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catadvice_train

what is the best cat toy you've purchased ? My cat recently has to be home alone. He is so bored. What are some good cat toys that cats actually enjoy while away?

When my cats were younger, bottle caps. They'd knock them around like hockey pucks. Later, it was fuzzy mice. My last geriatric cat died recently and I found one of her fuzzy mice and cried.

My cat is currently obsessed with this ball tower: https://www.chewy.com/petstages-tower-tracks-cat-toy-3/dp/126530. She fully ignored it for a year and now loves it - classic.

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ifyoulikeblank_train

ILL] Groovy, upbeat hip hop like Dang! - Mac Miller & Anderson .Paak, MICHUUL - Duckwrth, Elastic - Joey Purp, Caroline - Aminé, [what else would I like]? [caroline - aminé elastic - joey purp michuul. - duckwrth Dang! - Anderson .Paak & Mac Miller In addition: ratchet saturn girl - aminé A lot of Aminé’s stuff fits what I’m looking for. Girls - Joey Purp & Chance the Rapper Dapper - Domo Genesis & Anderson .Paak

Jack Harlow - SUNDOWN Noname - Diddy Bop Chance The Rapper - Summer Friends Mick Jenkins - What Am I To Do NxWorries - Lyk Dis Tyler, The Creator - Boredom BROCKHAMPTON - SWEET Flying Lotus ft. Anderson .Paak - More Freddie Gibbs - Gat Damn

Snoop Dogg - California Roll.... it has Pharrell and Stevie Wonder playing the clarinet on it.

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booksuggestions_train

I forgot to cancel my audiable account. Please help me choose 3 books My top 5 books include: -The Geography of Genius, Eric Weiner (non fiction) -The Windup Bird Chronical, Haruki Murakami (literature) -American Gods, Neil Gaiman (Fantasy) -Straw Dogs, John Gray (non fiction) - the A Song of Ice and Fire series

Contemporary Fantasy Buff Recommendations Brandon Sandderson: Stormlight Archive (2 of 10 books published. Don't worry he writes fast), MistBorn- one trilogy completed, second story arc is 3/4 books written. The Reckoners if a Super hero spoof sounds like more fun. Warbreaker- A good but lesser than previous mentioned standalone. Patrick Rothfuss- the King Killer Chronicles 2/3 written. Snails pace at writing. Brent Weeks The Light bringer series, 3 books written, another one released in fall, not sure how many he's planning. His previous series about assassin's is OK, I can't remember the name. The Dresden Files are fun if criminal mystery, classic fantasy, and modern day chicago noir crossover sounds your style. Syeven Brust- The Vladimir Taltos series is great in audiobook form but can be a little expensive through audible as its 7-9 hours a book, 14 books and counting Scott Lynch- the lies if lock lamora is a book that really impressed me. I love it as a standalone as I really havnt enjoyed the next two books he wrote in the series. Honorable mentions that are really way way better in audio book form than print due to incredible acting: The audio book for Jon Dies at the End is awesome. Weirdest media anything I've ever experienced. Ready Player One read by will wheaton is outstanding as an audiobook. Starwars Thrawn Trilogy I have 70 books on my audible account, mostly fantasy. Sorry for poor formatting, on mobile with a new cell phone I'm not quite used to.

The Gentleman Bastard series by Scott Lynch has some absolutely amazing audiobooks. The narrator has even won awards for them, so you know he's doing something right.

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explainlikeimfive_train

Explain like I'm five years old: If temperature is how fast atoms shake, how does absorbing a photon by black object cause it to shake harder than bouncing it back by white object?

The black object isn't just absorbing one slightly shaking object. It is absorbing many of them and all of that shaking adds up.

a black body, by definition, absorbs *all* the energy from light incident (shone) upon it, converting it to heat. a non-black body on the other hand will absorb only *some* of the energy from the photon(s), but not all of it, some of the energy is reflected away (at different wave-length) and does not contribute to overall heating up of the object.

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moviesuggestions_train

looking for a really good plot twist movie! i love movies like the sixth sense, american psycho, the usual suspects, etc. ones that totally flip the narrative on you at the end but am having trouble finding anymore! i’d love some recs without spoilers!

Orphan(2009)

Arrival

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sysadmin_train

Renaming a user in AD - Windows still shows the old name Hi, I have a user who got married. I went through AD and changed every instance of her old name to her new one. After recreating her Outlook profile, everything is now using the new name. Logging on, sending emails, etc. The only thing still using her old name is when she logs into Windows and it says her name on the screen. It's showing her old name. I ran a get-aduser command and the only reference to her old name is the smtp: field for her alias. Is there some way to get Windows to see that her name has changed? I don't want to recreate her Windows profile as that would cause more work to set everything back up. Thanks.

Go into AD Users and Computers. Find the user and right click on them, choose rename. Put a space at the end of their name and then remove it. Press enter and another screen will popup. Check the names in this screen and ensure they are set correctly.

log on to their PC and then let them log on to it.

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suggestmeabook_train

any books you know that are about adventurous witches? Like kiki's delivery service or Howl's moving castle

Howl’s Moving Castle

The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett

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stocks_train

Getting into stocks, and I'm wondering what trading platform I should use. Hey there, this question is probably asked a lot, but I'm thinking about getting into stocks, and wondering what platform I should use. Due to robinhood's terrible customer ratings, I'm being swayed away from RH. So far in my research, Fidelity and WeBull keep coming up. Any thoughts? Beginner advice for trading also accepted!

Robinhood or just your bank. I use Merrill lynch through bank of America for my Roth ira. I use RH for the gambling: day trades, options plays, etc. Keep in mind RH isn't a retirement account you have to pay taxes on gains, but its a simple ui and they give you 1k instant deposit, I wouldn't even start with more than that if you're a newbie. Also RH is the fastest for getting the money back out in my experience.

Robbinhood for beginners, Fidelity or IBKR later the time you aren’t a newbie anymore

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booksuggestions_train

In a devastating move, I accidentally deleted all my "To Read" book lists from my reading app. Please recommend a few of your favourites so I have something to look forward to again! 😆 I love all genres and am interested in most things! I'll read fantasy, neuroscience, graphic novels, multi-generational fiction. Whatever. My interests are all over the map and I'll read anything if it's well-written. I just need lots of excellent recommendations to make me feel better about losing all mine! Please share some of your favorite reads with me 😊 Thank you so much!

Oh dear 0-0 Some of my favorites are (this is going to be long) 1. The Delphi Collected Works by Andrew Lang, which are fairy tales, with really beautiful covers and stories. 2. The Matarese Circle by Robert Ludlum which was my first spy thriller. It got me so addicted and no matter how many times I read it, it never gets old. 3. Uprooted and Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik, one is about a girl who gets taken to a tower with a wizard because she surprisingly has a talent for magic,the book also has an open ending for the romance sub plot, and the latter is a retelling of Rumpelstiltskin. 4. All Agatha Christie's works, especially Poirot. No elaboration, just excellent mysteries 5. Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells featuring a sassy and sarcastic robot with a mind of its own. It's a really fun read 6. Ender's Game, which is brilliant. Including the portraying of the main character throughout the series, where it took a big turn, and he just realized adults weren't as "good" as seemed. 7. A few mangas (if you're interested) I love are Komi can't communicate, Spy x family, Fruits Basket and this nameless witch series (which I really can't remember exactly what is it) 8. Sabriel by Garth Nix I think this book was quite different, and it does happen to be a girl who just wants to save her father but ends up saving everyone 9. The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern. It's a romance, but has fantasy elements in in, which I found quite refreshing from my usual read. It's also a really slow burn and made my heart ache XD 10. Lord of The Rings trilogy by J.R.R Tolkien. Honestly, nothing beats this. The world building is amazing, the characters are great, the story is engaging and it's a whole other level in the excellent book category. I think that's about it lmao because if I continue, I'll never stop. (P.S. Save your TBR somewhere else next time just in case)

Two of my top favorites from my 2021 reads (plus a major shout out to house on the cerulean sea which was incredible but already recommended!): Sean Kean - tale of the dueling neurosurgeons VE Schwab - The invisible life of Addie larue

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iwanttolearn_train

I want to learn the science behind cooking/baking. What certain ingredients do and why, etc. I'm learning how to cook and stuff on my own, and following recipes is easy enough. But I've gotten to the point where I'd like to substitute a lot of ingredients and/or make my own recipes, and I can't do it well without an accurate understanding of what each ingredient does. So like, for example (AND THIS IS PROBABLY WRONG), if I'm making cookies and the recipe has 2 cups of sugar, but I don't want to use sugar, I'd have to know that sugar is the agent of the recipe that gives the cookies their solidity or ability to keep their shape. Once I know that I could substitute it with another ingredient that would accomplish the same thing, like, I don't know, flour or something (AGAIN PROBABLY COMPLETELY WRONG but hope you get where I'm coming from). So is there a way to learn about this type of thing? What ingredients do, what certain temps/lengths of time does, etc.? Is there like a wikipedia but for baking/cooking? Is there an internet or college course? I'm even willing to buy a [text]book on this if it's easy enough to read through.

I learned a lot about the science of cooking and baking from Alton Brown's tv show Good Eats. His books are great, too!

I find this channel very interesting.

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booksuggestions_train

Book recs for fans of Jane Austen? Title says it. My absolute favorite genre is historical romance like Jane Austen novels and Bridgerton. I’m currently reading “a Lady’s guide to fortune hunting” by Sophie Irwin and I’m obsessed. Bonus if it’s regency era, but any kind of historical romance fiction would be great. Thank you!

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

If you want a bit of fantasy in your period romances, there's Mary Robinette Kowal's Glamourist Histories series (where the story doesn't end after the main characters are married!) and The Midnight Bargain by C. L. Polk.

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askculinary_train

Looking to bring my cooking skills to the next level but never work as a chef - what are my options? Hi everybody, Over the past few years I have found that I LOVE to cook. Having an aquaintance try my food and genuinely enjoy it is one of the best feelings ever. I envy the skills possessed by both the Michelin star chefs and the amazing local chefs that cook in their food truck. I want to develop a base of culinary skills and knowledge that will allow myself to experiment with creating unique dishes at the professional level. I want to learn even the most basic of the basics correctly (for example, proper knife technique). That being said, I have no interest in ever working as a chef in a restaurant. I know how hard the job is, and I wouldn’t last a second. Cooking is a hobby to me, and I would purely use these skills to cook for myself, my family, my friends, and my coworkers. I have no formal training in the culinary field, however my parents do own a restaurant and I worked there from 13-21 as a busser/server/host. I am very privledged to be a well compensated professional in another field, and have the option to reduce my work schedule to as little as one 12hour shift per week while still earning enough to support my family comfortably. This opens up the option of attending culinary school solely to pursue my hobby of cooking. I also am able to afford to attend single-session cooking classes on a regular basis if I were to not attend culinary school. MY QUESTION: In your opinion, what is the best way to go about learning to cook at a professional level with no intention of working as a chef? From the reading I have done on this subreddit, it seems that culinary school would teach a lot of material that is only relevent to chefs working in the industry and thus it would not be very practical for me. My fear of self-teaching via youtube/books is that I have nobody evaluating/critiquing my technique and dishes, making improvement much more difficult. Cooking classes solves this, but probably won’t cover everything. Anyone else ever do this? Any advice?

Honestly check out some of your local community colleges, a lot of amazing chefs work there. I went to a relatively cheap cooking school and almost half the class just wanted to step up their home cooking game and had the money to spare.

Classes don’t need to cover everything! Look up classes, find ones that really spark your interest & excitement, and take those! They’ll cover plenty of things, and you’ll learn as you go! I have been forgoing videos, online classes & webinars, etc. for in-person experiences, and in person is SO much better! Not just for the critique, but even as an introvert, I find sharing experiences away from the computer fulfilling in lots of other ways. Keep taking classes, if you have a local culinary school or community college, look for single classes there, cook a LOT when you can, keep following that spark!

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booksuggestions_train

Books with a powerful protagonist struggling to find meaning? I am completely in love with The Magicians, the trilogy by Lev Grossman, and I'm looking for more books (or movies or whatever) like it. More specifically, I like how the protagonist is aware of his almost endless potential (he's a frickin magician), he knows that he can achieve whatever he sets his heart on, but at the same time he can't find happiness or meaning in his life. I think it's meaningful that most of his "adventures" start basically because he's unsatisfied or bored or depressed, and not because "some ancient evil is after him" or " he has to save the world". Sure, after a while it almost always turns out that the stakes are much higher than he anticipated, and the fate of the world actually is in danger, but that's never the fact that sets things in motion. Or, you know, also like Bojack Horseman, he's rich, he could do whatever he wants with his life, but he's stuck because he can't decide what's really important. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance :)

The Unbearable Lightness of Being.

A Walk in the Woods, Bill Bryson

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musictheory_train

What is it called when you move the third in a major chord up an octave? Disclaimer: this is not for any homework (I am not a music student) let's say for example I had a C major chord played on the 4th octave, if I moved the C to the 5th octave, it'd be called a 1st inversion (if I am right...) if so, what would moving the E note to the 5th octave while the root and the 5th stays on the 4th octave be called?

I call them spread triads. Dont know how proper this is.

Hmm, could be thought of as adding in a 10th interval.

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suggestmeabook_train

Loved Under the Banner Of Heaven, looking for similar books on different subjects Hi! I thoroughly enjoyed Under The Banner Of Heaven and I'm planning on reading Krakauer's other books. I'm also looking for books on other subjects that are as well researched as Krakauer's.

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is crazy researched, and you may want to try Killers of the Flower Moon, which is also coming out from Scorsese.

{{Moneyball}} by Michael Lewis. I like all his books, he translates numbers into stories and implications. This one is a particularly fun subject. {{The Executioner’s Song}} by Norman Mailer. And having read Banner of Heaven, it will be some kind of thing to see the blood atonement idea again.

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askengineers_train

What's your favorite alloy of metal? Why is it your favorite and what are some of its applications? I'd like to learn about some unique and uncommon alloys of metal. Like Stainless Steel 21-6-9 and its cryogenic performance, similar to other 300 series austenitic stainless steels.

Ni20Fe20Cr20Co20Zn15Mn5. It has no applications whatsoever. It's a mediocre permanent magnet material. But I developed it during my PhD research. So me being the first (and probably only) person to make it, I'm a little more sentimental about that one.

Ti-6-4. Not uncommon but so useful in aerospace and medical. Good balance of heat tolerance, strength to weight, and formability.

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asksciencefiction_train

[Marvel] Why don’t anti heroes like Deadpool and Wolverine be jailed for their murders? Why don’t Marvel’s anti heroes be jailed for killing those who weren’t deserving or were. For example, the multiple killings Deadpool did in his 2016 movie. Logan killing those thugs at the start of his 2017 movie.

I warmly invite you to try arresting either of the immortal superhumans who regularly kill supervillains. One has unbreakable bones and claws that can cut through anything, the other is a deranged lunatic with a shitload of ridiculous weapons and an infinity stone in his pocket. Have fun with that, aight?

They killed all those people in self defense

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running_train

Does anyone else feel like death until like mile 4? I feel awful until my 4th mile every single run like clockwork. I've picked up the distance bug recently. I used to think I'd never be able to run more than 3 miles but then once I began running 4+ miles I realized I hit a wall every single run up until my 4th mile. Anything after that is smooth sailing, no pain, and I can just run and run. I did my longest run yet this morning and kept going for 10 miles because all 6 miles after that 4th mile wall were great. Anyone else have a major wall that they hit every run? Anyone know why this happens?

For me, it’s the sweat wall. When I’m just “glistening” my body gets that feel like when you have the fever cold sweats but as soon as I actually start looking like a wet dog is when my workouts start to feel good - regardless if it’s a run, lifting, etc. Happens every time!

My runs are about 3.5 miles and the first one is always trash, like I don’t know how to breathe and never run. Then I’m able to settle in and enjoy the rest. Today was surprising; it was hot and humid but something clicked and mile 3 was my fastest and smoothest yet. I think it’s time to add a little distance!

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linuxquestions_train

Idk how to ask this, but how do you learn linux commands? I know its a broad question, but its not as if you can just download linux and start typing away in console? I’ve used linux before so I have the basics down, but its been a while and I forgot a lot and would like to elevate my skills to the next level as I’m starting to working on programming and certifications. Any particular resources or ways y’all have learned? I hope y’all understand what I’m trying to say lol. Thanks!

+1 for https://linuxjourney.com/ I will also recommend these: * https://missing.csail.mit.edu/ * https://github.com/jlevy/the-art-of-command-line

> but its not as if you can just download linux and start typing away in console Bwuh? Once you log in and open a terminal that's *exactly* what you can do.

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musictheory_train

Is it risky/stupid to memorize intervals "geometrically" on guitar? So I've never had a solid theory foundation and I've tried to learn over the summer but now I don't have enough time because of uni, I want to get deep into theory but it seems like there's too much to memorize. I know the minor/major scales, so from there I can tell the intervals, like if you ask me the minor 3rd of D I couldn't know but I know its 3 frets above the 10th fret on E string => it is F. Same with other intervals as well, like I can count and tell it in a few seconds. Is this a stupid way of learning them? Or another idea I have is that, every time I count the interval like that I will think about the notes so they stick to me. Or is there any other way you'd suggest?

look up Barry Harris I strongly believe that thats the methodology you should use to learn guitar

The more different ways you can learn anything the better. Over time you’ll just remember the intervals and link it all up in more Positions.

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moviesuggestions_train

I'm looking for a really good heist films looking for films like Den of Thieves, man on the ledge, inside man, ambuLAnce, etc. basically any heist film with a good twist at the end and not too cliche

The Sting (1973) is a classic, solid movie. Very enjoyable. The Gentlemen is...kinda heist adjacent maybe? I love it so much. The Italian Job is solid. Similar to the Ocean's movies. Now you see me + now you see me 2 (why didn't they call it Now you don't????). Heists and magic. Best combo. Oh, and a TV show for shits and giggles: Hustle (2004). Entire tv show of heists, British.

The Heist of the Century (2020)... based on a true story.

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suggestmeabook_train

Books like black mirror Absolutely love the show. Something about a dystopian future with a really dark twist on technology, and how you absolutely can see us get there as a society. Any suggestions? Bonus points if it has a twist at the end like the episodes typically do.

Mild spoilers but The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle is pretty close to a particular episode.

All Our Wrong Todays

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travel_train

What is your favorite "Second City" that you have traveled to? Examples: -Busan, South Korea -Antwerp, Belgium -Kyoto, Japan -Birmigham, UK -Cordoba, Argentina

My only official "second cities" are Osaka and LA, of which I favored Osaka. If you're broader and include other large cities in a country, I really enjoyed Vancouver and Munich.

Yangon, Myanmar Is it considered second city?

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asksciencefiction_train

[One Punch Man] If there were two of Saitama... would he be able to one punch himself? If there were two of Saitama... would he be able to one punch himself?

Can God create a wall so high even He cannot jump over it? People try to undersell Saitama by limiting him to feats we've seen, which makes rational sense but also misses the point of the character. It is theologically safer to be *arbitrarily* powerful instead of *infinitely* powerful. Saitama is as strong as he needs to be and will escalate to whatever power level is needed, and this logic seems to apply to both durability and punchiness. Therefore if he punches himself he throws a mighty punch that even he cannot resist, but increases his ability to resist punches before it lands. The backsplash probably destroys the universe. Incidentally there's a couple of ways to translate the word *pantokrator* from the Bible. That could reasonably mean all-powerful, or ruler of all, or that God knows martial arts.

Strength and durability are different stats. It's certainly possible for a character to output more damage than he can input. See also the "glass cannon." Given that Saitama's looking for a good fight, someone who can give and take in fisticuffs, it stands to reason he'd One Punch himself. Otherwise you could just clone him.

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changemyview_train

Change my view that Making New Year's Resolutions is almost always a futile effort, and anyone who waits until the new year to change a huge aspect of their lives is deluding them self. We hear it time and time again every new year. Our closest friends and families making new years resolutions. While I encourage people in improving themselves, I hate the idea of New Year's Resolutions. I believe overall, new years resolutions only serve to discourage people from actually achieving goals and is based on faulty reasoning. 45% of Americans make resolutions every new year. Yet just a paltry 8% of them achieve their resolution. While I applaud those 8%, I fail to understand why they couldn't have done this at any other point during the year. And while I don't have the proof, I'm willing to bet that those same 8% would have improved just as much if they decided to commit to a goal at any other point in the year. Here's why I believe New Year's Resolutions are almost always destined to fail. Every NYR requires: **1. Wait until the new year starts.** This absurdity alone should put this to bed. There's no rhyme or reason to wait until the arbitrary beginning of a calendar system to start something. I believe most people simply want that last week before their resolution comes into "effect" to gorge on unhealthy food while they still can, smoke cigarettes while they can, etc. Then: **2. The second the New Year starts, your life is supposed to automatically change forever.** The second the clock strikes 12, that's it. No more cigarettes, no more junk food. Ever. Why? Why introduce such a drastic change on a whim like that? What is the reasoning? Why not make steady improvements over time instead of unleashing hell on yourself all at once? And people think this is going to be successful? **3. If you "fall off the wagon" you have failed. There's no second chances.** If your last cigarette wasn't at 11:59 PM on December 31, and you smoke anytime thereafter, you have failed your resolution. People treat NYR's as a do-or-die effort. If you don't go to the gym, if you ever touch another Dorito, or you buy an unnecessary item at the mall, even once, that's it. You have failed at achieving your NYR and you may as well give up. It's such a ridiculous mindset. If you set an arbitrary date to make a drastic lifestyle change, you are going to fuck up! It's ok! There's no reason to beat yourself up over it. Yet most people fail before February and completely give up their NYR thereafter. Humans are simply not hard-wired for such massive changes in diet, nutrition, lifestyle, etc., to be taken all at once like that. And there's no good reason for it either. It's a completely arbitrary date, with nothing magical about it whatsoever, and there's absolutely no reason not to change your life at any other point during the year. In fact, if you really wanted to, you already would have. You wouldn't be waiting for the new year. And then when you inevitably fail, you blame yourself and become even more discouraged. No wonder. It's an awful system and you are essentially setting yourself up to fail.

> It's a completely arbitrary date, with nothing magical about it whatsoever, For financial goals its a special date because a lot of financial metrics reset on Dec 31/Jan 1. For example; * Your paycheck has a total YTD - which is the only time its a full year * All financial markets will report full year performance and so makes it easier for comparison. This continues for long term tracking e.g. I can find performance of an investment for Jan 1-Dec 31 2002 than Feb 5, 2002 to Feb 4, 2003. * Majority of taxes are calculated on year ending Dec 31 and that is a large part of financial planning and goals. It allows people to start off the year with the most time for planning.

To start changing your live at the first of a new year, is like beginning a new chapter. Keeping in mind that this year is different than the last one helps to build a mental barrier towards the behaviour of the last-year-personality. Society accepts restrictions on one self much more in the beginning of the year. If you try to loose weight in the middle of december people will tell you to enjoy the food, drinks or other activities because it's christmas. You don't get that much resistance from society in january. Therefore it is easier to maintain willpower. It is much easier to find a support group if more people do what you do. Resolutions help to create bonds between people who can count each other accountable and therefore are more likely to succeed.

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suggestmeabook_train

Recommend me an epic fantasy... for women? My biggest problem with epic fantasy so far has been that it's immediately noticable it's written by men for men. I couldn't finish "the shadow of what was lost" or "the wheel of time" (though perhaps that one was just the writing style. I frequently have trouble relating to all the characters, most of which I notice are teenage boys. But I really want to like epic fantasy. Anything you guys can recommend?

All of Bujold. For fantasy, the world of the five gods and the sharing knife books. The Liaden universe is more space opera but still a good bet. Inda, Sherwood Smith. Just the four books starting with Inda, her other books are way silly YA and ridiculous. But Inda is epic fantasy so worth the ride. Dragonriders of Pern is pretty classic woman fantasy, too.

- Tasha Suri’s Jasmine Throne - Andrea Stewart’s the Drowning Empire - Rebecca Roanhorse’s Black Sun - NK Jemisins The Fifth Season - Daniel Abrahams Dagger and the Coin

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solotravel_train

Does anyone else get sick after getting back from traveling abroad? I’ve been noticing that whenever I get back from an international trip, I get really sick. (Cold, fever, cough and runny nose) it usually starts with a itchy throat, the night I get back and progresses to getting worse as the days go by. I’m trying to remember if I used to get sick like this before covid but I honestly do not recall. I’ve taken 4 international trips since covid and have gotten sick every single time after getting back to the states, not covid because I get tested before flying back and even got tested after flying back one time because I was so sick. I came back from a trip Sunday night and have been sick ever since, right now I feel like shit; I have chills, headache and a terrible cold that kept me up all night. Just wondering if my immune system is trash or if anyone else experience this as well.

It's pretty common I think. You're traveling so that means mingling with crowds in airports and train stations and on planes, etc. Also visiting places and people not familiar to you. This all results in being exposed to viruses that your body is not at all use to. And you're usually changing timezones, sleep schedule, routines, foods, etc. so that causes a disruption to your system as well. Those disruptions will lower your immune system's response to those viruses. Presto, you catch something. One world-wide intensive conference I used to go to it was common for everyone who went to come down with the "conference flu" afterwards. We're all just host vectors for the virus world after all. I'm one of those people who usually don't catch things easily. But if I catch something it's almost always when I'm traveling.

I had a two year period where I'd get super congested for a few days whenever I was on a plane after a trip to Southeast Asia. It eventually went away luckily.

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changemyview_train

Change my view that presenting the burkini ban as an assault on women's rights is wrong and counter productive to women's rights. I don't agree the burkini ban, however unproductive, misguided (and, for some, racist) it might be, is an "assault on women's rights". I can hear that it further alienates French Muslims at a time when we should all be trying to find ways to calm the tensions rather than inflame them. But to me, the real assault on women is moral institutions like the burqa (and, yes, its water cousin the burkini, even though less extreme, still promoting the idea that only women should seek "modesty"). These negate women's equality in society on pretty much every level conceivable, backed with very little cultural history nor scriptural backing, and landmarks of (recent) religious versions of Islam that are the anti thesis of women rights. We can agree that the burkini ban is wrong, and frankly I'm as appalled as everyone else when I see cops telling people what to wear. But I find it wrong and dangerous for women's rights to present it as a women's rights issues. Note: I'm reposting this because I made a mistake in the title and deleted the one I published a few minutes ago.

>But to me, the real assault on women is moral institutions like the burqa (and, yes, its water cousin the burkini, even though less extreme, still promoting the idea that only women should seek "modesty"). These negate women's equality in society on pretty much every level conceivable, backed with very little cultural history nor scriptural backing, and landmarks of (recent) religious versions of Islam that are the anti thesis of women rights. The *only* way to even come close to allowing women to choose for themselves without societal pressures is to open all options to them. I agree that the ban is *mostly* an attack on the religious aspect. However, what this ban essentially does is it decides that valuing modesty is not something that a Muslim woman can decide for herself. Whatever her reasons for wearing it, it has to be *her* choice. Any other option and you are demeaning women's autonomy, saying that YOU can decide which values are right for HER. Also, let's not forget that social standards go both ways, and the reason many women choose to wear bikinis (highly impractical as they are) is to fit into our society's unequal and punishing gender standards. Bottom line: respecting women's rights means respecting their autonomy to do with themselves as they see fit. Society doesn't get to decide that for them.

Is the crux of your view the following? - Instead of being addressed as a "women's rights" issue, the burkini ban should be viewed, analyzed and addressed as an issue that violates a different category of "rights" - perhaps ideological, religious, governmental, or self-expression rights? Or is the crux of your view the following? The burkini ban is not a "women's rights" issue, because the burkini, itself, is already a women's rights issue.

sovawx

eatcheapandhealthy_train

How to cook vegetables properly? Hey, I've recently been trying to cook healthier at home but have no idea how to make vegetables taste better. As a kid I told myself I hated vegetables and as an adult I never really left that mindset. I do eat alot of salad and fruit but would love to learn how to cook vegetables properly. Thankyou

DON’T boil anything. Steaming is a healthy way that tastes wonderful. I steam most cooked veggies, even potatoes for mashed. This saves lots of energy too. Steaming retains flavor and the form of the veg (doesn’t turn to mush). Asparagus is delish pan seared with olive oil and sea salt. Don’t overcook veggies, Al dente is best. buy organic (yes they taste remarkably more favorable). Roast, grill, bake, steam but don’t boil.

Lots of people saying roasting and I totally agree but no temps that I saw listed. I usually do between 400-450F until they are just starting to get a bit brown and crispy, usually 14-30 minutes depending on how hard a vegetable it is (potatoes and carrots take longer, broccoli and peppers and stuff take less time). Salt, pepper, olive oil for flavoring but I'll add other stuff too if I feel like it. We like a bit of curry powder on cauliflower, cumin on chickpeas (crunchy chickpeas make an excellent snack!), garlic on broccoli (all in addition to the salt and pepper) experiment with spices to see what you like best!

y8zzdx

ultralight_train

I like to sleep on my belly, and stretch my arms above my head / use as support. What would be the best and lightest solution for a warm sleep? I would say im a cold sleeper, but i always end up sleeping with my arms out of my mummy sleeping bag. I think I only ever used the hood once when it was truly cold. Should I get a hoodless long version of a sleeping bag, so it goes beyond my head so it warms my arms, Or is it better with a quilt and a down jacket? Note here if I do have to zip my sleeping bag all the way up to keep warmth, i end up sleeping with my arms all cramped up to my jaw lol. What is the lighest and warmest option here?

get a quilt and wear a down puffy or fleece adequate enough to keep your arms warm. jacks r better even sells down sleeves to be paired with a vest that might be an option. lastly, i'm a side and stomach sleeper at home (i roll around all night actually), but i sleep on my back in a hammock which eliminates all of those other problems of side and stomach sleeping while in the backcountry.

The lightest and cheapest option is to learn to sleep on the back or side. Take some practice but pays off in the long run.

xxo6sq

askphysics_train

when you get a sunburn is it like the sun is microwaving you?

This is my favorite concise explanation on the relationship between different em wavelengths and their impact on matter: http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/mod3.html You quickly realize that infrared waves are related to molecular vibrations (hence why IR can be related to temperatures of materials). FTIR, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, is what I am familiar with and I'd recommend looking into it because it's quite fascinating, since it relates vibrational modes of molecules to discrete wavelengths or many times reciprocal space units of wavenumber are used. Microwaves related more to molecular rotations of polarized molecules, water is a prime example. The reason we see colors is because visible light causes electronic transitions where if a material is "red" it will excite an electron to a higher energy state very strongly with the color/wavelength opposite to red wavelengths (greenish blue) and absorb the greenish blue colors and transmit the other colors that do not excite it's electrons. This is what really happens when we see (most) colors in matter. You go further to uv radiation and it has even more energy than visible light so it's actually able to excite those electrons, not just to their next energy state, but completely ionize them. Sometimes they do excite electrons but they have sufficient energy to ionize those electrons. X rays have even more energy than UV and why they are so dangerous for internal cancers. UV is more so surface level, like skin cancer, but x rays can cause internal cancers to form because they are ionizing electrons and producing free radicals and ionized species, this goes into Compton scattering and pair production, which for biological systems usually aren't good. Pair production is common with gamma rays as well. However, x rays are many times used in material science for x ray diffraction, which is using x rays to determine crystallinity in a solid and literally measure the lattice parameter, which is the interatomic distance between atoms in the unit cell. I'm a material scientist and through my work all of these things have completely opened my eyes to how light interacts with matter. I hope you find my comment interesting!

No... microwaving (as in the kitchen appliance) is excitation of water molecules by causing them to resonate by bathing in RF at the resonant frequency of water (roughly 2.5GHz or 13cm wavelength). More generally, microwaves are the part of the EM spectrum from 300MHz to 300GHz (1000mm to 1mm wavelength). )The sun is a broadband EM emitter... it basically puts out EM radiation from Very Low Frequency (<1KHz) to upper-gamma >300 ExaHz. Thankfully, the atmosphere absorbs much of the really nasty stuff, but some does get through... UV being the main range (30 PHz – 750 THz). UV is an ionising radiation... it breaks molecules apart... including the molecules that make us. Sunburn is basically the molecules that form our cells being torn apart, causing cell-death and localised inflammation. Get enough UV and DNA will be damaged, potentially causing cells to replicate uncontrollably. This is skin cancer.

e9c2w3

ifyoulikeblank_train

If I like 60s/70s dreamy folk what else would I like? Trying to expand this playlist, best epitomised by this song. Looking for more dreamy psychy folk songs from the 60s/70s to fill this playlist. Especially songs with woodwind / fingerstyle guitar / 'jingly' guitar and percussion, and with a generally 'dreamy' feel, but not too psychedelic like acid folk. I feel this Evensong album cover is like a visual representation of the vibe I'm looking for, so any songs that fit the mood of this picture would be great! (sorry if that's a bit vague lol) https://preview.redd.it/8ckpxw6w52441.jpg?width=564&format=pjpg&auto=webp&v=enabled&s=87c678384c25c28f5412ac11005368aac60410cd Thanks :)

Trader Horne - Here Comes The Rain Peppermint Trolley Company - Baby You Come Rollin Cross My Mind Chameleon Church - In A Kindly Way Love - Orange Skies The Poppy Family - Beyond The Clouds The Lost - Seven Starry Skies (Mystic) The Cyrcle - The Visit (She Was There) Tim Buckley - Buzzin Fly Strawberry Alarm Clock - Pretty Song From Psych Out Paul Kantner - Have You Seen The Stars Tonight? Relatively Clean Rivers - Hello Sunshine The Lovin Spoonful - Didn’t Want To Have To Do It David Crosby - Laughing

Fleet Foxes sound heavily influenced from some of your reference songs. The Cascades and Blue Spotted Tail on Helpless Blues feature some gorgeous guitar picking. The whole album oozes this style in the introductions of each song. Some others which may catch your fancy: Cardigan Song - Kikagaku Moyo Old Pine - Ben Howard Albatross - Fleetwood Mac

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askculinary_train

What is the biggest difference maker when trying to make restaurant quality meals at home? I hear that restaurants tend to use a lot more butter than people would think, so I'm wondering what other tips there are for someone trying to bring their home cooking to the next level?

I am surprised with everything mentioned - Shallots have been left out!

It mostly comes down to better equipment. Many things that the restaurants use to make for a better experience, you likely won't have at home. Everything from sharper knives to more accurate ovens and higher quality pans will, in the end, make a better meal. Also, they likely have access to better quality ingredients.

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ifyoulikeblank_train

[If I like] Bluesy Rock like The Black Keys and The White Stripes, [what else would I like] Thanks!

J Roddy Walston and the Business

The Rubens

xmvntg

diy_train

How do i remove this Allen screw? I tryed all sizes of keys, even the one that is supposed to fit, but it doesnt fit in and i cant screw it open. I believe it might be rusty or just heavily used. (i couldn't get a better picture of it, maybe someone can make something out of this) Any advice what i could do/try before trying to drill into it with a screw removal kit? https://preview.redd.it/pclfehyaqtp91.jpg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&v=enabled&s=4b48a479000073e6567fbd7ba4f9dd821199d43e https://preview.redd.it/6ikzhiyaqtp91.jpg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&v=enabled&s=f10640ae3e56e4299955151083a8c2e3aee8e4b9 https://preview.redd.it/7c7esiyaqtp91.jpg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&v=enabled&s=89fb1ca1756d09a9bd11467bc5dc81fff2ab6b64

Pack it with jb weld. Insert smaller bit. Let dry for a day. Unscrew.

Cut a slit and use a flat

mz7w8a

askbaking_train

Help me chose my next specialty The last few years I started to add variety to what I bake and every time, I end up choosing something that is *time consuming*, usually looks great and is impressive (I mean look impressive) and always taste great... And of course every time it's something hard to master that takes me multiple time to perfect. See for yourself: Macarons, layered cakes (people asked me to for their birthday...), sourdough bread (batards, baguettes...) and recently chinese mooncakes. I don't mind baking something multiple times to master the process, but now I'm looking for something that visually looks great but that won't require 5 hours in the kitchen. Cause if I have to try it 5 times to start getting decent results that's 25 hours... Anyway, I'm looking for suggestions! The perfect recipe should: 1 - Take me less than 2 hours of active prep time. 1 hour would be great. 2 - Look impressive. I got addicted to receiving praise for what I bake... 3 - Teach me a new skill (gotta learn something new, you know?). 4 - It's not something home baker usualy bake (so not a banana bread or a brownie for example). I'm looking for something original. 5 - And that's the most important part: Taste awesome. But hey, if you have anything that taste awesome and is fast to do, even if it doesn't looks super impressive, please let me know! As long as it is something original, I might just try it. PS: I'm not looking for recipes. I'll find them online. But of course I'm not stopping you from sharing. PPS: I'm thinking madeleine right now. What do you think of that?

Try viennoiserie, definitely a professional pastry chef skill set and tends to impress. Failing that, there are various baking skills that are advanced. Choux pastry, éclairs and the like. Frangipanes... I personally think a good cherry madiera is a sign of a baker that knows cake. People get overly caught up in the aesthetics these days mind, more photogenic target than good baking. Hence tons of layers always celebrated, opera cakes and 4+ tier layer cakes. Better to look at than eat imo.

The thing that I happened to become known for and people ask me to make a lot of is tiramisu. When you make the ladyfingers yourself as well and arrange it all pretty it can be an amazing and takes a long time to make but really worth the efforts.

y2yq4x

askphilosophy_train

Books for a prisoner Hello A friend of mine is in prison. He is well educated. He asked me for some philosophy books. He has a law degree but has never read any philosophy books so I am looking for something that would be accessible to a non-expert. Can anyone offer any recommendations? Thank you.

Not strictly philosophical, but almost anything from Dostoevsky: *Crime and Punishment, the Idiot, Brothers Karamozov*. Also, he wrote a fictionalization of his own time in a Siberian prison camp called *House of the Dead,* which Tolstoy called the greatest work of literature. Dostoevsky is revered as a writer for his ability to weave hope into works of abject hopelessness, all while studying the existential horrors of human life. He is a master of philosophy in narrative form.

This might be twisting the knife in the wound but this is a great book: https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/solitary-confinement

zien2h

travel_train

Does anyone actually like to fly? I have about 30 hours of flight/being at an airport coming up in about a week. And my god, I know that's gonna suck. I'm a big guy, not fat, but broad shoulders. And it seems airplanes seats were designed for midgets. Even by picking seats behind bulkheads, I get more legroom, but I'd like more shoulder room too. And I can't afford anything other than premium economy. Anyway, enough for first world problem. I'm curious, does anyone actually enjoy flying?

Hate airports, hate the security bullshit, hate the stress of potentially missing a flight, hate being inside an airplane. If I can realistically use a train or boat instead, that's what I'm doing.

I enjoy it. In my opinion try to avoid flying US carriers. Yeah Jetblue and Southwest have their place, but definitely never fly United, Delta, or American. There's a massive difference in the quality of international and US carriers. Go fly Emirates for example. They have it all figured out. Or if you really want to suffer go fly Aeroflot. If you're stuck flying crummy US airlines go fly Aeroflot so that those airlines look fantastic. You don't know what bad is until you get on one of those piece of shit flights.

zpplxm

booksuggestions_train

Your favourite book of all time Forget what I like, I wanna know what other people have deemed their favourite book of all time and why. I want to read other people’s all time favourites and see what they see. Any genre or length, stand alone or series. The kind of book you go back to again and again, that made you want to stay up all night reading or wish you could read again for the first time or just holds a lot of nostalgia for you. My own favourite is The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett. It’s a classic, it’s heartwarming, the setting is beautiful, and to this day I can’t see a Robin without thinking of the little Robin who became Mary’s first friend and showed her the door to the secret garden. What’s yours and why? 😄

Probably Lord of the Rings or Hitchhiker's guide to the Galaxy. Love them both.

Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine ❤️

qp7qrw

travel_train

I'm planning a US coast to coast Greyhound bus trip. What's the best route to see the most of the country? 2 weeks time, starting city L.A., destination NYC.

I travelled down the West Coast by Greyhound a few years ago and it wasn't pleasant at all. Lots of the bus stations are in shady areas of town, delays are frequent, as are breakdowns. On one journey another passenger tried to steal my friend's bag but luckily we caught him just in time. Unfortunately, it also seemed like every bus ride had a few passengers who probably could have used professional psychiatric assistance. Oh, and don't even think of using the toilet.

You should look into the Amtrak

yqzny9

musictheory_train

Singing when a chord is played. what is the note? Hey, Let's say I have a chord palying "D minor" D+F+E. so the notes are D and F and A. which one do I sing?!

Writing a melody means making choices like that

As poor a question as this is, I happened to watch a video last night that might be helpful: https://youtu.be/jA7gdz56LtY

qhrs47

running_train

Cold weather shoes Hey all. So it's getting chilly here now and soon my ASIC Novablast 2's won't cut it anymore. I'm wondering what's everyone's cold weather shoes? Not necessarily shoes made for snow (I won't be running when there's snow out). But maybe something like the Pegasus 38 Shield?

I am in Canada and run through the winter. In the past I used my usual summer running shoes with warmer socks. Last winter I switched to Saucony Peregrine 10 GTX and can't believe how good they are in poor conditions. They are a trail shoe with 4mm heel offset, Goretex for warmth, waterproof, awesome traction. I use them all year.

i recently added saucony mad river and although they look a little doofy they were instantly wearable. with thicker socks and their waterproof nature i should be winter ready. also they have a installation manual for screw placement in the sole

7sdr8e

suggestmeabook_train

SciFi books with a long time span and interesting concepts Hello everyone. As the tile suggest, I am looking for some Sci-Fi books to read. What I enjoy are books or stories that span over a long time like Dune or the Foundation series. Where the story takes place over several 100 to 1000 years. I also enjoy... Hm, High Sci-Fi books if that term exists. What I mean are books or stories that introduce uncommon concepts and perceptions, like in the Hyperion series or as mentioned before, Dune. Further I like books that just push you into a foreign universe and let you figure out stuff yourself (again, like Dune, guess there is a pattern). So it should offer a bit of a challenge when reading. Any suggestions?

The forever war by Joe Haldeman!

Olaf Stapledon's **Last and First Men** spans millions of years.

qor7tj

iwanttolearn_train

I want to learn how to relax So, I was born poor. I've put myself into a grind mentality and now I've finally achieved a certain level of stability. The problem is that now that I can relax and just enjoy things as they are, I'm stuck in my previous mentality. I get anxious and profoundly sad whenever I slow down, if I do anything for the fun of it instead of the practical benefits or efficiency. It's reached a point where I'm stressed out of my mind every single day. And there's nothing bad happening. I'm no longer stuck in poverty like I once was. How do I learn to train my mind to enjoy things in a fun, healthy pace again?

I'm not speaking from experience and I'm not some licensed psychiatrist, just want to put my idea out there. I think it starts with becoming aware when you are feeling this way, why, etc. It seems like you got this already so well done. Then the hard part comes. Actively challenging this mindset. When you get thoughts like "this isnt productive or helping me, stop doing it" you have to fight against it and remind yourself that you deserve some peace, quiet and relaxation. Its all about fighting that mindset you had to use to survive for years. Its probably going to be tough. When you find your body becoming anxious, take some deep breathes, lookup breathing exercises on YouTube to get a feel for how you shoulr breath to calm down, trust me this helps. I think that you're going to have to keep doing this, get rid of the mindset and learn your body that its okay to relax and calm down. Again take this with a grain of salt, just speaking my mind here. Maybe going to therapy could help. I understand this may not be a viable option, but if it is, i highly recommend it. Perhaps even checking out therapy channels on youtube could help to break this grind mindset. I wish you the best of luck, and I'm glad that you have found some stability in life. Keep it up, but remember that you deserve to calm down. You've earned it.

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suggestmeabook_train

What are some good fiction books under 200 pages? Since starting grad school, I don’t have a lot of time to sit with a long book and read for fun. But, maybe I can keep my habit going by reading shorter books… That said, are there any good fiction books under 200 pages? I’m open to anything (humor, fantasy, etc.)

There's lots of short books, rather novellas I have read. On top of my mind I can suggest, 1. The old man and the sea by Hemingway 2. Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse 3. The Emperor's soul and then Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell by Brandon Sanderson (these are fantasy fiction though) 4. Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka 5. To kill a mockingbird 6. The Room on the roof by Ruskin Bond 1 and 5 are pretty commonly known and read. 2 and 6 are great fictions with a nice-satisfying prose and storyline. Edit: Also do read The little prince by Antoinr de Saint-Exupery, I don't know what to make out of it, other than the fact that it made me really calm yet confused.

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark

naw43m

homebrewing_train

Any idea what to do with 3 metric shit-tons of plums? Cider and beer recipes and ideas needed. Me and the Mrs. recently bought a house with seven plums trees, each one fully mature and producing. I'm scared about how many I'm going to have to rake/compost. I'm looking into turning some of them into beverages. I've been homebrewing for a few years, and I've done maybe 30 batches of cider, too, so I'm not a newb. I've just never used plums before.

Few years back the wife "dryhopped" a pale ale with plums. I thought it was gonna be disgusting. It was amazing.

I did a rice lager that I added sake soaked plums to it. Turned out nice.

qcol1q

gamedev_train

How hard is it to make an online multiplayer game? Hello, folks. Lately, I've been into gamedev and wanted to make some of my own video game so I started to follow some of tutorials on the internet. I could write some simple code like those movement control but I still don't know enough to create my own function in my game. I love the concept of the online multiplayer game when I watched some 'Making a multiplayer game with Unity and Mirror'. It's kinda cool to me that I want to make some 5v5 MOBA or street fighter-ish that kinda stuff but having absolute no idea how much will it take when I actually do it so I just wanna know some rough image of it. How difficult it is for a beginner to learn all the things? What do I need to know, to learn in order to make it? or any advice on how to start doing it? Thanks a lot in advance!

Realtime multiplayer is much more difficult than turn-based. I'm going to go against the grain here and say that making a networked game isn't necessarily *difficult* by itself, but it requires a vastly different approach which can feel extremely alien to even experienced developers. The reason for this is we often reason about code and logic sequentially. We write pseudo code as a series of steps, to be done, in a specific order. Once you throw networking in the mix, suddenly everything is happening at different times (lag/latency), sometimes multiple times in a row (duplicated packets), sometimes out of order (unordered packets), and sometimes not at all (dropped packets). You have to build the entire game around this concept, around this idea that the *game* is running in two places, both locally on your machine as well as some remote machine across the network. Sometimes things are running smoothly, other times you are building a system within a system to hide from the user just how bad conditions actually are. If you can wrap your head around this idea of needing to handle both client and server logic, and general knack for building a kind of asynchronous system, then it's just another topic like algorithms, data structures, OOP, graphics/shader/3d programming. Imagine a simple task of entering text and displaying it on the screen. On an offline game, simply take the users input, and then print the string on the screen. In an online game, you have to... --- 1. First, on the client 1. Get the user's input 1. Take the string and pack it into a network packet (serialize it). Make sure it's compressed, and tagged as a chat message. 1. Store a local state that you will send a network packet. 1. Send it to the remote machine. 1. Wait for a response from the server, that they have actually received the message, if not, repeat the above step. 1. Once acknowledged, clean up. --- 1. Now on the server 1. Wait for incoming chat messages 1. When one is received, let the sender know you have received request. 1. Loop through each of the clients, create a local state that you will send a chat message to each client. 1. Actually go and send the message to each client 1. Wait to hear back from each client that they have received the response, otherwise, repeat previous step. 1. After everyone has acknowledged, clean up. --- 1. Back on the client again 1. Receive a packet from the server. Deserialize it. 1. Read it and find out what kind of message it is (in this case, it's a text message, but it could be any other message like a player joining, an attack, or change team request). 1. Display it to the screen. 1. Send an acknowledgement to the server. 1. There is a chance this never reaches the server, in which they will re-send the message and you will get a duplicate message, just ack it but without displaying the message again. --- Of course, it is possible to write systems to abstract all of this out so you can simply create a "send chat message" function and reuse that. The only issue is you need to do this for every kind of action. Walking, shooting, changing team, even joining and quitting a match could fail for the smallest and simplest reasons. Popular engines like Unreal and Unity have things in place to help reduce this workload, but it doesn't remove it entirely. However, after working with it enough, it is entirely possible to learn and understand how to develop networked games, regardless of skill level. It can be very unforgiving in the context of games, but lots of beginner software developers start by writing full stack web applications which, in essence, could be viewed as a slow turn based game.

I am developing board game with multiplayer support. I just make a 1 v 1 board game and turn based. Currently I try to implement it with firebase realtime database. It works fine so far. If it is 5v5 moba game, I guess it will be more difficult but fundamental is the same. Local player move by operations directly, other players moves based on realtime database observer’s callback.

fws969

booksuggestions_train

"A mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone if it is to keep its edge" Tyrion Lannister In light of this above quotation, What are any such books, that can keep your mind at edge?Thanks

One of my favorite quotes! I have a suggestion, which I've been enjoying recently: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. :)

I say read The Power of Myth by Moyers, which is an interview with Joseph Campbell; Hero With A Thousand Faces.

obqgvg

eatcheapandhealthy_train

Chicken quality? Can you taste a difference? I normally buy the bags of frozen chicken breasts from Walmart- the Walmart brand, for doing my pan-fried or grilled chicken breasts. There is something about it: the smell, the taste, overly dry texture. Not that it actually is *bad* but it just does not taste the best. Last week I splurged on some Perdue brand pre-packaged fresh chicken breasts and wow, it tasted so much better. I couldn’t believe how I liked the taste of the chicken and ate it for 4 days in a row (cooking it fresh each day) and never got tired of it. I always thought that chicken breast is chicken breast, but can you taste a difference in quality?

If you think chicken is different, try good eggs. I could never go back now

Frozen vs Fresh is the first big difference there

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askculinary_train

Pink/red juices after cooking a pork shoulder at 250F for 8 hours? Hi, I followed Kenji's recipe for ultra crispy slow roasted pork which is basically salt and pepper a shoulder skin side up (8lbs in my case) put that on parchment paper on a wire rack on a sheet pan. It cooked in my oven for 8 hours at 250F and the outsides were phenomenal, the top was pull apart fork tender but as I tried to break apart the under side close to the bone looked like it could have been undercooked. Also lenty of reddish juices flowed from it as I tried to break it apart... This was last night and I felt defeated so I just threw it in the fridge and put it in the slow cooker this morning for a few hours with some stock. But what do you think? I feel like that many hours at that temp it would be impossible for part of it to not be cooked. Also I am positive the roast wasn't frozen.

How many pounds was it? I always go at least 1.5, and I've never had pink or red drippings.

I crock pot a lot of pork to pull it since I find most smoked things taste of hotdog to me, and have recently ventured into oven roasting... none of them have ever had a repeatable "time", really. Pork you aren't sure of is scary. If you don't have the time to "overcook" it, I'd second /u/laharre and say a thermometer is what you need. You could also use it to make sure your oven is cooking at what you think it is... if it's off by a couple 10 degrees, that could be the real issue.

yi8zgs

cooking_train

What's your favorite hot salad? I love salads but with the cold weather season coming up I prefer salads with more cooked ingredients as opposed to just raw/cold. Looking for inspiration!

Pizza obviously

I always get the mixed salad green or any salad base that I'm gonna use out of the fridge long before making the salad. And then i'll grill some chicken (or any protein of your choice), zucchinis and eggplants to mix with the room temp salad base. Not really a hot salad but good enough during winter time.

cdhdav

eatcheapandhealthy_train

What is your favorite chili recipe, and what is it that makes it so great?

Skyline Chili (aka Cincinnati Chili) is my fave. You can buy the spice sachet in some grocery stores in the packaged mixes section (like taco seasonings). Also they sell the base in cans. I’ve tried replicating the “secret” proprietary recipe countless times with varying degrees of success, but it comes down to tomato-ey sauce, very finely ground hamburger, and spices like cumin, cinnamon, chili powder, garlic powder, baking chocolate, allspice, cloves, bay leaf, salt, pepper, a dash of sugar., simmered for a few hours. Serve it over spaghetti, then layer on kidney beans, finely-shredded cheddar cheese, and onions chopped into itty-bitty pieces. Oh, then tabasco and oyster crackers. Mmm!

Chili con Carne via Jamie Oliver. Favorite way to eat it is over rice or tater tots (sue me). what makes it great is the addition of vegetables early on provide flavor but there's minimal change to the beef texture. It's also easy to swap the beef for pork or chicken if you're so inclined. Bulk it up if you want with the addition of red lentils, which I find to work very well.

q9pxdq

eatcheapandhealthy_train

How(/Can) You Justify Using "Premium" Ingredients? I made my usual pan of green beans last night. Plain rinsed can of the beans, butter, onion + garlic, + whatever else my heart wants... I'm trying out getting my basics from Aldi to try to save a bit, and the butter was just bland. Paprika, onion powder, and garlic powder didn't taste like much at all. Could you rationalize spending a bit more for better products if it meant you enjoyed your meal more, which is completely edible even if you didn't? Why or why not? Just having a small existential crisis over saving 75c on a pound of butter and paprika that's the poster child for "Doesn't have a taste".

Cost can absolutely matter in spices. Kroger spices all taste like dust to me, flavorless even by the spoonfull. But more expensive ones like spice islands garlic powder is so concentrated I almost ruined a dish by adding an otherwise normal amount. The balance is not just cost, because if you have to use more spice to achieve any flavor then it is waste. And quality spices can be used to compensate for other cheaper ingredients. Idk if I would use Spice Islands specifically, but the sentiment is the same. Dont forget you can put green onion stems in water and they can regrow roots and let you reharvest :)

yeah though i gotta be careful . i prefer fresh (like farmers markets) & find/learn ways to make it last . it won.t need anything extra but i call it a splurge & cut somewhere else

uh4nmk

askbaking_train

Cakes to go with cream cheese icing I’m making a cake for my aunt and uncle’s vow renewal but they’re not really sure what flavor they want. The only thing they know is they do not want any lemon and my aunt wants a cream cheese frosting. Trying to come up with some ideas other than carrot and red velvet, any suggestions?

My personal go to recipe with cream cheese icing is this chocolate Guinness cake. For me, this recipe is the one that gets the most gushing comments from the most people. https://www.stylist.co.uk/life/recipes/chocolate-guinness-cake/36465

Hummingbird cake, strawberry cake, even vanilla (white/yellow) all go good with cream cheese icing.

63trsi

explainlikeimfive_train

Explain like I'm five years old: Why can we have dozens of normal interactions and a few positive ones every day, but we fixate on the one negative one for hours?

Because your brain's primary directive is survival. Good things, positive things, are normal and help your survival. In these cases, your brain did what it was supposed to, increase your chances of survival. But when a negative experience occurs, your brain turns on it's memory and activates other things which help you later on. This is your brain trying to prevent that negative thing from happening again. Whether it's social anxiety or being mugged. You think about it and feel strongly about it, because your brain wants you to, because it wants to prevent it from happening. That's why you think about what you could have done. Your brain wants to prepare you for if it happens again. It's simple survival. Everything we do or think has to do somehow with survival. Friends, food, sex, drugs, depression even. Depression is like your body going into a low energy state to protect itself. It doesn't care that that ends up making you suicidal. Suicidal thoughts are themselves a coping mechanism.

Negative = bad. Bad = problem. We're programmed to solve problems that affect our well being.

ukqipw

legaladvice_train

Uhaul rented us a “stolen” van and we ended up handcuffed in the back of a police car Today, I reserved a uhaul van for 2 hours to pick up some furniture. My daughter (14) and I picked it up in person, at the counter. I signed the agreement electronically, swiped my card, and the employee gave me the keys. A copy of the agreement was sent to my email immediately thereafter. Fast forward about 1.5 hours. On the way to return the van, my daughter and I noticed a police car following us really closely. We were a couple blocks from the uhaul store when the lights lit up and 3-4 more police cars surrounded us. Cops got out with guns drawn, yelling at us from a distance. I was ordered to turn the van off and throw the keys out the window. I kept asking (yelling out my window) what was going on and they finally tell me the van is reported stolen. I told them I picked up the van less than two hours ago and can show them the agreement on my phone but they don’t want to see it. At no point am I asked for identification. After being made to get out of the van and walk backwards with our hands on our heads (in the middle of a busy street in broad daylight no less) I was put in cuffs and they put us both in back of a police car. “You’re just being detained” they say as we’re both sobbing and hyperventilating by this point. They speak with uhaul and confirm we’ve done nothing wrong; the van apparently was reported stolen from a different uhaul location yesterday but never reported as recovered. They let us go but followed us to the uhaul store. At the store, no apologies from the employee that rented the van to me but he did try to….hug me. I got my $38 rental charge back after asking for it. After this, those two cops still wouldn’t leave us alone. They were standing in front of the exit doors with one going on and on about their justifications for the excessive reaction and how they understand I’m upset and, oh by the way, I need your name and DOB for my report then we’ll leave you alone. What can we do to feel a sense of justice in this? Getting the rental charges refunded just doesn’t seem to be enough as this experience will likely haunt us forever. Uhaul obviously screwed up. Did the police screw up at any point? I just feel so violated.

The officers who pulled you over probably didn't screw up. When they pull over a car reported as stolen, they do it at gunpoint, i.e. a "felony stop." U-Haul may have screwed up and you may be able to sue them for that. But we'd need to know more about why it was reported stolen and why it wasn't reported recovered and whether they violated any internal protocols or standard of care by renting it to you without confirming the status of the car. It's also possible that someone in the police department screwed up earlier by not changing the flag in the system to show that the truck was recovered. I don't think you'd be able to sue for that.

The police handled this the way they were trained to... IE, overly beligerent. You can and probably should file a complaint with their local department. Hopefully you got their badge numbers. Unfortunately there is likely no legal recourse.

w58rif

musictheory_train

My 16 year old daughter to starting to love music, how do I help her grow in appreciation of music theory at this stage? What are some resources out there that present music theory is an easy and applied way that would excite her? She is dabbling with acoustic, ukulele, and takin lessons for acoustic drums.

Get her music lessons for whenever she feels, with a teacher she likes, which are entirely non-obligatory. Just a space for her to get professional feedback but no deadlines and homework. Allow her to not have to choose one instrument. Encourage her to explore. Don't make her do anything. Don't try to get involved with her musically unless she asks you to, by accompanying on guitar or whatever. If so, be like a session muso, not one half of a duo. Subtly encourage ritual by asking her how that thing she's working on is going. Biggest tip I can give: YouTube and learn-to-play apps are where you get info and inspiration, but can be real timesucks. As a muso, There's nothing better than the feeling of overcoming resistance by putting down the phone and grabbing the guitar! Power to you both

Kids this age are awfully smart. I'd teach them as much theory as possible (that they can absorb) - but strictly within the context of the music that he/she is playing and loves to play. The more relevant connection you can make between the music they play and the theory you teach the more they will absorb like dry sponge in a pool of water. You want them to learn theory, make it experiential. They'll let you know when they've had enough or want more.

njrpk

askscience_train

Why don't we just use water from the hot tap when making tea-coffee as it is faster to bring it to the boil? We've had our heating on a lot lately and been washing a lot of clothes. As a result the water from the hot tap is always very hot. So I've been using it when making coffee on the hob. Is there any reason I shouldn't do this? What about if the water wasn't already coming out hot? Is it more wasteful to heat water up for the tap than in a kettle or on a gas or electric hob? Edit: that title is supposed to say "tea/coffee" and not suggest some horrible blend of the two. (Hmm. Toffee...)

It depends entirely on the nature of your plumbing system. In some cases, the hot water supply may be less food-safe. In others, the hot and cold lines are equally safe.

There isn't any reason why you shouldn't use your hot tap water. Hot water has more heavy metals diluted but it hasn't been shown to be more hazardous than cold water. If you are getting metal poisoning from your water it is because of your pipes, not the water temperature. The arguments about bacteria is also a false one. If you use a gas boiler you instantly heat the water so the growth is depreciable because there was no time for it to happen. If you use a hot water reservoir then the water is so hot that most things won't grow. Then there is matter of the quantity of bacteria, if they are pathogens or not, and if the water is treated and your own health. All of those factors put together make disease by drinking hot water extremely unlikely. Conclusion: You won't get more sick because you make tea with hot tap water. If you get sick from hot water the problem is probably in the water regardless of temperature.

qxgi1o

askscience_train

When eyeballs are donated by an organ donor, does the left eyeball have to be put in the left eye socket of the new body, and vice versa?

Corneal transplant surgeon here. The cornea is the main tissue that is transplanted to a recipient. Left or right eye is not a factor when planning a corneal transplant, meaning a cornea from a left eye can be transplanted to a right eye and vice versa without problems.

There's no such thing as an "eye transplant". Because we can't hook up the optic nerve tk work.(and even if we could) But if there was, it would *probably* have to be right eye to right eye, left to left, as (afaik) the vascular, muscular, and nervous structures have a strong "handedness" to them. We only donate the corneas, iirc.

7wwozf

asksciencefiction_train

Star Wars] What would be the easiest way for a "normal" individual to kill a Jedi or a Sith ? Hi ! The question is in the title. Since Canon might be a little restrictive, we are going to take Legends into account. We're talking about an individual person. So, limited budget (no spaceship or vehicle), and it would be a 1v1 situation. It could be either against a Jedi Knight/the Sith equivalent, or a Jedi master/Sith Lord. Let's say the "non-sensitive" guy knows how to use his weapons and race attributes. I was thinking in 3 levels of difficulty : I) **Easy mode :** You're a [Gurlanin . That means you are a polymorph who can disappear into the Force (so, the Jedi or Sith can feel you around them. They have to use their eyes) II) **Medium** : Human : A good ol' human. Can have access to Mandalorian Equipment (think of Boba or Jango's equipment, for instance). III) ***Hard*** : Jawa : Well... Maybe they'll underestimate you ? I was thinking about using a flamethrower (I don't think they have the reaction time to bend the flames ?), a cortosis or cortosis-coated sword (with the former, I can clash blades without losing my own. With the laser, if the blades collide, the lightsaber is deactivated), and a regular shotgun for medium range combat (I mean : using real bullet, not blaster shots, so they can't direct them back to me). The Force-sensitive would have average to good mastery of standard Force skills (Telekinesis, enhanced reflexes and physiology, etc...). The Sith one could also have Force lightning, if we want to add challenge. What do you think ?

Vader has deflected flames before in canon. At best, they're a deterrent to Jedi, but they're not as lethal as you'd might thing. Most of the rest have also been defeated in either canon or Legends even by lower-tier Force users. Pre Viszla trained for most of his life to use the darksaber, an ancient lightsaber, and still went 0-2 against Force users. Cortosis bullets wouldn't be applicable with a limited budget. That stuff is expensive. We've seen Ahsoka dodge nearly point-blank weapons fire from a shotgun as well, outpacing the shooter in her movements. Best way to defeat a Jedi or Sith is essentially isolate them, hinder their movement capabilities, and use explosives. Or simply overwhelming them with enough attacks they can't block them all, like how most of the Jedi were defeated during the Clone Wars and Order 66.

I'm thinking, strand them on a planet with no way to escape, then death-star the planet.

ouvbkj

askengineers_train

If a roof can handle 40lbs per square foot and potting soil weighs 80 lbs per cubic foot, does that mean if a planter has a cubic foot of soil that it's too heavy to be on the roof? What if that cubic foot is in a very thin, long planter, that spreads that weight across more than 1 cubic foot? I suppose the truth is, I'm having a very hard time understanding the load capacity of our roof. I was told 40lbs per square foot of live weight. But I'm not sure what that means. I weigh 140 lbs. Am I too heavy to be on the roof? The gist is—apologies if this is the wrong sub—I want to put some planters up on the roof, but if I factor the weight of the deck (4lbs psf) then that means I can only put tiny planters up there, less than a cubic foot each. I'm scratching my head, I'm so confused. We have decking, the decking is on 2x4s that run perpendicular to the joists. Are they spreading the load? The building is an 120-year-old townhouse with a flat top. How would you do this calculation?

Reading these answers you all are over complicating this. There is a difference between area loads and point loads. A 40 psf roof load is a pretty standard roof load in most parts of the U.S. An area load like this is best though of as an average over the whole roof. Think snow. Take the area of the roof and imagine snow spread across the whole thing such that your roof has 40 psf of snow on it. A 100 sf roof will support 4000lbs. Point loads are different. Your point load max rating is likely determined by the strength of the plywood or osb that spans the joists. This is much stronger and for construction purposes can usually support a several hundred pounds because the guy building it doesn't want to fall through your roof. An even higher point load can be supported if you are directly over a joist or a beam. This is why if you ever intend to place something large on your roof, say an A/C unit, you should always have it designed by an Engineer. Just because your roof can support an area load of 4000lbs doesn't mean it can support a point load of 4000lbs.

This doesn’t answer your question but…just know, when it rains, the pots will be much heavier since it will retain water. When’s the last time the roof has been placed, as in the membrane. Usually these types of flat roofs need to be replaced every 20 years.

hroovo

webdev_train

Is it possible to break into the industry if you're self-taught with no CS degree? I currently work in financial risk management and have a degree in Geography and Forestry. No formal CS/programming education or experience. I became interested in coding because I dabbled in some SQL and then Python, and now I'm considering a full career transition into programming. I've started The Odin Project recently and having fun (hard as fuck though!) going through it. My question - can I still break into the field without a degree in CS? My plan is to learn as much as I can, build a portfolio/contribute to projects and then network my ass off. Would that possibly help me in getting my foot in the door?

Of course! I’m completely self-taught, not a single qualification and failed every educational chance I was given, and I’m now lead dev :)

Yup, as someone that doesn't have a CS degree and also is responsible for interviewing potential candidates for sure. A degree is not what I personally look for, of course it shows they have some baseline knowledge but it definitely does not mean they are what we are looking for. Whenever I interview I look at in order of importance (most important at the top): - How willing they are to learn - How much experience they have with the technology we use (confirmed via technical questions) - Their past experience in any technical related field - Their formal education Reason why willingness to learn is at the top is because rarely will you find someone skilled in the EXACT tech stack you use. If you can show you grasp fundamentals and can quickly adapt and learn then you're already near the top of the application pool as you can be taught.

k1s8lc

ifyoulikeblank_train

If I like "Over the Garden Wall" 's kind of spooky/mysterious but cozy vibe what else would I like?

twin peaks, best spooky cozy thing ever

Infinity train is pretty good for that.

16oqr8

askculinary_train

improve my pasta salad? I feel it is pretty complete, and have people lament their own pasta salads when i bring my mix to a pot luck. I just want to run it past some people that actually know things. 1 lb of bow-tie pasta 1 bottle of garlic expressions 1 cucumber sliced a half a handful of shredded carrots cherub tomatoes, one package minus a few i test for science 8oz of crumbled feta cheese. I mix it up in a monster Tupperware, and let it chill overnight.

Adding some type of spicy pepper and capers might be something you'd like. The addition of fresh herbs would be great too, basil or parsley are the first two that come to mind.

Ken's Creamy Italian dressing.. for some reason the small bottle in the grocery store is not as good as when you buy the gallon from a restaurant supply store... also i like chopped cilantro, roasted red peppers, orange and yellow peppers for color and crunch.. mulit-colored spirals for color as well over the bow-tie.. i'll give yours a shot this summer though - it does sound pretty good.

u3kp3s

suggestmeabook_train

Name the saddest book you’ve ever read (fiction). I’d like to have a good cry/emotional release of sorts. So what’s the most heart aching, axe-to-the-heart kind of book you’ve ever read.

Flowers for Algernon

requiem for a dream

m19x9m

booksuggestions_train

Which book blown your mind away? Like dude what the **** did I just read? Mine was The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle. What's yours?

Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough, Recursion & Dark Matter by Blake Crouch

Lost in the Funhouse by John Barth Ficciones by Jorge Luis Borges

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askscience_train

What would be the day to day implications of a slow speed of light? Lets say the speed of light was actually something mundane like 700 m/s. This is about twice the speed of sound through air. How would this effect our day to day life? I'm thinking the main difference is relativistic effects would be observable in day to day life, but if there are other interesting implications I would love to hear your thoughts on those too. A couple of thoughts I had: Modern planes travel at about 300 m/s (42% the speed of light). Would frequent fliers live significantly longer than non-frequent fliers? Would planes have to travel significantly slower because of the energy requirement needed to accelerate a plane up to that 300 m/s? Our internet speed would be severely reduced. It would take at least 8 hours to send a signal to the other side of the world... holy crap, is that right? In the real world, sound waves travel through iron at 5,120 m/s. This of course wouldn't be possible in our imaginary world. What would break down? Would the bonds between atoms be much weaker? Would life even be possible? What would restrict sound waves in iron from traveling faster than the speed of light? What would happen to the atoms in a material as it is heated up. I would imagine it would take exponentially more and more energy to heat up that material. Reaching some maximum temperature would be relatively easy. Would sustained fusion in stars be impossible?

We'd have a bit of a black hole problem. If you changed the speed of light to 700 meters per second *without* changing the gravitational constant — and it's not at all obvious that that's possible — then Earth would become a black hole. Every large object in the solar system would collapse into a black hole — and I'm using the word "large" very loosely here. The sun, Jupiter, Pluto, even the *moon* … they all exceed the critical density required for a black hole to form if you limit the speed of light to 700 meters per second. That's the bad news. The *good* news is that a few celestial bodies would survive. Ariel, the diminutive moon of Uranus? No problem. At 10^21 kilograms, its Schwarzschild radius would be about 230 miles, much less than the moon's radius of about 360 miles. So Ariel would be fine. In principle, anyway. It wouldn't really matter much, considering our sun would be a black hole more than 600 billion miles across. That's about fifty times bigger than Pluto's orbit. But the Oort Cloud would survive! It lies at an average distance of nearly a light-year from the sun, and wouldn't be consumed by the black hole that eats our solar system. But it *would* be consumed by *another* black hole. The black hole formed by our *entire galaxy.* It would be a hundred and seventy billion light-years across. If that statement does not fill you with a deep and abiding terror, you probably haven't worked out exactly what it means yet. Let me throw in a bit of perspective for you. The entire observable universe is about ninety billion light-years across. If you waved your magic wand and instantly changed the speed of light to 700 meters per second *all of creation would be undone.* Nothing would exist. Not anything, not anywhere, not ever. All the stars in the sky? Gone. All the galaxies that litter creation like grains of sand on a beach? Gone. All the hedgehogs? Gone. Forever. Please do not mess with the speed of light.

Your idea about internet speed I might have a problem with: Unless we're talking about fiber optics, the self-propagating wave that is involved when you talk about the speed of light doesn't play a part. Signals through wires don't travel at the speed of light. ...though if you were going with slowing down *that*, you might want to think about neurons and stuff. We could go into relativity and posit that travel would become much more difficult much sooner as you accelerate (get near lightspeed) but I don't know if you want to go in that direction here.

f89nno

techsupport_train

How easy is it to replace a motherboard on an LG TV? The hdmi ports are kapuut on my TV. This part here for the LG 47 700lb im looking at. https://www.tvparts.co.uk/lcd-tv-spares/main-pcb-lcd/lg-0/EAX65384004(1.5)-EBT62800409-EBR78309004-LG-47LB700V-MAIN-BOARD Is it just case of unplugging the ribbon cables and switching it over? Or are they attached with fancy thermal paste or anything like that? Thanks.

And here I am wondering if the old board just has broken solder connections to the HDMI or if the chipset fried.... Take pictures while taking it apart, keep your screws organized, and wait on cracking a beer until its done to celebrate. Techs used to replace boards at a previous job in 15 minutes.

Don't know how hard it is but I'm assuming it's not so hard. But LG around here (western Europe) charges about 250e for such kinds of repair on a 2013-2014 model (the Netcast ones).

ora84v

ifyoulikeblank_train

if i like movies that involves fashion things like cruella and devil wears prada, what else will i like?

Phantom Thread. Daniel Day-Lewis plays a morose tailor. What's not to like!

Kinky Boots is a great film

tvjfgw

booksuggestions_train

What is a book that you would love to be able to read again for the first time?

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

Verity by Colleen Hoover

jo4qc

explainlikeimfive_train

Explain like I'm five years old: Why is a 2.2 GHz i7 processor "better" than my five-year-old 2.2 GHz Core 2 Duo? I know Moore's Law is about transistor size, rather than cycles per second, but I don't know how to think about processor improvement except in terms of speed. What makes modern processors preferable to older ones? (Heck, my grandpa's ~10-year-old Dell has a 2.0 GHz Pentium 4.)

*I've seen a couple people use the "trucks of dirt analogy" here, but I don't feel like anyone has done a great job so far, so I'm going to attempt to use that analogy to explain many key constructs of processor architecture, along with how those constructs can be improved to make a processor go faster.* *However, I don't like dirt so much as I like candy, and I think a 5 year old would wholeheartedly agree with me on that point, so I'll be using candy instead!* ***Disclaimer:** it's been a while since my Computer Architecture course in college, so please correct me if I miss something or get something wrong.* Imagine you have a large city, and outside the city is a gigantic candy warehouse. There is a highway that connects the factory to the city. The warehouse's only job is deliver candy to various places within the city, and the people in the city love their candy! The first and most obvious limit to how fast they can deliver candy is the actual speed of the delivery trucks. If a single delivery truck is able make 2.2 thousand trips to the city and back per year instead of 2.0 thousand trips, the factory is obviously going to be able to fill more orders, and faster. However, there is a limit to how fast a delivery truck can drive on the highway; if the driver goes too fast, he might lose some of his cargo unexpectedly, or he might even crash. So, the speed of a single delivery truck is limited by the safety of the road. *This is why CPU makers can't simply keep simply increasing the clock speeds of processors, and why the progression of clock speeds has been slowing down in the past few years; the transistors that make up the CPU simply can't handle so much electricity without electrical crosstalk corrupting data, as well as overheating issues.* But there are ways to make the highway safer for faster driving. You can make all the turns wider, construct guardrails, make the asphalt smoother, etc., and by doing so increase the maximum speed of your drivers. *Such improvements are analogous to improving the **fabrication processes** of CPUs. Intel, for example, tries to move to a new fabrication process every 2 years, and every time it does so, the physical limits on potential clock speeds are raised. New fabrication processes also let you fit more transistors in a given space, which in turns gives you the space needed to implement a lot of the complicated logical structures that I'll be discussing later on.* So if your drivers are already driving as fast as they can without crashing, how can you improve your ability to fill candy orders? One way is to create more lanes on your highway. The more lanes you have, the more trucks can drive on the highway simultaneously! Of course, the amount of time it takes for any single order to be filled will be the same, because it's still limited by the speed of the truck, but you can have multiple trucks filling multiple orders at the same time. This is especially useful around lunchtime when lots of people decide to order candy at the same time. When that happens, you're filling orders 4 times as fast as before! *This is analogous to having **more processor cores** in your CPU. Some computing tasks are not improved considerably, especially if they are based on older code that doesn't really take advantage of the concept of multi-core CPUs. On the other hand, programs that can take advantage of multi-core processing can benefit quite a bit, and of course, multi-tasking is much improved.* A four-lane highway is much more dangerous than a single-lane highway, so having four lanes actually reduces the speed limit on your highway. However, a four-lane highway is no more dangerous than a one-lane highway when there is nobody driving in the other three lanes. So what if you gave your drivers a set of rules for how fast they could drive based on how many other drivers were on the road. When there's no one else around, they can drive just as fast as they did on the single-lane highway, and when all four lanes were busy, they would all slow down a little to keep every safe. *This is analogous to **Turbo-boosting**, one of Intel's more recent architectural improvements. Four processor cores create a lot more heat than a single core, but Turbo-boosting allows a single core to run faster when the other three cores are idle. This keeps the processor from overheating when all 4 cores are running but doesn't unnecessarily limit the speed of a single core when it doesn't need to be limited.* You can also try to make your office more efficient. When you first started out, there was just one guy who would get an order out of the mail, figure out what the customer wanted, go into the warehouse and find that candy, pack it up on his truck, drive it to the customer's house, and make the delivery. He couldn't start filling another order until he got back from his previous one. By hiring more guys to work in the office, you are able to receive an order and find that candy in the warehouse while your main delivery driver is out, so when he gets back to the warehouse, he can go out on his next delivery faster. *This is analogous to **pipelining**. The different tasks a processor has to carry out are split into separate "jobs", and when an instruction moves from one piece of the pipline to the next, a new instruction can be started before the first instruction is totally finished.*

I like the truck analogy, but I think it is a little misleading. ------------------ Imagine you have a bunch of identical trucks. All of these trucks can travel at the same speed and move the same amount of dirt. Now imagine your dual core processor is a two lane highway. If you are trying to move a lot of dirt at the same time you are only going to be moving two lanes worth of trucks. Now imagine the i7 processor is an eight lane highway (Not 100% accurate, but the concept applies). Now you have a LOT of extra room for these trucks to drive on. Even though they are still traveling at the same speed and carrying the same amount of dirt you can move dirt way faster simply because you can fit more trucks on the road at one time. Not only does the Core i7 have more lanes, but the trucks are newer, can carry more dirt and move a little bit faster too. They also have other smaller tweaks that improve upon the truck just like any newer version of a product would have.

ylvmau

askscience_train

We are scientists from the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology coming to you from our annual meeting in Toronto, Canada! We study fossils. Ask Us Anything! We are scientists from the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology coming to you from our annual meeting in Toronto, Canada! We study fossils. Ask Us Anything! Hi /r/AskScience! We are members of the **Society of Vertebrate Paleontology**, here for our 9th annual AMA. We study fossil fish, mammals, amphibians, and reptiles — anything with a backbone! Our research includes how these organisms lived, how they were affected by environmental change like a changing climate, how they're related, and much more. You can **follow us on Twitter @SVP_vertpaleo**. Joining us today are: **Victoria Arbour, Ph.D.** (/u/vertpaleoama) is the Curator of Palaeontology at the Royal BC Museum in Victoria, BC. Her primary area of research is on the dinosaur group Ankylosauria, including their evolutionary relationships (phylogenetics) and the biomechanics of their tail clubs. You can read more on Dr. Arbour’s website at https://pseudoplocephalus.com **Matt Borths, Ph.D.** (/u/Chapalmalania) is the Curator of Fossils at the Duke Lemur Center at Duke University in Durham, NC. His research focuses on the evolution of carnivorous mammals and primates, especially in Africa and North America. He is also part of several teams working to network natural history collections. Dr. Borths co-produced the paleontology podcast series Past Time (www.pasttime.org). **Clint Boyd, Ph.D.** (/u/PalaeoBoyd) is the Curator of the North Dakota State Fossil Collection and the Paleontology Program Manager for the North Dakota Geological Survey. His research focuses on the evolutionary history of ornithischian dinosaurs and studying Eocene and Oligocene faunae from the Great Plains region of North America. Find him on twitter @boydpaleo. **Stephanie Drumheller, Ph.D.** (/u/UglyFossils) is a paleontologist at the University of Tennessee whose research focuses on the processes of fossilization, evolution, and biology, of crocodiles and their relatives, including identifying bite marks on fossils. Find her on Twitter @UglyFossils. **Mindy Householder** (/u/mindles1308) is a fossil preparator with the State Historical Society of North Dakota. She has cleaned and repaired many fossil specimens for public museums and institutions over the past 18 years. Some well known specimens she worked on include “Jane” the juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex and “Dakota” the Edmontosaurus sp. fossilized natural mummy. **Josh Miller, Ph.D.** (/u/PaleoJosh) is a paleoecologist and Assistant Professor at the University of Cincinnati. His research focuses on Pleistocene paleoecology, taphonomy, and using fossil and subfossil records to help conserve and manage modern ecosystems (Conservation Paleobiology). Find out more at JoshuaHMiller.com. **Jennifer Nestler, M.S.** (/u/jnestler) is an ecologist who works on landscape-level modeling of coastal and wetland ecosystems. She also studies the morphology and ecology of fossil and modern crocodylians, and uses quantitative methods to inform conservation decisions. **Melissa Pardi, Ph.D.** (/u/MegafaunaMamMel) is an early career paleontologist and Assistant Curator of Geology at the Illinois State Museum in Springfield, IL USA. Her research focus is paleoecology of Quaternary mammals, including their diets and geographic distributions. **Adam Pritchard, Ph.D.** (/u/vertpaleoama) is the Assistant Curator of Paleontology at the Virginia Museum of Natural History in Martinsville, VA. His research focuses on the evolution of reptiles during the Permian and Triassic periods, a time of great change that saw the rise of the dinosaurs. Please check out the Virginia Museum of Natural History at vmnh.net. Dr. Pritchard has also co-produced the paleontology podcast series Past Time, available at www.pasttime.org. **Gabriel-Philip Santos, M.S.** (/u/PaleoParadoX) is the Director of Visitor Engagement and Education at the Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology in Los Angeles, California. His previous work focused on the paleontology of Southern California, particularly the evolution of marine mammals. Today, his research has shifted to education and DEI in STEM as a National Geographic certified educator and cofounder of the Cosplay for Science Initiative. He was recently named a Grosvenor Teacher Fellow with National Geographic and Lindblad Expeditions. You can find him online as @paleoparadox. **We will be back to answer questions starting around noon (Eastern Time/4 PM UTC) to answer your questions. See you soon!**

Aw man, I've been interested in paleontology for so long but now that there's an actual AMA I have no idea what to ask. I'll go for a bit more of a fun question: I've often daydreamed and even illustrated the subject of timetravel to the distant past so I'd love to know: if you could spend one day in any era of prehistory (with as much gear as you can carry), which era would it be and why?

What fossils tell us about the environment, climate change and Earth's future?

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moviesuggestions_train

Modern Crime Investigation Thrillers where the Investigator is fully free to investigate the case in hand. What I meant by the investigator being fully free is, he or she don't have any personal problems, recent tragedies looming over them at this time of the investigation. I am sick and tired of the main character's side story of recent divorce, death of child etc (which actually end up being more than side story) that are distracting from the thriller, mystery aspects of the crime that is being investigated.

The investigator who has recently suffered a loss can be done really well, it doesn't have to be cliché. Check out the awesome Danish movie Riders of Justice. He's so bent on revenge he makes some mistakes that drive the story.

Knives Out

pi4bue

keto_train

Is 222g of protein in one day WAY TOO MUCH? Title says it all, I had 222g of protein today 193g of fat and 24g of carbs. I'm 5'11" 485lbs Male. Calorie intake 2779 with 3400+ kcal being weight maintenance suggested by the calculator. Am I doing this right or am I messing up big time and need to change my approach?

Seems fine for your weight and deficit level, especially if you're training.

Your body won't utilize the excess protein. Know that you can access autophagy and not feel hungry eventually. Autophagy would consume the protein/skin and fat on your body. But do what works. Are you losing weight?

944jzq

entrepreneur_train

I built my fully-functional website/web service. Self-funded, has value, no profit. Unique and useful service - well liked. Really struggling...what next? I don't think of myself as an "entrepreneur". 2 years ago I had an idea that relates to my industry in which I have valuable knowledge and experience. I was able to build a functional and good-looking website that helps a wide market of people that need help solving an important problem. This is not the type of site the users make an account on, and they'll most likely only use it once, and once every couple years. Using the service on my site is 100% free - right now I ask for basic information to learn about visitors, but I don't even require giving an email (I want zero barriers to use). I've spent maybe $400 on advertising and had some good results but marketing and SEO is not my strength. My current full-time job is great - I make around $120k/year and am happy. I have an entrepreneurial background and a desire to create something of massive value. My past work has been locally based and I'm lost building a business online. From the few start-up type events I've attended, I've seen a lot of people looking for an idea to "start a start-up". I have a great idea and get great feedback from my users. I've shown this to a couple successful entrepreneur types I know and they are also impressed. **My big issue is...what next?** I know my next step is increasing traffic flow and maybe adding ad revenue. There is a ton of previously untapped industry knowledge here and that's my strength. I truly don't know what my next 5 steps are. I am in a spot where I could stop working and focus on this 110%, but that doesn't make sense yet. Any direction is much appreciated.

What do you mean “has value”? Can you just start changing for the service?

Affiliate marketing seems to be popular these days, maybe even moreso than ad revenue. Are there any other products that you could promote on your website through, say, Amazon affiliate links? I agree with the other commenters that maybe it's time to hire someone to handle your SEO and marketing. Do you have a strong social media presence? That's a good way to drive traffic to your website, but if it's not your strong point, you might have to hire someone for that. Are you writing blog posts that are relevant to the people using your service? If you are, maybe you also want to think about cross-posting your blog posts to a site like Medium that allows readers to discover your posts and upvote them if they like them. I think LinkedIn also has an area for blog posts and you can cross-post there as well. I hope that gives you some ideas.

tielk9

askculinary_train

why is my no-knead dough always so sticky? is there anyone familar with working with dough that may help? no matter what type of no-knead dough i am making, it always turn out super super wet/sticky? its so sticky to the point that I cannot physically knead it/roll it/ cut it. I've made no-knead donuts and bread dough before, but they always turn out way too sticky, unlike the recipe or video that I used. (FYI: I know there's something wrong with the NYT recipe for no knead bread, but I've never used that recipe before). i know the general rule is to never add in more flour, but its sooo wet to the point I cannot touch it without it getting everywhere, and the final product ends up being dense and gross. any reasons why this may be happening and what I can do to prevent it? i really think this is just a me problem, because i know some of my friends who also used the same recipe, followed it, and never had the same sticky problem as me. im so frustrated, but no matter how many times ive made it, it never works while my friends have no problem with the recipe. i am fairly new to using dough (am much better with batter), so i really dont understand the factors that may be contributing to this. i work in my kitchen, just like most people, so i assume temperature isnt the problem? i also weigh all my ingredients using a electronic scale, so it cannot be that as well. what should i do to fix this???

Post your recipe for best results! Sound like your dough is not getting enough structure and rise. Other people have mentioned checking your moisture level or flour type. So I'll go a different route and suggest more time. If I want a developed no knead or sourdough, I let my dough ferment at room temperature for 12-18 hours. That really helps develop enough gluten and fermentation. Then reshape the dough and let rise again before baking.

Look at bakers percentages. You measure a recipe by weight of the flour being 100% and any other ingredients are a percent of that. Like /u/Illegal_Tender no knead recipes are usually very high hydration doughs with lots of water. They’re going to be sticky and difficult to work with. If you’re making shapes that require a lot of shaping you can switch recipes that are lower hydration.

vxmf4d

suggestmeabook_train

Looking for a book accurately portraying what it's like to be in an abusive relationship I recently left an abusive romantic relationship, and I want to read a book that can showcase the complexities of these situations accurately. Being IN an abusive situation is so different than how it looks on the outside, and it'd be interesting to see how others capture this. The relationship doesn't need to be physically abusive, and even a book that has a relationship that is simply considered "toxic" would be appreciated. Thanks in advance!!!

My dark Vanessa.

The bible

rauago

askbaking_train

Expired Baking Chocolate? Hello everyone! This is my first post here. Have just got into baking since one year. As the title suggests, I forgot I had a bar of baking chocolate in the refrigerator, which has expired (haven't opened the packet yet). Is it okay to use expired baking chocolate? It has been 3 months past the date. I kinda don't wanna waste it since it's not opened and also quite a big amount (400g), but if it's not safe to use then I won't use it.

"Best before" doesn't equal "toxic after"; especially with pantry staples. Check for a musty smell or really different texture.

It will probably be just fine, maybe tasting a bit stale if you eat it alone. As far as I know, there’s no risk of illness from stale chocolate. I know in my country, some expiration dates are useless, canned goods, sauces & other jarred items (especially if they’re pickled, acidic, etc). Chocolate is one of them unless it’s a year plus. Can I ask why you store it in the refrigerator? This generally causes chocolate to separate because fridges are cold & dry. Another reason I don’t is if it’s poorly sealed, the chocolate will absorb odors. I suspect no one will know your chocolate is stale & would use it myself! Consider keeping your chocolate in a cool dark place like a low cabinet. Happy baking to you

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stocks_train

What stocks should people buy around Christmas time? Right now people are going to be buying a lot of stuff form business, so I'm looking at stocks to buy. Google says Amazon, Best buy, Target, eBay, Etsy but I wants to see other options. For example, with e-bikes becoming more popular maybe lots of people by those this Christmas. So leave your opinions, of what stocks will be good in the comments.

End of the year is a good time to buy stocks that oversold due to tax loss selling.

Very loq volume near end of the year.

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booksuggestions_train

What's the best memoir you've read?

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

enter whining, fran drescher's

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moviesuggestions_train

Requesting - I'm looking for movies or series where you're never really sure what is going on I have recently watched The Undoing and Mare of Easttown and although I had some suspicion, I was still surprised in many different moments and I couldn't stop watching. I'm really into mystery and thriller, not necessarily horror. Thanks in advance!

Any David Lynch movies or shows

based on your title more than your description: Wrong by Quentin Dupieux

b5rgzf

solotravel_train

How do you find and choose attractions to see, and organize it all for your next adventure? Hello! I'm looking to get into solo traveling, but like many others before me I'm having mental obstacles that I need removed before I start buying a ticket. A little background: I'm in my mid 20s and I work full time so I don't have the luxury of spending months or weeks traveling away. I will most likely plan my trips on being at most a week long. I get this will limit my abilities but I thought I would mention this before my questions. One of my issues is knowing and choosing attractions in the area. I have a short list of places I'd like to visit, but they're just countries, not a particular city or attraction. How do I go about choosing a place to visit and knowing the attractions? For example, I'd like to see Alaska and Switzerland. There are several places in those countries that I imagine are equally appealing to see. In my short travel time, I have to make a compromise on what to see. How have you decided which places to see when you traveled? Then once you do know the attractions to visit, how do you organize all these potential attractions to visit, places to stay, the whole itinerary? I imagine solo travel trips will include a mix of flight, driving, buses, trains, and all that is intimidating to someone that likes to have things planned out a little. Do I have the wrong mentality when it comes to solo travel? Should I approach this as "I'm going to arrive and make it up as I go?" I appreciate any advice you can give me :) Thanks!

My favorite thing to do is to find a fort or an abandoned building complex and just explore. It makes me feel like a kid. In terms of preparation, I've paid out the ass before for waiting last minute. Sometimes not planning works. Other times it costs you 100€ and an extra eight hours. I prefer to book as much as possible ahead of time.

This subreddit has also given me tons of ideas and destinations to check it out in destinations I have on my travel list

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booksuggestions_train

Suggest me the best book you've ever read and the worst one you wouldnt recommend to anyone *dont tell me which is which* (Genre Doesnt Matter)

*Asymmetry* by Lisa Halliday *Master & Margarita* by Mikhail Bulgakov

{{Mila 18}} {Mein Kampf} Which-is-which says something very important about me as a person... ¯\\\_(ツ)\_/¯

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ultralight_train

Rain jacket vs umbrella Just interested in opinions on carrying an umbrella vs rain jacket. I'll be hiking in a pretty hot and humid place.

Third option (and my personal favorite)- poncho. Breezy like an umbrella, total coverage like a jacket, and it will act as a pack cover too.

I can't see an umbrella being practical in wind, in close vegetation or in conditions where poles are really useful ( such as crossing a boulder field) but in the ideal conditions it would be far better than a jacket.

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ifyoulikeblank_train

If I like heavy psych rock bands with lots of fuzz like Dead Meadow and Truckfighters, what else would I like?

Ah fuzz stoner rock, my favourite genre. Check out: - Mother Engine - Sundrifter - Demonauta - Somali Yacht Club - All Them Witches - Witch - Black Rainbows - Red Desert - Fu Manchu - QOTSA earlier stuff - Colour Haze - My Sleeping Karma - Naxatras - Goat - King Buffalo - Numidia - Sleep Got some playlist that might help too: The fast fuzzy stuff The psychedelic fuzzy stuff Have fun! Edit: Forgot to add Witchrider

We Hunt Buffalo is definitely what you’re looking for. The Truckfighters are also huge fans of them.

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moviesuggestions_train

If you could watch a movie for the first time again, what would it be? You can suggest as many movies as you'd like! I want to know of as many movies as I can

Fight Club

Mystic river

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asksciencefiction_train

[MCU] Couldn’t Captain Marvel have just used the gauntlet during the final battle in Endgame?

Maybe doctor strange was thinking long term, like iron man could die in endgame and the future wouldn't be totally fucked, but if captain marvel did it and she died then the future would be fucked cuz she wasn't there to stop it.

She doesn't know what's going on when she comes back, hell she doesn't even know if she can survive it. All she knows is that she returns, there is a fight, and someone tells her she needs to throw the gauntlet in the time portal. So that's what she does

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ifyoulikeblank_train

Help me find a comedy series that fits these criteria Leans towards adults, no young people doing stupid things to get laid, might have some romance but not too much. Not a mockumentary. Not work or business oriented. And finally No shakey camera. My favorite comedy is curb your enthusiasm Thanks in advance

30 Rock is my favorite show of all time. It's set in a workplace, but it's behind the scenes of making a TV show, so it doesn't feel like an office comedy. Veep is also up there, it's probably closer in tone to Curb Your Enthusiasm than just about any other sitcom. And I'll second the suggestion of Ted Lasso, that show rules.

Avenue 5

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askphysics_train

I wonder why nuclear fusion produces less nuclear waste than nuclear fission and the materials are easier to obtain. Why not nuclear fusion then?

Nuclear fusion is everywhere. Go outside and look up, there's more examples during the night but the daytime one is closer. Doing it on earth is the hard part.

Basically: with nuclear fusion you can use isotopes of hydrogen, which you can get from seawater through hydrolysis (which is basically just pumping electricity through water). So the main material you will need is seawater. In fission, you need radioactive uranium-235 which is rare and by itself toxic, which is why a reactor meltdown would be so dangerous compared to isotopes of hydrogen. The only real reason against nuclear fusion power is that current efforts still require way more energy to fuse hydrogen to helium than the actual energy that is released. It is an extremely expensive gamble on limitless clean energy. I guess one could bring up the argument that with limitless clean energy, the energy market will be impacted in the way that energy companies wouldn't be able to charge as much if there is seemingly infinite supply for consumers. But that's not really a science argument against nuclear fusion.

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eatcheapandhealthy_train

Food ideas to combat incredibly strong munchies So I'm on mental health medication (to be precise, the mood stabilizer Quetiapin), one of the side effects of which can be more appetite. For a long while I've had a relatively normal level of hunger that allowed me to keep my weight somewhat steady. Recently however I've had absolutely BRUTAL munchies all the fucking time. It really doesn't matter. Last week I was at an Italian restaurant with my besty and my gf, had a positively massive (full wheat!) Pizza and four hours later I was again craving something. Lame joke ahead, I'm not pregnant cause, you know, I'm a guy. Today I munched away on around 3k kcal without working out - and my stomach's churning again. I've been trying to drink more water and unsweetened teas to have something in my gut but it's had limited effect. I've got an appointment scheduled for a blood test at my GP next week to see if my thyroid gland is working properly and get meds for it if it isn't. So my question would be, what should I eat to keep me more satiated? I've tried a handful of nuts, I've tried fresh fruit and vegetables with and without dips such as hummus, I've tried cheese, I've tried popcorn, I've tried dates and other dried fruit, I've tried cucumbers, I've tried ants on a log, I've tried a spoon of peanut butter... Nothing works longer-term. Slowly but surely it's really driving me nuts.

Adding in nutrition shakes and/or meal replacement shakes can help make you feel full for longer. Keep your fluid intake high to help with the intense hunger, always have some water or electrolyte drink with you, even if you dont feel like it helps a lot, it could be very beneficial especially paired with eating a lot of calories at a time. Bananas and oatmeal are also a good combination that will help you feel fuller longer. Whole wheat breads, pasta and pancakes last a long time and are cheap. When my intense starvation feelings get triggered, the first thing I go for is a flavored water and then a thick or denser fruit like bananas, mangos, melons, etc.

Ham

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eatcheapandhealthy_train

Bought some tofu on sale. What should i make? Its extra firm, would be just for me. i have soy sauce, siriacha, and sweet chili sauce. What should i make?

Oh! Tofu scramble. As is, or in breakfast tacos or on English muffins. Tofu and (beans/veggies of your choice) enchiladas I did a Szechuan eggplant and tofu dish. Marinate in soy sauce with ginger, garlic, sesame oil, sriracha, and sweetener and bake. Use it on sandwiches. That marinade is good for a lot, you can do it in any stirfry. Freeze and thaw and bread and bake and it is like chicken nuggets! Brine/marinate and grill on skewers. You can make tofu ricotta Use like the paneer in saag paneer Put in miso soup or any ramen Strips in summer rolls. I can go on for days.

Pro tip: after unpackaging and before cutting, press your tofu. I wrap in a paper towel,wrap with kitchen towel then I put my old neuroscience text book on top for 15 minutes or longer. This will crisp it better and decrease cooking time

vlt6xo

suggestmeabook_train

What non-fiction book had the biggest impact on your life? As in - made you see life differently, made you take big decisions you wouldn't have takeb before reading it, made you discover something so big you were oblivious to, changed your core behaviour or habits, etc

The Will to Change - bell hooks. I wish I'd read it twenty years before I did.

Brain on Fire

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changemyview_train

Change my view that the greatest triumph of civil American expenditure is the public library. Imagine. Freely available and vast knowledge on tap for anyone, irrespective of race, class, citizenship, sex, etc. What an incredible idea and investment. And relatively cheap to boot. Hospitals? Haha no, good luck if you have a chronic disease. Hospitals are obligated to stabilize you only. I regularly drive by a man begging for money on the highway to treat his cancer. Police? Again, no. Americans bear arms for security. In America, you are more likely to die by police than by a terrorist attack. Not to mention the uneven and unjust “policing” depending on ones skin color. The military? Nope. Americans have a continent. Notwithstanding WMD, North America is the most secure real estate on the planet. America has impassable deserts to the south, tundra to the north, and vast oceans on each side. When was the last time the military actually defended the continental homeland from land invasion? War of 1812.

I would instead argue for the interstate system. Free travel of people and goods cannot be underestimated. This remains unchanged even in the digital era, which has seen a great reduction on reliance of public libraries due to the ubiquity of the internet.

No, the greatest triumph is definitely the internet. The internet was originally funded by the Department of Defense. The internet has so much more knowledge than a library. Anyone can access it irrespective of whether they are located near a library, or whether their library actually has any good books. Anyone with a $100 phone has the knowledge of all of humanity at their fingertips. Finding knowledge is also 100 times easier on the internet (via search engine). Communication with millions of people is also at your fingertips, including all your friends through platforms like discord, reddit, and other forums. Also, access to the internet is free through your library, your friend's computer, literally any smart device. Videos and courses of all stuff is on the internet, so even the poor can learn skills through the internet that can make them lucrative sums. Videos like coding tutorials, math tutorials, etc, etc. Google scholar is one of the largest repositories of scholarly information, VASTLY more than any public library.

nk0vr1

gamedev_train

Godot support for 3D is too primitive, and Unity has become a wild mess over the years. Is Unreal Engine the only remaining option for 3D projects? I've been developing games for a bit over a decade now, but I've only worked with 2D, so I've been out of the loop regarding 3D integration into different engines and such. I've worked with Unity for the best part of the previous decade, but ended up switching to Godot for my last project and was extremely satisfied with that switch. But my next project is 3D, and I've seem that Godot is still too primitive in that regard, lacking even stuff like occlusion culling as an example. This archived post that I found via a google search pretty much sums up my current feelings towards Unity and why I don't want to go back to it: https://www.reddit.com/r/gamedev/comments/het6br/unity_has_become_an_absolute_nightmare/ I took a look at the "Engine FAQ" of this subreddit, and unfortunately there aren't many 3D options there either, and the ones that I didn't know about I couldn't find much information regarding the usability at a production level, so I decided to post here, as perhaps someone might be able to give opinions. **TL;DR:** I'm trying to look for other options for this 3D game. The obvious one being Unreal Engine, though it always felt like overkill for me (I say this purely from a "first impression" point-of-view, I never gave a UE a proper try, it just always looked like a bit more targeted at larger studios than at small indie teams). So I'm really looking for some input about the current state of stable engines for use in a 3D game. If it matters, the project is a 3d RPG with a "chibi" art-style, it's not anything photo-realistic or such.

I spent a long time in Unity and switched to Unreal around 4-6 months ago and have been kicking myself for not doing so sooner. IMO Unity completely lacks established workflows for common game tasks. This freedom is super cool but also can lead to spending a lot of time reinventing various wheels at a grab bag of efficiency and quality. UE4 has a pretty established workflow for just about anything you might want to do. Trying to work outside of that workflow will, IMO, bring pain. I describe unreal as a very designer friendly engine. It's focused on using its established workflows to get stuff moving onscreen super fast, however it largely expects you to do stuff "the unreal way". If you're the type of developer that enjoys or needs to define their own workflow you might experience struggle with unreal. As a simple example it's far faster to compile and develop in blueprint then in cpp in unreal. Lots of folks I know prefer to "program" and not use the graph interface. But they then fall prey to comparatively long compile times and dodgy cpp reloading for tasks that don't need to be at the "code" level for performance or maintenance. They don't want to use the engines established workflow for non frame operations or heavy looping.

Godot's 3D isn't primitive

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askacademia_train

Why is academia so TOXIC? As title.

Still a high school popularity competition.

Some people are, in all fields. Academia is no exception.

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iwanttolearn_train

I want to learn how to console grieving people properly. Being able to be there for them, what to say, what to do, what NOT to do, and so on. Mourning is a part of life, but I want to be able to deal with it proactively (whether I'm the grieving or helping the grieved).

Never compare their experience with your own, don't involuntary focus the conversation on yourself, like saying "yeah, I know how you feel, my grandma had that illness too"

Don't force them or make them feel like they have to supress or hide their emotions from you. Let them grieve how they must, and for many that means fully feeling and accepting the feeling for a bit

oktntz

cookingforbeginners_train

how many of you had blueberries may i know how it taste either sweet or savoury describe i need suggestions from you as i am wanting for blueberries to eat as it is not available in my place

Do you live on the moon?

Holy hell. Punctuation please.

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suggestmeabook_train

A book where the progatonist who starts off normal but spirals into madness/crazyness by the end - can be mental health or science fiction/horror elements I know I'm asking a lot. Thanks in advance.

"White Tears" by Hari Kunzu. The book and protagonist start off eyerollingly normal and boring (two guys graduate college and start making music) and then partway through the book takes an extremely strong departure and becomes disorienting and surreal-- perhaps ghost story perhaps time travel perhaps madness, it's all unclear. I'm not sure the protagonist really spirals into madness but the book and the events certainly do in a way that is really excellent. In my opinion, this is such a hugely underrated book, I loved it so much, but I understand how polarizing it can be. Check it out!

The Horla by Guy de Maupassant. Actually, several of Maupassant's short stories. You can find them for free around, a lot of them are in the public domain.

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stocks_train

Are FAANG stocks "hold forever unless you need the cash"? For example, I have a bunch of AAPL in a retirement account and more in a brokerage account. With predictions of it going to $200 next year and with regular dividends, why else would one sell it (or any of the FAANG)?

at this point mega cap tech is the defensive investment. great place to park some cash for some hedge or if you dont know of better places to deploy ur capital. but u shouldnt buy mega cap for quick gains. at $2T market cap, amzn or msft wont make u rich for next 10 yrs. sure they will still go up, just dont expect the same glorious gains that investors enjoyed in 2010s.

Would you say the same thing about GM or Exxon? In their times they used to be the top stocks to “buy and hold forever.”

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moviesuggestions_train

Movies for a family in quarantine that liked Knives Out, Troop Zero, Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Baby Driver, The Martian, etc? Just finished Knives Out and my family LOVED it and are now demanding I give them a list of movies that are similarly beautiful, well crafted, not too violent or gory (there will likely be a 9 year old within earshot or watching), and end on a lighthearted note. I plan on including some Wes Anderson movies, Murder on the Orient Express, Little Miss Sunshine, Dumplin’, Ad Astra, Eddy the Eagle, Ford v Ferrari, and The Aeronauts. Thanks guys and stay inside!

Just for getting good convo going after, I'd suggest, The man from earth 2007.

If they liked The martian they will probably enjoy Interstellar as well. I am a huge fan of Interstellar and The Martian really gave out the same vibe so I enjoyed it .Also Ad Astra and Blade Runner 2049 share the same vibe as well so I recommend the latter !