and extended warranty also make it a much better place to buy higher price electronics

Don’t take on debt if at all possible. If you use a credit card, try to pay it off each month. Don’t get one with annual fees. Get one that has cash back not miles or points.

Learn to make your own coffee instead of buying Starbucks or whatever. A decent hand grind will last for a decade and cost around $50. A no name pour over dripper and filters are a cheap way to make coffee at home. Buy beans and keep them in an air tight container and they will be good for a month.

I deleted all comments and posts when I deleted my account

11 years on reddit. I deleted all comments and posts before deleting my account

I still say “stagger stagger crawl crawl” at random times!