[-] drailin@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

If you get a chance, let me know how it goes! So far I am the only person to use it (and I might not be an impartial judge) so I would really like honest feedback! It should require only a little aptitude for markup languages to get a grip on it, but re: my other comment in this thread, using an ai to read the template files and format your item description to match has already proven quite successful.

[-] drailin@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Regarding not being familiar with LaTeX, I have already successfully used this template alongside chatGPT to convert items from a block of poorly formatted text to a finished card in just a few minutes. All you have to do is feed chatGPT the item's description and the contents of the TeX files contained in the package (itemcard.tex, itemCommands.tex, tcolorboxSettings.tex) and it will do a pretty bang up job of formatting your item to match the template.

[-] drailin@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

These look super good! I have a little PPTSD (Post Pepper Traumatic Stress Disorder) from stuffed peppers: a few weeks ago my mom asked if my fiancee and I wanted them when we were visiting for dinner. I figured she'd make 2-4, since bell peppers upset my parents' stomachs and they were just for me and my SO. She made 12 absolutely massive ones, took up a whole casserole dish, each was softball sized, and they were stuffed with quinoa and rice for maximum carbs. We had to eat all of them, as we don't waste food in our house. My fiancee and I ate stuffed pepper every day for a whole week, multiple times a day, since there were so many and they were so big and calorie dense.

Just Egg for breakfast? Fry up a half a pepper each. Tacos? Side of stuffed pepper. Barbecue? Stuffed pepper. Ice cream? Stuffed pepper for dessert. Walking through the kitchen? Take a bite of pepper.

[-] drailin@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

It sucks and makes dealing ith the illness so much worse. Ironically, stress is a trigger for Crohns/UC and the stress of dealing with this has been responsible for multiple flareups of mine. Luckily, a lifeline might be on the horizon for autoimmune disorders like Crohns, Celiacs, and MS

A new (anti?)vaccine is being tested that can rewrite the immune system to take the body's normal, healthy cells off its kill list. Fingers crossed that before I turn 35 I can just be done with this horseshit before it causes any lasting damage to my insides

https://scitechdaily.com/new-vaccine-can-completely-reverse-autoimmune-diseases-like-multiple-sclerosis-type-1-diabetes-and-crohns-disease/

[-] drailin@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

I got my Crohn's diagnosis about 3 years ago. While it has been worth it, the amount I have spent on medication, procedures, doctor's visits, etc has kept my credit card near its limit for years and is a constant source of anxiety. This is with decent insurance. I have a job that is flexible with hours, but between flare ups and infusions, I have to miss work semifrequently and someone not in my position could be in a very tenuous state with their employer. Not to mention the stress of fighting the insurance for coverage of medications that are thousands of dollars per dose and dealing with systemic incompetence of the people involved in every stage of the process. They all fail (doctor's office, infusion clinic, insurance, etc) to communicate in anything resembling a timely manner without my constant pestering and prodding. It is torturous, and only marginally better than the symptoms themself, and I understand exactly why people forego treatment if they have deal with any one of these issues individually, let alone with all of them. Just so BCBS/UHC/etc can turn a profit off our suffering.

[-] drailin@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Ah, cool, I actually like that as a concept, that way one band foesn't have to feel like the 2nd fiddle.

I was one of those early leaving people haha, I went specifically for Gojira and frankly have never been huge into Mastodon, so when they closed I used it as an opportunity to get ahead of traffic. The pit for Gojira may have also factored in, I could barely move the next day.

[-] drailin@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

The one hard drive that doesn't work just sitting there is a true testamnet to my false hope. I swapped my psu a year ago and accidentally fried my 2tb hard drive. I got a new rig this summer and still transferred it over and plugged it in with the hope that it would resume life, only for it to be truly dead. It is still sitting in the new rig lol, couldn't be bothered to remove it after testing.

[-] drailin@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

I can't speak for OP, but for me it is just a different flavor profile. You do have to account for the added sweetness and fruitiness, but it can really open up the complexity of whatever dish you are making. It takes some experimentation for sure though to figure out how to balance the sweetness of fully ripe peppers.

If you want a really sweet heat, a mango hot sauce/salsa with mango, hot red peppers, onion, lime juice and salt makes for a simple and delicious topping. They also work well in a chimichurri, where the fruitiness of the red pepper mixes well with the herbs and the garlic.

For pico de gallo, tomatillo salsas, or stuffed peppers, I much prefer green peppers, as you want that punch of tangy/sour.

[-] drailin@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

If they didn't want us to enjoy smelling it, they wouldn't make it from aromatic compounds.

[-] drailin@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

My 7hz TimelessAEs have taken over my listening

[-] drailin@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

It can be downloaded from drivethruRPG here: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product_reviews_info.php?&reviews_id=446386&products_id=299103

I got the maps for free because my dad backed the project in development and it came with the digital maps, but he had no use for them.

**edit for transparency: I didn't draw the map, just to make that clear, I just made the poster to 1in grid scale

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