Matty Roses

It’s been a quarter century since I worked for them - but our most common order was definitely drip coffee at the time.

Yup. But lots of perk for the dollar.

Starbucks regular coffee is drip, not espresso.

No. And it’s a crime against coffee and ecology.

Espresso takes more coffee per serving than American drip, so comparing dry is going to he misleading.

Yup. That said, espresso also uses more coffee per amount of liquid, and the amount of caffeine is basically a function of the amount of coffee and how long it’s in contact with the water.

Yeah, people forget the point of capitalism isn’t to satisfy the consumer. It’s to maximize returns to the current owners.

If they can do that with good products, they will. If they can make more money with a shitty product, the that’s what’s on the menu

Used to work there, that’s exactly right. Same reason McDonald’s makes their burgers so well done. What chains sell isn’t quality, but consistency, and it’s easier to produce a consistent overcooked food product

imagine a masculinity so fragile that not only do you think the most basic, lamest fictional character is important, and you’re upset about it, but you’re willing to say that in public?

Seriously, these people have never been in a fist fight and it shows.

You don’t need Orwell to know that the anarchists and Stalinists fell into opposition.

It does explain that, in Goldstein’s book. Without destruction of production and privation, you cannot maintain a hierarchical society is the argument it plainly makes.

The May Days is not some unknown event.

I can walk down the street here see the bullet holes.

I use OSM when possible (Organic maps). When not, I use HereWeGo, which will often have listings OSM doesn’t yet

For most users, Next loud or Libre is far better

I tried some, but would up back on Synology since I don’t have time to waste on the NAS layer