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Tres Burritos posted:You know how the whites will stick to the shell sometimes though? Industrially made hard boiled eggs are made in a pressure chamber specifically because it make the shells fly right off. It's fantastic. One of the eggs the shell literally popped in half when I went to roll-crush it on the plate. The egg fell out and nearly rolled onto the floor. I was blown away! It's also so easy to get them perfect every time even doing a whole dozen at once, far fewer rubbery eggs for me. In keeping with the theme of the thread, I just got back from our local discount grocer and now am the proud owner of:  Pick posted:No, I'm someone who knows how to cook hard-boiled eggs without a robot. Can you let me know how to turn on my porch light without a robot because I got one for christmas it is literally going to increase my electric bill by around $5/year. (13w bulb / 1000= .0013kw * 5 extra hours a day * 365 days a year * 20¢/kwh (ish) right?) 
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I'm sorry but anything beyond sticks and fire is a robot and you are all a bunch of pussies for relying on technology. *Dies at 30 from a preventable disease*
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I had assumed that electric pressure cookers were really common and everyone had one? I have had one for years but really only use it for hard-boiled eggs and making stock.
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bongwizzard posted:I had assumed that electric pressure cookers were really common and everyone had one? I have had one for years but really only use it for hard-boiled eggs and making stock. Turns out you've been Iron Man this whole time..
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Idgi but we had one when I was a kid and I never thought they were uncommon.
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bongwizzard posted:I had assumed that electric pressure cookers were really common and everyone had one? I have had one for years but really only use it for hard-boiled eggs and making stock.
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A tangent so terrible I find myself siding with Pick of all people.
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Don't worry, the thread is big enough for two morons. I bought some good board games. Superfight, because it's a million times better than Cards Against Humanity while filling a similar niche.  More Dominion expansions, because it's the best game ever.  
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H110Hawk posted:One of the eggs the shell literally popped in half when I went to roll-crush it on the plate. The egg fell out and nearly rolled onto the floor. I was blown away! It's also so easy to get them perfect every time even doing a whole dozen at once, far fewer rubbery eggs for me.  Also Aramek posted:I don't make music, just voice, and I went Focusrite and never went back. Yeah! Focusrite have been hitting it out of the park for years but have always been under the radar. The ISA preamps are great. The Red 1 is great. The Clarett series is probably the best project interface series out there, barring moving up to an Apollo or one of the Antelope Audio interfaces or a Prism or something. And Rednet (audio over ethernet protocol) is the shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit. strangemusic has a new favorite as of 01:08 on Jan 3, 2017 |
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Big fan of the iTrack Pro. It's a great way to hook up a guitar, mic, or midi keyboard to a DAW on an iPad.
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PCOS Bill posted:A tangent so terrible I find myself siding with Pick of all people. Truly, even a stopped clock is More interesting than a pcos bill post.
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Bottom Liner posted:Superfight, because it's a million times better than Cards Against Humanity while filling a similar niche. What size group is this good with? The voting thing seems tough since we usually play games with even numbers of people, so there'd be potential for a lot of ties.
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2 players face off and the rest vote, so as long as you have 3. Ties are expected, you keep going with a randomly drawn card in a tie. Or make up any rule you want, that's kind of the trend with these games.
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I hit my cooking-at-home goal, so I treated myself to some new knives:  
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You can open the drawer before you take a photo of them you know
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I just took the photos off the site. All mysterious and poo poo.
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Is the third longer knife really necessary? I guess all I ever use are the 8" chef and a paring knife. What do you use the longer one for?
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Breaking down larger cuts, and carving mostly. Also likely for filleting or skinned fillets, given the thinner blade. E: if I had to live without one knife, that would be the one I'd skip. But I don't!
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Besides, he needs one that he can heat up to 1000 degrees.
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What I actually need is a smaller chef's knife for my kid to use, if she keeps up with the cooking.
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OSU_Matthew posted:That thing absolutely owns... Hell yeah, welcome to the club.  strangemusic posted:Behringer nooooooooooooooooo Just out of curiosity what's wrong with Behringer? Not defensive, just clueless; I've never bought a mixer before and it seemed like it had good reviews and price point. Figured I should maybe go with a modestly-priced mixer since I was already up to a grand on robot farts. 
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Subjunctive posted:I hit my cooking-at-home goal, so I treated myself to some new knives: I bought my brother (a chef) a Gyuto from Tojiro and he hardly uses any other knife anymore. You'll be very pleased with your purchase. Read the cleaning and care instructions; make them last forever.
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blarzgh posted:I bought my brother (a chef) a Gyuto from Tojiro and he hardly uses any other knife anymore. You'll be very pleased with your purchase. Yeah those Tojiro DP are really nice. I have a 8'' Gyuto and I really love it. I plan on expanding my collection with at least one or two more of their knives with time, they are insanely good for the price
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Not my purchase, but my wife got me this for Christmas. It's delicious.
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blarzgh posted:I bought my brother (a chef) a Gyuto from Tojiro and he hardly uses any other knife anymore. You'll be very pleased with your purchase. Yeah, I ordered a ceramic rod, and have an Apex to sharpen them. I'm terrified of sharpening them and ruining everything, but I'll get over it I'm sure.
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FirstPlayer posted:Hell yeah, welcome to the club. Behringer is the McDonald's cheeseburger of the audio world. It's simple and repeatable and will sell a billion units, but it's made of sawdust and processed beef product. The biggest thing people harp on is not the sound, but the reliability/eventual time to failure of Behringer stuff, which can be a big question mark due to the cheap manufacturing needed to hit their low price points... but it's a question of the buyer. If you're the type of person who is depending day in and out on a piece of gear to work, there's simply too much on the line to go with the cheeseburger unit that might break and cost you business/time/reputation etc. If on the other hand you're likely as anything to pop down to the Guitar Center and just buy another one, you're essentially not losing much sleep if your unit dies, and the Behringer unit still does the job you want it to do about as well as a more expensive unit up to a point. I guess a lot of people have issues with their business ethics/model, which is basically designed around copy-pasting designs into Chinese factories and flooding the market with every possible piece of entry level gear at the most cut-corner quality and low price. This makes it so that other manufacturers with better QC are priced out of the project/entry market, which is bad for the industry as a whole. strangemusic has a new favorite as of 19:53 on Jan 3, 2017 |
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strangemusic posted:Behringer is the McDonald's cheeseburger of the audio world. It's simple and repeatable and will sell a billion units, but it's made of sawdust and processed beef product. The biggest thing people harp on is not the sound, but the reliability/eventual time to failure of Behringer stuff, which can be a big question mark due to the cheap manufacturing needed to hit their low price points... but it's a question of the buyer. If you're the type of person who is depending day in and out on a piece of gear to work, there's simply too much on the line to go with the cheeseburger unit that might break and cost you business/time/reputation etc. If on the other hand you're likely as anything to pop down to the Guitar Center and just buy another one, you're essentially not losing much sleep if your unit dies, and the Behringer unit still does the job you want it to do about as well as a more expensive unit up to a point. Gotcha, thanks.  What would be a good replacement for <~$200 if/when it breaks?
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Something like this would last you a while: http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/MG10c
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Any recommendations on a decent speaker system? I have a tv in my bedroom and my computer in another. It'd be nice to have something pretty easy to move between the rooms. Just speakers and decent bass. JIZZ DENOUEMENT has a new favorite as of 02:33 on Jan 4, 2017 |
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H110Hawk posted:Can you let me know how to turn on my porch light without a robot because I got one for christmas it is literally going to increase my electric bill by around $5/year. (13w bulb / 1000= .0013kw * 5 extra hours a day * 365 days a year * 20¢/kwh (ish) right?) It's $5 a year man, I'm sure you can afford it.
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Saw Book of Mormon with the lady. I had seen it before but she hadn't. It was fun as expected. Go see art.
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Subjunctive posted:Yeah, I ordered a ceramic rod, and have an Apex to sharpen them. I'm terrified of sharpening them and ruining everything, but I'll get over it I'm sure. Even if you do gently caress it up, there's almost certainly someone local to you that can fix it for you.
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 MSI 1060  Simply Fit Board  Elliptical  Yamaha Keyboard  Upright Bike  Yoga Mat  Love and Space Dust 
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You bought some expensive clothes hangers come February.
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Mu Zeta posted:You bought some expensive clothes hangers come February. Luckily I was reimbursed for all that workout gear.
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The bike can be useful but that elliptical takes up so much space and will collect dust. Buy something else like adjustable dumbbell or something. Those are way less boring. Ellipticals are self torture machines.
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