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  • bluGill@fedia.iotoBuy it for Life@slrpnk.netBlender
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    23 hours ago

    I don’t make fruit smoothies.

    We actually have a blender in the kitchen - my wife and kids make fruit smoothies. Since we have it I use it for some soups - but this is only about 2x/year and I would eat chunky soups and do without a blender. This is the point I’m trying to make: you can do without things and live a satisfying life - so is it worth it to have the thing?



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    1 day ago

    Or a whisk. Manual egg beaters work well to for a lot of things.

    I do own a blender, and use it maybe twice a year. There are somethings it does I can’t figure out how to do by hand, but overall I’m not sure it is worth the space it takes up.


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    Personally I have a good knife and a nice spoon. I find for most kitchen tasks they work just as well as a machine, are easier to clean, and take up less space in my tiny kitchen. I would spend your money on quality hand tools first, and learn to use them. I’m rarely doing so much in my house that a machine is actually better.









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    9 days ago

    Bambu has great marketing: they have given printers to a lot of well known makers who in turn now feature them on their YouTube and the like. If you just want a printer that prints standard stuff with standard work flows they are probably good. However they are in the long run likely to be expensive since they require their supplies (which are reportedly good, but expensive). If you want to print something and not think about the printer they are good enough. However if you want to hack a printer, save money, or experiment they are going to limit you.

    Everyone recommends Prusa for a reason: most of the things that make printing good and easy were developed by Prusa and then the others used the open source license to put their own name on it. Some of the others have done some innovation, but the major hard work was done by Prusa and he should be supported for that.