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explainlikeimfive_train

Explain like I'm five years old: Why, when I fall asleep with my socks on, does my foot hair hurt to move in the morning? Whenever I go to sleep with my socks on and take them off the next morning, the hair on my feet hurts whenever its moved in a different direction than its the one its matted down to. Why does that happen? Does it have something to do with my hair follicles being pointed in a certain direction or what?

>Does it have something to do with my hair follicles being pointed in a certain direction or what? [/r/askscience](/r/askscience)

Frodo, is that you?

8gpk2f

entrepreneur_train

I made a site to supply makers with country specific startup ideas from actual people who need them. It's still pretty basic so I'd love to get more feedback to determine how I should continue building it. 🔗Website link: mightymaka Hey Reddit! 👋 A few months back, I came across this mobile app which hooks up to your bank account and helps you save your pocket change every week. Eventually, it compounds into something substantial. I was quite excited by the prospect of this only to find out that it wasn't available in my hometown Singapore. There's a bunch of other things I'd want built here and I can't do it myself since there's only one of me, I may not be passionate about it and I'm already preoccupied with other priorities. This spurred me on to build an exchange or marketplace where people can suggest ideas they want build in a certain place. It's 2 sided, so makers or entrepreneurs would be able to join and find validated ideas that people want in their country. This idea developed further as makers can also use this platform to validate their ideas by gauging interaction. Makers can also find answers to important questions like how much a customer is willing to pay for the product. Eventually, I want to be able to connect makers by allowing them to indicate interest in an idea and collaborating on building it but as of now, I'm almost 2 months into development and am being really wary not to get caught in the 'perfectionist' trap so here it is! While building it, I've started to discover multiple avenues this could go, so I think this is the perfect point to launch the product and see where potential users would take it :\) Current mightymaka features: 🤔 Find ideas As a maker or entrepreneur, find ideas to work on! Ideas are supplied by actual people who actually want their ideas built. 💡 Suggest ideas Request for products to be built around your idea. Plant the seeds to improve the entrepreneurship ecosystem in your country! 🏷️ Filters Filter ideas by time, upvotes, price or countries. 👤 Profile Get your own profile so you remember which ideas you liked or check what others are upvoting and suggesting. 🏅 Braggin' rights Earn emoji badges on your profile and rock it next to your username \(coming soon!\) for being an awesome user. Current badges include: \- Credible badge if you linked 3 or more social accounts to your profile \- OG badge if you joined mightymake this month \- Liker badge if you upvoted more than 20 posts \- Lover badge if you upvoted more than 50 posts \- Thinker badge if you suggested more than 5 ideas 💬 Comments Discuss the idea and tell us how much you'd pay for it. Makers can use the level of interaction and likes to gauge if it's an idea they should bring to fruition 👪 Membership benefits \- mightymaka is a bootstrapped product and will be finding ways to monetize in the future. To ensure your membership is free, sign up now to lock it in \- Privileged maker information. Currently members can see the price users are willing to pay and we'll be adding more important information in the future. \- OG emoji badge. We don't forget the people who's been here from the start. You guys are the real OGs \- Reserve the username you always wanted \-\-\-\- 🗺 Some planned features include: \- Allow multiple makers to indicate they're keen on working on an idea \- Allow makers interested in the same idea to work together \- Allow idea suggesters to indicate they're willing to work on the idea too To see our full roadmap, you may check out our trello board https://trello.com/b/Lkfvgz54/mi... Hope this product helps foster entrepreneurship and connecting indie makers. I'd be more than happy to answer any questions about it!

Search by country option is needed. I lived in the Philippines for 2 years. Love the people, and would love to bring a business over there for jobs and better incomes.

That's sounds amazing! I'm at work right now but I'll be sure to check out your site once I get home!

tjkrp8

moviesuggestions_train

Movies about wealthy (not rich) people who are neither good or bad, just living their lives. Preferably without romance. I'm not even sure what I'm describing, I guess it could be a movie about a single wealthy person just living their life. Maybe someone older but not old so I can avoid topics like partying and wild things like that. I'm picturing like a guy dozing off in a beach chair at a golf club that he owns just to chill and look at the grass.

Broken Flowers.

Weekend At Bernie's has this aspect to it if you enjoy silly movies. Another one that comes to mind is American Beauty starring Kevin Spacey, but this movie isn't silly at all. It does fit your description I think.

ohs1pm

askengineers_train

Does your job really need an engineering qualification? Could someone without an engineering qualification (say like a high achieving high school graduate) take over your job? And how long do you expect them to take in getting up to speed?

Depends who you ask. My manager just hired someone with a 2 year diploma. I have a mech eng degree, my Toronto coworkers have engineering masters degrees. One has a photography background. We all do basically the same job.

A high school student does not have the complete necessary knowledge to be an engineer

zrkvm

askhistorians_train

What are the social, cultural, and political developments that have contributed to the shift of the Islamic world from a leader in science and technology to a more religious conservative state? Basically, how did the Islamic world go from inventing Algebra and revolutionizing medicine to situations like the current state of Egypt, Iran, and many other theocratic countries that seem radically different than their medieval counterparts.

A lot of the answers here seem to be forgetting to ask whether 'the Islamic world' actually *did* shift from being 'a leader in science and technology' to 'a more religious conservative state', instead rushing in to offer reasons why this happened. I don't know if 'the Islamic world' is a useful concept. It seems very vague to me, compared to, for example, 'The Ottoman Empire' whose borders can be plotted over time. And for me 'being good at science and technology' is not the antithesis of 'a religious conservative state'. Couldn't the USA or Saudi Arabia today be characterised as religious, conservative, *and* scientifically/technologically advanced? (The USA has nuclear weapons and a space program, Saudi Arabia has lots of petrochemical technology and lots of highly skilled chemists and engineers.) I appreciate this sort of meta-questioning doesn't provide the answers you're looking for, but still.

I am not a historian but i have been reading about this for the last weeks and i want to posit one of the more interesting things i learned. I hope i am not breaking any guidelines by posting Some theorize it has a lot of it has to do with the philosophical ascendency of Al-Ghazali. a lot of people doubt that but his influence and his incompatibility with science in undeniable. I first heard of him in a skeptoid episode and he has a better right up than i can have.

x4l65y

moviesuggestions_train

Movies that made you Cry Movies that had such heartening effect upon you, that it literally made you cry, while watching them For me those movies are Million Dollar Baby, The Room, Berlin Syndrom & Don't Breathe.

Good Will Hunting… “it’s not your fault”

Lucky Harold and Maude El Norte Coco I think that’s about it. Guess I don’t cry easily at movies but when I do, I do

q0oxvc

suggestmeabook_train

Prominent authors from your country and their best books? I recently read an awesome book by an Estonian author (The Man Who Spoke Snakish) and got reminded how beautifully diverse literature is. Now I’m on a mission to discover more gems from around the world. So let’s do this: 1. The most distinguished author(s) from your native country? 2. Their best books published in English? I would have gone first but I come from a small country and I can’t think of any author published in English. Although, we do have some real gems of books.

Turkey: The Museum of Innocence by Orhan Pamuk

!remindme 7 days

spstv7

vegetarian_train

Vegetarian comfort food…… Hello, please can you give me some ideas / recipes of veggie comfort food…thank you

Bread bowls are IT for me 🤤

Pizza Cauliflower Buffalo "wings" Peanut Sauce Noodles Pancakes

29trd9

asksciencefiction_train

[General] what is the most powerful weapon in sci-fi? First post here and I'm on mobile, so sorry if I've broken any rules

The Supernova Bomb. I'm gonna rip from Wikipedia really quick here... >"Featured in Life, the Universe and Everything, the supernova bomb is "a very very small bomb" that resembles a cricket ball, and is the greatest weapon of mass destruction ever created in the history of the universe. Initially designed by the supercomputer Hactar for the Silastic Armourfiends of Striterax, who had demanded that it create an "Ultimate Weapon" but forgot that computers take instructions literally, the bomb creates a path through hyperspace that connects all major suns together into one gigantic supernova, effectively destroying the entire universe. Hactar deliberately designed the bomb with a flaw that rendered it useless; when the Silastic Armourfiends discovered this, they smashed the computer into dust and then destroyed themselves through constant warfare."

ITT: Not sci-fi. Dr. Who is arguably sci-fi, and they have the Reality Bomb. For hard sci-fi, the winner is almost certainly the Xeelee Sequence, with either the photino birds (who launch galaxies as projectiles), or the Xeelee (who destroy the galaxies the photino birds launch).

yf2nno

asksciencefiction_train

[Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild] Why is the Zora King so large when the rest of the race seems to be average sized?

In BotW specifically, Zora live for a very long time, and go through at least one notable growth spurt. A lot of water-based creatures in the real world will grow continuously as long as they can continue to eat. As for why he's the only Zora even approaching that size, that's probably something unique to the royal family. (They're clearly distinct) The Zora are a deeply magical & spiritual race, perhaps their royal family has some magical or divine assistance to make them live even longer?

He eats a lot.

tvodel

gamedev_train

Why do so many devs use Unity and not Unreal Engine? A simple question I'm curious about.

Unity was ‘no up front cost’ “free” earlier than Unreal. So if you had zero money and wanted a 3D engine with a built in editor it was the default choice for a while. UE3 was also significantly less beginner friendly than Unity, especially if you don’t know C++. Unity’s documentation and examples were better, and then more beginners would use Unity, and then they’d make tutorials, which would attract more beginners because the documentation was better and there were more tutorials… Now Unreal is also licensed with no up front cost for small projects, UE4 has Blueprint (which drastically reduces the amount of C++ code you gave to write for small/simple games), and Epic has done a lot better at releasing some really impressive demo assets and examples. Although the API documentation was still not amazing the last I checked.

Unity has the largest community and a very extensive catalog of lessons and tutorials making it very easy to learn and find help. With UE you're more on your own making it more daunting for new devs.

njk416

changemyview_train

Change my view that While self-love is a great thing, it shouldn't be preached and held as high as it is on most social media. Why I think so: Firstly, I am a trans individual. I personally hate my body because it is not a body of my true gender. I cannot bring myself to love it no matter how hard I try, and self-love is impossible for me at this time. When I say this, people sometimes tell me to "love myself", which is literally impossible for me. And sometimes, it's not even beneficial to love oneself. I think it might actually cause complacency with one's current state and perhaps even cause unhealthy people not to want to change \*if taken the wrong way\*. A certain level of self-criticism would be great to improve oneself in my opinion. So, why is self-love taken to such a high level?

>I personally hate my body because it is not a body of my true gender. I cannot bring myself to love it no matter how hard I try, and self-love is impossible for me at this time. When I say this, people sometimes tell me to "love myself", which is literally impossible for me. So... here's your problem. You're suffering from severe dysphoria, which creates a barrier to your own ability to love yourself. Because of this, you think self-love is a bad idea. This is the same as single people hating on romantic couples/depressed people hating seeing others happy/etc. Self love itself isn't wrong or overhyped - *you* just aren't able to connect to the idea because of your dysphoria. As a fellow trans person, it is not "literally impossible" to love yourself, even as a dysphoric individual. You do not have to love the parts of your body that cause you dysphoria. Your body is the gender that you are - for instance if you're a trans man, your body is a man's body, because you are a man and it is your body (likewise if you're a trans woman/nb person - not clear from this post to me). This can be true AND it can be true that there are parts of your body that are not the way you want them to be, which is why transitioning exists. I and many trans people I know have had a much easier time with self-acceptance when working from this framework rather than "I'm a trans man with a woman's body" and the like. The former is self-acknowledgement, the second just reinforces dysphoria and self-dislike. There are other ways of loving yourself that do not involve your body - you can love your confidence, your hobbies, your kindness to others, your creativity, etc. If you're not in therapy, you should seriously consider it. It's not healthy to hate yourself. Yes, extreme discomfort with your body is what dysphoria is - but there are treatments for dysphoria and they would majorly benefit you. >I think it might actually cause complacency with one's current state and perhaps even cause unhealthy people not to want to change As to your second argument, self-hatred and self-criticism *leads to unhealthiness.* Someone who severely hates their body is more prone to an eating disorder or self-harm. Someone who has worked on self-acceptance of their body can approach diet and mental health with more openness and kindness. No therapist is ever going to tell you that disliking yourself is healthy. Mental health professionals *actively encourage* kindness to one's self. Self love isn't the same as being above change or critique.

I have this argument with a Facebook friend all the time. I think it’s just practical advice— not The Secret manifesting your Prince Charming or something. People who hate themselves attract shitty people who take advantage. I used to think if I just give enough, sacrifice enough of myself, demand little enough, he would love me. One day he’d recognize all I’d given and be so grateful. Never happened. I just found myself alone and had practically forgotten everything I’d given up for him— I knew his favorite ice cream flavour and music and restaurant and EVERYTHING— and had forgotten all my own. I had tried so hard to find myself through himself he didn’t even notice. So I had to “find myself” corny as that sounds. I literally wrote a list of things I liked, like I was Jennifer Anniston chasing Brad, but it was me, and built from there. I don’t love myself like I want to fuck me, or like I’m better than others, or like I love a rockstar. It’s just that Im stuck with this person for the rest of my life, and she makes me cringe but I get her, makes mistakes but I see where she was coming from— I have compassion, I guess I should say. So a “love your neighbor as yourself” sort of love more than a in love romantic, I’m the best! love. Like imagine you have a twin, or even a neighbor, who totally makes you cringe and is far from perfect, but you don’t want to see them abused. Love yourself so you stand up for yourself like you should a stranger or acquaintance. Sometimes people luck out and they find a saintly partner who takes a self-loathing person and loves them into self-love. But it’s better to not be so dependent on someone else. And people who know who they are and are ok with that are more attractive to good people. When I was so self-loathing I tried very hard to be feminine even though it was so awkward and I held back my opinions and ideas because people liked me better demure and gushing about their opinions. But better people don’t want someone who will just admire them but who also will share and teach them stuff.

tsddtf

moviesuggestions_train

Looking for movies with creepy/unnerving vibes like TV show "Severance" or movie "The Invisible Man" and "Last Night in Soho"(but I prefer non-paranormal) I like the scientific/sci-fi take of severance (and also the show Devs) as well as the invisible man. But mostly I'm looking for something that will give you those creepy unsettling vibes. Great cinematography/directing is a huge bonus I'm very "visual" with movies more than a plot guy.

Suspiria 1977 is all about the atmosphere and lacking plot, many Italian horror is like this

I changed the flair to the correct one. Make sure to read our guidelines before posting :)

yvvhca

moviesuggestions_train

Stand-out (perhaps lesser-known) A24 Films? A24 has produced/distributed films like Uncut Gems, Everything Everywhere All at Once, and Midsommar, but I’m looking for films by them that might fly under the radar. To narrow it down a bit, I would like films with notably good acting or writing, and that you think offers something unique like a distinct film style or score. To share an example, The Lighthouse had incredible dialogue with strong acting, and the film style was distinct with strong contrast and heavy grain. Can be any genre if you think it fits the bill but I generally prefer dramas.

I've heard some chatter about The Spectacular Now but not a lot so I'll mention it, it's mostly nothing crazy, just a teen romance movie for the most part, but there's some elements that stand out and something about the style feels less like a teen movie than a lot of other such movies I also really liked Locke, I've never heard anyone talk about it outside of talking about every A24 movie for a ranking or something, it's so unique and the acting is great, I feel like it could've been really boring (especially for me, someone who can usually barely pay full attention to a more epic movie) but somehow it just works

Men

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askculinary_train

how do I prepare tomatoes so they aren't so wet and make the rest of the food soggy? is there a certain type of tomato that is more meaty and less juicy?

You can salt and drain them like an eggplant. You can also slice them and roast them in the oven at low heat.

In addition to squeezing, I salt them (which, as previously mentioned, brings out the water) and let them sit in a towel while I prep everything else. A final squeeze out before use removes a lot of juice with minimal effort.

2tkhj2

asksciencefiction_train

[Star Wars Episode IV] Why does the Death Star's trench have a wall by the thermal exhaust port? I had a lazy afternoon to kill on guard duty here at Echo Base, so I called up holofiles of the attack run Commander Skywalker took on the Death Star. This time around I noticed something weird. Right when Skywalker's torpedos turn 90 degrees and shoot down into the Death Star's thermal exhaust port, I saw that there was a wall immediately behind the port. This struck me as weird, as I always thought that the Death Star's trench was one unbroken open chasm running around the structure's equator. But there is it on the holofilm! I asked around the people in my quad room and nobody knew anything about it. Well, one is an Ithorian and he doesn't speak much Basic right now, plus the cold weather doesn't suit him either for enjoying small talk. But I digress. Does anyone know why the Death Star had a wall right there at the exhaust port spot? What was the purpose is breaking off the continuation of the trench? Was there a special reason for the trench coming to an end there? And were there other spots along the Death Star's trench that also abruptly ended like that?

The Meridian Trench is one of 18 trenches on the surface of the Death Star giving access to docking bays and internal hangers. This particular Trench was located near the North pole.

The outer rooms of a Death Star are difficult to make. I suspect that the trenches were the results of a desire to make rectangular rooms in a particular place to lessen wasted space. The walls mark the place where those rooms end. Yes, there are other trenches that work the same way.

vh1o20

explainlikeimfive_train

Explain like I'm five years old: How do bodies of water exist above ground? How come bodies of water (lakes, rivers, wetlands, oceans even...) exist above ground instead of the water simply being absorbed by the earth?

Any time you see standing water you are seeing a tabletop: the top of the *water table*. This is exactly where the ground stops being 100% saturated. Imagine you take a bowl full of dirt. Scoop out a handful of dirt and make a little hole. Now pour water in until the depression fills with water. It's the exact same as a lake. The ground at the level of the water table is saturated. It's complicated but basically there's an insane amount of water beneath our feet. Most fresh water I believe is underground. All surface rivers and streams in the world account for something like .001% of fresh water. But there are permeable and impermeable layers of rock in the earth so water gets trapped in certain layers.

Go to the cabinet. Take out a glass. Go to the sink and fill the glass. Now place the glass on the counter. The glass represents part of the landscape. It’s an area of rock that can hold water — either there’s no cracks in it, or the cracks are small enough it takes a while for the water to get out - let’s call it a basin. The counter holding the glass off the floor is just whatever dirt and rock did underneath that keep it above sea level. The faucet represents the source of water: rain (or snow). It either falls directly into the basin, or it falls somewhere uphill of the basin and pours downhill as a stream, or water soaking through the dirt an gathers in the basin. Water is there because it fills faster than it empties. Maybe it’s difficult for the water to get out, maybe water is being added really quickly. Whichever some water backs up to that spot and stays there long enough to form a body of water (anything from a puddle to a great lake).

ln6w1i

running_train

Is everyone just running in the snow? super annoying running in so much snow and slush and ice! But idk what else to do besides make sure to rent a house equipped with a full indoor track once my lease is up.

Oh *hell* yes. I love running in the snow.

I run outside in the snow. Unless it's too deep, my regular sneakers are fine. I like the stylish look of "brimmed cap under warm hat" so I don't get too many fakes in my face. A friend I ran with yesterday compared it to running on the beach- a different type of work out that fatigues different muscles.

pdau1o

askbaking_train

Can you substitute butter for oil in recipes? Using oil cuts down the cost of butter where I live. I just want to know on what recipes can I substitute butter for oil? Like can I substitute the butter for oil in brownies? I tried subbing it for banana cupcakes, not a 1:1 ratio but for every cup of butter you use 3/4 oil.

I do this often and it works quite well for most baked goods, including cookies, brownies, and breads. For cakes it can work but depends on the cake method - if you are creaming butter and sugar, subbing oil will change the texture. It works to do a partial substitution, but a full substitution for cakes can be hard. You can use recipes for olive oil cakes as a good base.

I do it all the time for pancake/waffle batter and drop biscuits.

t0y15q

ifyoulikeblank_train

Sad Comedy Shows?¿ (what else would I like) Are there any ‘sit-comy’ shows that are somewhat melancholy or very I guess ‘real’? Something similar to Bojack Horseman I guess but it doesn’t have to be as intense. Thanks!

Try watching **After Life**

* Peep Show * Louie * The Office * Derek

jfkav

askscience_train

What's the difference between sleeping for 6 hours and lying in bed with your eyes closed for 6 hours? I just spent the whole night lying awake in bed and I was wondering what the physiological differences were between that, and actually sleeping for six hours. Am I just as rested as if I had actually fallen asleep? Will I get a better night's sleep tonight?

There are four stages of sleep: non-REM 1, 2, 3, and REM (creatively named, I know). The main differences are in global EEG measurements: in wakefulness, the brain exhibits high frequency gamma waves which are desynchronized across the brain. As you fall into deeper sleep, the electromagnetic oscillations throughout your brain begin to synchronize and slow down, culminating in Stage 3 nREM or "slow-wave sleep." "Resting your eyes" usually counts as nREM1, during which the brain is relaxed, but there is some amount of awareness. The physiological and neurological reasons for sleep are (sadly) not yet fully understood, and there a wide variety of theories with varying amounts of evidence - some believe sleep has to do with memory consolidation, energy conservation, safety from predators, growth and development, etc. Sleep effects many physical systems, but it's likely there are one or a few core reasons, with many other functions bootstrapped in over the course of human evolution. We do know, however, that sleep is integral to mammalian biology. There are no mammals that don't sleep, and almost all vertebrates exhibit some sleep-like behaviour. From tests on animals, we know that if you don't sleep, you'll die, and from tests on humans, we know that performance, awareness and memory degrade rapidly with loss of sleep. These effects have been shown to persist whether you are globally deprived of sleep, or selectively deprived of REM or nREM3 (this is done by waking the subject when certain EEG patterns are detected). EDIT: Thanks to manova for correcting me in another thread. Although tests in rats have shown that sleep deprivation can be fatal, 30 days of sleep deprivation in pigeons did not have the same effect, which suggests SD in higher mammals and humans may not be as bad as previously thought. Study: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19848359

I'd like to know as well! On sleepless nights I always wonder if I at least get *some* rest out of laying in bed with closed eyes...

yeqm4u

changemyview_train

Change my view that In most cases when eating out, tipping as a percentage doesn't make sense Mostly referring to when you're eating as a pair vs large groups (will touch on that later). Now before anyone calls me out, I'm a pretty generous tipper I tip 20% pretty consistently and sometimes more because I tend to round up to the nearest 5$. And this isn't a matter of whether I can afford to eat out or not, nor am I discussing the tip culture for services outside of dining (don't even get me started). what I'm specifically referring to is the standard recommendation of 15% - 20%. What I'm noticing is food costs are going up due to inflation and restaurants are passing down the costs down to us the consumers. But why? the amount of work that the waitstaff doesn't change. When I tip (and I'm also assuming that this is the reason most people will tip as well) it's based on the amount of work my waiter/waittress does, for example if I have a large group of people (4+) the waitstaff obviously has to do more work when bringing out our food. But the amount of work ultimately depends on what is being ordered right? So what If I'm ordering a lobster roll (30$) and my friend orders a chicken sandwhich (15$), why do I need to tip more for a lobster roll? In terms of the amount of work done to bring the food out I'd think a lobster roll likely weighs less than a chicken sandwhich. Let's take a more extreme example, let's say I order caviar (maybe 100$ not sure never had it) and my friend orders a burger (20$), same rate of tip (20%) why am I \*supposed\* to tip 20$ as opposed to my friend who will tip 4$. The point im trying to make is when eating out people should have fixed ideas of what they want to tip in my case im thinking 5$ if I'm ordering a single item, shouldn't matter if it's foie gras, lobster, sandwhich etc. The exception comes with large groups of people as what likely happens is that the waitstaff has to do much more work in bringing out entrees + appetizers + drinks. In that case it makes sense as a percentage in fact I see restaurants tend to already factor in a mandatory gratuity in the case of large groups. Of course you are free to do as you please with your money, however there seems to be a large counter culture to anti-tipping, and I don't think it is fair to shame people for not wanting to tip as a percentage.

Yeah, I agree with you.

I think that tipping culture in general is stupid, restaurants should be required to pay their waiting staff fair wages so they would not need to rely on arbitrary politeness rules to make a decent income. And I think the idea of tipping percentages is just one of the ways people have tried to argue for some kind of fairness. Like, if you get a 5$ cup of coffee, tipping the waiter for another 5$ will make your bavarage twice as expensive as it would normally be, for many people that's unacceptable. But on the other hand if someone can spend 100$ on a caviar dish, then throwing in another 20$ for the waiter who made their dining experience smooth and pleasurable is not that much of an additional expense. Sure, bringing you a less expensive dish doesn't necessarily require more work than bringing you a more expensive dish, but the argument is that people who only get something very cheap usually won't tip enough to make the waiter's work worthwhile, because that would require tipping at practically the price of the food and thus paying twice. That's too much to expect of the customer. But the only way to even it out is to expect that those who order expensive dishes can also be more generous with tips, since even a 20$ tip is still just a percentage of what they spend at the restaurant.

21hssy

ifyoulikeblank_train

[If I like] CAKE, Foster the People, Group Love, Two Door Cinema Club, Modest Mouse. [what else would I like] I'm not sure how to describe my tastes, but they include alternative?

Just posted this for somebody else, but I really like Dr. Dog and Father John Misty.

Twenty One Pilots The Icarus Account Capital Cities Imagine Dragons Coldplay All-American Rejects OneRepublic The Neighborhood The Killers Wild Child We have almost the exact same taste in music and these are other bands that I really enjoy, so I hope you like them too.

xlyu1s

booksuggestions_train

What is the most fascinating/shocking/disturbing biography you have read? Looking for some recommendations!

{The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band} by Tommy Lee, et al. Happy Reading!

If You Tell, by Gregg Olsen. Felt sick the entire read.

rx42dr

ultralight_train

Balancing hiking with life Hello fellow backpackerpeople. I have a corporate 9-5 job that currently is seeming to just take up way to much of my time. Also in the balancing act serious relationship and other various hobbies. I wanna be out in the backcountry damnit! Wondering how you guys balance working a completely unrelated job with spending time outside and other activities because I feel like backpacking is always what slips even though it brings me incredible peace, happiness, and satisfaction.

I live in Santa Barbara within walking distance of the Los Padres National Forest and 5 hours away from the Sierras. I can easily do a weekend overnighter or use my vacation days for a longer trip. Once I quit my job to hike the PCT and then got another job 2 years later. Throughout my entire full-time working career I have saved 20-40% (2% when I had minimum wage jobs) of my income. As my income grew so did my savings. My lifestyle never grew. I have never bought a car or a house. I never had children. I do not buy new clothes. I went 20 years cutting my own hair. I have never had any debt. My whole life has been oriented toward saving for the future. I'm now at age 57 having lived this way my entire working life. I'm going to retire this year and be hiker trash forever. BUT...I do have other activities that I enjoy. I like to play fiddle tunes with my friends. I'm a member of two different jams. We jam 2 or 3 times a week. Every year there are two weekend jams, one in spring and one in fall, at a nearby campground that I enjoy attending. I've traveled to other cities and states to jam with strangers. When I hiked the PCT and wanted to quit I was always thinking about how I missed jamming with my friends. When I'm jamming with my friends I'm always thinking about how much I wish I was backpacking. I have not solved the desire to be two people doing two different things at the same time.

Be lucky as f*ck. find a love of your life that snjkys being in the outdoors as much as you do. Honestly compromises still have to be made. We don't backpack that much. For example she just announced to me she wanted to do the boundry waters this coming year. Didn't even ask my opinion. Maybe I wanted to do somethint different. I mean I didn't but maybe I want to choose. I never get to plan anything anymore. I think I forgot how. Probably spend 45-50 days a year in the woods. Even still sometimes I have to do stuff without her. That sort of sucks. Usually it just sort of works out that way because its a bunch of the usual suspects (guy friends) and she's tired or being the only woman. The guys fall bikepacking trip or the annual winter fat bike trip or the superbowl weekend snowshoe and pulk trip. She just says "you go do your sausage fest thing" and I do, but its sad because I know she would enjoy it. :( Life sucks and then you die.

xdek06

booksuggestions_train

Books that take place in Poland Im currently learning Polish and with that also comes with learning history and all of that. im open to any genre as well! :)

**Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead, by Olga Tokarczuk**

{{Swimming in the Dark}}

xns8i9

changemyview_train

Change my view that Religious people who are also moral objectivists either indirectly or directly strive for theocracy. I couldn't decide in my mind if I should go with religious people or theists in the title, but I think either way it is a problem, because either way you want your nation (or... everything) to be governed using the morals and rules you abide to. That's unavoidable if you're a moral objectivist, is it not? God provides morals, so you want us to be led by them, the morals of *your* religion. This is clearly problematic and scary, because that will discriminate against smaller religious groups even more than they currently are. So to cmv, explain how moral objectivism and theocracy aren't a necessary combination.

Theocracy wouldn't be much different than what we got now. It would make more sense with theocracy rather than democracy at least. With democracy, we have a bunch of idiots praying to a elephant and a donkey. In a theocracy, we can at least relate to the fucking deity. How am I suppose to relate to a donkey? Do I look like an ass to you? Im not afraid of mice like your counter part? So wtf do I do?

I don't think anyone is actively trying to mingle the church and government into one ruling body, which is what a theocracy would be. People ARE voting based upon the beliefs they hold to, but they're voting (i.e. a democracy, not a theocracy). So I guess my problem particularly is using the word "theocracy", which has historically meant something quite different.

r2vsn2

askculinary_train

Induction or gas? I hope you can help me. I'm redoing my kitchen and want to replace my 30 inch gas range. I cannot decide between dual fuel gas top or induction. I would love to hear your opinions and brand suggestions. I cannot afford top of the line but I can do high-end non professional.

For context I cook for customers and crews on a range of surfaces. I've cooked side-by-side with a gas cooktop and multiple induction portables. I find gas to be easier and more versatile. In my previous house I put in a six-burner Thermador that I loved and miss to this day. General comments in no particular order: "easy clean" for induction and other glass-top cooktops is simply not true. Razor blades and chemical warfare are the norm. Insurance statistics show that most house fires are electrical and start in the kitchen. Wire nuts are evil. It is nice to be able to cook when the power is out. Electric is definitely preferable in an oven for temperature control. You still need to calibrate the thermostat. Convection is outstanding. Steam cooking in my opinion is grossly overrated.

If you are into Asian cooking. Gas all the way. The way to get to the wok hei is through gas

8wwc5o

eatcheapandhealthy_train

What are your favorite ways of preparing staples? What are your favorite ways of preparing beans, rice, and potatoes? What do you like to do with them?

First I like to buy organic high quality medal staples. Locally made if possible. Then I very carefully, with tweezers, place each staple in a pre heated stapler, one by one. After I've lined up my paper by tapping all the sides on the desk, I slowly place the corner into the mouth of the stapler. Then and this is key. I press down as hard as I can on the top of the stapler insuring a clean, tight staple. Done, multiple sheets are now ready to be passed around.

Left-hand corner, diagonal.

ob60go

changemyview_train

Change my view that The concept of Omniscience is a big trouble to Theology. First of all, there's the classic: if God knows all, then he knew Adam and Eve would use their free will to go against his teachings and eat the forbidden fruit. That is, he knew people would use the free will to commit sins and go against him. Therefore, it would be far easier to not create us at all, or simply not give us free will - because if God knows we do evil stuff against ourselves and does nothing, then he isn't benevolent, he is indifferent. And, of course, he knows it, because he's omniscient. This also makes the Flood and Noah's Ark a big incoherence. If God knew that at some point humans would be so perverted from his path as to have to send a huge flood to kill almost all of us, why didn't he avoid that when making us in the first place? It's like getting a kitten and not buying a litter box: you know the cat's gonna poop on your carpet, and yet you let him do it anyway. Only instead of cleaning up the poop and buying a litter box, God drowned the kitten in the bathtub.

I don't think omniscience is a huge deal breaker provided a couple of assumptions: 1 - Free will is the defining quality of being human, and 2 - While God can omnisciently forsee "sin" or "suffering" and could omnipotently prevent that sin or suffering, it would prevent humans from having free will, and expressing our basic "human-ness". In the Adam and Eve story, it's critical that the fruit was that of the knowledge of good and evil; eating the fruit introduced sin, but it also allowed humanity to be moral agents, like God. If God intervened whenever humanityay suffer or sin, we would lose what makes us like God - our ability to choose to act ethically in the world. What does, IMO, create a much more formidable problem for the "traditional christian" is their view of Hell as everlasting punishment. Or the suffering in the world not caused by human choice, but natural causes like earthquakes or disease (look up the problem of evil if your interested).

You just don't understand. That's kinda the end of the argument. God IS omniscient and omnipotent, any inconsistency you come up with are the result of your lack of comprehension, a flaw in _you_. These are axioms, not things to be disproven. So...it's no trouble at all since it's a _premise_ and no one suggests we shouldn't struggle to understand god - that's quite literally what most religions are is the impossible pursuit of understanding god. If we did in fact have it all laid out then we certainly wouldn't have theologians at all.

4y2pvf

explainlikeimfive_train

Explain like I'm five years old: Why is it so difficult to design an advanced AI in strategy games when there is a chess computer that can beat grand masters? Hearts of Iron, Civilization, etc.. Why do these types of games always rely on giving the AI bonuses rather than just making them play better? If a chess computer can beat grand masters, shouldn't strategy games be capable of having advanced AI?

I'd more than likely say that it is because there are significantly more variables to account for in strategy games as opposed to a game of chess. In chess the rules and possible moves are simpler than a game of Starcraft or similar strategy game. Here is a random quote from the internet: > The maximum number of legal moves in a position is 218. So a crude upper bound for the number of possible chess games is 218^11797 = 10^27586 (source) While the number itself is a rather large number, it is a finite number due to the rules regarding chess. While in strategy games can potentially contain near infinitely more possible moves due to a higher level of complexity. Attempting to program AI with so many possibilities becomes extremely challenging and taxing on hardware. If you want a more challenging bot, you'll need to give it more resources. The good news is that we are always improving both in programming and hardware. Who knows, in a few years you could have an AI assistant in your pocket that could pass the Turing test.

Variables. In Chess, there are very limited options, as well as best practices. Video games have a lot more variables, and a lot more real time calculations.

s1t5ku

suggestmeabook_train

Suggest me a book that's written seriously yet it's so bad to the point of being funny I have a weird sense of humour and nothing is as funny as something serious as f*ck or at least halfway serious that ends up unintentionally hilarious. I'm mostly interested in fantasy.

Ben Shapiro wrote a fiction book about a mercenary in the future that helps people escape communist California

Not exactly fantasy, but Anthem by Any Rand. Atlas Shrugged too, but that's the kind of thing you read when it's the only book available when you're snowbound for the winter.

3xdxhx

explainlikeimfive_train

Explain like I'm five years old: Why does every Xbox One game need to download/install 1GB+ "updates" every time I buy a new game? Why can't I just put the disc in like consoles used to be?

Game Developer here. Almost everything above is true. I want to stress and keep evangelising to gamers that there is a HUGE difference between a developer and a publisher (even in developers owned by their publisher, (343, etc) just less so ). Imagine your favorite movie director getting 20% of his budget cut. Or worse, 20% of his time to release cut because of X (another game by the publisher tanked, they hope to release before competitor X, just cause... fuck you developer for asking why). Also, there is a horrible and sometimes corrupt process called Cert. Certification by Mic4osoft and/or Sony is costly, required, and suspect to wildly unpredictable chaanges and flat-out scandalous business practices. Once you get a game through Cert, you don't volunteer to do it again soon (not that publishers would pay for it... which what developers do...out of your own money... that you have to pay back to them before you see one cent of profit). Not when we every Cert attempt costs you 30k, 40k, and more and more every time you fail (and "fail" is where the scandalous business goes down). . And yes. Sometimes shit didn't get done. Sometimes something got done, but it's too dangerous to add before Cert starts. Sometimes it is a lot of 13 hour days, broken marriages, and missed soccer matches of your kids, so you can pack as much of the vision as you had hoped for in the first place, onto that Day 1 patch. . Kk. Developers love you. Publishers fuck you. Enlighten others to the difference. Dropping the mic now.

Online patches allows publishers to sell a game earlier than without patches. Before most people had the Internet consoles had no way to issue a patch for a game. PC games did have this ability, and sometimes they even launched with a patch disk in the box, but it was expensive to ship a floppy disc or CD with a patch. Once game magazines started including CDs, publishers would release patches via game magazines in addition to sending out patch discs. If a console game had a bug, like the many bugs in Final Fantasy 6, the only way to fix it was to change future releases and hope nobody noticed problems on the previous versions. As more people got the Internet, PC games could have patches sent via the Internet. PC games actually had this capability very early, many classic games today were originally distributed as shareware online so it made sense to release patches the same way. Consoles did not have this capability until the Dreamcast, although I don't know if any games were patched.The Dreamcast browser was constantly patched but not online, you could only get it on a disc that came with some games and magazines. Skip ahead and the Internet gets faster, more people get it, and finally the consoles allow patches starting with the Xbox 360. As speeds increase patches can get bigger as well. At some point somebody realized they did not have to finish the game when the game was compiled and sent off to be pressed on discs. With day 1 (or day 0) patches they could send off a buggy, or in some cases incomplete (like Halo 5 or The Witcher 3) game and finish it and then release the patch before the release date. This way they can get their game to market a month earlier than they normally would have been able to do without a patch. This does not always work though, they end up hitting a problem they cant fix in time but the game discs are being made and shipped out so they can't push back the release date. Most services have a separate patch process from the install. Steam is different, when a patch is released you download the changed files rather than an installer. Most people on Steam won't even know a game had a day 1 patch as it was auto downloaded before release.

x2qqk

asksocialscience_train

[economics] Why are the poor countries poor? Bad government? Social relationships? Economic system? Exploitation from other countries? Something else? What's the economists' answer?

Probably going to get buried, but here goes: In the long run, countries are rich or poor depending on GDP growth. GDP, the amount an economy can produce, depends on capital (factories, roads), labor (workers, managers), human capital (training, education, experience), raw materials and technology. Given this, GDP growth depends on investment, the educational system, population growth, and technological progress. What determines how much the population saves and invests; how much education and training people pursue; how much effort is spent on developing better ways of doing things and improving technology? A generally accepted view is that much depends on *access* and *incentives*. Can you save and invest, and are you allowed to keep the product of your investment? Is education available, and does it allow you to earn more? Are you in a position to develop, and can you benefit from innovating new technologies? Daron Acemoglu, an MIT economist who specializes in economic growth, argues that nations fail economically when they have authoritarian extractive governments that serve the elite; while economic success follows from participatory governments that hold in check the exploitative tendencies of the elite, and allow broader access to economic progress for the entire population. Jared Diamond has written a readable review of Acemoglu's latest book, *Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty*. The conclusion to Acemoglu's widely respected text book *Introduction to Modern Economic Growth* is available online. (Warning: Not for the faint hearted or unprepared.)

Define exploitation.

yhbwa3

ifyoulikeblank_train

[If I like] Music about drugs [what else would I like?] Let me clarify. Yes, comfortably numb is about drugs, but it is a blissful/happy song. I'm looking for more negative songs, about addiction. Like Low Man's Lyrics by metallica, it captures the self loathing very well. I'd love to feel the desperation, the hopelessness, the agony of trying and failing to quit. The pain of what you're doing to your life, yourself. Any music like that? (Don't shy from odd time signatures, progressive, metal, whatever...) The more intense the better. Thanks in advance

* Drugs Don’t Work by The Verve * Hurt by Nine Inch Nails * The Big Come down by Nine Inch Nails * Jane Says by Jane’s Addiction * Gravity by A Perfect Circle * Breaking the Habit by Linkin Park NIN’s albums The Downward Spiral and The Fragile are both albums that you might want to listen to.

Primus has some good stuff: lacquerhead is a decent song, and the whole Frizzle Fry album I think is pretty ambiguous on drug use

814xzl

askhistorians_train

We know that disease killed large amounts of native populations of the Americas when Europeans appeared, were there any diseases that the Native Populations passed on to the Europeans populations? I'm guessing that due to the nomadic nature of the American Indians, diseases wouldn't have so easily proliferated like they did in Europe, but the Aztecs were known to have cities. Did any illnesses or disease that European immune systems weren't prepared for make it back to Europe?

Oooh, this is one of my favorite topics!!! So the answer that is most commonly accepted is syphilis. So I'll refer you to a previous post that I wrote on this subject on r/Medicine for a lot more information about the dramatic appearance of syphilis in Naples in 1495 (along with a really cool woodcutting by Durer of what was likely one of the first syphilis patients in the West). Let me start my quoting that previous post with some background (though with embarrassment I'll give the caveat that I'm not an historian, but a physician/podcaster and this was written not with the political situation in mind, but the medical): > Syphilis is caused by a corkscrew-shaped bacterium called Treponema pallidum. It is easily transmitted through mucosal contact, and most infection is therefore sexual in nature (though mother-to-child, both via blood, and during the birthing process, were common). We now divide the disease into three stages -- during primary syphilis, a painless ulcer called a chancre forms at the site of inoculation, naturally usually on the genitals. Months later, the patient develops flu-like symptoms, a rash (classically on the hands and feet), hair loss, and meningitis. This is secondary syphilis. In its final stage, the disease causes granulomas to form all over the body (gummas), which can interrupt organ function and disfigure the patient. The vasculature is affected (especially aortitis). And of course, neurological manifestations appear -- tabes dorsalis, the degeneration of the dorsal columns of the spinal cord; dementia; and the dreaded general paralysis of the insane (GPI). > As far as infectious diseases, syphilis is fairly unique because we can date its appearance to Western doctors to a single year -- 1495 -- when a great, mysterious plague hit the city of Naples. This first manifestation of syphilis was far more violent than the disease we know today. Patients would have diffuse ulcerations and gummas in a matter of weeks, as the man in this image. They would show signs of what we now recognize as sepsis. And the mortality appeared to be much higher. > The reason why this first manifestation of syphilis was so deadly likely relates to its origin. In 1494, Naples was taken by a French force of 25,000 mercenaries from across Europe, some of them Spaniards who had just returned with Columbus from the New World. In 1495, the neighboring Italian cities banded together to evict the French, and then were welcomed by horrifying tableaus like this man. The mercenaries disbanded, taking the disease with them back across Europe. But I actually want to talk a little bit more about the controversies surrounding the origin of syphilis, and how advancing medical, anthropological, and genetic evidence has slowly shifted our understanding of the origin, and how there are still some controversies today. By the first years of the fifteenth, European doctors had largely accurately described the first and second stages of syphilis -- and a consensus was emerging on where it came from. A physician who had treated Columbus' men reported in 1520 that he had seen similar findings (esp. the painless ulcer; chancre) prior to returning to Hispaniola. And Spanish doctors realized that the disease was endemic on Hispaniola. The medical community was slowly coming around to what is now called the "Columbian Hypothesis;" that is, as your question asserts, the disease was the smallpox antithesis, transmitted from the North American natives back to European colonizers. By the nineteenth century, the Columbian Hypothesis was fully accepted, even though many of the details had yet to be worked out (most notably, gonorrhea was thought until surprisingly recently to be another form of syphilis). Then in the late nineteenth century into the early 20th century, anthropologists began to study bones in depth. They found many bony findings in pre-contact Europe that appeared to show the effects of syphilis (esp destruction of the cortex of the bone, and ulcerative lesions). There were also studies on Egyptian mummies that purported to show lesions due to syphilis. Finally, the new field of paleopathology looked back to Greek and Roman medical writings, and found cases that they felt could describe syphilis. Slowly, a new consensus was growing -- essentially that syphilis was an ancient disease that had existed in both the New World and the Old. The idea here was that the outbreak in Naples had been an especially virulent mutation of endemic syphilis, which had "burnt" itself out -- this actually makes sense given the decreased virulence of other infectious diseases, especially tuberculosis, as there are selective pressures to decrease mortality for the organism. Finally, in 1905, T. pallidum was seen under darkfield microscopy, and doctors realized that the far less severe diseases of bejel and yaws were also caused by T. pallidum; both of these are present in the old world. A "hybrid hypothesis" was developed that stated that T. pallidum caused disease everywhere, but that local factors could cause it to present as syphilis versus bejel or yaws. These "local factors" changed in the 15th and 16th century, leading to the syphilis outbreaks. So if we were having this conversation fifty years ago, the pre-Columbian hypothesis was dominant, and in fact you'll find plenty of references (including the pathology text book I used in medical school!!) stating the pre-Columbian hypothesis. So how has the Columbian hypothesis come to be accepted again? Well, first of all, DNA analysis quickly did the hybrid hypothesis away; we can see that though syphilis/bejel/yaws are all caused by the same organism, there are evolutionary divergent. The best evidence against the pre-Columbian hypothesis comes from paleopathology and anthropology, not DNA analysis. I'll put the link to the review at the bottom, because it's fascinating. But essentially, researchers developed as "osteotype" -- that is, bony findings that are caused by syphilis but NOT other diseases (if you're curious, the osteotype was composed of bony gummas and saber shins -- because ONLY syphilis will cause those findings). What they found is that the syphilis osteotype was not found in a single bone pre-Contact; the findings before 1495 were "sensitive" but not specific; that is, they were found in syphilis, yes, but also in other diseases. In the Americas, however, the osteotype was commonly found prior to 1492, and in fact the migration of syphilis across the continents could actually be tracked. The Columbian hypothesis again reigns supreme. So to get back to your question -- the initial Neapolitan syphilis outbreak certainly APPEARS to be because Europeans lacked natural immunity -- though could also be because the serovar brought back from Hispaniola was especially virulent, and selective pressures made syphilis less deadly over time. I hope that helps! EDIT: Forgot the include the reference I promised. * Rothschild, BM, “History of Syphilis Clinical Infectious Diseases.” 2005; 40:1454–63

There's always room for discussion but perhaps the section Impact of indigenous diseases on the Europeans from our FAQ will answer your inquiry.

qevp8s

frugal_train

Whats your favorite OBSCURE frugal hack? We hear alot do frugal living tips that can get repetitive but what hacks are less common but make a huge impact?

Buy 100% reusable napkins and use kitchen rags/towels instead of paper towels. I haven’t bought paper towels in ages and have no intention of doing so regularly ever again. I think I spent $30 on napkins+towels in total from Amazon. Since they are all white, I can soak them in bleach before throwing them into the wash. I then hang them out to dry if weather permits. I also like this hack because it is an environmentally conscious one. Someone crunched the numbers on this here: Why you should switch to cloth napkins and how to do it

Joining local Buy Nothing facebook groups. It's a great way to scratch the itch of having something "new" without spending, sharing what you no longer need/want, and meeting your neighbors.

j6rm6g

homebrewing_train

What's your favorite winter brew that *isn't* a stout or porter? Obviously stouts are *the best* in winter. But I can't just have three taps of stout -- I need some variation! What's your favorite cold-weather brew that isn't a stout or porter (or similar super dark, malty style, like a Belgian quad)?

Saison

This was one of my fav beers period and was perfect for fall and winter. I think I'm going to take a whack at a clone this winter.

knqwfo

iwanttolearn_train

I want to learn How to invest from the very beginning. Could anyone recommend a book for a starter? When I say from the very beginning, I mean it. My current knowledge about investing starts and ends with 'I should put my money into the company I believe will do great in the future and my money will grow'. I want to start from the very basics, as I want to feel super comfortable with it before I even start. I know there's loads of videos on youtube as well but on this occasion I'd like a book with everything explained. Thank you!

The most important part is researching. A good place to start is searching say, this sub, for this question being asked about 1x a week.

My dad watches a business channel that basically keeps a eye on stock market whole day. But in between the news, they show some experts who come and explain somethings. Although this might not be the answer you were expecting, but my dad learned a lot watching that business news channel. For book, i guess *rich dad poor dad* would be a good starter.

abugvn

suggestmeabook_train

Are there any good historical fiction books based on the Odyssey?

The Firebrand by Marion Zimmer Bradley

Troy by Edward Rutherfurd. It's a 2 part series and maybe not exactly what you are looking for but if you read one you'll likely appreciate the other more.

2rl24l

asksciencefiction_train

[DC] How did Superboy Prime go from base-Superman power-levels to full-on threat to the multiverse? It seems like such a massive jump. There must have been several circumstances/events that got him to such a ridiculously high degree of power.

This is primarily because Superboy Prime is from the Silver Age of Comic books. You know all of that completely bullshit stuff that you hear Superman doing? Like going faster than infinity, sneezing away a solar system, making up powers as the plot demands, flying around the Earth so fast that it reversed time, dragging away an entire galaxy ect. Well all of that bullshit stuff was retconned away during the Crisis of Infinite Earths and Superman became a much more balanced, relatable, and seriously nerfed character. But Superboy Prime is from that old, bullshit era of comics, he never got nerfed, he's still bullshit. This primarily manifests itself in the fact that SBP can flat out ignore things that would normally hurt Superman e.g magic, telepathy, stupidly powerful punches ect. So it's not so much that he can hit harder than anything in the multiverse (although he can hit pretty hard) it's that he can *survive* anything the entire DC multiverse can throw at him simply because of his Silver Age bullshit heritage. In addition he's also undergone many power ups, he normally wore some armour that ensures that he never runs out of sunlight, at one point he obtained a yellow lantern ring, at another point he recieved a "Guardian Boost" when he absorbed the energy from a Guardian of the Universe self destructing in his face.

*there is only one way to explain it, and it needs a fourth wall break*

w7p7dr

ifyoulikeblank_train

[If I like] Crazy ex-girlfriend, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, The office, Parks and rec, Young Sheldon, Modern Family, Farzar, Rick and Morty, Disenchantment [what else would I like]

Derry Girls

Brooklyn 99

u4tobq

changemyview_train

Change my view that Elden Ring is overrated and bad # Background I haven't been playing a lot of games in recent years, but was a huge gamer when I was younger. I bought Elden Ring after IGN gave it a 10/10 and described it as a "Masterpiece" and a "Game that moves the genre forward". Coming from a background of games like GTA (3, 4, 5), Fallout 3 & New-Vegas, Assassins Creed and others, I just don't see how this game can be called a "Masterpiece". It's fun and challenging in some aspects, but objectively terrible and bad in many crucial areas. I think that the challenge with criticizing this game is that it already had an established fanbase that excuse every poor design choice or developer laziness as an intentional "design choice", but I just don't buy it. It may be a good experience for these people but from the angle of someone who never played the FromSoftware games before, this game is an awful frustrating experience. I've played it for over 60 hours and I'll point out the things I think were objectively bad. I'll be approaching this from the angle of someone who never played the Souls games and is not actively searching through google and guides the entire time, because if your game requires 3rd-party online help than your game is not a 10/10. # First Impressions Once you start the game, you choose between several classes which you know nothing about. You have to select a starting item out of a list of item that you don't know, and the game starts. You see a bunch of ghosts and weird messages that you don't understand, and wonder around until you start fighting some monster that kills you in 3 seconds and starts a cutscene where you're somewhere else. At this point you are completely confused. The moment the monster hits you the screen freezes for a tenth of a second and turns black. There's no cutscene explaining what happened, no message on the screen, and the cutscene that shows this woman on the horse doesn't explain anything and like every other cutscene/dialog includes nothing but fantasy gibberish. It gets even worse, because in my playthrough I just ran through the giant door that caught my attention, but it turned out after 3 restarts that this giant hole in the ground is something I should jump into for a tutorial. **WHY WOULD YOU HIDE THE TUTORIAL LIKE THAT?** Literally 10 minutes earlier the game teaches you not to fall from heights, why would a new player try to jump in the pit? This is not a "design choice" this is just **bad design**. There's no reason to hide a tutorial that's supposed to attract new players. This stuff never happens in a true masterpiece like Half Life or Fallout. The game developers should care about your experience as a new player. # Quests The quests in this game are awful. Not "bad", not "lacking", not "limited", they are awful. Here's an average quest in Elden ring: * You meet a guy called X * X tells you to go to Y and talk to someone/kill a bunch of enemies * You go to Y and do that * X says thank you Most of the times the quest is completely unrelated to the main plot and very forgettable, but another issue is that there is no quest menu. Having no quest menu is not a "design choice" that makes the game "more challenging", and including a quests menu is not "spoon-feeding", it's a basic thing that an open world game should have. The alternatives are writing down all the names and locations of all the people you've met in a notebook, or googling. If you have to do either - your game is not a 10. The quests are comparable to what you'd see in 1st generation Pokemon games on GameBoy, not a modern state of the art video game. Fallout NV for example is a masterpiece that has a quests menu. Did anyone ever complain about it? Did it ruin the game? No, it just organized knowledge for you instead of forcing you to remember 45 forgettable characters. # Multiplayer The multiplayer in this game is confusing and makes no god-damn sense. Even fans of this game complained that it's too limiting and weird. A not-insane multiplayer would simply allow you to play with a friend through the entire experience, but in this game it's limited to specific strange options in specific areas. You basically summon a random unknown player that you can't communicate with other than gestures, and hope that it'll help you in some way. The way you do it is by using an item with a random gibberish name (something something fingers) which is already confusing, and this item is something you need to craft whenever you run out of. Also, invasions are annoying, and many times I don't understand if I'm being invaded or fighting an NPC because for some reason some NPCs also have a red title above their head. Why? Probably another "brilliant design choice". Also, the messages are mostly internet graffiti telling you to "Try finger, but hole". It's all very stupid. # Bad Programming This game is badly programmed. In what other single player game can you not pause!? Why can't I exit the game and can only "restart" it back to the main menu? This just screams laziness and incompetence from the programmers part. There's tons of annoying bugs and several times where I couldn't find the runes I lost. I'd reach the marker and they simply weren't there. I can't call a game a masterpiece when it's programmed so poorly. A video game is a computer program, and if the programming is bad the game is bad. # Artificial Difficulty I'm not gonna complain about the game being too hard. To be hones, the only good parts about this game is the combat mechanics and the challenge they give. What I am going to complain about is the game making the game **longer** by stupid means. For example, in the first castle you get to there's an issue where every time you die, you can only recover part of the runes you lost. You'd lose 1000 runes and pick up something like 700-800. The game doesn't tell you why it happens and you probably think it's a bug, but if you google you'll see that there's an NPC in the entrance of the castle that is "stealing your runes". The game doesn't tell you that and the only way to know is via google. This is just stupid. # I'm stuck Another problem is that the game blocks you from main quest advances without any explanation on how to progress. For example, I got to General Radhan's castle, killed the 2 bosses and talked to some guy who said that a festival will start sometime in the future without explaining anything. Like I mentioned, every NPC dialog is just a bunch of useless fantasy gibberish. Would it ruin your day if he gave you a slight hint over how to progress? A small "Go to X and find Y" would help here. I tried to ignore it because the festival simply wouldn't start, so I went somewhere else and tried to enter Raya Lucaria, but the gate is closed and I have no idea how to get inside. Basically the main quest is stuck and I'm very over-levelled at this point. Even after googling I have no idea how to progress because google would only say "You first need to do X and talk to Y" when I have no idea wtf is X or Y. # In conclusion This game is very bad and has tons of people defending it with stupid arguments that don't make sense. It's not a masterpiece, and if this game is a "game of the year" than this is a huge indictment against the gaming industry. Not every lazy decision is a "design choice". Please CMV. I'd love to hear what I'm missing because I'm already invested in this game and want to actually enjoy it

I played Demon Souls a lifetime ago, but ER has been the first of the mainline of FS games that I have gotten into. I think a major difficulty that you're having is that you assumed the NPCs were just spouting fantasy gibberish, they aren't nearly everything they tell you informs a larger part of the lore or about questlines. If you aren't paying attention to the prompts the game gives you and are hostile to the idea of googling, then its easy to understand why you are lost. >Once you start the game, you choose between several classes which you know nothing about. You have to select a starting item out of a list of item that you don't know, and the game starts. I didn't like this either I would have liked a training dummy or something to play with the different loadouts, I just went wretch because it was the most open ended. That said, your starting set really doesn't matter for anything aside from the first hour or two of play. > You see a bunch of ghosts and weird messages that you don't understand, and wonder around until you start fighting some monster that kills you in 3 seconds and starts a cutscene where you're somewhere else. The ghosts and messages can be really helpful, its also trivially easy to kill the first boss if you start with a ranged weapon like the samurai. >Literally 10 minutes earlier the game teaches you not to fall from heights, why would a new player try to jump in the pit? This is not a "design choice" this is just bad design. There's no reason to hide a tutorial that's supposed to attract new players. There's a ghost setting right next to the pit, and there's a clear route down marked by player messages. Not sure how you missed it. >This stuff never happens in a true masterpiece like Half Life or Fallout. The game developers should care about your experience as a new player. In Fallout NV, you can pretty easily skip the tutorial just by leaving Goodsprings. >Most of the times the quest is completely unrelated to the main plot and very forgettable, but another issue is that there is no quest menu. Nearly every quest ties back into the main storyline. there are giant golden arrows on the map to lead you between main questlines. The secondary questlines are often more involved or have multiple routes to completion so a traditional quest log would be hard to implement. > A not-insane multiplayer would simply allow you to play with a friend through the entire experience, but in this game it's limited to specific strange options in specific areas. I've rolled through much of the game with a close friend you just have to rejoin after or between certain areas. I thought it was strange at first but it works for the game. >This game is badly programmed. In what other single player game can you not pause!? its not single player, the threat of invasion is always there. >Another problem is that the game blocks you from main quest advances without any explanation on how to progress. For example, I got to General Radhan's castle, Radhan and everything else in Caelid are fully optional, when I was told the festival would start soon I assumed I had to progress the story which was true, there's also like 3-4 separate ways to progress, you can skip Raya and Stormveil if you want. >The game doesn't tell you why it happens and you probably think it's a bug, but if you google you'll see that there's an NPC in the entrance of the castle that is "stealing your runes". Gostoc is shady as fuck and directly mentions looting corpses in his dialogue, I put 2 and 2 together and killed the bastard, got all my runes back, which was possibly a bad call but wtfe. >I went somewhere else and tried to enter Raya Lucaria, but the gate is closed and I have no idea how to get inside Check your inventory for a meeting place map, I bet you already have it. Go to the place on the map, grab the key, its really straight forward. Either pay attention or google, the game doesn't handhold but it doesn't expect that much out of you.

It's ok that you think it's bad, it's an opinion after all. But is it 'bad' when I'm having a lot of fun playing? I like when things aren't explained. Far too often in games and in movies, *everything* is explained and it's tedious. This is the polar opposite, and I appreciate that. For me, it's 'fun' to figure out that dying here makes me lose more runes than usual (for example), so I'd better not die there anymore. It raises the stakes. In other words, most of what you're saying are, for me, features, not bugs. **First Impressions:** 'things are confusing' - yes, but that's what I like **Quests:** This sounds like every quest in every RPG **Multiplayer:** no comment, I don't do it **Bad Programming:** I disagree about pause (part of the challenge), but agree about exiting being annoying **Artificial Difficulty:** what you described is part of the difficulty, imo. I like the losing rune system, and figuring out that I'm losing extra runes somewhere is added stakes. **I'm stuck:** the mystery is part of the fun, and I consider it part of the fun to research what to do if I'm really stuck, weirdly. It's like my character going to the library or something. This is how I feel anyway. Opinion CMVs are tough because I can't 'convince' you to like what I like, but here it is.

r5yl84

suggestmeabook_train

your 10/10 fantasy books that everyone should read I'm in the mood for a good fantasy book (could be with a romance too!) so drop your favorite ones that were worth your time ;)

This might be a _few_ more than ten. J. R. R. Tolkien's {{The Hobbit}} and {{The Lord of the Rings}} essentially created the modern genre of fantasy. There's a reason for that: they're incredible books. {{Bridge of Birds}} by Barry Hughart is the first of three books in that series, and it won the World Fantasy Award in 1985. Set in "an ancient China that never was", it's the story of a young peasant man who's as strong as an ox, and an ancient sage with a slight flaw in his character. It draws on Chinese folk tales and history, as well as a bit of Sherlock Holmes. It's a mystery with magic, humor, adventure, and it's simply mind-blowing. Lawrence Watt-Evans' _Ethshar_ is a refreshing change from the usual fantasy tropes. His protagonists are unusual for the genre in that they're actually intelligent and decent people. They think about their challenges and make plans to deal with them - and while their plans aren't always perfect, the forethought generally **helps**. That's rare, in a genre where many novels would be less than half as long if the protagonists weren't idiots! His writing style also has an exceptional clarity. The series begins with {{The Misenchanted Sword}}. I should mention that the books in the series effectively stand alone; they feature different protagonists, and are set at different times and places in the same world. In other words, you can read one without having to read the others in order to get a good story. Steven Brust is quite possibly the best fantasy author currently living. His _Vlad Taltos_ is gritty high-fantasy; magical resurrection is common, though expensive, and psionic communication is almost as common as cell phones are in our world. At the same time it has a strong Sopranos flavor. The protagonist starts as an assassin and minor crime boss, a despised human in an Empire of elves. It starts with Jhereg. I've introduced a lot of friends to that series, and every single one of them has loved it. He also wrote a parallel series in the style of Alexander Dumas, set in the same universe: _The Khaavren Romances_. Those books are considerably thicker, and the language is practically baroque - but fun, if you like Dumas. The first book maps closely to _The Three Musketeers_, and is titled The Phoenix Guards. Barry Longyear's _The God Box_ is a fantasy about a rug merchant who gains a very strange inheritance that sends him on a trip through time as well as across the world. His travels are exciting, funny, enlightening and in the end deeply moving. He learns how to cope with his inner demons in a way that works for the reader, too. The concept of the "god box" has stuck with me ever since I read this book. I highly recommend it. The _Sun Wolf and Starhawk_ series by Barbara Hambly starts with {{The Ladies of Mandrigyn}}. It's sophisticated and gripping fantasy that’s quite intense, but not overbearing; the first book in particular presents interesting insights on men and women, without being preachy or simplistic. Strongly recommended. Patricia McKillip's The Forgotten Beasts of Eld is simply magical. It's an elegant, evocative fantasy that will probably stick in your mind forever. It won the World Fantasy Award in 1975. Try {{A Fine and Private Place}} by Peter S. Beagle. It's the story of a man (a modern man) who lives in a cemetery where he witnesses (and helps facilitate) love between ghosts. It's very memorable and different. Beagle is most famous for writing {{The Last Unicorn}}, which is also an amazing and unique book filled with poetry. Roger Zelazny's {{The Chronicles of Amber}} is one of the most popular fantasy series ever written. It's about a royal family of people from the ultimate reality who have the ability to travel from world to world and probability to probability, including modern Earth. Scheming and plotting by royal siblings to take the throne forms the core of the series, and it was published **decades** before _A Game of Thrones_! The first book in the series is {{Nine Princes In Amber}}. Look up the works of Lord Dunsany. He was an early pioneer in the field of fantasy, and a major early influence on H. P. Lovecraft; his stories and plays have a fairy-tale quality that's mesmerizing. And most of his works are now in the public domain, and available free from Project Gutenberg. I would recommend starting with The Book Of Wonder, A Dreamer's Tales, or Fifty-One Tales. Michael Moorcock's _Eternal Champion_ series' - plural, he wrote a number of different series based on different incarnations of The Eternal Champion - were groundbreaking. They introduced the dark antihero to modern fantasy. I'd suggest starting with {{Elric of Melniboné}}. Taken as a whole, the _Eternal Champion_ series consist of **several dozen** books - although most of them are relatively short, in the 180 - 220-page range. Robert E. Howard's Conan the Barbarian broke new ground in the field of fantasy: dark, gritty, with a protagonist who was a virtual killing machine. Yet the stories have a raw, fierce electricity to them. They're **gripping**. They shouldn't be missed. Fritz Leiber's _Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser_ books, starting with {{Swords and Deviltry}}, are classics of the genre. They're set in a world that’s a bit darker and more primitive-feeling than most modern fantasy, featuring an archetypal pair of adventurers. They’re very well written. {{The Lords of Dûs}} by Lawrence Watt-Evans is an excellent four-book fantasy series with heavy connections to Robert W. Chambers' The King in Yellow, which is itself associated with Lovecraft mythology. It features an intelligent, logical nonhuman protagonist who is often confused by human behavior. And also by the impending end of the world, in which he plays a key role. The first book is {{The Lure of the Basilisk}}. Steven Brust's {{To Reign In Hell}} has the honor of being the most frequently-stolen (i.e. borrowed and never returned) book in my collection. It's one of his earlier novels, a stand-alone that retells the Judeo-Christian story of the creation of Heaven, Earth, and Hell from a very different viewpoint. It's extremely clever, funny, and imaginative. You'll have to get your own copy, though, because mine isn't available for borrowing any more. I'd also recommend T.H. White's The Once and Future King, of course. It's a classic, and a wonderful book. The Harold Shea series by L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt is classic humorous fantasy. Professor Shea and his friends discover a way to travel to alternate realities based on mythology and stories. It's a lot of fun. Terry Pratchett's _Discworld_ series is a classic of humorous fantasy. You might start with {{Guards! Guards!}}. **Note**: although I've used the GoodReads link option to include information about the books, GoodReads is owned by Amazon. Please consider patronizing your local independent book shops instead; they can order books for you that they don't have in stock. And of course there's always your local library. If they don't have a book, they may be able to get it for you via inter-library loan. If you'd rather order direct online, Thriftbooks and Powell's Books are good. You might also check libraries in your general area; most of them sell books at very low prices to raise funds. I've made some great finds at library book sales! And for used books, Biblio.com and Bookshop.org are independent book marketplaces that serve independent book shops - NOT Amazon.

Sabriel. It’s great. You should read it.

lr2vxx

booksuggestions_train

If you could only recommend one classic book what would it be? I haven’t read many classics, I want to start and I’m curious what everyone’s favorite classic novel is?

Pride and prejudice

I’m torn between The Grapes of Wrath and Watership Down - two of my absolute favs

w6mfar

askculinary_train

If I deep fry something in my cast iron pan, can I leave the oil in the pan until tomorrow to deep fry again? Or do I need to strain out the left overs before reusing the oil? I made some fried chicken but I don't have a fine mesh strainer to perfectly strain the oil as well. Should I simply dump the oil and pour a new batch?

I don’t leave oil to pick up the flavor of whatever got left behind. I strain it into a funnel and stick it in a container. That doesn’t mean you can’t do what you want. But I have to say, “Clean up!” :)

No. Oil left more than 4 hours risks food poisoning

p5etxm

vegetarian_train

Any tips for going vegetarian? pretty much as the title says...ive been eating meat for 21 years and i just really would like to cut down / cut it out completely....does anyone have any tips or advice for how to get started? maybe some things to avoid or things to be cautious of? id really appreciate it...

There are two flywheels that will engage and keep you on track: the first is the feeling of doing the right thing, how much happier you are to not kill animals to subsist. The second is the way you feel with a cleaner and healthier diet. You won’t get to either one by going in partway. Just decide to stop eating meat, if you’re really unsure then put a time limit of say 3 months. Now that you’ve burned the boats, start figuring out what you’re going to eat. Make sure you’re getting a balance of carbs, fat, and protein. The good news is that with Impossible, Beyond, etc, and protein powders, this is all super easy. And these junk foods will help ease the transition. From here, just continue expanding your food horizons. When you eat meat, life is pretty simple, the meat is the main dish. Vegetarians have a lot more options, but that comes with challenges of knowing how much to eat and how to balance macros. This all takes time, but as you get into it and start feeling better about your health and energy levels, you’ll be inspired to go further. This is when being vegetarian/vegan really becomes fun!

Don't get too discouraged. Even just doing meatless Monday or only eating meat on the weekends is a great step, and makes a difference❤

5c5gt0

ifyoulikeblank_train

Love Tarantino movies but specifically looking for similar movies to kill bill, pulp fiction those weird cultish physiological movies

fuck yeah you guys have great taste

2 Days in the Valley was a 90s movie that rode the coattails of Pulp Fiction's success but stands pretty well on its own. As an added bonus, you get a topless Charlize Theron which makes it worth watching all on its own.

gkvk0m

eatcheapandhealthy_train

What are your favorite stretch meals? So meat is expensive, but we need the protein and like the flavor. Often we add cheaper ingredients with just a little meat to stretch the meal. Rice, beans, oatmeal, and noodles are popular choices as they are cheap and healthy. Chili, jambalaya, meatloaf, ham and beans, beef veggie soup, stir fry, American goulash, beef and noodles, chicken mixed into a broccoli & rice casserole, etc. What are your favorite meals that use a little meat to add flavor? Bonus if you include lots of veggies.

Meat is expensive so PVT is your friend! It is cheap, it is relatively healthy and can be added to so many meals, in lieu of ground meat. Use it in bolognaise, in tacos, in chili, in meat pies, etc.i’ve done half meat, half tvp in a lot of meals and nobody noticed. Another meal stretcher I really like is shredded cabbage. In fried rice, in stir fries, in soups, as a side as coleslaw, in tacos to ad crunch, in salads, etc. Shredded, it barely has any taste, it can be crunchy or soft depending in the cooking: it is very versatile. Yay for cabbage!

I loveeee beef bolognese. We use a whole box of pasta, a pound of ground beef and a 28 oz can of crushed tomatoes and add really any vegetable we have in the house. Our favorites are diced carrots, red pepper, onion, poblano pepper, and cherry tomatoes. I use sour cream to make it creamy and top it with cheese :) It makes a HUGE pot that usually is enough for about 5 or 6 servings and since it is just my husband and I it works out well.

th1399

suggestmeabook_train

looking for a really good book I'm looking for a really good book. Your favorite book. I would prefer if it's not one of the "classics".

Yo!! Check out The Song of Achilles!! So good!!!! It had me gripping it like no tomorrow, toes curling, sweat drenched, and absolutely destroyed!!!!!!! It’s also a romance between two men FYI

“Empire of the summer moon” it’s about Quanah Parker and the Comanche Indians. I don’t know one person who didn’t like it. In fact Both my uncle and brother are proud “non readers” and they loved it

yvqyq1

televisionsuggestions_train

Recommend me the best TV show you have ever watched and tell me why you consider it the best The genre doesn't matter. And it's fine if I have already watched it. I will rewatch it. Make sure you don't give away any spoilers What I consider the TV show: Looking for Alaska It is one of the most emotional stories I have ever watched which also being very funny. It also has a very memorable cast and I love the atmosphere and setting of this show

Dark - mind bending plot, intricate relationships, stunning visuals. 3 season series, everything immaculately tied and explained. Every detail significant. I could go on and on and on. Fringe - Talks about all fringe topics from viruses to time travel to doppelgangers to what say you. But the heart of the show is the relationships esp the father son relationship. John Noble at his finest. First 5 seasons of Supernatural - intense, core is the friendships and relationship between the brothers Haunting of Hill House - mind bending and thought provoking, you'll have to spend a lot of time after the show to understand what all you missed in the first viewing. Better call saul - amazing character development. The Boys - because before this show I didn't know that superheroes could be evil. Something so completely different to the Marvel universe

Breaking Bad. It will forever be my favorite show. A series that I never wanted to end. Aaron Paul and Bryan Cranston truly showed their talent as actors. I’ve watched the entire series about a dozen times it just never gets old.

mym2tx

ultralight_train

What do you use to keep you phone/etc. charged on longer thru-hikes? Wondering what other people on this sub use. I hiked the JMT (NoBo) last year and brought a Renology E.Flex 5W Solar Panel (5.93oz) with me to keep my gear charged. I had been using this for years and it worked fairly well on other trips, but on the JMT it decided it didn't want to work anymore so I'm looking for something a little more reliable. Since then I've been experimenting with the BioLite SolarPanel 5+ 2.0 (12.8oz) which has a built-in battery and works really well, but the extra weight is causing a bit of hand-wringing on my end. I'm hiking the JMT NoBo again this year and wondering what other people use on trips like these. I'm not watching movies at night in my tent or anything like that -- I use it mostly at night to listen to audiobooks for a bit as I'm falling asleep. I think something like a Anker PowerCore+ Mini 3350 (2.8oz) plus a wall charger and cable for it (1.4oz) would *possibly* get me thru to VVR (I'm doing a resupply there on day 9) and I could recharge it there. But I'm sharing the solar panel with someone else and one of those little batteries definitely wouldn't be enough for 2 people -- they'd have to bring their own. And it is nice not having to worry about the battery running out with the solar panel.

We used a Suntastics S5 solar panel while SOBO last year. Worked fine for my wife and I - two iPhones plus a Garmin. I carried it on top of my pack while hiking and that worked OK but it really put out juice when we'd stop for lunch or at camp and I could position it perfectly toward the sun. Charged an Anker 10mah battery. We never stayed at resupply long enough to get more that a bit of charge.

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hppl3f

booksuggestions_train

The Martian "At some point, everything's gonna go south on you... everything's going to go south and you're going to say, this is it. This is how I end. Now you can either accept that, or you can get to work. That's all it is. You just begin. You do the math. You solve one problem... and you solve the next one... and then the next. And If you solve enough problems, you get to come home. " - Mark Watney (The Martian) The Martian has been one of those rare books for me that had the right combination of science fiction, reality and humor. Never before have I seen a better use of humor before. And the way the sci-fi stuff goes on in the book, sometimes it even becomes difficult to differentiate if any of it is even fictional. On my first read, I thought most of it was actually real and a lot of it is. Like the Rich Purnell maneuver(sort of) All in all, from all my previous forays in sci-fi this is the one that felt most real be it the science or the super-relatable characters. It also works as a feel-good book, and the countless puns only make it more fun. Another fun line “I started the day with some nothin’ tea. Nothin’ tea is easy to make. First, get some hot water, then add nothin’.”

Seveneves

I laughed/snorted at all of the "hero botanist!" references in The Martian.

q1685y

ultralight_train

To freezer bag or cook inside my pot? How do you all cook your food? I am weighing (haha) the weight benefits between carrying a larger pot and rehydrating in the pot, or carrying a smaller one just to boil water and rehydrating inside freezer bags. Both seem to have their pros and cons... Pot - Pros: save weight not packing thick freezer bags, probably healthier than pouring hot water in a plastic bag. Cons: Having to carry a larger pot and having to "sump" the water out after cleaning. Freezer bag: Pros: save weight by carrying a smaller pot! Also don't have to clean a pot. Cons: I hate the idea of pouring boiling water into a plastic bag, just doesn't seem safe no matter what it says online. Lose a considerable amount of heat without carrying a 1.5 oz cozy (which would counteract the weight saved from carrying a smaller pot).

I've been trying out the freezer bag method, but I haven't been able to get the timing down... always winds up chewy/gooey like it's undercooked (or is it overcooked, I don't know really). I've tried the standard "double the cook time" method as well as waiting 5 min longer, 10 min longer, etc but haven't really got the hang of it yet. I'm using freezer bag and cozy. I notice on YT just using the knorr side package sitting in a pot is a popular choice (Schill Bros, Frozen, Newbold, etc.) so may try it that way, but still requires correct timing I suppose. Or may just go back to in the pot.

If you like a hot beverage with your meal, OPM means coffee flavored ramen or ramen flavored coffee depending on the order of operations.

gj7jet

asksciencefiction_train

[general] I’m a demon and guy offered his firstborn in exchange for my power. He’s enjoying being a warlock now, but what the hell do I do with this thing? What’s the deal with asking for firstborns? They don’t seem very useful and more of a hassle than anything. What am I gaining?

Raise him to be a hero, or give him to good parents and later arrange for his village to be destroyed so he goes on a quest to destroy his father in revenge. It's good fun and entertainment.

Now you've got a baby. It will love you when you're old, if you take care of it.

ypj6qa

moviesuggestions_train

Most underrated actor and their best film? Who do you think is the most underrated actor/actress and what film highlights their abilities the best? I need to beef up my queue so looking for material I haven’t seen.

For years my answer would have been Sam Rockwell. But he finally got his due. Michael Shannon - Bug (2006) Toni Collette - United States of Tara

Gary Oldman as Drexel from True Romance

kij2ww

askculinary_train

HELP! I bought a 23 pound fresh ham on short notice for Christmas Eve!! I am now reading recipes online stating that I need to brine it for a total of 1 day per 2 pounds of ham. Noticing I have only 2 days left and 23 pounds of ham, how do I prepare it? Is it worthwhile to brine for that short time?

Put it in the freezer and buy something else.

We get these for Nochebuena (but not this year), love it! Make lechon asado - Cuban roast pork. (Marinate with half lemon, half orange juice, lots of garlic, oregano, salt and pepper) Eta: my bro made this last year https://imgur.com/a/hHgOjOX We do it slightly different but this is a decent recipe https://icuban.com/food/mobile/lechon_asado.html

aev2u0

booksuggestions_train

Books you couldn't put down I'm perpetually exhausted and have a very short attention span. I'm looking for some riveting reads that are hard to put down. Suspense, thriller, non-fiction, horror, whatever. I'm not picky. I'm not too fond of sci-fi, however. Thank you for suggestions.

Lamb by Christopher Moore

Percy Jackson, I mean, my school grades suffered hard because of this series

rfvwhf

entrepreneur_train

What is the best online side hustle for a student to start? I’ve tried marketing but getting clients was very difficult, and the startup costs were quite expensive in marketing them. E commerce seems interesting and like there are good tools to help you get started, but it seems like the industry changes rapidly and it is difficult to pinpoint what your products/niche would be. I’m willing to put a lot of time into this but obviously it can’t take everything as I am a student primarily. I’d love to hear any advice you may have. Thank you so much!

Saying "ecommerce" sounds interesting is the same (in scope) as saying that "physical retail" sounds interesting. It's extremely broad. Ecommerce is great in that it's easy to get started. Ecommerce is bad in that it's easy to get started. Your ability to start selling items that you found at the thrift store on shopify is somewhat negated by the fact that there are many others doing the same thing. If you're going to do ecommerce, you have to be really good at marketing or be willing to pay a fortune for ads. Unfortunately, I don't have a suggestion for you. Just know that ecommerce can look at lot easier than it actually is.

Cambly is easy but your earning cap is about $10/hr. If you are trying to do something passive, you are in a tough spot because it takes a lot of start up work and then still needs consistent maintenance before it will become profitable.

nrvzvr

ifyoulikeblank_train

Songs like, or genres similar to, “Hands Up/All Eyes On Me” from new Bo Burnham special Can’t get the song out of my head and am looking for more songs that have the slow synth vibe, along with the pitched down auto tune vocals and harmonies. https://youtu.be/kiAnyJm2hgI

I only discovered this BB track so am late to the thread. The vocal melodies are sublime. I did a remix of Lana Del Rey in 2014 that sounds remarkably similar. I pitched her vocal and used an almost identical synth. https://youtu.be/FUX_0W656dk

Omg LISTEN TO ANOHNI!! The album Hopelessness

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suggestmeabook_train

Looking for a fantasy book with a strong female protagonist I really enjoyed the Graceling series, The Bartimaeus Trilogy, Harry potter, Terry pratchet etc. Most fantasy books I find have male leads but I would love to read a fantasy with a strong female lead. I have read Eon and the First Truth series but I found the leads very annoying and overly dependant on the male characters. I am not that picky on the fantasy but I would love to read about a girl kicking ass and overcoming adversity. I prefer books that follow a personal journey (not a epic where I have to follow a dozen characters and story lines), but if its a really good book I would look into it (for example Bartimaeus followed multiple characters and it's probably my favourite series and I loved Kitty as a character). Thank you for any recommendations :)

I'm enjoying Seanan McGuire's series with Toby Daye as the hero.

A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab

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changemyview_train

Change my view that it is not homophobic to be uncomfortable with gay men sharing the same locker room with straight men. In regards to locker rooms, regardless of gender, people should have the right to change without the presence of others who find them sexually attractive. Generally we do not allow coed locker rooms so that women have the comfort of changing and showering without the presence of men who find them sexually attractive. This discomfort arises either from 1) safety concerns over sexual assault or 2) not wanting to be glared at and sexualized by creeps when you are just trying to get through your day. Are these principles not applicable to a scenario involving homosexual males being in the same locker room as straight males? A Gay man is not different than a straight man. So if sexual assault is a legitimate concern to have of a straight man, then it is as legitimate a concern to have of a Gay man. Now, you might say that a straight male can defend himself against a Gay man. That would be bigoted and degrading to Gay men. Sexual preference in no way impacts a man's strength or fighting ability. So to assume a straight man would automatically win a fight is ignorant and bigoted. But even if the straight man could defend himself against any Gay man, it is not right to put him in a situation where he would have to do so. Flip the script and imagine allowing men in the women's locker room because all the women had mace. Just because they can defend themselves doesn't mean they should have to. The second scenerio, where women need a space where they don't get glared at and sexualized by creeps, is just as valid for Gay and straight men. I hear this all the time, "not every Gay guy is going to check you out like that. Stop being so self centered and thinking you are all that.". you would never say that to a women. And like we said, Gay men and straight men are the same. One is not more perverted than the other. One is not more capable of self control than the other. Now is it practical to build a third or possible forth locker room? No it is not. But having the discomfort should not be viewed as homophobic. Women are not being sexist when they express their discomfort. I do not get offended as a male. Are Gay men better at controlling their sexual urges or are straight males sexually fueled maniacs? So why is my discomfort homophobic? And dont give me the whole "then if you are uncomfortable don't use the locker room". You would never say that to a woman who is uncomfortable around men. This has nothing to do with the morality of homosexuality. It is about the logic of applying the same argument to two comparable scenarios. So please don't turn this into what's right and wrong.

I'm bi. Where should I change? This is only a problem if you think nudity = sexuality, which it doesn't. You can see/be a nude person without sexualizing the situation.

The question is then, how do you know someone in your locker room is gay? Aside from someone coming up to you and saying "Hey, I am gay and your naked body is hot." you are simply uncomfortable because someone in your locker room could potentially be gay, which is homophobic. It's almost like, Schrodinger's sexuality, you won't know unless someone says something or does something that actually makes you uncomfortable. Now in the scenario where a gay man does approach you in the locker room, makes sexual remarks, and makes you genuinely uncomfortable, then that is not homophobic and that person is sexually harassing you and NO ONE regardless of sexual orientation should be subjected to that. I am a straight woman, I check out other women in the locker room all the time, I also walk around naked. Could one of them find me sexually attractive? Sure they could, but honestly unless they are standing in the corner, glaring at me and genuinely making me uncomfortable, then I can't tell one way or the other. Just like I can't tell if a guy has checked out my ass in tight jeans, or a woman checked out my tits in a low cut shirt while I am getting groceries.

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travel_train

Is a visit to Pompeii worth it? We are making a cruise stop at Naples. Should we take a trip to Pompeii or just stay in Naples? I hear Pompeii is a bit overwhelming, disorganized, and hard to navigate. Is it so crowded that it is less enjoyable?

Pompeii is def worth it, but is prob much bigger than you imagine. Took a day trip there from Naples in early Sept at the peak of the heat. Between no shade, little water and uneven walkways, it was a hell of a hike, but worth it if you're into history. like several here have said, I heard Naples sucks, dirty, dangerous, not worth it etc. But occasionally I'd hear it's great, so I said f it and setup shop there for a few days, and we f'n loved it. I'm not sure how it'd be for a day trip/couple hours, but between the sights, the vibe, people and the food, we thought it was amazing. So much so the next time I go to see Capri or Almafi coast again, I'd stay there again. Like most other places, it depends where you go and what you make of it. That said, as it's a cruise stop, if you only have time for one, Pompeii is quite unlike any other hot spot I've been to in Italy. If you decide to hang in Naples, try to go Vomero for some of the best pizza/views in town. Up by the castle/museum, there are vistas where you can see all of Naples, Mt Vesuvius and Capri even.

Many years ago, when still a schoolboy, I saw a documentary on Pompeii and it became a place that I had to go. It's been 20 years since my first visit, I've been back 3 times since. It is still an awesome experience and I will return. That said, I love Herculaneum - it is much smaller, much closer to Vesuvius, and because of the amount of debris that hit it, you are standing in the middle of a huge excavation while the modern town of Ercolano is directly above you. The ruins themselves, while lacking the grand theatre/amphitheatre of Pompeii are still outstanding. Everybody has an opinion on Naples, Pompeii, Herculaneum etc, nobody's is more or less valid than anybody elses. I am a huge fan of Naples, grimey and frenetic as it may be. I wouldn't recommend it to a first time visitor to Italy as it is a bit of a culture shock - but it has a lot to offer. My favourite passtime is probably wandering down the Spaccanapoli (a continuous street which changes names several time and literally "Splits Naples". There is a section where several shops do nothing but make Nativity crib scenes and figures to go in them. Not just the Holy Family, shepherds and wise men, but current and past politicians - and what crib scene in Naples would be complete without Maradona? If you want something completely unrelated to Roman history, or Naples itself, if you have time you could consider Capri, or take the train to Caserta to see the huge "Versaille like" palace and gardens.

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booksuggestions_train

Looking for a series similar(ish) to the Witcher Hi okay so I’m going to probably provide too much context but I figured there might be a perfect book for me out there so it’s worth it: I used to be a huge bookworm as a kid, but I was always super slow. About 4 years ago now, I got diagnosed with Dyslexia and it changed my life. I developed a phobia of reading (literally having panic attacks each time I would have to read something for uni) and it was just awful. My fiancé convinced me to play the Witcher 3 and I adored the characters and wanted more. He suggested the books and after a while of serious thinking, I got them. The first one took me 3 years to read. The second, third and fourth took me about two week each because I started reading every night. I am loving it. My first instinct when going to a bookstore is the YA section, because that’s what I’m used to. But I know I’m older now and I enjoy the mature feel of the Witcher books. I think I also enjoy the fantasy aspect of it, which is weird because I hated fantasy stuff as a kid. Another thing I think is important (and might be the weirdest thing) is I would like it to have some kind of family connection. Like I’m the Witcher you have Geralt, Yen and Ciri and most of the book is looking for Ciri, protecting Ciri, looking after Ciri etc. If there’s character development of the child too that would be great. Am I being too picky? I’m going to the bookshop on my birthday so I’d like to have an idea of what to get. Any suggestions?

Try the Belgariad by Davis and Leigh Eddings, the first book is Pawn of Prophecy. It hits pretty much all your wants.

Kings of the Wyld might work, it has a similar basic premise to the Witcher III.

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eatcheapandhealthy_train

Ways to use up blueberry maple brats? I was gifted 10 12-brat packages of blueberry maple brats. Yes, I have 120 blueberry maple brats to use up. Of course I threw most of the packages in the freezer for later use. I have been eating them for breakfast with a waffle or pancake, and they are great this way, but I would like some other options. They do have a bit of spicy heat as well. I'm struggling to come up with more dinner-style options for these brats. Any suggestions are welcome!

I have a Crock-Pot meatball recipe that uses BBQ sauce and blueberry preserves. I could see these cooked as meatballs then soaked in BBQ sauce as a great snack!

A breakfast instant pot casserole with eggs, sausage peppers and cheese would be killer. Use something spicy to balance the sweet of the sausages.

jxewwv

suggestmeabook_train

Non-fiction feminist literature from South Asia/Middle East? Looking for feminist writers who are similar to Simone de Beavoir but write from a non-Western perspective. I’m particularly interested in gender in South Asia and the Middle East since I’m looking at issues (e.g. mental health problems, internalised misogyny, colourism) that are seen among oppressed women in this region.

Born Palestinian Born Black by Suheir Hammad They’re poems but touches on some of what you mentioned. Suheir herself is a powerhouse of a woman.

Fiction: A thousand splendid suns by Khalid Hosseni an Afghan-American writer. Another great book by him The kite Runner

n4zddq

ifyoulikeblank_train

Your favorite band/artist under 100,000 listeners Looking for new music of all varieties that I may have never heard of because of under exposure. Example: Spanish love songs Thanks!

Fucking Choir Boy. Really gotten to enjoy this band over quarantine. Somewhere in the dream pop/dark wave/new wave realm.

The Mayan Factor

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askphilosophy_train

I earned my bachelor's degree in philosophy last month. Yay! Students of /r/askphilosophy, what was the hardest class you've ever taken in college/grad school and why? For me, it was an upper-division course in Kantian metaphysics and epistemology. Jesus Christ that class was insane, but rewarding. I actually developed a cold(In June, lol) because I was pulling so many all-nighters studying this material that my immune system lost some of its strength. Sleep deprivation is no joke....but at least got an A- in the class and learned something valuable with a world-class professor.

The course was simply called Kant, similar in scope to yours it sounds like, really heavy on the CPR . I made the mistake of choosing that as my writing-intensive course to fulfill a degree requirement as well, forcing me to write a healthy 23 pages on why Kant didn't *really* mean that noumena were unknowable, bringing in piecemeal supporting arguments from Strawson, Allison and Dicker along the way. It was rough stuff, though with good feedback from my professor I was able to turn an awful preliminary draft into merely a bad paper. Earned an A- for the course and like you it had a measurable impact on my health as well, being able to think of nothing besides Kant for the whole semester frayed my nerves completely.

I'm sitting in on a course on the self-other relation right now (it's a fourth year course, I'm in second year), it's about the only difficult philosophy course I've ever had (although I'm not taking Kant or Hegel until next year so that could beat it).

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suggestmeabook_train

Want to expand my son's reading material past Dogman & Diary of Wimpy Kid. What should I introduce to him next? He is 10. We've done all the Dogmans, Catkids, Diary of a wimpy kid, and Bad Guys. He loves them but always gravitates back to the Dogman series. I want to encourage him to start reading at the next level while still making sure he still loves what he's reading. What can I introduce to him next? Looking for Christmas presents!

Chronicles of Prydain, Danny Champion of the World, the Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents, Edit Johnny Tremain, By the Great Horn Spoon,

The inheritance cycle by Christopher Paolini: Eragon, Eldest, Brisinger.

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musictheory_train

where can I find non-jazz improvisation? improvisation has a strong association with blues and jazz music. I don't really like jazz, I tried listening to it for a long time, but I just don't like it. I heard several musicians doing non-jazz, non-blues improvisation. It could be classical, neo classical, pop, new age, progressive metal. I just have a hard time finding those musicians and those styles! In my city for example, all the jam sessions are either blues or jazz. If I type in "music improvisation" on youtube, most videos are about blues or jazz. Can you recommend some musicians or some resources where I can hear this other ways of improvising? Did I make my question clear? Thanks!

check out the allman brothers band. specifically live at the fillmore east and eat a peach.

John Mayer's live shows. He takes his guitar pop albums and turns them into bluesy jams

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asksciencefiction_train

[Watchmen] Who was right, Ozymandias or Rorschach? I know this is a broad topic but I want to know what you guys think about the events of Watchmen.

Dr Manhattan was right; he left.

Ozymandias was wrong to do it in the first place because it cost so many lives. Rorschach was wrong to want to fuck up its intended results after the fact since those results are the good part.

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askacademia_train

For Those on the Academic Job Market This Year: How is it Going? How many applications have you or do you plan to send out? How is it going? How many shortlists/interviews/campus visits are you getting? What are your overall thoughts on this year's market? Anything to celebrate? We all know it's rough out there.

1 offer out if 45 applications and am now taking a post-doc since the offer wasn't a perfect fit. I've talked to multiple committee chairs who've told me they had 150+ applications. I plan to post a standard Sankey diagram this week showing my journey in the TT search this year. Stay tuned!

2nd year on the market, and it's going poorly. There's only been a handful of jobs and postdocs in my field (archaeology), and most that got posted were looking for something very specific. The few I did fit got huge numbers of applicants. I've applied again to a job which I lost out on (got to the final interview stage last summer) due to covid not allowing me to enter the country, but I'm expecting that that will still be the case this year as well. I've pretty much decided to call this year a wash, and have been focusing on getting some articles published.

pb5xbv

suggestmeabook_train

What has been the best book you've read this year?

A Little Life. Brutally depressing, but also one of the most moving novels I've read in a long, long time.

This is really difficult, but I guess if I had to choose a blanket recommendation for anyone, probably “The Galaxy, and the Ground Within” by Becky Chambers.

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eatcheapandhealthy_train

Is it ever really really hard to think of anything to cook for anyone else? I can only think of pasta with Bolognese or something like that, it's really bad. It's like all creativity and imagination goes out the window when it comes to cooking which is such a shame because I love it :(

Talk to your guests! Don't ask, "what do you want me to cook," tho "What was your favorite childhood meal?" "What is a food you've always wanted to try but haven't yet?" Don't commit to anything, just be inspired Follow up with, "Do you have any food allergies or dietary restrictions?" The answers to these questions should guide you well

It is. Partly because you know your own tastes and can play to them, and partly because you want to aim to please. I have a tough time cooking for my partner and I now that we live together because of this

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vegetarian_train

Vegetarian pepperoni Has anyone found a good substitute for pepperoni or know where to find a good meatless pepperoni? Or is there a frozen pizza with meatless pepperoni that’s pretty good? I’ve been veggie before but it is the one thing I always miss.

Hello! In Canada, and maybe the US, there's a fantastic pepperoni substitute by Yves. It's great uncooked but also cooks fantastic on a pizza! I buy it all the time to eat with cheese and crackers for a late night snack and I highly recommend it!

If anyone knows a good salami.... I've been on the prowl

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askengineers_train

Should I get a Master's of Science (MS) in mechanical engineering or a Master's of Engineering (ME) in mechanical engineering? I recently graduated with a Bachelor's in biomedical engineering and I was planning to go straight into industry, but I'm looking at graduate school options now due to the current job market/not being able to find a job. I did two co-ops in the medical device industry, and that is something I would like to go back to. I'm not really interested in a PhD or working in higher education. Since I want to go into industry, how do employers view an MS vs an ME? Additional Program Info: My undergrad school is offering a 55% grad school tuition scholarship to all of the school's 2020 graduates due to the current job market. I'm stuck between a Master's of Science (MS) in mechanical engineering and a Master's of Engineering (ME) in mechanical engineering. Both take the same two fundamentals classes and have the same electives/focus area classes available, but the Master's of Science (MS) does a thesis and takes fewer focus courses while the Master's of Engineering (ME) takes a few more focus courses and a project or internship instead of a thesis.

I'd do ME, unless you have a professor in mind and a solid idea about a thesis and what it will look like.

do you want to do a thesis? also, is there a price difference? my school has a traditional MS that charges usual tuition because it's an 'academic' degree, and the masters of engineering is considered a 'professional' degree that charges $40k/year.

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changemyview_train

Change my view that Trump’s move to recognize Jerusalem as the Israeli capital is a good strategic play,and represents a movement toward a sensible mid-east policy. Trump’s decision recognizes the reality of current situation of Israeli control and dominance. To pretend that the Palestinians can credibly contest the Holy City is useless and counterproductive, preserving peace only in the short term. Trump’s decision also helps heal the strained relationship between the Israeli Prime Minister and the White House that existed after Obama’s term. I believe that a positive the US relationship with Israel is desirable and good, as Israel is a western-style wealthy democracy, and practices Western values of religious, ethnic, and sexual tolerance, as opposed to the current Palestinian political authorities. I believe that the US should prioritize a positive relationship with Israel over one with either the West Bank or Gaza, and that Trump’s decision is a great step in that direction, and away from the failed “two-state” solutions that have sought peace in vain. I want my view changed (or at least challenged) because I feel I don’t fully understand the argument for a US policy favoring Palestine, and do have an admittedly pro-Israeli bias. CMV!

The thing is, that a favorable view of the US in Israel is pretty much a given. Netanyahu didn't like Obama, but that didn't stop any business, military collaboration, tourism, cultural exchange, or affect anything other than petty speeches the PM made in front of international audiences. Israel is more or less a Western country, definitely much more so than its neighbors, and for that reason it's internationally held to Western standards, which exclude the current situation with the West Bank and Gaza as immoral and counterproductive. The legitimization of Jerusalem as the capital, even though purely symbolic as it's been the de-facto capital for a long time, undermines international pressures that aim to embrace Israel into the West, and has no tangible benefits other than perhaps a small gain in approval for Trump from American Jews.

If the core problem with the Israel-Palestine conflict, and with Middle Eastern politics in general, is that “Western” values and “Islamic” values are fundamentally irreconcilable, then siding with the state that represents the presence of “Western” values will accomplish nothing but an escalation of conflict.  Because these differences are supposedly irreconcilable, the best that can be hoped for is to disentangle the relationship to minimize conflict.  Siding with Israel does the opposite; it gets us further involved in the hopeless cause of trying to impose fundamental subjective values from without.  Islamic values will only change from within, over a long period of time, and as the result of both autonomy and prosperity.  The Israeli state is the biggest obstacle to that ever happening.

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musictheory_train

What is the chord progression in your favorite song? What is your favorite chord progression? What chord progression makes you feel GOOD? Thanks for any insight :)

I like punk so uh... 1-4-5?

I like I-IV/IV-IV like in sweet home Alabama. Also Not a chord progression but my favorite chord is a Db major add2 played on the piano. Sounds so rich.

p41jg1

linuxquestions_train

Why do Linux users pick on users who want to make there system look like Windows? I've been using Linux since 2012, I started on Xubuntu 12.04, because Ubuntu was simply too bloated for me, but I must say, Xubuntu's default look didn't look great, it was better than Windows XP that's for sure, so I lived with it until I saw Windows 10's look and I fell in love with it, then I found this Windows 10 Dark theme and I've been using this theme ever since. However, when I reveal this to other Linux users, they insult me for making Linux look like Windows. So, what's the problem with that? I thought Linux was about choice? I love Windows 10's look and I want my system to look like it, so what's the problem? Anti-Microsoft?

I never got this either. The whole point of Linux is freedom. At the same time a lot of people come to Windows from Linux so they customise it so they're workflow isn't altered too much.

There's a lot wrong with the UI/UX flow for both Windows and macOS. Simple examples I can think of: Windows taskbar on multiple screens is not necessary. macOS does not do a good job of telling you a program is closed or running in the background. Widgets on both are horrible, buggy messes, and usually quite limited. You don't have to accept these things on Linux. Even sticking with just KDE Plasma or Gnome (the 'big two' DEs right now), you can swap, move, and replace all components quickly to make a more usable, modern, focused system.

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linuxquestions_train

What was your first Distro and what do you run now? I don't know if this question was posted again but i want to hear from you what was your first distro and when and what distro do you use now and why if you would like to answer.

I'm so sorry to anyone who reads this. Kali.... *violent cringe* in my defense it was on a live USB.... until I installed it on my first laptop.... Past me was stupid one might say. Nowadays I use Arch.

Started with manjaro and using EndeavorOS, next will be arch probably

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sysadmin_train

Defender Alerts for Ransomware regarding Office Looks like MS goofed the Security definitions again, seeing false positives from Office come through on ATP like the issue a few months ago. Anyone else getting Defender alerts?

FYI This was a False/Positive and has now been corrected. Please see the details below: Starting on the morning of March 16th, customers may have experienced a series of false-positive detections that are attributed to a Ransomware behavior detection in the file system. Microsoft has investigated this spike of detections and determined they are false positive results. Microsoft has updated cloud logic to suppress the false positives. Description • Customers may have experienced a series of false-positive detections that are attributed to a Ransomware behavior detection in the file system. • Microsoft has updated cloud logic to prevent future alerts being generated and to clear the previous false positives. Solutions • All false positives should clear from your portal without any intervention from your side Please let me know if you have any additional questions on this. Thank you,

We got 4 reports this morning too. Is it just looking like Office Updates to everyone else?

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changemyview_train

Change my view that If opioid addiction is indeed a 'disease', and the decision to use is not a conscious one, addicts should be subject to involuntary commitment There seems to be a growing movement to view opioid addiction as a disease, and therefore our approach should be geared towards help/rehab rather than punishment. I agree. But if we view addiction as a disease, then we must recognize that the decision to use and abuse is not a 'conscious' one, as addiciton affects one's *ability* to make a well-reasoned decision. So if this is true, **then addicts are a danger to themselves and others** since they are inable to make a conscious decision to not use/abuse. Themselves: overdose/death. Others: driving while using, parenting, etc. Therefore, if we are to take the 'disease' approach to opioid addiction, we must subject all users/addicts to involuntary commitment, as they are a danger to society. _____ > *This is a footnote from the CMV moderators. We'd like to remind you of a couple of things. Firstly, please* ***read through our rules***. *If you see a comment that has broken one, it is more effective to report it than downvote it. Speaking of which,* ***downvotes don't change views****! Any questions or concerns? Feel free to* ***message us***. *Happy CMVing!*

The logistics of finding, identifying, and capturing users would conflict with so many other existing laws because people still have rights to privacy that prevent the government from just finding all the addicts and committing them. You'd have to know a person is an addict first, and how do you know that? Well, often they're committing some other crime that people report them for. We could subject them to involuntary commitment from that point on of course, but then you've given additional incentive to run, hide, or perhaps even fight. It also means it isn't their choice, which tends to be meaningful for getting people over addiction - forcing it on them rarely works, but when they recognize it themselves and choose to get help everything goes much more smoothly. They don't feel like they've been captured and need to resist or escape. The standard we currently use for involuntary commitment is just more practical, I think.

We already have involuntary commitment for people who have demonstrated that they are danger to others. Most addicts are not really dangerous. There is nothing dangerous to sit in your basement and get high. It would be a waste of resources to commit people who are not dangerous. >driving while using, parenting, Exactly, if someone is driving high, or neglecting kids - than we should take action. An addiction makes you do drugs, it does not by itself make you drive unsafely or neglect kids.

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askculinary_train

My roux separated when I added it to my soup. This is probably the 3rd time this has happened to me out of probably hundreds (or at least dozens) of soups I have made. I used the same roux in two soups, one was fine, one separated. They were both simmering when I added it. Is there certain ingredients that would cause it? Is there a way to fix it? The google says it's maybe because it wasn't boiling but I've always let my soups simmer until the ingredients are cooked and then add the roux at a simmer. Any help is appreciated.

Don't add the liquid all at once, that will seperate it. Culinary student here, try adding the liquid to the roux in small amounts and whisking to incorporate until the mix is even in texture before adding more

Gotta temper that shit my dude

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askeconomics_train

Can Banks Literally Create Money and Profit Off of it? So, I recently learned that banks don't need to have the money on hand to lend it. This seemed reasonable to me given that they had reasonable confidence in future payments being able to cover the cost of the new loans, but then I learned that banks will literally create money in this process. Specifically I'm talking about Australia and USA here. So, when a banks lends let's say 300k out and receives 360k back, does this mean that the bank profited not 60k (the difference) but rather 360k because the 300k never existed in the first place? As an additional side note, what are the consequences of this 'new money' if this is true. This seems like it would be a driver of inflation to me. Thanks for the responses.

>So, I recently learned that banks don't need to have the money on hand to lend it. I'm curious. Where did you learn this? In a fractional reserve banking system bank lending creates money simply because of the way we define money to be (essentially) currency + deposits. If the monetary system consists of $100 in currency and there are no deposits then the money supply is $100. If that money is deposited into the banking system and then they lend out $50 in the form of currency then now there is $50 in currency in the economy and the value of deposits is $100, so the money supply increased by $50 simply from the deposit & lending process. Again, this is purely because of the way we define money. It's not voodoo, and banks will not profit from this unless they charge interest (assuming the loans get paid back).

>I recently learned that banks don't need to have the money on hand to lend it. They kind of do. They need a certain percent of their liabilities (deposits) held as high quality capital. A bank can't create infinite credit to people who want to borrow. >banks will literally create money It depends how you define money. Are they creating central bank money? No. Are they creating credit, yes. > So, when a banks lends let's say 300k out and receives 360k back, does this mean that the bank profited not 60k (the difference) but rather 360k because the 300k never existed in the first place? No. If all payments are made the profit is 60k. This is because when the bank makes the loan (an asset) an identically sized liability is created. This increases the size of the banks balance sheet but as the loan is repaid both the asset and liability drop leaving the only profit as the 60k margin. >As an additional side note, what are the consequences of this 'new money It does drive inflation which is why central banks use base rates to alter the rate at which commercial and retail banks make loans. Higher interest rates mean less lending, less credit creation and less inflation (in theory).

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asksciencefiction_train

[DC] How fast is batman able to complete a game of Clue?

I'm sure he could play optimally, but that probably doesn't translate to much faster.

Bruce Wayne would always lose. Batman wouldn't play.

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ultralight_train

Lunar Solo vs The One vs Protrail/Notch Hi all, Wondering if anybody has some experience using any of these shelters or others that i might be overlooking. Right now i'm leaning toward The One because of the weight. With SMD not including stakes in the weight, the Lunar Solo and Notch/Protrail are very close to the same weight. Anybody have strong preferences one way? Some notable facts about myself and my use case : I'm around 6'2" and will be using this tent mostly in the northeast with occasional trips to other places. Thanks for all the help!

If you don't want to deal with condensation then the double of the Notch is the way to go. I was willing to accept this and battled HARD between the Lunar Solo and The One. I sold my Tarptent Rainbow in hopes to find a lighter, packable shelter (one without any struts). I wish Tarptent made it more user friendly to take the struts out to make their tents more easily packable. This is a minor and personal preference. So the Lunar Solo and The One both checked the boxes of lighter and stuffable. I think the better buy right now is the Lunar Solo because it is on sale. I got The One because it was on sale for Black Friday with an additional 10% off so it was $240. Besides the weight savings, the reason why I ended up with The One is because... headroom. The design of the two trekking poles makes sitting up and getting in and out feel like way more room, especially since The One is designed to have the trekking poles lean out from the top. It feels roomy. Perks of the Lunar Solo though are the fact that you only need one trekking pole and not two to pitch it which is nice for those trips where trekking poels are necessary AND the fact the Lunar Solo uses significantly tougher (higher denier, 40D on the floor and 30D for the fly vs 10D floor and 7D on The One). Pretty big difference which is a worry of mine but we shall see. Again, I would recommend the Lunar Solo right now because of the deal going on. The One and Lunar Solo are both nice tents but the price difference with The One not being on sale is big enough to sway me if I were you. If/when you sell it down the line for a different/lighter shelter, your used sale price will be closer to the price you paid for it new. You know what I mean? It's a tough call...

My dad has laid down in my lunar solo and had plenty of clearance without using the panel tieouts, he’s 6’2” as well. He was very close to touching however, the tieout would provide plenty of space when used.

y7ppuc

ifyoulikeblank_train

If I like late 90s/early 00s movies like Matrix and Blade You know, movies with that club/rave stuff, eletro music and all that

Run Lola run has great music.

Fight Club

s3e8tg

asksciencefiction_train

[H.P. Lovecraft/Anything] What fictional characters outside of Lovecraft’s works could survive using the Necronomicon? I feel like even using it drives people insane due to its contents. Is there anyone in any fictional universe that would be able to use it to their advantage without going mad? And how dangerous would using it make them?

According to Lovecraft, pretty much half the faculty at Miskatonic, including some of the geologists and economists, have read the book with no ill-effects. The book is not dangerous to read, and it doesn't drive people mad. What's dangerous about it is the magic in there actually works, and the monsters it talks about are true, which can lead people into doing very stupid things.

I think "El brujo supreme" from ash vs evil used it once or twice.

2r9myt

legaladvice_train

[CA]Being sued by "friend" who was involved in an accident in my car. tl;dr at end. Here's the story. A little over a year ago me and a few friends, we'll call them Arthur, Jacky and Ronald, drove up to a "look out" type spot near where I live, the type where you go up a windy road with only one lane going in each direction. On the way up I let Arthur drive my car with him and Jacky, while I drove another car with Ronald and I, when we decided to leave Jacky was driving my car down. I decided to drive ahead of them and sped off not knowing that Jacky would try to keep up. They ended up losing control and hitting another car, both ended up in the hospital. My insurance took care of everything in terms of paying off my car, paying for the other car but I never really found out about Arthur and Jacky's medical bills on if they were covered or not. tl;dr : Friends crashed my car while I was not in it, now my friend is suing me. Important info: I live in California. I had/have insurance during all this. I guess long story short I'm just wondering is it even possible for me to get sued in any of this?

Not legal advice: Of course it's possible to be sued. There are lawsuits for dumb things all the time, the question is whether or not the suit has merit. I'd give your insurance company a call and make sure they are aware you are being sued over this. I don't practice insurance law, but I believe if you (the insured) are sued as part of an accident that was covered by your insurance, they should be defending the suit. EDIT: But you need to find out if your insurance company covered the accident given that someone who wasn't on the policy was driving the vehicle.

Anyone can sue anyone else for anything. What responsibility are they saying you had in the accident?

jmeoth

eatcheapandhealthy_train

Tough question: popcorn replacement? I have always loved popcorn; for years, I've air popped it in a microwave popper, put on a tiny amount of melted better, added seasoning, and lived my best life. Unfortunately, I've chipped not one, but TWO teeth on popcorn kernels that were only partially popped. So for the sake of my dental health, I've \*sobs\* given up popcorn. Now I'm trying to find a replacement salty, crunchy snack that isn't overly calorific. The one winner I've found is Snap'd Cheeze Its, but that's all thus far. I don't like kale chips, I can only eat a small amount of salted nuts or potato chips without packing on tons of calories, and I can't eat chickpeas. (Again, \*sob.\*) I kind of feel like there's nothing out there that can really replace popcorn. I'm open to any suggestions!

In shell pistachio nuts. A good amount of nuts per serving size and taking them out of the shells occupies you and slows you down. Do your own snack mix: dry cereals like kixs, cheez itz, gold fish crackers, Bomba peanut butter puffs ( Israeli snack) Trader Joe’s, roasted shelled pepitas, pita chips ( not crackers). Blending multiple items is more satisfying and easier to control calories. May I suggest, go savory, toasty ( like kixs)salty and a little sweet, protein, and umami. Get all the bang from your caloric bucks. Oh ya! My husband adores dark chocolate covered raisins. I agree with u on kale chips but seaweed snacks are delicious and loaded with umami, nutritional yeast is good as a seasoning too. I use it on popcorn. Enjoy! 😊

Pretzels

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booksuggestions_train

Loved Count of Monte Cristo Any suggestions on other books that involve revenge with unlimited funds?

Th man who laughs by Victor HUgo whutering heights by Emily Bronte Ben- Hur by Lew Wallace \- Scaramouche by Rafael sabatini

Dragon Weather is the count or Monte Cristo with dragons

hxk1nk

musictheory_train

What are the best ways to come up with a nice melody over a functional chord progression ? I’m trying to write a waltz in harmonic minor, and looking for general advice on writing melodies

Well, it depends heavily on what you want to say. I'm spending a lot of my time recently on trying to shift my thinking and stop separating music and language. Music is language. So, there are countless nice melodies that could work. What emotion do you want to try to convey? What's the plot of the story? What are your characters like? What are you trying to work through in your life? All these things will help you come up with the most honest melody for you. Otherwise, play the third of all the chords and end on the root.

There’s Always a scale fit for chords...

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askscience_train

I was reading an article (link enclosed) which discusses the problem with the Hubble constant. Why there are discrepencies in calculating the value of the Hubble constant? And what is the importance of it? It's a Quanta magazine article: https://www.quantamagazine.org/cosmologists-debate-how-fast-the-universe-is-expanding-20190808/ And why it is so important to find out how fast exactly the Universe is expanding?

The discrepencies arrive because of the different methods used in calculating the hubble parameter (the hubble constant is just the value of the hubble parameter right now). Calculating the hubble parameter requires some measurement/s of the physical universe to perform the necessary calculations. It could be light, distance, mass etc etc (I'm not directly familiar with all the different methods). Those measurements will ALWAYS come with an associated error. Numerically this looks like: 70 +/- 5 (whatever units) Which means: we think it's 70 but really it could be anywhere from 65 to 75. Errors exist to serve as an indicator of accuracy. Smaller errors = more accurate answer = better result. Each method will have different errors as it uses different measurements. Therefore each of their methods will produce a different value of the hubble constant and a different associated error. The hubble constant is important because it is a fundamental constant in theories/models of cosmology. Theories of cosmology are, in turn, important in areas like Particle Physics, Dark Matter, Galaxy Formation and Evolution, The Structure of the Early Universe and many more. Pretty much any area that involves extragalactic information. If our measurement of the hubble constant is off (which we know it is, the question is by how much) then that will introduce uncertainty into any area that utilises it, directly or indirectly.

If you look at the chart under the "new physics" section you see what the problem is: the difference between early-universe measurements and present-day measurements. Note that the Hubble *parameter*, the actual rate of expansion, is expected to change, but it has a function that includes the Hubble *constant*, which should not change. If there are discrepancies in the Hubble constant between the early and current universe then something is wrong with the lambda-CDM model, which would be a big deal because it's a very good model for a lot of other things we've observed about the universe. Expansion itself doesn't actually change our lives, but understanding expansion means understanding more about how the universe works and there's no way to know where that could lead.

o4xhl

explainlikeimfive_train

Explain like I'm five years old: What's the difference between torque and HP when looking at a car's stats? Why do/should I care about torque?

I've seen this somewhere on the interwebs before: Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall, torque is how far you take the wall with you. Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car and oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car.

Explain like I'm five years old: torque gets you there, HP keeps you there.

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vegetarian_train

Best Turkeyless Roast? hey guys, been a vegetarian for almost 3 years now and I usually just have a plate of sides for the holidays. This year I was looking into turkeyless roasts and was surprised by how many brands carry them!Trader Joe’s, tofurkey, gardein, and field roast were the stand out ones to me- which one is your favorite?

For flavor, I like the Quorn roast best of all I've tried.

We are making our own. The tofurkey is way too salty. The others are breaded. Ew.

306rsr

eatcheapandhealthy_train

What is the most annoying thing about cooking for you? [Ask ECAH] For me, I hate buying ingredients, not using up all of them, and forgetting so they spoil. What about you?

I hate it when a recipe requires a lot of time and effort and then the result is disappointing.

Trying to share a kitchen with four guys, who insist on all cooking at once. That student life.

vm10g7

frugal_train

Connecting with new not-so-frugal friends I would love to hear how y'all handle it when you meet cool new potential friends who obviously spend and/or make a lot more money than you do. Backstory: I got to finally got to hang out with some of my new neighbors yesterday and we got along really well, I'd love to get to know them better. But while I bought my house completely unrenovated 8 years ago when prices were still reasonable, they bought their house recently (at the height of market) after it was fully renovated down to the last detail. Their place was just so beautifully (and expensively) decorated and finished out that now I am feeling weird about inviting them over to my (very work in progress) house. Of course I have friends on different rungs of the economic ladder, but this is probably the biggest disparity I've felt and I wanted to see how other frugal folks make it work.

Just be a good neighbor! It’s great to always be able to chat with neighbors. Just keep your property tidy, and don’t try to keep up with the Joneses. I’m friendly with all my neighbors but our interactions are mostly outdoors.

If they’re worth being friends with at all they won’t care, just say your home is a work in progress and leave it at that. I honestly only judge other peoples houses if it’s like unwalkably messy or smells like cat shit/piss

t4fb12

eatcheapandhealthy_train

Vegetarian Recipes that will Satiate my Cravings for Meat? I've gone vegetarian before, and what I've learned is that I crave the texture of meat more than anything. I can enjoy flavours from around the world, but without something to really chew into, it's difficult for me to get excited about anything I eat. I've tried extra firm tofu, and I can't tell if I suck at cooking it or if I hate it. I've also tried beyond beef, which is actually amazing, but not cheap. Aside from economical reasons, my doctor also told me to try for more plant protein in my diet. So cutting out meat is important for both my finances and my health. Have there been any vegetarian recipes for you that made you not miss meat? I'm open to all suggestions. Thanks!

Marinate + grill portobello mushroom just like you would a steak and dip it in some A1 sauce. It slaps

If you cut thick slices of seedless watermelon and season both sides with salt, pepper, oil, some liquid smoke, and any other steak-like spices of your choice, you can sear it on the stove and/or grill and it not only tastes great, it's got a similar texture to raw tuna steak!

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frugal_train

Cheapest way to move across country. (I'm not selling my stuff) My wife and I are moving from Oregon to Florida, and I'm trying to find the cheapest way to move. I will not be selling my stuff, so please don't recommend that as an option. We are moving an average sized 3 bedroom house. So far it's looking like 3 U-Haul pods at roughly 6.5k is the best option. Moving quote sites wont actually give you a quote without calling them, and they all seem a bit sketchy. Is there a cheaper option, or at least a better option than pods? Thanks.

I agree with the person who said to ship by train, that was the cheapest I saw for most things. Just don't expect timely arrival. I made the same move a year ago (Orlando to Eugene) but sold almost everything I had. Ended up using vacuum bags to pack my cloth things into a suitcase and maxed out the allowed baggage limit for me and my wife. Moved with literally 2 suitcases worth of things each lol. Let me know if you have any questions about Oregon or anything like that!

I relocated from Nevada to Michigan in 2017. I had a 2000 sq foot home full of furnishings. I used the largest uhaul truck and drove it myself. I don't remember the cost, but I'm sure it's a fraction of your estimate for the pods.

91hode

askengineers_train

Are you self taught in a skill (unaided by school or work) that helped you get a job?

Resume padding

Matlab. Got me my first internship in hs.