2022-06-21

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+	Some things I learned this week
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+	Instead of grating vegetables, you can peel very small sections off of
+them to get essentially the same effect. It works better if you dice the
+peelings after you're done. A grater will do the job much better but in a pinch
+the peeler will work fine.
+	A teaspoon is 5mL, a tablespoon is 15mL. They aren't the same.
+	You can never have enough paper towels. If you think you do, you're
+wrong. Aspirin is bad for you, acetaminophen is especially bad for you,
+ibuprofen is bad for you, you can have either pain or pain.
+	The GNU debugger is awesome. Compile programs with `-g` and run gdb
+[program], then execute `start`, then `step` through statement by statement and
+inspect variables with `print`. I've been printf(3) debugging since I was eight
+years old (about a decade ago). This is a total game changer.
+	The first pancake is always the worst. Don't be afraid to screw up the
+first time, instead ensure the environment is controlled so that when beginners
+make that first pancake the customers don't eat it.
+	People believe the dumbest stuff because they're so used to dumb things
+happening. You can't be sane in an insane world.
+
+	Food I'm craving
+
+	Pizza (good pizza, not something from Pizza Johns or Papa Hut). I could
+make it myself but dough seems hard and I'm procrastinating learning how bread
+and stuff works. I also don't wanna go to the store, carry the ingredients
+home, and figure out what to do with the leftover stuff. Perhaps all my
+problems could be solved with one of those Hello Fresh startups or whatever but
+the point of pizza is that it's cheap and delicious and I don't wanna pay more
+for less.
+	A bagel, but I could always go for a bagel. I'd like some veggie cream
+cheese right now on a dark toasted bagel.
+	Pancakes. I haven't had pancakes for a couple seasons now. I like
+pancakes with good maple syrup, maybe not the really expensive stuff in glass
+jars (I haven't tried that stuff so I wouldn't know) but the stuff that comes
+in the gray-cream colored pitchers with the small handles and black caps, with
+instructions on the back for what to do if there's a skim on top of the syrup.
+Thin, Maine maple syrup, no corn involved in the process. Though Aunt Jemima
+(or whatever name by which she goes nowadays) is alright in a pinch.
+	I'm trying not to eat so much meat. The exceptions are (a) trying
+something new, (b) home-cooked meals by someone else, and (c) East asian
+restuarants. And of course food that would otherwise go to waste. I've found
+that limiting myself to these situations gives me a pretty good amount of meat
+in my diet ("pretty good" being a small amount, I eat meat maybe thrice a week
+at most). I don't have a moral stake in this in terms of animal cruelty, though
+I do believe farming animals is cruel, because I didn't kill the thing and
+Capitalists will never voluntarily decrease the amount of product they churn
+out. I just don't see a future where humans can have meat in nearly every meal
+and I'm trying to acclimate in advance. As past, so will pass - I'm sure we'll
+go back to some sort of primarily-grain diet, though maybe "grain" will be corn
+and corn derivatives and not much else. Meh, could be worse.
+	That being said, I could go for some turkey mixed with egg. In a pan,
+put a couple of slices (or even just the giblets left over from the slicing
+process) of turkey beast on some butter as the oil, and crack an egg over it.
+Break the yolk if the yolk isn't already broken and keep flipping the egged
+turkey until the egg is cooked. Serve alone or as part of a breakfast sandwich.
+It's the perfect mix of texture and flavor. I had this with some turkey that
+would have otherwise gone to waste and it was very good.
+
+
 2022-06-20: Some thinks I've been thinging about
 
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