Did a double take and had to check which community I was in.

73, a fellow ham

And shepherds we shall be…

That’s the guy from Google

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You know how every old person you know has to hold things further and further away to read them the older they get? This is presbyopia, or “age-related farsightedness.” It eventually happens to everyone, it’s just part of getting older. Basically the lens in your eye stiffens over time because of a protein deficiency, and that causes the light to refract at the wrong point in your eye. Folks with otherwise acceptable vision typically correct it with reading glasses

Ah! Shoulda done more research, my bad. My first MacBook came with Leopard on it and I eventually upgraded it to Snow Leopard. I think that computer eventually died before I could upgrade it any further than that

That’s because Apple hasn’t charged for OSX/MacOS updates since 2013 with OSX 10.9

Edit: I also don’t think they were ever $99. I upgraded from 10.5 to 10.6 back in 2009 and I think it was only like $30, and they had to ship me a disc with the update so it’s not like they didn’t have any overhead they had to pay for

I actually don’t mind the way durian tastes, but I find the smell to be off-putting enough that the whole experience is ruined for me

Well shit. I checked to see if it showed my name and it didn’t seem to on my side 😮‍💨

We sprung for the “premium seating.” It was only maybe $10 more per person, but you get seated along the diving cliff so you can see the show better. And because we were one of the last tables of the night, we got lucky and ended up with the best table in the place, right next to/above the cliff divers. I’m not really sure how best to describe it, so it’s a good thing I have video evidence 😅

We made it in last October. Very well worth the visit, if you can get a reservation

Maybe the inside of one of those “recycle your old devices here” bins?

Stephen Miller and Tom Homan. Two guys that have been pretty much entirely responsible for the immigration policies the Trump administration has adopted as of late

Definitely far-fetched! But who knows, maybe it’ll work out 🤷‍♂️

Another commenter below got me thinking, maybe you could try putting a V60 filter inside one of those metal mesh filters. Might not get quite as much filtration as the thicker Chemex paper, but you wouldn’t have to use two filters for every brew, and it would support the filter and keep it from breaking. I also think there are thicker V60 filters out there, so you might be able to get pretty close

The metal filters let all the oils and stuff through into the cup, so if you’re looking for the same profile you get from paper filters you might be disappointed. Not to say it makes bad coffee! Just different

Though, that makes me wonder, maybe you can put a paper V60 filter into the metal filter to get similar filtration and not have to worry about the thinner paper breaking

Part of the reason I’m so hesitant to buy a Chemex is that the filters are comparatively so much more expensive than others, and there doesn’t seem to be an acceptable, affordable substitute (I recently bought 600 filters for my V60 for just a little more than a single 100-count box of Chemex filters!).

The only reasonable competition out there seems to be the Lardera filters, but that company is based in New Jersey, so those also don’t fit your criteria.

I’m not 100% certain about the dimensions of a Chemex, but I wonder if it would be feasible to stack 2 V60 filters together to achieve the same effect as the thicker Chemex paper

This is why I got into fountain pens too! These days I find myself using a good rollerball or mechanical pencil for day to day, since they’re a little more practical, but man oh man I do love a fountain pen…

Beautiful Stories from Anonymous People was my first podcast love. I haven’t listened in a while, I should really get back into it…

I’ll occasionally see decaf options from places like Tim Wendelboe, Nomad, Kawa, etc. The issue is they don’t have a varied selection of decaf beans, usually just one or two options

Yes. All of this!

Also, DC has been voting in presidential elections since the 60s. They don’t have representation in Congress, however…

This is also a great suggestion. Last year I got the then-new iPad Air with the M1 chip in it (Gen 5 I believe), and after getting a Logitech keyboard case it has completely replaced my laptop for work. I’m in sales so I don’t need it to do anything intensive, all I ask of it is to simultaneously run QuickBooks and Slack and a couple other apps I use to do my job, as well as hotspot to my work phone, and it does all of that really well. Recent updates to the iPad OS have made that transition way easier, and I can even set it up a base station if I need to by connecting my Bluetooth mouse and keyboard and a second monitor and that also works pretty well in a pinch.

All this to say, if your relative doesn’t need the computing power of a full computer and they already have an iPad, that could be an ideal direction to go in.