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- Comment on Just the essentials 2 days ago:
A long time ago, I learned a way to do something that had a similar effect. Most places I’ve worked allow you to have a split deposit. So, I have two checking accounts at my bank. Add up all your monthly recurring expenses, then have a split deposit so that enough money goes to one of the checking accounts for the recurring expenses, anything leftover goes to your other checking account. You can spend all the money in the “spending” account because your bills are covered by the “bills” account.
- Comment on Just the essentials 2 days ago:
I had a job that paid semi monthly. Every 1st and 15th. This meme definitely fits on those 31 day months.
- Comment on Websites: Then vs Now 6 days ago:
I switched to DuckDuckGo a while back and even that was beneficial. I can always tell when I’m on a different machine and I forget to switch the default search… It’s wild how fast they’ve fallen.
These days I setup ollama with open webui to host my own ai. Then you can connect Searxng to that and have the AI search the web for you and return no nonsense results.
- Comment on I feel this way about cinnamon. 1 week ago:
Your vegetarian chili sounds better, and I’m definitely more on the carnivore side. I don’t know if I’ve ever made chili with pinto beans. I’m a kidney and red bean man myself.
- Comment on I feel this way about cinnamon. 1 week ago:
A guajillo, as in one? You’re proving my point here. And nothing spicy.
- Comment on I feel this way about cinnamon. 1 week ago:
Again, I don’t necessarily disagree about it from a competition/traditionalist perspective, but I’m going to put it in mine because I like it. That said, I do find that most recipes are akin to a tomato, meat, and beans stew and are sorely lacking in the chilis that the dish is named after.
- Comment on I feel this way about cinnamon. 1 week ago:
If you’re chili con carne is “just meat,” you’ve seriously skimped on the star of the show, the chilis. Which most people seem to do… I’ve seen way too many chili recipes that are basically just a tomato, meat, and bean stew with a dash of chili powder.
I don’t think any food is pure. Traditions are forever changing.
I 100% agree. Hence I said I understand the purists and the chili competitions that don’t allow beans, but I’m going to make mine with beans. Also, much of the best foods are fusions. The chilis, the spicy fruits not the dish, are the perfect example. I can’t imagine a world in which Indian, Thai, or just about any Asian dish doesn’t have a spicy kick to it. Yet every single species of chili originated in South America. Same story with the tomato. My favorite cuisine is Cajun which is French cooking techniques using the South American and Haitian ingredients that were available. There are countless examples like that.
- Comment on I feel this way about cinnamon. 1 week ago:
Chili is short for chili con carne, not chili con carne y frijoles. I understand competitions demanding a certain “purity.” That said, I will put beans in my chili because that’s what I like.
- Comment on This is a real food I just found 2 weeks ago:
They always ruin good sounding rolls with cucumber.
- Comment on Anon has priorities 4 weeks ago:
Lunar eclipse? As in a new moon that happens every month?
- Comment on Do drivers in the USA have to yield to alien UFO's? 5 weeks ago:
Depending on the roadway, it’s super dangerous. Telephone and power lines are hard to see, deadly hazards for aircraft in that situation. If something is landing on a road, it’s probably an extreme emergency, and it’s best to give them as much room as possible.
- Comment on ClosedAI 1 month ago:
This was so obvious when he was ousted and then came back. It was honestly shocking seeing people rooting for the person that is clearly the “bad guy” in that scenario.
- Comment on A new angle 3 months ago:
I knew there was some way the insurance company was weaseling out of paying.
- Comment on A new angle 3 months ago:
That seems like it shouldn’t matter… Either two half size payouts or one full payout is what it seems like it should be. I’m sure there are some shenanigans that make it not that simple when it really should be.
- Comment on When you're too attached to that leather jacket you could barely zip up when you were 15 3 months ago:
He doesn’t have the same presence he did in previous seasons. His tough guy act seems laughable now.
- Comment on Stay Mad 4 months ago:
Its the parts fault if they cant get an easy vote, not the voter’s
Ultimately, yes that’s the case. It’s the candidates job to attract voters.
- Comment on Stay Mad 4 months ago:
And that’s great, that’s what I do in the primaries. I’m not about to risk a Trump presidency just to place a vote for a 3rd party that I probably also don’t actually like. Just plug the nose and stop the larger threat.
- Comment on Stay Mad 4 months ago:
Whatever helps you sleep at night if Trump gets elected.
- Comment on Stay Mad 4 months ago:
This vote is far too important to protest vote. Especially now that I live in a swing state.
- Comment on Stay Mad 4 months ago:
Technically I’m voting for Biden, in reality I’m voting against Trump. I really wish I had a better option…
- Comment on Falling for keto and other anti-carb lies is as unscientific as being a climate denier. 5 months ago:
Very
- Comment on Falling for keto and other anti-carb lies is as unscientific as being a climate denier. 5 months ago:
Nope. Maybe actually look this time?
- Comment on Falling for keto and other anti-carb lies is as unscientific as being a climate denier. 5 months ago:
I’m hearing excuses.
- Comment on Falling for keto and other anti-carb lies is as unscientific as being a climate denier. 5 months ago:
Lol, they’re so rare you have to make a list of vegan athletes. This is a prime example of the exception proving the rule.
- Comment on But I wanted to be somebody famous! 1 year ago:
I disagree. It’s okay to make fun of things that people do, but not what people are. You shouldn’t make fun of someone for having a disability. You can make fun of someone choosing to put all that money and effort into a degree they are only leveraging to work at a haunted house. Not to mention comedy is subjective, so you may not find the same types of jokes funny.
- Comment on For some reason, I'm doubtful. 1 year ago:
There were a couple of companies that tried programs like this. PeoplePC was another similar program. You would pay for their services and they would lease you a computer every 3 years.
- Comment on Panik 1 year ago:
The neat part is that if you add the numbers together and they’re still too large to tell, you can do it again. In your example, you get 15. If you do it again, you get 6, which isn’t the best example because 15 is pretty obvious, but it works.
- Comment on Tossing Satellites into Orbit with SpinLaunch: Is that Possible? | Interesting Engineering 1 year ago:
Strange that a bunch of aerospace and mechanical engineers believe it is
It’s not that strange. There are lots of people willing to con others out of investment money.
who probably doesn’t even work on STEM
You’re wrong there
I can’t tell if you genuinely think you’re smarter than these people or if this is just the classic “space craft are stupid!” Rhetoric that’s become popular since Musk started SpaceX.
I don’t think I’m smarter than these people. I think I’m smarter than the people being conned by these people. Spacecraft certainly aren’t stupid. A lot of what SpaceX has done in spite of Musk has been amazing to see. Their rocket engine development is some of the coolest stuff out there. It’s too bad that the company is led by a con man who makes grandiose claims that they’ll never live up to.
- Comment on Tossing Satellites into Orbit with SpinLaunch: Is that Possible? | Interesting Engineering 1 year ago:
Being possible and being feasible aren’t the same thing.
- Comment on Tossing Satellites into Orbit with SpinLaunch: Is that Possible? | Interesting Engineering 1 year ago:
You’re dreaming of you think this is remotely feasible.