Easter? Easter!

Does anyone else smell burnt toast?

Jehannum wrote: Sun Mar 22, 2026 7:36 pm

The real question is why you'd want to do so.

I have pretty light use of LLMs and I'd rather be able to just run something locally rather than support the growth of the technofeudalists' wealth.

Malkin wrote: Thu Apr 02, 2026 1:56 pm

Cream cheese wontons are a regional food? Really? Can others confirm? I would have never guessed...

I've never heard of it. I think he rest of the country just does crab rangoon.

Alien wrote: Tue Mar 31, 2026 4:14 pm

Demeyere, Staub, le Creuset.

Malkin wrote: Mon Mar 30, 2026 10:15 pm

I'm willing to spend money to get reasonable quality that will last, but I'm not going to spend $1,000 on some sort of professional set.

Jehannum wrote: Fri Mar 27, 2026 5:01 pm

I absolutely loathe LED headlights.

I'm glad that although my current car is high tech, it still uses cheap incandescent, easily replaced bulbs.

So I assumed.
And to cap off the minor feast,

I don't buy large amounts anyway because beef is bad for me and the environment. So maybe in the course of a year I'll make that, goulash, and stroganoff.

Anyway, what's a hearty meal without a decadent dessert? Peanut butter pie:

Got a 3 pound round on sale (because who can afford full price beef) and made a once-a-year dish.
Bouef bourguignon.

It is delicious.

I have tried for several years to grow in my yard.
Verticilium wilt kills it all though

Resistant hybrid tomatoes will survive long enough to produce, but the fruit is small and the yield is low. Not worth the effort.

The TAM was a) too expensive and b) too limited for me to ever consider.
The Cube on the other hand... Got discontinued right before I had saved up enough. Yes, the Quicksilver was a superior machine but damn... the Cube was art.

Ernest wrote: Fri Mar 06, 2026 11:21 pm

I don't think the A series processors currently can handle thunderbolt.

I've also heard it said that they can't handle more than the 8GB RAM. But I don't actually know. Any of you know?

Jehannum wrote: Fri Feb 27, 2026 1:15 pm

did pec flys Tuesday at the gym and now my titties are sore.

Well if you lost some weight you'd stop squishing them in the machine.

tl;dr

I have, under my desk, a PowerBook G4 and two Intel Macbook Pros. There have been weird software and connectivity situations where I've actually pulled them out and used them.

LCGuy wrote: Sun Feb 15, 2026 12:52 pm

All great games, but what kind of “Best Games of The 90’s” list fails to mention the awesomeness that is SimCity 2000? :o

It's specifically Mac exclusives on that list.

I'm by no means a gamer, but I had 5 of the 7.

Still have my print copy and Super Phat Disc.

Thanks to this show being carried on my local classical station I've really been diving into baroque music.
For example, Biber's Mystery Sonatas are an incredible journey, using a wide variety of scordatura to set many different moods.

obvs wrote: Fri Feb 20, 2026 1:05 am

It's weird to think about posting on MAF being 16 and now I'm in my 40s.

Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to hobble on down to get some prunes from my fridge...

Prunes are delicious.