Wtf are those colors, jfc… How bout a hand for us colorblinds.

Ooh that’s cool looking. Thanks! Definitely will keep an eye out for it when the time comes.

I have a OnePlus 8. I’ve had it for what feels like a while now… 3 years if I had to guess? Can’t remember honestly. But the battery life kicks ass, and it charges really quickly with the “warp” charger.

I only do a little bit of customization… I switched from Nova Prime to Kvaesitso recently and am liking it… but have never rooted or changed OS. The camera leaves a little to be desired, but that’s ok, I have a real camera for when I need to do that.

I probably won’t look for another phone until this one gets bogged down or otherwise broken, and when I do, I usually just see what my carrier has that isn’t super expensive. I generally avoid iPhones, and I prefer to stay away from Google as much as reasonably possible (I know I just installed their phone app, I know, I know) so I haven’t really considered a Pixel. But my arm could be twisted… I dunno.

I haven’t heard of Nothing!

Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy. The prose is beautiful and mesmerizing. It forces me to read it at the speed of speech, to let it flow. I’m a sucker for long and winding sentences (when they’re done well), and this doesn’t disappoint.

It’s also quite disgusting, just as everyone says about it. If you can’t handle brutal senseless violence, don’t pick this up. It’s pretty interesting to see the racism/xenophobia of today reflected in American history (1850-ish). It reminds me of the Dark Forest theory from Three Body Problem: these guys go around killing not just out of a love of violence, but because it’s the only guaranteed way to come out on top. If you aren’t the killer, someone else will be. Capitalism and greed work like this too.

Ah, I set the Witcher books down halfway through but gotta get back to them! Glad to hear you’re enjoying them. At least they’re mostly short-ish.

nice, thanks. I have a OnePlus phone so the Google Phone app wasn’t installed on it by default. But I just installed it… hopefully fewer robocalls from now on.

Yeah I remember that one too! All kinds of stuff like standing up, twirling around three times and shouting… Most of the class was racing through it as fast as they could. 5th grade I believe…

I think it’s more the third party voters (which effectively are Republican voters, by taking away Dem votes). And abstainers, which, ditto.

Yes, exactly. If you live in a solid blue or red state, your vote is a drop in the bucket, so it won’t matter if you vote third party. But in swing states like Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania… in 2016, the number of votes won by Jill Stein was slightly greater than the difference between Trump/Clinton. Ouch! Was it worth it? Did it move the country left?

came here to say the same. I’ve spent a lot of time on this one!

You’ve got upper management written all over you.

I’ve just been seeing them around today, for some reason. Glitch in the matrix?

I might be in the minority on this, but even though the story arc is VERY unfinished, I still came away with the feeling that I just read some great stories, I know (and like) the main character very well, many of the 2000 pages made me smile broadly and/or well up with tears a few times. No regrets here, even if bk 3 never comes out. But I also do totally hear you. It’ll be worth the wait (and it’s gotta be coming… someday… lol).

Cool about Drizzt! I enjoyed (what I read of) The Dark Elf trilogy… I forget how much I read, but, very cool world-building.

I finally finished books 1 and 2 of The Kingkiller books (Rothfuss) and thoroughly enjoyed them. I’m now onto Blood Meridian, by Cormac McCarthy.

Hahaha! Yes, I also grind my partner’s for her, whenever I’m around… I keep offering to buy her an electric one, but… then that would be so LOUD… :)

It’s from the movie Animal House. :) One of my favorite scenes ever (because who hasn’t been that kid? lol).

Whoa, that’s impressive that you hand grind for espresso. That takes a bit of muscle even with a pretty dark roast I’d guess. I mostly use it for pourovers, but even on a coarse grind, some of those lighter roasted African beans can have me working up a sweat. :)

Oh and a couple of beans always pop out of the top! I’ve been meaning to custom-fit some kind of lid…

Yooo, Lido 2 represent! I’ve had mine for about the same number of years, use it daily, and it’s !@#$ing amazing. I remember wincing at the $200 pricetag, but it performs better than the Baratza, outlives the Baratza, and… well, yeah. Hand grinders for the win. I have more than gotten my money’s worth.