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Yes, I need some help with ice cream.
[...] How can I get it to freeze faster
SSDs are cheap. Hard drives are cheap.
RAID is not hard to set up.
The Cloud is a solution for a problem
that doesn't exist for private users.
On 2025-08-24, Ed P wrote:
Yes, I need some help with ice cream.
[...] How can I get it to freeze faster
Froth with liquid oxygen.
Seriously, I can give you a--
hack for avoiding ice crystal build-up on ice cream
from humidity in the air trapped in the container.
Put it in the freezer upside-down, and the crystals
instead accumulate on the lid of the container.
On 8/24/2025 5:51 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote:
heyjoe <nobody@home.invalid> posted:
ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net <user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
May I suggest you print the ones I've given you already, so they don't >>> get lost in the shuffle of daily life?
Print??
Who uses a printer these days? Everything is electronic (and dangerous)
now.
ItrCOs in the cloud!
Me! I wouldn't trust the cloud as far as I could throw it.
Occasionally we are in total agreement. Anything that I really want to
save is on my SSD or hard drive. Anything that I *really* want to save
is burned to optical media. Any decent computer has the firmware to set
up RAID, and SSDs are cheap. Why would anyone want to put their data exclusively onto the Cloud?
Anything financial is already duplicated, and that's unavoidable unless
one is taking extraordinary measures and using cryptocurrency, but even then, if anything is shipped to an identifiable physical address, AI
might be able to make connections. It's not as bad in the EU, because
they have better data privacy protections.
I don't have any illegal data like kiddie porn or terrorist shit, and
I'm very open book about my opinions, so it's not like I'm afraid for
myself in the short term, but I hope that most Americans don't want shit like the KGB, or the Stazi, or any entity, right, left or any odd flavor
of government that might come into power, to mine users' data for what
they might brand as subversion. I'm to the extreme of foolish/brave,
but that's *my* choice. I choose to be extroverted/non-private, but a person who chooses to be introverted/very private has the same right to their choice.
SSDs are cheap. Hard drives are cheap. RAID is not hard to set up.
The Cloud is a solution for a problem that doesn't exist for private users.
--Bryan
Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> posted:
On 8/24/2025 5:51 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote:
>
heyjoe <nobody@home.invalid> posted:
ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net <user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
May I suggest you print the ones I've given you already, so they don't >>>>> get lost in the shuffle of daily life?
Print??
Who uses a printer these days? Everything is electronic (and dangerous) >>>> now.
ItrCOs in the cloud!
Me! I wouldn't trust the cloud as far as I could throw it.
Occasionally we are in total agreement. Anything that I really want to
save is on my SSD or hard drive. Anything that I *really* want to save
is burned to optical media. Any decent computer has the firmware to set
up RAID, and SSDs are cheap. Why would anyone want to put their data
exclusively onto the Cloud?
Anything financial is already duplicated, and that's unavoidable unless
one is taking extraordinary measures and using cryptocurrency, but even
then, if anything is shipped to an identifiable physical address, AI
might be able to make connections. It's not as bad in the EU, because
they have better data privacy protections.
I don't have any illegal data like kiddie porn or terrorist shit, and
I'm very open book about my opinions, so it's not like I'm afraid for
myself in the short term, but I hope that most Americans don't want shit
like the KGB, or the Stazi, or any entity, right, left or any odd flavor
of government that might come into power, to mine users' data for what
they might brand as subversion. I'm to the extreme of foolish/brave,
but that's *my* choice. I choose to be extroverted/non-private, but a
person who chooses to be introverted/very private has the same right to
their choice.
SSDs are cheap. Hard drives are cheap. RAID is not hard to set up.
The Cloud is a solution for a problem that doesn't exist for private users. >>
--Bryan
All the hard drives in the world don't amount to a hill of beans if you fail to
back up your data. Most people don't back up their data. It helps a lot if you
can hire a bunch of ASD flunkies to do it for you. My guess is that most small
businesses don't even do timely back-ups until it's too late.
On 8/24/2025 7:19 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote:
Ed P <esp@snet.n> posted:
On 8/24/2025 3:15 PM, Bryan Simmons wrote:
We do 8 to 10 loads of dishes a week, and since we typically rinse the >>> dishes before putting them in the dishwasher, they can appear to be
clean when they're not.-a So, when we load the dishwasher, but have yet >>> to run it, we put one of the pods on the top shelf to indicate that they >>> are dirty.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/XyJYuzwQMYGKhPK38
--Bryan
When there were four of us at home the DW never ran more than once a
day. Probably 5X a week.
Maybe they have one of those apartment sized dishwashers. MyWe have a low end Miele. It's standard sized.
neighbor does.
Ours cost about $1200. Now they are about $1600-$1700 with tariffs and inflation. We baby it by rinsing everything, and running the sink water
to hot before starting it, and about once a year I run a cycle with concentrated citric acid. Vinegar works fine too. It's just more stinky.
Like American made Speed Queen washers, German made Miele dishwashers
are meant to last 25 or more years. Our Cuisinart Little Pro Plus food processor is about 30 years old, and I've replaced accessories,
specifically the juicer parts, but the motor is still running strong, in spite of the fact that I have stressed it to the point that the thermal shutdown activated.
--Bryan
We have a low end Miele.-a It's standard sized.
Ours cost about $1200.-a Now they are about $1600-$1700 with tariffs and inflation.-a We baby it by rinsing everything, and running the sink water
to hot before starting it, and about once a year I run a cycle with concentrated citric acid.-a Vinegar works fine too.-a It's just more stinky.
Like American made Speed Queen washers, German made Miele dishwashers
are meant to last 25 or more years.
I'll pay for quality, but it's hard to justify that
when I didn't pay a dime for my 84 year old fridge,
On 8/24/2025 10:22 PM, Bryan Simmons wrote:
We have a low end Miele.-a It's standard sized.
Ours cost about $1200.-a Now they are about $1600-$1700 with tariffs
and inflation.-a We baby it by rinsing everything, and running the
sink water to hot before starting it, and about once a year I run a
cycle with concentrated citric acid.-a Vinegar works fine too.-a It's
just more stinky.
Like American made Speed Queen washers, German made Miele dishwashers
are meant to last 25 or more years.
Ouch, that price hurts.
it's hard to justify that when I didn't pay a dime for my 84 year old fridge, 75 year old stove, 60 year old Maytag wringer, etc.
I guess nothing lasts forever though, my free 69 year old GE dryer
burned a contact and quit working several months back.a Maybe I can find
a part, but for now, what isn't hung on the line goes into a little apartment size 90's natural gas dryer that I found for $20.