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  1. Comment on How do you plan out your meals for the week/meal prep? in ~food

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    Between work and kids, I've fallen into a system that requires almost no upfront planning week-to-week. I have a set of common "formats", a set of simple preparations, and a set of core flexible...

    Between work and kids, I've fallen into a system that requires almost no upfront planning week-to-week. I have a set of common "formats", a set of simple preparations, and a set of core flexible ingredients. These can be mixed and matched on the fly and all come out reasonably well. Formats are like protein + carb + veg, pasta + [something] sauce, rice + topping, assorted stuff in pita or taco, etc. Simple preps are like cubed + roasted, stir-fried/sauteed, steamed, baked. Ingredients are like chicken breast, salmon, tofu, minced beef/pork, onion, garlic, beans, etc. Also a small selection of versatile shelf-stable seasonings (this can be built up over time - avoid specialty/single-purpose things). Stock your freezer and pantry with this in mind. Weekly grocery shopping will become simply replenishing the stock and grabbing whatever fresh veg is in season. You'd be amazed how many combinations you can make from those and how easy it is to decide/swap on the fly based on how you're feeling and how much time you've got to make it. Tools like rice cookers and slow cookers and pressure cookers can open up even more possibilities with the same ingredients with very little active effort or planning.

    Weekends can be handled the same way until you come across a recipe or ingredient that actually inspires you to spend the time.

  2. Comment on Are cooperatives more virtuous than corporations? in ~society

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    For a bit of context, I'm currently in Singapore - 75.5% Chinese, 15.1% Malay, 7.6% Indian, and 1.8% "Other" (a category which Wikipedia says are "largely Eurasians", so I'm part of some even...

    For a bit of context, I'm currently in Singapore - 75.5% Chinese, 15.1% Malay, 7.6% Indian, and 1.8% "Other" (a category which Wikipedia says are "largely Eurasians", so I'm part of some even smaller percent). My understanding is that historically white people and Europeans would be here with some very high expat compensation package while representing their business, so they tended to self-segregate both by wealth and by culture since they were just here for business. Those big expect packages are much, much less common now, though expats from wealthier countries in general still concentrate in certain areas and housing (city center, private condos, etc.). As a result, there's some mixed feelings about white people, more so with the older crowd, though nothing held strongly as far as I've seen. Walking downtown you'll get a decent mix of people from all over. Where I'm living in one of the heartlands, there's vanishingly few white people, to the point where it wasn't uncommon for my wife to hear things like "Oh, your married to the white guy, right?".

    To answer your question, I don't feel any obligation or responsibility to be a shining representative of my race, nationality, or any other similar identity. Don't get me wrong, I'm happy to share my culture and traditions, and lean into exaggerated stereotypes of the white American male for laughs with people who know it's a joke, but I'm not motivated to be better or to compensate for any of these kinds of broad, involuntary identities. An open minded person will see you as an individual regardless of how you behave, while a bigot will attribute any perceived positive as being "one of the good ones" and any perceived negative as "a typical [X]", so no point in making a special effort. Yes, this is a privileged stance as I am not in any elevated danger for my identities where I live. I just try to be a generally good, respectful, civic-minded person, and in general I just care about what my friends and family think about me, not strangers. I am a bit more lawful, but that's just to ensure I don't put my visa at risk.

    4 votes

  3. Comment on Are cooperatives more virtuous than corporations? in ~society

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    I think they're partially joking that that the credit union recognizes them only because they're the only East Asian, so when another East Asian moves to town, they're going to get mixed up. I'm...

    I think they're partially joking that that the credit union recognizes them only because they're the only East Asian, so when another East Asian moves to town, they're going to get mixed up. I'm in a similar, flipped situation as one of the only white guys living in a non-white country; a number of the local shops and neighbors recognize me... as the white guy.

    6 votes

  4. Comment on Living wage calculator in ~finance

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    The 2080 is simply 5 days/week * 52 weeks * 8 hours for full-time employment. This includes holidays, sick days, and vacation leave. These paid-time-off days are included for the purposes of...

    The 2080 is simply 5 days/week * 52 weeks * 8 hours for full-time employment. This includes holidays, sick days, and vacation leave. These paid-time-off days are included for the purposes of calculating an estimated hourly rate from a full-time annual salary.

    9 votes

  5. Comment on Non-metal spoons for dining? in ~food

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    Look into picnic and camping utensils. Many are made of nylon.

    Look into picnic and camping utensils. Many are made of nylon.

    2 votes

  6. Comment on US President Donald Trump vows to freeze migration from ‘third world countries’ after DC attack in ~society

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    Trump did not identify any countries by name or explain what he meant by third-world countries or "permanently pause". He said the plan would include cases approved under former President Joe Biden's administration.

    "I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries to allow the U.S. system to fully recover, terminate all of the millions of Biden illegal admissions, including those signed by Sleepy Joe Biden’s autopen, and remove anyone who is not a net asset to the United States," he said on his social media platform, Truth Social.

    Trump said he would end all federal benefits and subsidies for "non-citizens", adding he would "denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility" and deport any foreign national deemed a public charge, security risk, or "non-compatible with Western civilization."

    10 votes

  8. Comment on There may not be a safe off-ramp for some taking GLP-1 drugs, study suggests in ~health

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    An analysis published this week in JAMA Internal Medicine found that most participants in a clinical trial who were assigned to stop taking tirzepatide (Zepbound from Eli Lilly) not only regained significant amounts of the weight they had lost on the drug, but they also saw their cardiovascular and metabolic improvements slip away. Their blood pressure went back up, as did their cholesterol, hemoglobin A1c (used to assess glucose control levels), and fasting insulin.

    At least one study has found that the regained weight after intentional weight loss may end up being proportionally higher in fat mass, which could be harmful.

    “These results add to the body of evidence that clinicians and patients should approach starting [anti-obesity medications] as long-term therapies, just as they would medications for other chronic diseases.”

    5 votes

  10. Comment on The worlds on fire. So lets just make AI porn. in ~tech

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    My understanding was that porn driving/pushing/strongly-influencing the technology is the myth, but that being early adopters was true. e.g. this /r/AskHistorians post

    My understanding was that porn driving/pushing/strongly-influencing the technology is the myth, but that being early adopters was true. e.g. this /r/AskHistorians post

    9 votes

  11. Comment on The worlds on fire. So lets just make AI porn. in ~tech

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    Porn has consistently been an early adopter of new technologies. AI is just the next thing in a long history that most recently includes VHS and DVD, online payments, streaming and bandwidth,...

    Porn has consistently been an early adopter of new technologies. AI is just the next thing in a long history that most recently includes VHS and DVD, online payments, streaming and bandwidth, video chat, and VR.

    3 votes

  13. Comment on Did NPR just shut down support for RSS? in ~tech

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    Playing with a proxy from a few different locations, it seems they're throwing an HTTP 403 Forbidden for anyone outside the US. Edit: just saw your edit. What RSS client are you using? Are you...

    Playing with a proxy from a few different locations, it seems they're throwing an HTTP 403 Forbidden for anyone outside the US.

    Edit: just saw your edit. What RSS client are you using? Are you sure it's correctly using the same VPN that lets you query the feed directly? If that's not the problem, maybe the RSS client is sending some other geographic-related header that is tripping the block.

    8 votes

  14. Comment on The 'Toy Story' you remember in ~movies

  15. Comment on The 'Toy Story' you remember in ~movies

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    My kids are starting to take interest in classic Disney songs, though they aren't quite ready to sit down for a full-length movie. I hadn't considered how they might look different when viewed...

    What’s the right way to see digital movies that were designed for 35 mm film?

    My kids are starting to take interest in classic Disney songs, though they aren't quite ready to sit down for a full-length movie. I hadn't considered how they might look different when viewed today, aside from generally how well the animation or cgi aged. Seeing some of the comparisons of the original digital-to-35mm film versus to the direct digital versions offered by the official DVD/Bluray/streaming options today is troubling; while some lost a bit of charm, or colors are a bit off, others are downright awful.

    I guess it's time to hunt down some hobbyist archival rips/corrections of classic Disney and Pixar films like I've down for the original Star Wars trilogy.

    9 votes

  17. Comment on What are some of your favorite stews/soups? in ~food

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    Gazpacho is one of my favorite soups to make. Dead simple, few ingredients, very flexible, and super quick preparation for a cool, refreshing vegetable soup. It's great on its own with just a...

    Gazpacho is one of my favorite soups to make. Dead simple, few ingredients, very flexible, and super quick preparation for a cool, refreshing vegetable soup. It's great on its own with just a drizzle of good olive oil and a crusty bread for lunch. Grab a few hard boiled eggs and you've got a dinner. Use it in place of a tomato soup with your grilled cheese.

    The NYT "Best Gazpacho" recipe is a great starting place. If your "fresh" tomatoes are the grocery store garbage, use canned instead. A green bell pepper works fine as a sub for the Italian pepper. Different vinegars work fine if you don't have sherry. Taste your onion and garlic and adjust amounts based on how sharp they are on that day (a little extra olive oil can mellow it out if you put too much in). I usually don't bother straining it.

    3 votes

  18. Comment on Honk your horn in ~health.mental

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    Often by the time a bystander looks after hearing a honk, the instigating offense is already resolved. The lane drift is corrected, the unsafe merge/cut-off complete, everyone stopped following an...

    Often by the time a bystander looks after hearing a honk, the instigating offense is already resolved. The lane drift is corrected, the unsafe merge/cut-off complete, everyone stopped following an abrupt stop, whatever, so it can look at that point like just an impatient asshole honking.

    1 vote

  19. Comment on Looking for movies that combine religion mythology and supernatural elements in ~movies

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    Midnight Mass miniseries fits the bill.

    Midnight Mass miniseries fits the bill.

    The plot centers on a devout and impoverished island community that experiences supernatural events after the arrival of a mysterious priest.

    5 votes

  20. Comment on Violent texts from Democratic nominee for Virginia attorney general leaked in ~society

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    Or it means that someone who didn't voice had some self awareness, realized their thoughts were getting frenzied to the point of crossing their personal lines, and caught themselves before...

    Or it means that someone who didn't voice had some self awareness, realized their thoughts were getting frenzied to the point of crossing their personal lines, and caught themselves before blurting out things that they would regret or hurt others. It's not "masking" our feelings when we don't say everything that immediately comes to mind unless you believe that every single thought and feeling we have is our "true" self, even if it's inconsistent and compatible from one moment to the next.

    2 votes