Is it possible to sharpen with a higher grit. Like 4k/6k if my knife is quite dull and has some chips? A colleague lend me his stone, but it seems very fine, so either my technique is bad, or it’s too fine to sharpen my knife.

So what should I look for when buying a sharpening stone? I was planning to buy one to sharpen the knives we have at home, but not sure what I should get and where to get one for a decent price.

To use the discounts?
It used to be pretty good, being able to get a full week if meals for 20 dollars or so. But now the discounts are spread over multiple boxes and it’s not really worth it anymore

Do you mean ‘pores instead of gills’ ? I think all mushrooms produce spores, no?

Joseph Joestar?

I learned to put both my palms around the lid, fingers crossing over my hands and then press hard inwards. This will pop the lid and then you can easily twist it open.

Useful if you don’t have any utensil nearby

What does this mean in practice? You don’t get a post-caffeine crash if you take it together with L-theanine?

So what are these exactly? An alternative to www/http websites? Are there any specific ‘websites’ or features that make it worth it to use something like this? (over TOR for example)

Yeah, relying on donations is not that easy. I feel like it’s more like top athletes: Only the top performers can live on it, for all others it’s usually not enough to survive.

What I’m surprised with is that libre software is not more commonly utilised in goverments and libraries. For services that should provide open resources for all people, it would make much more sense to use similarly open software (and remove the overhead from paying for proprietary licenses)

Thanks, that’s a good place to start.

I’m continually amazed by how people can manage to bounce back from hardships and find something that works for them.

I do agree with your point of view. I actually did some project work which was even better paid than the stable jobs I’ve had before that. (I realise I’m lucky to have had the opportunity) But I can only keep up this kind of work for a while though, maybe 6 months max. I usually feel too tired to keep going, and have no energy left for my personal projects. It’s not that it’s too intense or difficult work, but just putting in 8 hours each day for things you don’t care about really takes its toll for me.

My ideal project was something I worked for 2-3 days on average per week, but still got full-time pay. Not easy to find something like that though. I never really find any part-time software engineering positions. The best option is to join full time, show what you can do, and then ask for a reduction in hours. That’s how I did it before.

I will definitely do that. Thanks for the suggestion.

I think it would be really nice to do this actually. But I’m not convinced I could support myself in this way. Kudos to those that can though.

Seems like other people have the same question, but it does not seem easy to aswer…

This is basically why white-knuckling does not work, right?

Grift + wealth works even better.