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Comment on Can we talk about rice cookers? in ~food
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Comment on Can we talk about rice cookers? in ~food
PetitPrince (edited )Link ParentOut of the plant a rice grain is not the white thing you see in the store. It has a shell (called bran) that contains oils and other nutriments. Those are good for health (it's sold as brown rice)...Out of the plant a rice grain is not the white thing you see in the store. It has a shell (called bran) that contains oils and other nutriments. Those are good for health (it's sold as brown rice) but bad for conservation (it goes rancid etc). So to keep the rice for longer (brown rice shelf life is 6 month, white rice is 30 years) we mill and polish the bran out of the grain until only the starchy core remains. This inevitably leave some unbound surface starch on the grain. If you add water and cook the rice with it, it will make it gooier (it's the same principle as adding starch to a sauce to make it thicker). In most Asian application, that's not what you want, so you rince that coat away. This also remove random dust and debris from the miller, but hygiene standards are higher compared to mid 20th century.
You don't have to universally rince the rice though; sometime you want that gooey texture, like in risotto. And it also depends the cultivar of rice used.
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Comment on Can we talk about rice cookers? in ~food
PetitPrince (edited )LinkMy parents are Vietnamese so this is not a gadget, but a basic necessity. And me and my wife often cook east-Asian dishes (Japanese / Vietnamese / Chinese / Fillipono / Korean). So far I've lived...My parents are Vietnamese so this is not a gadget, but a basic necessity. And me and my wife often cook east-Asian dishes (Japanese / Vietnamese / Chinese / Fillipono / Korean).
So far I've lived all my life with basic cook/warm rice cookers (the type that delights Alec from Technology Connections). It cooks good enough white rice in 20-ish minutes, free your attention in the kitchen to cook other things, cheap enough to replace when the non-stick pot lose its non-stickiness; after 5 years of weekly usage mine is loosing about a quarter/half bowl of rice on the stickiness altar if we try get the rice out of the cooker just after it sets itself to "warm" (leaving the rice for a little while decrease the stickiness, but this is inconsistent).
Lately we decided to splurge on a fancy rice cooker (we do eat a good amount of rice). No Zojirushi because there's no reseller in Switzerland. But they do sell Cuckoo here, and I assumed Korean also know how to make decent rice, so we bought a CRP-ST06f from Cuckoo. This is one of the expensive model (but not the most expensive) that also act as a pressure-cooker-lite.
First test with some koshihikari ("sushi rice") with the "hot pressure" mode (40-ish minutes ?): Hot damn, this is good ! It has a glossier appearance, and it's more sticky than with our old rice cooker. Anecdotally, it's closer to the rice we tasted in restaurant and/or in Japan* and perfect to eat with chopsticks (virtually no stray grains).
*my 2 trips there radicalized me: regular jasmine rice is fine, but Koshihikari is Za Superioru Rice(tm)
Speaking of jasmine rice: it's good (also a little stickier) but somehow not as noticeable than with japanese rice.
There's also a non-high pressure mode where the rice cooker acts like a more regular one. The results are very similar my previous rice cooker. And there's a "express mode" (15 minutes) that outputs a still ok but noticeable drier rice (not dry enough for a fried rice but close).
One downside I found is that's it's quite voluminous (but still manageable). Oh and it talks. And in English it has that Tik Tok feminine voice. Maybe I should set it in Korean just for the lulz.
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Comment on Tetris: The Grand Master [documentary] in ~games
PetitPrince (edited )LinkHi tildes ! Over the last year my friend, fellow Tetris the Grand Master player and western TGM community resident dragon Demonin compiled a great deal of info about the history of this series and...Hi tildes !
Over the last year my friend, fellow Tetris the Grand Master player and western TGM community resident dragon Demonin compiled a great deal of info about the history of this series and its communities by doing genuine documentary work (including interview of Japanese players; while many of us were just available and chillin on Discord). I'm super proud of him and his work !
If you don't know about TGM, it's the Dark Souls of Tetris (with at least as much depth as it). It has a convoluted story, being sort of trapped in arcade-land by their rightsholder, but with a small but dedicated fanbase in the West that still found the game fascinating despite it being difficult to access .
Please watch it !
(I made a GMTK-style gameplay analysis 2 years ago and shared it here on tildes if you want a shorter watch; but please watch demonin video nonetheless)
Tagging @kfwyre because I know you've expressed interest about this.
And you can AMA anything about Tetris I'm an absolute nerd about this.
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Tetris: The Grand Master [documentary]
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Comment on When you were first getting your driver's license, what were you afraid of? in ~transport
PetitPrince LinkRainy night-time driving still sucks 18 years later. I did drove drunk once (after a music festival where I was photographer): never again! I was never unsafe and there were no one on the road...Rainy night-time driving still sucks 18 years later.
I did drove drunk once (after a music festival where I was photographer): never again! I was never unsafe and there were no one on the road ('cos 4AM), but I was keenly aware of my reduced reflex and attention.
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Comment on Your daily coffee may be protecting your brain, 43-year study finds in ~health.mental
PetitPrince LinkOriginal paper Works also with tea ! Ideal dose according to the study: They seems to have adjusted the effect (i.e. reduce effect such as "rich people drink more coffee, but since they're rich...Works also with tea !
Higher intake of tea showed similar associations with these cognitive outcomes, [...]
Ideal dose according to the study:
The most pronounced associated differences were observed with intake of approximately 2 to 3 cups per day of caffeinated coffee or 1 to 2 cups per day of tea.
They seems to have adjusted the effect (i.e. reduce effect such as "rich people drink more coffee, but since they're rich they have better access to medecine"), but it's not detailled in the abstract.
After adjusting for potential confounders and pooling results across cohorts, [ ...]
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Comment on The kids are all right - Surprising studies show young people are doing better than previous generations in many ways in ~life
PetitPrince Link ParentWasn't that a constant throughout history? Video-game makes you violent Reality TV and MTV makes you stupid ... Writing makes you intellectually lazy (from Socrates! )how Gen Z or Alpha are morally inferior to previous generations
Wasn't that a constant throughout history?
- Video-game makes you violent
- Reality TV and MTV makes you stupid
- ...
- Writing makes you intellectually lazy (from Socrates! )
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Comment on Princess Mononoke is more important than ever in ~anime
PetitPrince LinkPhilosophical analysis of Princess Mononoke, and how it's still relevant and has many parallels with today's generally shit world. There's still hope.Philosophical analysis of Princess Mononoke, and how it's still relevant and has many parallels with today's generally shit world. There's still hope.
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Princess Mononoke is more important than ever
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Comment on AI was eroding trust in my classroom — so I got rid of typed papers and bought my students notebooks instead in ~life
PetitPrince (edited )Link ParentAs other comment in this thread noted, I think this is a feature not a bug. But I do understand my frustration : my writing style is messy and iterative ; there is a cost in writing stuff down...I type literally 10x faster than I can write,
As other comment in this thread noted, I think this is a feature not a bug.
But I do understand my frustration : my writing style is messy and iterative ; there is a cost in writing stuff down over and over again.
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Comment on The ethics of buying, playing military, war or games inspired by them? in ~games
PetitPrince (edited )Link ParentThere's this saying by cinema director François Truffaut that says that there's no such thing as anti-war movie cause even showing by showing it you are glorifying it. And that's acutely the case...The PS2 generation of Ace Combat games are blatantly anti-war
There's this saying by cinema director François Truffaut that says that there's no such thing as anti-war movie cause even showing by showing it you are glorifying it. And that's acutely the case because the Ace Combat series is without question games about Cool Planes(tm).
However... There's this title of the youtuber Timmm for his retrospective about the series that kept with me: "Ace Combat is a simulator, but not of reality". He argue that the whole point of view of the AC series is the one of a kid that comes up with crazy stories to feature their favorite cool planes. And indeed if/when you have a look at the golden trinity, you'll find tons of melodrama (and even in 7, Mihaly's story is bonkers).
And so yes you are licensing planes from the industrial military complex, but this is only in an effort of verisimilitude (because this is Cool) and not so much propaganda. I don't think the series (and that I includes PW) is so much anti-war as they are more fantasy featuring cool planes for me. We only see the point of view of a plane, so showcasing the horrors of war is somewhat surface level (this is not This War of Mine), and the coolness factor somewhat dilute any message that would come from it. Yes nuking is bad, but when you have 99 missiles and doing manoeuver that would normally centrifuge you to death, what would be a tragedy is transformed into a cool backdrop for an air duel. The story could be about knights and monster ; and indeed there's tons of chivalry/mythology motif in the games (even inventing their own with the Razgriz).So yeah it's probably bad, but not as bad as other war games that have more overt propaganda in it. AC8 is still #1 in my wishlist.
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Comment on The ethics of buying, playing military, war or games inspired by them? in ~games
PetitPrince (edited )Link ParentI second /u/Hollow recommendations in playing 4, 5, 0 (six I haven't played yet because of emulation). Then afterwards play Project Wingman; it's feel like a natural evolution of the series from a...I second /u/Hollow recommendations in playing 4, 5, 0 (six I haven't played yet because of emulation).
Then afterwards play Project Wingman; it's feel like a natural evolution of the series from a gameplay perspective (even moreso than AC7). It's also very peculiar in that's it was almost a solo dev. And in a true Ace Combat fashion the soundtrack is awesome.
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Comment on What are you no longer a fan of? in ~talk
PetitPrince Link ParentNah, all the experience you acquired (your taste if you will) is valuable, and as the rest of the post shows it still informs many of your decision. I have the feeling it's just the novelty of it...I feel it’s not a good thing
Nah, all the experience you acquired (your taste if you will) is valuable, and as the rest of the post shows it still informs many of your decision. I have the feeling it's just the novelty of it that wore off and you transformed "having a device" from a hobby to an utility. I think I had the same arc with Windows customization and 3D printing.
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Comment on Colossal Game Adventure: February 2026 Voting Topic in ~games
PetitPrince Link ParentSounds good ! (for the record, I voted for the game I'd like to play; but I tend to be slow reacting with social media)Sounds good !
(for the record, I voted for the game I'd like to play; but I tend to be slow reacting with social media)
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Comment on Colossal Game Adventure: February 2026 Voting Topic in ~games
PetitPrince (edited )LinkTetris (5) Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2 (5) Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow (5) Space Rogue (4) Descent (1)Tetris (5)
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2 (5)
Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow (5)
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Comment on Colossal Game Adventure: February 2026 Lobbying Topic in ~games
PetitPrince LinkI would like to petition a change so that the Tetris entry is converted to to an Arcade Special titled "A Tetris Tetralogy". If that doesn't work, consider this as my lobbying to Tetris in...I would like to petition a change so that the Tetris entry is converted to to an Arcade Special titled "A Tetris Tetralogy". If that doesn't work, consider this as my lobbying to Tetris in general.
The games in that series would be :
Those title were chosen for historical reason (and because when you say "original Tetris" you can say you played the actual original Tetris #pet_peeve #technically_correct), and because they are representative of the existing competitive scenes, and because of personal taste/nostalgie (my teenage years were spent with Tetris DS, and this was my first foray into competitive Tetris).
Tetris is an fractal-like in its complexity, but to guide you to some interesting part of those game I could introduce some community challenge such as:
- Just running the Electronica60 version (I haven't tried it yet, but from what I heard seems you first need to install a pdp11 emulator, then install some Russian font)
- NES: Use the TetrisGYM romhack to experience the speed top players routinely experience, and experiment with the "DAS" and "rolling" technique.
- Tetris DS: try to get some t-spins double or triple triple against the CPU, or practice some of the various openers.
- Tetris the Grand Master : activate the instant gravity cheat code and try to survive as long as possible, or even try to get the coveted Gm grade (ok I don't think it's possible to get it in under a month without unhealthy dedication or prior Tetris experience; but still if I can hook someone to the series that would make me very happy).
Of course if someone reaaally like to talk about other variant of Tetris or games that uses Tetris as a basis for something else (Drop Duchy ? Tetrachroma ? Soft body Tetris ?) I wouldn't mind; but me being biaised toward high level Tetris I think this is a good selection (while still being retro).
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Comment on A rant about how devices handle users with language backgrounds other than English in ~tech
PetitPrince (edited )LinkThere's a slight positive on this, is that most advertisement I receive is in German, the majority language of my country. I don't speak nor read German or any of the dialect, so online ad has...There's a slight positive on this, is that most advertisement I receive is in German, the majority language of my country. I don't speak nor read German or any of the dialect, so online ad has less chance of even subliminally affect me.
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The best and worst Swiss trains
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Comment on I'm back in ~talk
PetitPrince LinkIt's still less of a Reddit competitor with better mechanics (where smaller communities bubble up more interesting topics with voting) and more of a small/medium sized message board with voting...It's still less of a Reddit competitor with better mechanics (where smaller communities bubble up more interesting topics with voting) and more of a small/medium sized message board with voting mechanics. But that doesn't bother me.
Protip: soak the pot overnight. The grain will swell and it makes cleaning much easier (get the swollen grain in a colander, then lightly swipe to remove the remaining gooey bit).