Salix
Alexandrite is my favorite. Can also self host it.
Using a metal mesh filter will make your coffee have more flavor but also more oily. I don't mind this because a lot of coffee I drink don't use paper filters.
Using a paper filter gives you a cleaner cup since the paper filter helps filter out the oils. It's nice when I'm making something like Japanese Iced Coffee in a V60
The aeropress has a couple metal mesh options.
Idk about on Windows & macOS, but there are a lot of other options not based on Gecko (Firefox) or Blink (Chromium). Downside is that they don't have as many features or plugin support.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/List_of_applications#Web_browsers
You can use:
Revanced
This patches the official YouTube app with a lot of different options including removing those ads.
NewPipe
- https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe
- https://newpipe.net/
- https://f-droid.org/packages/org.schabi.newpipe/
This scrapes the website, and is my preferred YouTube app. You cannot log into an account though, which isn't an issue for me. You can also import/export your subscriptions. They are still working on getting comment replies into the app though.
LibreTube
This uses Piped API, and you can choose with instances you want to use. This has comment replies in the app.
Some people like hosting some servers on their desktop as well, and doesn't want others on their local network to access them. With firewalls, you can allow specific IP address to reach those servers.
Guess it depends on the city and how much you value your time. I live in a big city of 700k-750k people.
For the fishmonger, it's a 10 min drive vs 1 hour bus ride.
The closest Asian grocery store is a 6 min drive or 50 min bus ride.
The bar that I go to is a 20 min drive or 1 hr 45 min bus ride.
One of my coworkers does not have a car, so instead of a 15 min drive, they commute 1 hr 35 mins each way to work. That's a lot of hours used up on your work day.
These are all one way within the same city, so it adds up when you calculate the return time as well. Unfortunately, a lot of US cities are driving centric. Jealous of places with great public transportation.
Even soy milk in the US isn't really just soy milk. There are so much stuff added to it. It's thick too.
I grew up drinking a lot of real soy milk which has a watery consistency that I can get at some Vietnamese / Chinese grocery stores or tofu shops. Flavor is quite different too.
Though I guess the US put thickeners and other stuff into theirs to help imitate milk
I've been using FreeSync for years on Manjaro and Arch.
Making tea gongfu style almost daily makes me happy.
It's a relaxing ritual for me. And I get to enjoy good tea.
It's also nice when my partner and friends join me, so that we can enjoy it together and have conversations over tea