Precisely. I live near Yosemite National Park, and it would be an absolute disaster if there were enough hotels, campgrounds, and amenities to meet the demand. The demand FAR exceeds its capacity for tourists, but it would destroy the very reason for that demand if that actually happened.

So what did they do? Set rules for the number of tourists allowed in the park per day, and stuck to it.

Categories such as “education” are useful for limiting access for specific groups of devices. For example, if one class has a particularly mischievous group who keep going off task from their devices, rules can be created to whitelist certain categories, and only pass traffic that are in these more straightforward categories. Just FYI.

I work in K12 IT, and the reason is that all manner of categories are defined for both blacklisting and whitelisting when creating content filter rules. So while “education” would not be used for blocking, it would be useful for rules to apply to specific defined groups or devices which can only access specific categories (such as education). Just FYI.

Yes, that patented “Sure-Align” neck joint is one of the best features that drew me to the SC series initially. It’s great. I also love the neck profile - it’s very much like the electric guitars I’m accustomed to. It’s a fantastic instrument.

I mean, is there such a thing as a silent electric coffee grinder? I think I can live with it…lol.

My primary observation is that Baratza sells replacement parts for their grinders, and the parts are interchangeable in the Sette series, which I think is really cool.

Happy caffeinating!

Very nice. Did it come with those bellows, or was that aftermarket?

I also have the Virtuoso+, which was my first step beyond the blade grinders I had always used, and it’s a big upgrade. You’re going to really notice the difference in brews. Congratulations!

I did see this: Baratza single dose hopper with bellows. I don’t have one, but that may be something I get later. I suppose a bellows might be decent at getting the last bit of coffee out of the burrs. It’s not too expensive, so perhaps I’ll give it a try…

That’s the first guitar my parents ever got me - a 1983 Aria Pro IIrs “Wildcat.” Made in Japan (in the famed Matsumoku factory), it’s a Strat copy with dual humbucker pickups, and a push-pull volume knob that will coil-split either, for a good single-coil sound as well. For an inexpensive instrument (I think it was around $200 in 1983) it’s very well built. That’s why I’ve kept it all these years…

Time After Time is underrated. Mary Steenburgen and Malcolm McDowell. McDowell, playing H.G. Wells, invents the Time Machine, and then Jack the Ripper uses it to go to the future. H.G. Wells follows him to stop him, and he meets Steenburgen in “modern” times (the then-current 1980’s.)

Fun movie - a sci-fi thriller, I guess you’d call it.

Thanks. I’m fortunate to live in the area, and just happened to be able to pull over and take this one. Not too bad for handheld, I think.

Thanks - I’ve never been to Maine before, so this was a fun trip. It was a bit cloudy when I was there (although not raining), and the colors weren’t as vibrant as they could be, so I made a choice to develop in black and white. But, here’s on in color, from the same day…

Sadly, the article is mistaken (in terms of “failing”). They started an athletics program where none existed before, so they more than made up for lost academic students and replaced them with student athletes. New enrollment spiked so high, in fact, that hey actually had a housing shortage due to too many students, and had to provide emergency housing off campus in local hotels.

His plan worked for its intended purpose- to scare away any LQBTG identifying (or even LQBTQ tolerating) students and staff, and replace them with less tolerant people.

I had left a review on the App Store warning users that Memmy is still broken for any instance that uses late v18 or any v19. The dev responded that they would issue a fix soon.

Still, since I needed something that works, I tried a few of the many Lemmy apps. Voyager is nice, but Avelon is the only app that stays in portrait while I scroll lying down, so that’s what I’m using presently.

I’m enjoying Memmy right now. My only gripe is that I’d love to see in-app orientation lock. It’s the one feature of Apollo that made me go for their lifetime purchase. You could easily set portrait mode for reading while lying down (I do this a lot - browsing while prone on the couch or in bed), and it would auto-rotate to landscape for videos, but stick to portrait for everything else (articles). I don’t know how Christian finally managed it (it took quite a while before he implemented it), but it worked great. The old Reddit “Antenna” app had it first.

But other than that, great work. I’m really enjoying the ‘swipe to navigate’ which allows it to feel a lot more like Apolle for now. Thanks for all of your hard work, and I hope you’re enjoying a break from it for now.

Cheers.

I’ve used so many picks over the years, but fairly recently, I’ve switched to the 1.5mm Classic Standard pick from Gravity Picks.

I bought a GHS Pedal (the Bonsai), and they shipped a Gravity unpolished standard pick with it. For some reason, I used it on whim, and I was hooked. I ended up buying custom picks from them, and always the Classic Standard 1.5mm unpolished. There’s something about the unpolished edge which gives me just enough bite, on either my acoustics or electrics.

Of course, as I’ve gotten older, I no longer like particularly flexible picks, which I used to favor as a younger player. As my picking technique has improved, I’ve found that non-flexible picks just work better for me, and the tone I like. And Gravity Picks just give me that. If you haven’t used them before, they’re worth trying, if you like thicker, less flexible picks.

Yes, they’re expensive. But, so worth it. Well, works for me, anyway. Cheers.

lol. Actually, that’s my son’s room that I turned into my mancave when he left for college. I’m just too lazy to repaint it…. :)

Heh. Entirely unintentional (I think - maybe it’s subconscious?). In 1990, I originally ordered a Clapton Strat in Midnight Blue, but it was taking so long I asked what they had in stock, and they had that Frost Red one, so I took that instead. I really wanted a blue Rickenbacker, but couldn’t find one on Reverb that I like (no chips or wear), so I ordered new from Sweetwater, and I liked Fireglo better than Jetglo or Mapleglo. The Ultra Strat - I really wanted an ash body, and that was the nicest color in the series with an ash body. I guess the red theme just sort of happened…