Our first few batches were not backsweetened. They were a bit dry but I still love the flavor. But the backsweetening is actually a fun bit of alchemy itself. Some people think it is heresy for purity reasons, and that is a-okay, but to the worries some have that it is unsafe, that can be mitigated. We actually pasteurize, so it is no bottle bomb issue.

The maple is really good. Maple and vanilla are 2 of my favorite flavors, but my wife talked me into the butterscotch extract and it actually turned a corner. Like, it leveled it up way further than I expected.

The caramelization idea is interesting. Maybe we should experiment.

Yes. Which is why he got involved in this. Hoping to get some information on the process then pull out before shipping. Then the next day they finally decided to ship, or something like that, so he got stuck.

And coffeezilla.

We haven’t tried any melomel yet. Our backsweetening is based around warm flavors like butterscotch, maple, and vanilla so those profiles would clash.

The honey we prefer is Honning AS Ukrainian Sommer. Might be best to get from a local beekeeper, but this stuff is extremely consistent and delicious. Doesn’t really matter too much though, candidly. The fermentation strips a lot of the character.

I run docker with about 10 services on a DS923+ with no issues.

Safe in ed.

Not due to cost as much as just aging and having some time and space, my wife and I have started making wine and mead. Actually what prompted it was moving to a place with a plum tree.

I highly recommend it; very rewarding. Pretty easy, not a huge startup cost. Delicious!

We are now rotating 6 x 5 L carboys, and making lot’s of mead. We have got the process down to a very precise set of steps with careful measurement and controls. If you amortize cost for non-consumables like carboys, siphons, hygrometers, etc. and calculate only consumable cost, each batch is way cheaper than anything in a storefront, and made with love. Everything is better when made by one’s own hand.

There is definitely some truth to what you’re saying, but my point is that those aren’t conflicting with the technology working. There are many scholarly refereed papers on transformer performance and generational improvement on standardized metrics. I don’t see the value in conflating something working with it being good or ethical. There is a gap between utility and hype, yes. That doesn’t mean it doesn’t work, and the inexorable negativity that comes invariably to comments recognizing this simple truth undercuts actual critical feedback.

I think it is so strange people say stuff like this as though there aren’t objective metrics showing it does. We don’t have to like the billionaires using it to subjugate people, or the energy and water consumption, or the theft of copyrighted materials to be honest about the technology.

It does work. As far as ml models go, since backpropagation was implemented in training, transformers have become extremely capable.

Good luck using a website without a browser or at least curl.

How did you post this comment?

More like comparing orange peels to oranges. One is a component of the other.

They are called vaults but they are sort of a facsimile.

Yes. If you’re looking for a cloud solution, Proton Pass is quite good. I switched from Bitwarden about 6 months ago. Works great.

Of course skills are still needed. All I’m saying is skills atrophy overtime as one industry is supplanted by another all the way back to the birth of agrarian society.

People lost their abilities to use slide rules too, to write assemblers, etc. The big companies monopolizing the tech are bad, but the tech is here to stay.

I walk with my screen open at the office sometimes. I prefer my computer does go to sleep when I close the lid, but if I’m just grabbing a quiet room for a meeting, I don’t want to wait for the network to come back up when I open it again. Been using computers since the 80’s, but still a noob somehow.

What the hell? I’m trying to be personable here. I don’t get what you’re irritated about. I said something dumb. You explained and got me squared away. I said that I understood better now and what my misunderstanding was. Then you’re just unnecessarily hostile. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

I’m confused. I said something dumb I guess, then admitted it. Which first sentence did I miss?

Ahhh. I thought cost of living were the necessary expenditures like roof and food.