@cxj I swore by a gas cooktop for the longest time, since the only electric I'd used was resistive heat. But I played around with a little standalone induction "burner" for awhile and use mostly cast iron pans, which seem to work a treat.
Also this house came with solar panels when we bought it a few years ago, so among other things I'm feeling the pull of all-electric everything
@brion Hmm, a monger would be more a capitalist merchant I'd think, whereas a lord is all involved in feudalism and such. The warlord might outrank the warmonger but the warmonger makes more money
@ajroach42 I just started into them, too! But not slowly. I finished the first one this weekend and got half-way through the second. I should probably slow down :)
But yeah, the cozy personal stakes in a big weird universe is totally my jam
@tinker Around our house we often pronounce "RuPaul" like Drupal
Almost forgot I had Tailscale running on my phone. Was pleasantly surprised when my little DIY doorbell monitor at home pinged me via the Home Assistant companion app when I was a couple of miles away at the park.
@zrail Huh, I haven't noticed that on my iphone, at least. I wonder if that's because I'm usually at home on my LAN?
@joshua Well, sorta? It's still wildly inaccurate and I'll probably revisit the whole thing this weekend
Finished A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers last night in an ADHD hyperfocus fugue after starting it Monday night.
Was kind of expecting an immediate continuation of the adventures of the Wayfarer crew from the first book, instead it took a deep dive into a couple of side characters.
But it was just as captivating as the first novel, really focusing on the formative experiences and existential crises of a human and an AI in the Wayfarer universe.
Also kind of reminds me of how invested I was in saving both the Geth and the Quarians back in Mass Effect 3.
And toward the end of the book, I was kind of afraid that a tragic ending was telegraphed. Instead, there was a different surprise that I saw telegraphed in retrospect. That's kind of my favorite sort of story.
Maybe that's a spoiler sorta, but not really. Personally, I'm after stories lately that maybe I know aren't going to end up tragic. I want to know "does the dog die?"
@float13 It's about conserving one's feelings of comfort and position of pride in the perceived hierarchy of the world
