I’m now a pro magic the gathering player! Never thought I’d ascend to such heights, I’m terrible at magic lol

  • deranger@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    Professional flight simulator pilot. I can fly a Boeing 737, 747, 777, 787, Airbus A300, A310, A320, McDonnell Douglas MD-11, and BAe 146, as long as there are no system failures and I can access my Navigraph charts.

    Time compression would be great for those long haul flights as well. NYC to Tokyo in a few hours at 4x time would be sweet.

  • intensely_human@lemm.ee
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    3 months ago

    As an Uber driver, I do everything I can to put people at ease. I end up in many deep, heartfelt conversations with my passengers. I introduce people to new music, and spread information about homeless assistance programs and other resources around the Denver area.

    Uber is the platform from which I do my work as a community supporter.

    I do Uber my own way, according to my vision. I am an Uber Mensch.

    • wellDuuh@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      3 months ago

      Second this, other than Starbucks, coffee is pretty crappy. Any places worth checking out will be highly appreciated

      • ѕєχυαℓ ρσℓутσρє@lemmy.sdf.org
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        3 months ago

        I live in a medium sized US city, and even here, StarBucks is pretty much the bottom of the barrel. Where do you live that StarBucks is the best?

        Edit: Not throwing shade, genuinely curious. I had this situation in my hometown. But India is a tea-centric culture, so it’s understandable.

      • TheBigBrother@lemmy.world
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        3 months ago

        I drink homemade mixes, Starbucks it’s good also, check out YouTube for different kinds of homemade mixes there are some which taste pretty good made with instant coffee.

          • tetris11@lemmy.ml
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            3 months ago

            I don’t get it. Why do people like Starbucks? To me it’s bitter and granular. Compared to a Nero which is smooth and sweet.

            Yet, many avid coffee drinkers I know love the taste of Starbucks. Is it a genetic thing?

            • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world
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              3 months ago

              Is it a genetic thing?

              Probably more of a cultural one. Like how even Americans with Scandinavian ancestry consider black liquorice taste bud poison but us Scandinavians IN Scandinavia generally can’t get enough of it 😁

            • Pup Biru@aussie.zoneEnglish
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              3 months ago

              i’m from melbourne, australia which is one of the best places in the world for coffee… when i go to the US i try to find good coffee but our version of good tends to be VERY different

              US good is a dark roast - which i find very bitter… australian coffee (and melbourne in particular) is quite a light roast, which is more acidic but less bitter

              i find most good coffee in the US to be pretty undrinkable (this probably comes down to choice of preparations: black drip is pretty weak; expresso starts out strong), but a starbucks blonde is… inoffensive (note write relation to your comment: a light right is probably what you’re talking about; especially a light double ristretto… a ristretto is a half shot, twice… the bitterness from coffee comes at the end of the shot, so nero is perhaps a light roast double ristretto… you also tend to get most of the caffeine in the first half i think? so it’s more caffeine if that worries you)

              so when i’m in a rush and really just want to not hate what im putting in me, ill find a starbucks not because its good, but because its fucking hard work to find a good coffee that’s also my taste - my usual cues for a cafe just don’t work in the US, and there’s no a fantastic cafe on literally every corner so the choice is even harder

  • dubyakay@lemmy.ca
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    3 months ago

    There was this Russian developer who got jailed for something a couple years back. I’ve looked up his website and it was a giant field of mines. Up to the challenge, I’ve proceeded for weeks to try to clear it during work hours. Finally managed and all I got was something akin to a laugh.wav as a reward.

    Guess I’m a minesweeper.

    • ensignrolaren@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      I am so curious. Tell me more about this? Can you share a link? What are the mines like- I’ve seen devs do escape room style challenges where you’re solving a progressive puzzle using dev tools, is it like that?

  • SharkEatingBreakfast@sopuli.xyz
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    3 months ago

    Tracing shapes & cutting them out.

    It’s like 20% sewing, the other 80% being planning, geometry, resource management, tracing, and cutting.

    And I often discover that I’m still bad at math! Pain. 🫠

  • morrowind@lemmy.ml
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    3 months ago

    Professional slanderer of programming languages.

    I’ve spent more time than I care to admit