On this day, 4 years ago the site was first launched (then a day later the first post made), Formed from chapotraphouse remnants, the old admins decided to make a site using Lemmy as its base. Originally called chapo.chat, Hexbear has grown into one of the biggest instances in the lemmyverse.
Despite various sitewide struggle sessions, wrecker incursions from other forums and federation drama, Hexbear has keep growing strong in its 4th year, now with 4 megathreads, over 4 million comments, 300k posts and much more.
Its being great running the general megathread for a bit over 3 years, since i took over i have tried to get it mostly in time and just one unlike during the old times, i like to think i have done a decent job, plus i have also added a bit of reading material to them so you nerds can learn from them and i like to think you have been reading them 
, its also nice to see the new megathreads how they have slowing grown up to the size to the old general mega in the time of the old admins.
dont have much else to say so have a good day nerd. also
Whats has been your favorite post/event from last year (july 2023-july 2024)?
I wont lie, all the fedidrama has been fun to read, especially when libs wander here
Megathreads and spaces to hang out:
- 📀 Come listen to music and Watch movies with your fellow Hexbears nerd, in Cy.tube
- 🔥 Read and talk about a current topics in the News Megathread
- ⚔ Come talk in the New Weekly PoC thread
- ✨ Talk with fellow Trans comrades in the New Weekly Trans thread
reminders:
- 💚 You nerds can join specific comms to see posts about all sorts of topics
- 💙 Hexbear’s algorithm prioritizes comments over upbears
- 💜 Sorting by new you nerd
- 🌈 If you ever want to make your own megathread, you can reserve a spot here nerd
- 🐶 Join the unofficial Hexbear-adjacent Mastodon instance toots.matapacos.dog
Links To Resources (Aid and Theory):
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Theory:
Also 24 hours after this is posted the admins are closing the site for a day, sorry
Got a knife sharpener and oh my god my knives cut so much better now. Can actually slice through an onion now instead of having to almost saw through it.
Like a honer or a pull through sharpener? Pull through sharpeners are ass and wreck your knife over time. If you have a good knife (which i strongly recommend spending a couple hundred on, a good quality chef's knife is the only knife you need and will last you a lifetime if treated good.) Get a homing rod for regular maintenance, just gotta run the blade up and down it every couple days or when it's feeling a bit dull and for getting it real sharp, use a whetstone every couple of months. If it's sharp enough you should be able to slice tomatoes without sawing. Having a good knife and knowing how to use it makes cooking way easier. Also never put knives in the dishwasher and don't soak em, wash em right after using and dry immediately.
I have a honing rod in the knife block but I could never get it to work and no one here listens to me about stuff like: don't put the knives and pots in the dishwasher, use the fill line on this bottle I marked down with marker, use the pre-wash soap too, put the condiments in the fridge door together, stop bringing home more coffee mugs and water bottles we don't have room for, etc. etc.