Stephen304

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I've been downloading tons of my Spotify music using spotdl and sticking it on Plex, which kinda accomplishes most of what you want. I then organize it with lidarr. Spotdl doesn't actually download from Spotify but it uses Spotify metadata to tag files after matching with and downloading from YouTube music, it might just use youtube-dl/p under the hood but being able to give it a Spotify playlist, artist, or album url from Spotify makes it super convenient. For some artists I just download the entire artist in one go.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Maybe, but only if literally everything else is the same. Otherwise it could just mean that one place is cleaner than another, or that one vacuum has a big bag and needs to be emptied less frequently despite picking up the same amount.

  • Roborock bag size is 3L (6"x6"x5"), so think 1 and a half 2L soda bottles, since it doesn't need to fit inside a handheld vacuum or a moving robot it can be this large. Comparatively, the Matic bag which you can see in the video looks super tiny.
  • My apt is ~500 sq feet, so "1 time around the house" isn't very much
  • How many dirtying factors apply to your house?
    • Pets going in and out track in extra dirt, our cat is indoor only and only sheds some fur (I didn't have the cat when the dock bag lasted a year so we'll see how that impacts it)
    • Allowing shoes to be worn inside tracks in a lot of dirt - so we don't allow shoes past the entrance shoe rack
    • Going in and out more times allows more dirt to be tracked in - I work from home so I don't need to go out every day which greatly reduces the amount of dirt tracked in
    • Living with more people multiplies those many times over, for me it's just me and my partner
    • Ground floor apartment or elevated - another factor since going up flights of stairs lessens the amount of dirt tracked in. Our apartment is up 3 flights of stairs, so by the time we get to our front door, most mud and dirt has fallen off our shoes. If you live on the ground floor, it's more likely that dirt and mud can hitch a ride in the treads of your shoes

So it really makes sense that my dock's bag doesn't fill up quickly. I can be absolutely sure it works because it produces gray mopping water every time it's run, and there's not a speck of dust or cat hair on the floor after it runs. I can check the bin on the robovac after a run and see it 1/3 full of fur and dust, but the bin on the robovac itself is on the small side so once it empties into the dock it seems to barely add much volume - and I suspect that the dock's vaccum is powerful enough to compact fur and dust into the bag somewhat so it takes up less volume. And that makes sense because the S7 has some of the best pickup performance as rated by vacuum wars on youtube, but I can really stretch the dust bag in the dock both because it's a whopping 3L bag, because I do everything I can to prevent dirt from being tracked in in the first place, and also because some of the dust is mopped and flushed down the laundry room drain without ever seeing the bag.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children)

Damn that bag must be super small to only last a week. My s7 ultra dock bag lasts around 6 months. Before I started living with a cat I was still using the original bag that had been going on a year and still wasn't full, vacuuming daily.

Edit: For context, my roborock dock's bag is 3 liters, so think the volume of 1 and a half 2 liter soda bottles, and the apartment it lasted a year in was ~500 sq ft. The matic's bag needs to fit inside the robot and looks to be close to the size of the palm of your hand. You can see it at 0:37 in the video on their site.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I wish that would happen, or maybe if someone forked their client and hooked it up to connect to matrix home servers. The client looks great.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The ribs are the simplest, at its most basic all you have to do is remove the membrane on the back and then curl it up on a trivet over a cup of water, pressure cook high for 25 minutes and let sit under pressure for 10-25 more minutes after it's done (depending on how fall-off-the-bone you want, I usually like 25mins), glaze with bbq sauce and broil in the oven until it gets a bit of char.

You can also salt & pepper it before putting it in, use apple cider vinegar instead of water, and/or add a few drops of liquid smoke in the instant pot. But it turns out great even when I forget to do those things so really all you need is ribs and sauce.

I got the recipe from here: https://www.pressurecookrecipes.com/easy-bbq-instant-pot-ribs/

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

Here's my favorite recipes, I use it every week:

Ribs - easy to get super consistent results, pressure cooking helps keep moisture in. (https://www.pressurecookrecipes.com/easy-bbq-instant-pot-ribs/)

Clam chowder - creamy New England style, I add extra seasonings to amp it up. The clams I get in cans and bottled clam juice so the only non-shelf-stable ingredients are onions, carrots, celery, and garlic (https://recipes.instantpot.com/recipe/new-england-clam-chowder-2/) My additions: To make it more hearty and thick I do 3 cans of clams instead of 2, 4ish strips of bacon bits, an extra stalk or 2 of celery, between 1.5 and 2 lbs of potatoes instead of 1, and parsley and paprika in the same amounts as the thyme and oregano.

Spaghetti carbonara - my new cook book addition. grating the cheese adds more work, but overall still very simple as far as instant pot recipes go - saute the pancetta and reserve, saute onion and garlic, pressure cook pasta in broth, stir in butter, cream, cheese, egg, and pancetta when done (https://pressureluckcooking.com/instant-pot-spaghetti-carbonara/)

Corn chowder - really similar to the clam chowder but good for if you're not feeling seafood, like most of the recipes I favorite, the steps mostly amount to dumping all the ingredients in, pressure cooking, and stirring in something extra at the end (in this case cornstarch and half&half to thicken) (https://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/instant-pot-corn-chowder/)

I also use the instant pot some for other recipes but I lean heavily towards 1 pot meals and stuff where I can get away with putting 90% of the ingredients in for the pressure cooking step, that does mean a lot of soups but I'm working on adding more pasta dishes to my repertoire.

(Edited to add recipe links)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Do you mean 16:9? I thought frameworks whole thing with the display was that it's an extra tall 16:10

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Hah, well good thing that despite charging my friends in booze I host at home with a gigabit upload speed.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (3 children)

That's why you gotta start a Plex share with your friend group - they get content, you get booze. Win win.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

Talking about the problem is literally the only way to further the cause. Change starts with a dialog. We're not going to "get the laws passed and THEN talk about it", that's backwards.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Convincing people to vote to get it funded is literally the point of posts like this. It's called grassroots outreach.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

HBO Max was the last service I still had before I fully committed to the high seas, for similar reasons. Removing Westworld before many people were even finished with the newest season was the final straw. There's nothing on any streaming service that I haven't been able to get in the same quality through *arr apps onto my Plex, including usually HDR and 5.1 now that I have rules set up to upgrade to those when available.

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