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  • I think maybe you could consider putting this into perspective. One accident among tens of millions of cups of coffee and tea served really isn’t cause for pitchforks and reforms, it’s just life, and unfortunate accidents happen. I hope the guy in the car recovers.

    At the end of the day, whether it was the guy tilting the carrier, or the barista not seating the cup, it was an hourly employee behind the window being a human, not the CEO.


  • A fair question. Black tea is the most prevalent type of tea across the world. Recently after seeing a news story about Indian Kulhads (single use ceramic cups) I did some searching about what teas different regions drink, and most regions seem to drink regular black tea with some preferring black tea with spices. I don’t think the masses would accept 145° oolong at twice the price for the sole reason of lowering their risk of scalding burns.


  • I get if you are doing something different personally, but its literally the recommendation on the box. When I was learning about coffee I found that water into the brew basket or pour over at 185 would produce a terrible sour flavor, and that is well known in specialty coffee. Tea seems to be more forgiving, but I still let my water hit a boil before I brew mine. First result on google for a tea shop states the same thing: https://artfultea.com/blogs/101/tea-brewing-temperature-guide

    I’m all for ganging up on mega-corps and watching them squirm when a lawsuit comes around, but it may have been a bit extreme to call my statement false. If Starbucks did anything wrong here, to me it was the cup not being seated in the carrier, not the water temperature.


  • Black tea needs to be brewed pretty close to boiling, and even green tea is brewed at 185, the same temp as the McDonald’s coffee incident. I don’t know how you can brew tea to order and hand it to someone a moment later without it still being at almost the exact same temperature. Tea also needs 3-5 minutes to steep, and you can’t hold up a drive through just to hand it over.

    I’m not much for Starbucks, so don’t take this as me defending them, but I think most honest people would have trouble articulating why this merits a $50mm lawsuit. Imagine a similar ruling coming down on your local cafe.




  • MSidstoMildly InfuriatingPlex ending support for Watch Together
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    24 days ago

    People do tend to feel frustrated when announcements like this one come out, and I’m sure it was a hard decision for the dev team, but Plex really still just works so well for me. They do a great job.

    I’m sure someday a better platform might come along, and when it does I will give it a try, but for me it just wasn’t jellyfin. Plex 4 lyfe now.



  • MSidstoSelfhostedJellyfin is not just good... but *better* than Plex now?!
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    27 days ago

    You should not be using NAT to access your Plex externally, I will explain.

    App.plex.tv and the apps use Plex services to generate a point to point connection from remote clients through your router to the server. This is important because you never need to expose a private IP to the Internet, and the authentication can be protected with something robust like a Google account which support 2FA and even phishing-resistant 2FA.

    The combination of more advanced security and secure/convenient SSO authentication are one of the biggest benefits of Plex in my opinion.




  • Wasn’t it ARM doing the licensing shenanigans here? I’ve got no real skin in the game for either, but companies with IP to license seem to have become a commodity, and price themselves out of practicality. For that reason I tend to like when they lose their battles. On this one specifically, I was hoping for Qualcomm to win, but only because they’re cranking out these incredible laptop processors, showing Intel what a windows laptop on ARM can be - fast, cool, all day battery.



  • I’m not sure I could see a significant number of enterprises switching to Mac, it’s just too tall of an order. My department definitely wouldn’t have the bandwidth to do controls, policies, service desk retraining, and internal app rewrites.

    Personally I have switched to Mac and am very happy. The performance, OS, and power efficiency of the Macs are just excellent. I’ll likely never give up my Android phone.



  • MSidstoSelfhostedSecure Way to Expose Docker Containers to the Internet?
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    2 months ago

    Lots of great ideas in this thread. It sounds like you prefer Jellyfin, but I always encourage people to consider Plex. Plex is excellent, and even if you prefer the features or interface of Jellyfin, you should never expose any application (Plex, Jellyfin, or otherwise) directly to the Internet. This should be non-negotiable. Plex uniquely solves for external access with the mobile/desktop apps and app.plex.tv by brokering client connections into your network without a NAT/PAT on your router or firewall. Plex also supports Google logins, which means that you can now have 2fa and potentially phishing-resistant 2fa if you secure your Google account with a passkey.

    At my company we only expose our applications behind a WAF and firewall, and I see that some folks here have recommended Cloudflare. For those who may not know, it is no longer enough to simply rely on a firewall. When your application is built with components that may become vulnerable over time, it’s critical to use a WAF.




  • I think an EMP can be triggered by things other than a bomb.

    Other forms of electromagnetic warfare also exist which target the drones wireless signal to the operator. Some tanks now have these devices mounted to them. This is being countered with the use of fiber optic canisters with huge lengths of hair-thin fiber cable coiled inside. The drone would still likely be susceptible to an EMP, but as you stated an EMP is really not practical, as it disrupts all electronics even your own.