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  1. Comment on Do you cook with cast iron? Is it the hassle everyone says it is? in ~food

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    My cast iron pans are my only fry pans. Using them daily helps keep them in better shape. Unlike others I DO cook acidic food in mine. It does strip the seasoning but whatever. I don't oil it...

    My cast iron pans are my only fry pans. Using them daily helps keep them in better shape.

    Unlike others I DO cook acidic food in mine. It does strip the seasoning but whatever. I don't oil it after cleaning. I use soap and a chain mail scrubber and I half ass towel dry it afterward. My flat pan still seasoning, my regular shaped pan that I cook tomato sauces in doesn't really have seasoning left in it. I don't think they perform that differently.

    The only special thing I do is use BUTTER specifically when frying eggs. Oil works but butter is special somehow and works better.

    4 votes

  2. Comment on Around twenty drown in France as French seek relief from heatwave in ~enviro

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    They're way less efficient but they do still cool fairly effectively in my experience. Just put it in your bedroom and only cool that one room.

    and they only sell the mobile ones with a single pipe anyway (which heat as much as they cool),

    They're way less efficient but they do still cool fairly effectively in my experience. Just put it in your bedroom and only cool that one room.

    3 votes

  3. Comment on Around twenty drown in France as French seek relief from heatwave in ~enviro

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    No! We need to find a way to cool our houses by burning fossil fuel!

    No! We need to find a way to cool our houses by burning fossil fuel!

    1 vote

  4. Comment on Around twenty drown in France as French seek relief from heatwave in ~enviro

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    We had a big heat event a few years ago where temps hit an all time record for us. Usually people drive kind of fast in this city but everybody was driving super slow enjoying their car AC before...

    driving somewhere is cool enough.

    We had a big heat event a few years ago where temps hit an all time record for us. Usually people drive kind of fast in this city but everybody was driving super slow enjoying their car AC before they got home to no AC. Probably went from 60kph average speed to 40kph.

    2 votes

  5. Comment on Signs you're a dangerous terrorist: using Signal, moving zines in ~society

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    This is also BS from the journalist. Hiding evidence that you KNOW will be used as evidence is a crime. 30 years for that sounds pretty absurd though. This article sucks.

    “The ninth defendant, Daniel Sanchez-Estrada was not at the protest, but was convicted of corruptly concealing a document or record after prosecutors said he moved leftwing zines and other materials at the request of Rueda, his wife, after she was arrested.

    This is also BS from the journalist. Hiding evidence that you KNOW will be used as evidence is a crime. 30 years for that sounds pretty absurd though.

    This article sucks.

    5 votes

  6. Comment on Around twenty drown in France as French seek relief from heatwave in ~enviro

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    Where I am it's extremely hard not to notice how every winter seems warmer/shorter than the last.

    There is the 'Its just summer' crowd(specifically here in the uk)

    Where I am it's extremely hard not to notice how every winter seems warmer/shorter than the last.

    13 votes

  7. Comment on What’s something that didn’t work for you? in ~talk

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    I sleep MORE with the CPAP machine than beforehand. I knew I likely had sleep apnea since my early 20's (even when I was in decent shape) and avoided getting tested. I started to get growing...

    I sleep MORE with the CPAP machine than beforehand.

    I knew I likely had sleep apnea since my early 20's (even when I was in decent shape) and avoided getting tested. I started to get growing anxiety around sleeping when I finally decided to go in. Prior to that I just went to work tired all the time and that was kind of normal in the rail industry. The sleep anxiety all of a sudden started happening over the course of a few months one year and I was SO relieved to fail that test so hard and to get put on the machine.

    When I went on the machine the only immediate difference I noticed was my ability to take mid day naps (I work random shifts so I often have to sleep during the day. Prior to the CPAP I struggled to sleep more than an hour or so during the day, now I have real sleeps.

    At the same time as I went on the machine I started taking my naps and sleep way more seriously instead of just being a sack of shit on night shifts. My wife started complaining about the amount I was now sleeping... until I asked her how many hours of sleep she thought I averaged per day (11 or 12). I showed her the weekly/monthly average hours slept per day on the CPAP... it was around 8.5 hours. She basically never said a word about my sleep again, and I now work (most) night shifts without any real struggle. Comlete game changer but it was CPAP AND a lifestyle change.

  8. Comment on What’s something that didn’t work for you? in ~talk

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    Where are you at with this? It took me several months to finally realize I needed a different type of mask and then it was solid. Spend some time with it on (and running) outside of regular sleep...

    Where are you at with this? It took me several months to finally realize I needed a different type of mask and then it was solid.

    Spend some time with it on (and running) outside of regular sleep times to get used to it.

  9. Comment on Ceiling fan light switch replacement help in ~life.home_improvement

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    Get wago connectors! They're easier/better especially with stranded wire.

    Get wago connectors! They're easier/better especially with stranded wire.

    1 vote

  10. Comment on Ceiling fan light switch replacement help in ~life.home_improvement

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    That image isnt working for me.

    That image isnt working for me.

    2 votes

  11. Comment on Google Chrome to fully remove legacy support for manifest v2 in ~tech

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    Kind of a detour here but, when would you consider the start of adpocalypse? Because, to me, annoying ads have been part of the internet since as far back as I can remember the internet. Its just...

    adpocalypse

    Kind of a detour here but, when would you consider the start of adpocalypse? Because, to me, annoying ads have been part of the internet since as far back as I can remember the internet. Its just that 20 years ago it was pop ups that were the biggest issue.

    Also I run uBlock origin so maybe I'm out of touch with how bad current ads are.

    5 votes

  12. Comment on Are there any games that had their development abandoned that you followed where you wish that continued/completed development? in ~games

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    Is it the same team doing stationeers? Havent heard of that game but looks decent.

    Is it the same team doing stationeers? Havent heard of that game but looks decent.

    1 vote

  13. Comment on What do you think of robots in the military? in ~tech

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    Mines are also banned by most countries.

    but they don't seem quite as bad as mines

    Mines are also banned by most countries.

    2 votes

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  15. Comment on Who’s buying SpaceX and Anthropic? in ~finance

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    You kind of highlighted something here; these numbers have become meaningless. Hype is the difference between a 0.2T and 2T valuation in a world where 100B is already an absurd amount of money let...

    You kind of highlighted something here; these numbers have become meaningless. Hype is the difference between a 0.2T and 2T valuation in a world where 100B is already an absurd amount of money let alone 1.8T.

    This is all nonsense.

    6 votes

  16. Comment on Who’s buying SpaceX and Anthropic? in ~finance

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    I was under the impression that it was closer to profitable once it was all wrapped together. This might crash and burn hard enough to cause the bubble to pop.

    I was under the impression that it was closer to profitable once it was all wrapped together.

    This might crash and burn hard enough to cause the bubble to pop.

    5 votes

  17. Comment on US FBI says Google engineer used internal search data to win $1.2M on Polymarket in ~tech

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    Polymarket already looks and feels like illegal gambling to me. This feels like a drug dealer coming up with some app and saying they're not selling drugs... its an *experience marketplace*, and...

    Polymarket already looks and feels like illegal gambling to me. This feels like a drug dealer coming up with some app and saying they're not selling drugs... its an *experience marketplace*, and then the government coming after a seller an experience trader for market manipulation.

    17 votes

  18. Comment on US FBI says Google engineer used internal search data to win $1.2M on Polymarket in ~tech

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    I agree. If polymarket itself is legal then I fail to see why they suddenly care about laws now.

    I agree. If polymarket itself is legal then I fail to see why they suddenly care about laws now.

    6 votes

  19. Comment on US military launches strikes on southern Iran amid talks in Qatar in ~society

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    I am aware of that and yes I can afford that. I do worry more about the impact to grocery prices for everyone it affects.

    I am aware of that and yes I can afford that. I do worry more about the impact to grocery prices for everyone it affects.

  20. Comment on US military launches strikes on southern Iran amid talks in Qatar in ~society

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    At the end of the day I think you're right. The ones responsible either aren't the ones affected or are too dumb or brainwashed to understand why they're getting screwed. To defend my point...

    At the end of the day I think you're right. The ones responsible either aren't the ones affected or are too dumb or brainwashed to understand why they're getting screwed.

    To defend my point though, America is rotting away. Americans will either suffer acutely now and hopefully change the system/their ways or else (I believe) they will suffer a prolonged decline into a slow collapse. Which causes more suffering? Also, the rest of the world... we're all addicted to cheap oil as well and we're over-reliant on US tech. This hurt now will hopefully highlight how over-reliant we are on gas/diesel and spur some change.

    You can afford and EV and extra gas. Good for you. You're extraordinarily privileged compared to most people, even in your own country.

    I am aware of the privilege which is why I bring it up. I'm not REALLY struggling like other people are; I have to acknowledge that to some degree.

    2 votes