You are welcome to teach from your list of ML books and I am welcome to choose if I attend your class. What is profound to one person may not interest another and vice versa.

I can strongly recommend some Anishinaabe novels but that does not mean everyone has to read them.

If everyone jumped off a cliff, would you too?

That shared cultural experience can be a benefit, but even niche works can have that same feeling among small groups. Assuming your list is better than mine is egotistical.

Who decides what is required? That doesn’t make any sense. You can recommend awesome books to your friends (have you read Meditations by Marcus Aurelius?) but they are not compelled to do so.

If I see books on your recommended list that I either liked or hated I may be more or less inclined to read your recommendations, but calling a book a “must read” is egotistical.

I would love my data to be discarded. Freeloaders!

Hey I saw a red lobster today, they’re still here. 3 kinds of shrimp for $22!

I skip the RSS and just buy the local paper.

Like skibidi

I read that as “law slut”

Undersink filter with a dedicated drinking water tap. Removes the chlorine taste that is probably what makes you think salty. You can get the whole setup for $75 and install it yourself. The filters are $40ish and last 6-12 months.

Some fridges have cold filtered water taps built in.

I started rinsing the grounds catcher with hot water every time and that does a good job of preventing buildup there, but the upper gets a deep clean annually and that keeps it from looking too gross.

Mine is a Capreso Infinity and it’s 12 years old. I’ve had to replace the thermister that regulates motor heat four times now, roughly every three years. No other issues, still grinds great.

Yeah the world moved from Craigslist to marketplace before I did. I found out the hard way when nothing was selling.

One thing I like about marketplace is you can view someone’s profile to see if they are an actual human that lives near you.

Food that is actually spicy. I know it is available at some locations on earth, but I do not live within 500 miles of any of them. The only place near me that even offers a legit hot sauce is a food truck and that one is still a bit tame.

I’ve never seen sourdough French toast at a restaurant and it is literally the best bread to use. The texture holds up well to the egg dunk and the funky sourness complements the otherwise cloyingly sweet dish. Even better, instead of syrup I use salted irish butter, making it a savory dish with a hint of sweet cinnamon.

I’ve had apple butter single serve tubs at diners. It’s not as good as homemade but I can and have had apple butter biscuits at a diner.

That’s not just bad, it’s Fort Wayne bad.

Windows ME ftw.

Is your grain bill higher in protein, such as wheat or rye? You could drop a gas-x in during the boil to act as surfactant and reduce the stability of the foam for such brews.

Lower tension for the win. I play almost exclusively acoustic now so tension is higher.

On top of all the great sleep hygiene stuff here, taking magnesium at bed time can help.