From 3c51ffbaef0876bc1c3539461e76ce7be0599aa1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: dtb Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2022 09:24:48 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] 2022-06-21 --- homepage/blah.html | 61 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 61 insertions(+) diff --git a/homepage/blah.html b/homepage/blah.html index 2b50d59..f825804 100644 --- a/homepage/blah.html +++ b/homepage/blah.html @@ -16,6 +16,67 @@ ideas' witlessness; ideas' witnesses; ideas- +2022-06-21 + + Some things I learned this week + + 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 The world would be a more interesting place if any biologists or