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Human: Pumpkin Bread as Cake? I’ve been using the Bon Appetit Banana Bread recipe and it’s awesome as a bread, but could I use it as a cake instead? How would I scale the recipe to fit the different size pans? Any frosting recommendations? Assistant: A sour cream frosting might be good - Christina Tosi from Milk Bar has a great recipe - or cream cheese! Yummmmm!	Human: Pumpkin Bread as Cake? I’ve been using the Bon Appetit Banana Bread recipe and it’s awesome as a bread, but could I use it as a cake instead? How would I scale the recipe to fit the different size pans? Any frosting recommendations? Assistant: Here's an article about resizing recipes for different types of pan- it has a pretty comprehensive guide to different pan shapes, and how to think about adapting for different pans! The key is to know your recipe's volume of batter, and make sure you scale appropriately for the pan you want to bake. I would think a salted caramel buttercream or whipped chocolate ganache frosting would both be delicious!	0.453294
Human: If I toast peppercorns and store them in a grinder, will they retain the new flavor or will they “revert back to normal” and I have to toast them again in order to get the flavor I want? Title essentially. Assistant: If you toast peppercorns and put them in your grinder, the volatile compounds will gas off or oxidize and you'll be left with a grinder full of peppercorns that will taste like sawdust when you grind them. Toasted peppercorns (and toasted spices in general) need to be prepared and used à la minute.	Human: If I toast peppercorns and store them in a grinder, will they retain the new flavor or will they “revert back to normal” and I have to toast them again in order to get the flavor I want? Title essentially. Assistant: Think of it this way. If you want a hamburger next week and you want the bun toasted, would you toast your bun today and let it sit and wait until next week? Just toast your spices when you need them. It takes seconds and is worth it	0.773916
Human: how to get craggy extra crispy fried chicken tenders similar to popeyes? i've tried flour > liquid > flour. also flour > liquid > flour > liquid > flour. for the liquids, ive tried butter milk and also a thin batter. for the flour, ive tried AP flour and also a mixture of AP flour, cornstarch, and a bit of baking powder. end results have been crispy and acceptable, but nothing like popeyes or kfc extra crispy thanks for any help =) Assistant: Try frying the chicken on medium to low heat so it thoroughly cooks and when you feel like it has been cooked, at this point it's medium crispy, turn the heat to high and fry it till you achieve the desired crispiness. Imo changing the temperatures is the key. This works everytime for me. Hope this helps.	Human: how to get craggy extra crispy fried chicken tenders similar to popeyes? i've tried flour > liquid > flour. also flour > liquid > flour > liquid > flour. for the liquids, ive tried butter milk and also a thin batter. for the flour, ive tried AP flour and also a mixture of AP flour, cornstarch, and a bit of baking powder. end results have been crispy and acceptable, but nothing like popeyes or kfc extra crispy thanks for any help =) Assistant: You could try double frying, first at lower temp, 2nd time hotter.	0.102724
Human: Do I need a mixer to bake cheesecake? My goal this year is to bake 1 new thing every month. I'm gonna start this year off right with a red velvet and oreo cheesecake from scratch. I won't be decorating it a lot but it could be fun to just make it. Do I need to purchase and electric mixer or electric whisk or will can I stir/mix things by hand with say a spoon or whisk? Assistant: /r/52weeksofbaking.	Human: Do I need a mixer to bake cheesecake? My goal this year is to bake 1 new thing every month. I'm gonna start this year off right with a red velvet and oreo cheesecake from scratch. I won't be decorating it a lot but it could be fun to just make it. Do I need to purchase and electric mixer or electric whisk or will can I stir/mix things by hand with say a spoon or whisk? Assistant: Theoretically you don't need an electric anything as my grandma has told me stories of watching her grandma whip cream by hand - I have tried - my arm gives out. That being said. I own both a stand mixer and an electric hand mixer - hand mixer is cheaper and should be sufficient	0.26129
Human: Should I buy a manual car? Recently I've gotten really into cars and I'm really looking into buying a manual transmission. I work at night and my commute is mostly on the highway so I experience a lot of open road. Currently I own a 2005 honda civic, my first car. It's a great commuter car and hasn't given me any major mechanical issues in the two years I've owned it. The main problem is that after I bought it, I found out the odometer has been tampered with. When I bought it, the odometer said 96k miles but in reality it had around 200k miles. Luckily it has been very reliable and I actually think it has a lot of aesthetic potential with some simple mods like lowering springs, aftermarket wheels, lip kit, etc. I have a few grand saved at the moment and I'm trying to save at least 500 a month. So basically, I'm wondering if I should invested some money into simple mods on my current car and just run it till it dies, or is it worth saving up some more money to buy a manual transmission car with less miles? I've been looking at the 8th generation civic si, acura integras, g35's, rsx type s, etc. Assistant: Yes. You should definately buy a manual car.	Human: Should I buy a manual car? Recently I've gotten really into cars and I'm really looking into buying a manual transmission. I work at night and my commute is mostly on the highway so I experience a lot of open road. Currently I own a 2005 honda civic, my first car. It's a great commuter car and hasn't given me any major mechanical issues in the two years I've owned it. The main problem is that after I bought it, I found out the odometer has been tampered with. When I bought it, the odometer said 96k miles but in reality it had around 200k miles. Luckily it has been very reliable and I actually think it has a lot of aesthetic potential with some simple mods like lowering springs, aftermarket wheels, lip kit, etc. I have a few grand saved at the moment and I'm trying to save at least 500 a month. So basically, I'm wondering if I should invested some money into simple mods on my current car and just run it till it dies, or is it worth saving up some more money to buy a manual transmission car with less miles? I've been looking at the 8th generation civic si, acura integras, g35's, rsx type s, etc. Assistant: For someone who likes cars, in my opinion, it's always worth it. Most people here in Europe drive manuals and it's been fine for us. And despite living in a big city, I would never buy an automatic.	-0.239495
Human: AskHistorians now has 200,000 subscribers! And we’re taking a CENSUS! The big two-oh-oh-kay is here! And that’s a lot of people that we’ve somehow managed to attract to our little corner of the Internet, and we’d like to thank everyone who asks questions, posts answers, and is a regular reader here for making this one of the top-visited historical forums. And to mark this historic event, like good benevolent dictators, we'd like to take a census! You may notice we’ve put up a little fancy stuff in the CSS to celebrate. Shoutouts for our lovely decorations are as follows: The original design for Emperor Snoostinian is by /u/Ambarenya and it was converted to vector by /u/sukritact, and our banner is by /u/plikion! Thank you to everyone who gave their ideas (and especially their svg files) for snoos and banners and the like, they have been stashed up our voluminous academic sleeves for future decorative needs. Now for the census: some of you may remember the old survey from about 8 months ago. Well, in light of our having doubled our subscribers count in that time, we’d like to retake it! The survey this time has been expanded with quite a few new questions and free-text boxes and all sorts of fun things. Take the survey here! Unconvinced? Reasons you should take this survey: 1. It’s timed to take you about 5 minutes, you can’t write a decent comment in here in that amount of time! 2. Is the absolute least-effort way you can help improve the quality of the subreddit 3. Lots of the questions are optional 4. We should be able to get some interesting stuff out of these numbers which will be posted with both pomp and circumstance (How many women are in here? How many of our flaired users have an advanced degree? How many people here are employed in history? How many readers are aged outside of “the reddit demographic?” How many of you are students?) 5. We can do a compare and contrast from the old results to see how we’ve grown 6. Results from the free-text boxes will most likely be used to make amusing word clouds 7. It’s anonymous, you can vent your spleen on the moderation team if you want (but you love us, don’t lie) 8. You don’t have to be a regular reader or poster to take the survey. Lurkers’ opinions especially welcome. Convinced yet? Take the survey! Anyone want a few stats to whet your appetite in the meantime? Some interesting things /u/TasfromTAS found out from the last survey: * While we only had a female response of 15%, the rate of women subscribers was increasing over time AND the women here were more likely than men to hold a graduate degree. AskHistorians women: small but elite! * There are people with graduate degrees in history who do not consider themselves qualified to get flair here (you guys are FAR too modest) * The mods had a 92% approval rating (which is admittedly slanted to regular users and people who liked us enough to take the survey), but 4% of you thought we should be stricter (!!) * Most popular topic among respondents was ….surprise! History of Ideas and Religion. Go white flairs! Condensed results from the first census available here Some additional traffic stats that may interest you: * Our most trafficked days on average are Sundays, and our least trafficked days are Saturdays (like you all have anywhere better to be on Saturdays!) * We get between 500,000 and 1,100,000 unique pageviews a month, averaging around 800,000 * On average users submit about 90 questions a day * Our ratio of subscribers to mods is 8,900+ to 1 (gulp) (If anyone here is studying data mining or some other statistical analysis in school and would like to access the data from this survey for a project send me a PM and we can chat! I studied data and text mining in grad school and I know it can be hard to find interesting datasets to play with. Also I would appreciate the free labor on the analysis.) Assistant: Happy 200,000! I can't wait to start using the results of our census to begin taxing our readership, as is the style! And from there, we'll use the funds to marshall our armies and MARCH ON /R/HISTORY!! TO WAAAR!!	Human: AskHistorians now has 200,000 subscribers! And we’re taking a CENSUS! The big two-oh-oh-kay is here! And that’s a lot of people that we’ve somehow managed to attract to our little corner of the Internet, and we’d like to thank everyone who asks questions, posts answers, and is a regular reader here for making this one of the top-visited historical forums. And to mark this historic event, like good benevolent dictators, we'd like to take a census! You may notice we’ve put up a little fancy stuff in the CSS to celebrate. Shoutouts for our lovely decorations are as follows: The original design for Emperor Snoostinian is by /u/Ambarenya and it was converted to vector by /u/sukritact, and our banner is by /u/plikion! Thank you to everyone who gave their ideas (and especially their svg files) for snoos and banners and the like, they have been stashed up our voluminous academic sleeves for future decorative needs. Now for the census: some of you may remember the old survey from about 8 months ago. Well, in light of our having doubled our subscribers count in that time, we’d like to retake it! The survey this time has been expanded with quite a few new questions and free-text boxes and all sorts of fun things. Take the survey here! Unconvinced? Reasons you should take this survey: 1. It’s timed to take you about 5 minutes, you can’t write a decent comment in here in that amount of time! 2. Is the absolute least-effort way you can help improve the quality of the subreddit 3. Lots of the questions are optional 4. We should be able to get some interesting stuff out of these numbers which will be posted with both pomp and circumstance (How many women are in here? How many of our flaired users have an advanced degree? How many people here are employed in history? How many readers are aged outside of “the reddit demographic?” How many of you are students?) 5. We can do a compare and contrast from the old results to see how we’ve grown 6. Results from the free-text boxes will most likely be used to make amusing word clouds 7. It’s anonymous, you can vent your spleen on the moderation team if you want (but you love us, don’t lie) 8. You don’t have to be a regular reader or poster to take the survey. Lurkers’ opinions especially welcome. Convinced yet? Take the survey! Anyone want a few stats to whet your appetite in the meantime? Some interesting things /u/TasfromTAS found out from the last survey: * While we only had a female response of 15%, the rate of women subscribers was increasing over time AND the women here were more likely than men to hold a graduate degree. AskHistorians women: small but elite! * There are people with graduate degrees in history who do not consider themselves qualified to get flair here (you guys are FAR too modest) * The mods had a 92% approval rating (which is admittedly slanted to regular users and people who liked us enough to take the survey), but 4% of you thought we should be stricter (!!) * Most popular topic among respondents was ….surprise! History of Ideas and Religion. Go white flairs! Condensed results from the first census available here Some additional traffic stats that may interest you: * Our most trafficked days on average are Sundays, and our least trafficked days are Saturdays (like you all have anywhere better to be on Saturdays!) * We get between 500,000 and 1,100,000 unique pageviews a month, averaging around 800,000 * On average users submit about 90 questions a day * Our ratio of subscribers to mods is 8,900+ to 1 (gulp) (If anyone here is studying data mining or some other statistical analysis in school and would like to access the data from this survey for a project send me a PM and we can chat! I studied data and text mining in grad school and I know it can be hard to find interesting datasets to play with. Also I would appreciate the free labor on the analysis.) Assistant: "Just about right." Congrats to all our wonderful contributors, and an enormous thanks to our hardworking mods! :D	0.480173
Human: Tips for baking in extremely hot weather? I recently moved from baking in 32Fahrenheit weather to 32Celsius weather, and many of my “tried and true” recipes no longer work as well. For example, heavy cream liquefies so quickly out of the fridge that I need to put in back in the fridge twice before it manages to whip to stiff peaks. Buttercream also ends up more liquid-y, requiring me to add more powdered sugar (but I don’t really want to, because my family doesn’t like things on the sweet side). Does anyone have any tips for working with buttercream, chocolate and whipped cream in hot weather, short of turning the air conditioner on full blast? A specific question, what’s the best buttercream to use that is most stable in hot and humid weather? Assistant: The end of this video shows a timelapse of different types of buttercream in the sun to see what holds up: https://youtu.be/ptiFsI0rF4Q Generally if you don't want it to be as sweet, use Swiss or Italian meringue buttercream as opposed to American buttercream because the structure comes from egg whites instead of from sugar	Human: Tips for baking in extremely hot weather? I recently moved from baking in 32Fahrenheit weather to 32Celsius weather, and many of my “tried and true” recipes no longer work as well. For example, heavy cream liquefies so quickly out of the fridge that I need to put in back in the fridge twice before it manages to whip to stiff peaks. Buttercream also ends up more liquid-y, requiring me to add more powdered sugar (but I don’t really want to, because my family doesn’t like things on the sweet side). Does anyone have any tips for working with buttercream, chocolate and whipped cream in hot weather, short of turning the air conditioner on full blast? A specific question, what’s the best buttercream to use that is most stable in hot and humid weather? Assistant: Ice baths will help. If you have stone/granite countertops, I've also taken to laying a bunch of big ice packs on them for a while before I put any dough on it, for kneading, rolling out, etc. Also keep all your tools and containers as chilled as possible, like other people said. It's a challenge when you simply can't keep the kitchen truly cool, but with patience and planning you can do it!	0.812889
Human: What if we put a mirror in space, 1 light year from earth and we pointed Hubble at it would it be possible to see two years into earths past? Assistant: If you look at a mirror in your bathroom, one meter away, it takes about 7x10^-9 s for light to make the round trip, so technically you're seeing 7x10^-9 s into your past. What you're describing is the same thing with a larger number.	Human: What if we put a mirror in space, 1 light year from earth and we pointed Hubble at it would it be possible to see two years into earths past? Assistant: You might as well place a video recording device instead of a mirror and have the device send back the data.	0.520452
Human: CMV: Banning/Silencing people like Joe Roagan, Donald Trump etc. on social media is not a good idea and we should not let it happen. I find these people and their claims ridiculous but if we don‘t say anything and just accept that these people whose view we don‘t share can be banned, it might take a turn on people who are not ridiculous or charlatans. The solution should be rather channeling the facts to people affectively rather silencing the morons. If people prefer the facts over ‚alternative facts‘ it should be their problem. Because people who tend to believe this kind of stuff will hear this kind of stuff eventually from their friends/families anyway. Let them say what they want and let the companies put disclaimers and warnings but we should not let the companies ban whoever they want because one day we might be on the other side. Assistant: Why should private entities be required to host content that they not only disagree with and consider damaging from a PR and profit perspective, but may also consider harmful in terms of wider societal impact?	Human: CMV: Banning/Silencing people like Joe Roagan, Donald Trump etc. on social media is not a good idea and we should not let it happen. I find these people and their claims ridiculous but if we don‘t say anything and just accept that these people whose view we don‘t share can be banned, it might take a turn on people who are not ridiculous or charlatans. The solution should be rather channeling the facts to people affectively rather silencing the morons. If people prefer the facts over ‚alternative facts‘ it should be their problem. Because people who tend to believe this kind of stuff will hear this kind of stuff eventually from their friends/families anyway. Let them say what they want and let the companies put disclaimers and warnings but we should not let the companies ban whoever they want because one day we might be on the other side. Assistant: >The solution should be rather channeling the facts to people affectively rather silencing the morons. Are you familiar with the backfire effect by any chance?	0.784598
Human: Stupid question: is there an "ideal" way to microwave? Every time I microwave food it's piping hot in some places, and lukewarm in others. I do have an old (20+ years) microwave. But before I buy a new one I want to check whether all microwaves are like this, or whether I'm (somehow) not heating food correctly. Assistant: I have some microwave strategies. If it's something loose, like rice or pasta, put splash of water in the container and loosely cover (not seal). This will steam up and provide more even heating. For more mixed up items, stop microwaving partway, stir, then microwave again. Another method is time. Put the food in the microwave for maybe a little longer than you normally would. When it's done, just leave it in the microwave for a little while. This leaves time for the hot and cold spots to even out.	Human: Stupid question: is there an "ideal" way to microwave? Every time I microwave food it's piping hot in some places, and lukewarm in others. I do have an old (20+ years) microwave. But before I buy a new one I want to check whether all microwaves are like this, or whether I'm (somehow) not heating food correctly. Assistant: https://youtu.be/dpf3bxQVLu8 Spread out the food, try to put it on the edge of the plate, and cook longer at lower power. Stir intermittently	0.429783
Human: Is there any truth to the theory that survivors of a famine pass on different or modified genes to their descendants? While doing some research into the Irish famine in my free time I came across a video claiming that descendants of the famine have unique genetic features. As someone not well versed in genetics or anthropology i'm wondering is there any truth to this claim? I'm particulary interested in the Irish experience and would like to know how they differ genetically from the rest of Europe. Assistant: Rachel Yehuda studies epigenetics at Mt Sinai. She's worked with plenty of mice and rats to show that they can pass down fear responses to their offspring. She's also worked with descendants of Holocaust victims and pregnant people who were in the twin towers and escaped. It's astonishing and pretty awful.	Human: Is there any truth to the theory that survivors of a famine pass on different or modified genes to their descendants? While doing some research into the Irish famine in my free time I came across a video claiming that descendants of the famine have unique genetic features. As someone not well versed in genetics or anthropology i'm wondering is there any truth to this claim? I'm particulary interested in the Irish experience and would like to know how they differ genetically from the rest of Europe. Assistant: Here's a paper on it related to the dutch famine: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2579375/ Popular press article on it:https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/31/science/dutch-famine-genes.html	0.482488
Human: I haven't had my period for almost one year. What should I do? I'm a 16 year old female and my period has been irregular for quite some time (last one was Feb 2020). I started getting my period when I was 12-ish but as I got older, like when I was 14, it started to become irregular, and I wouldn't get my period for months. Now I haven't gotten one in almost a year but when I ask my parents to see a doctor, my concerns get blown over so I came here. I was wondering if my situation was normal or serious and if it was treatable/fixable. Assistant: You definitely should go to your doctor. It could be many things. Personally, mine was related to diet. I saw doctors, and there was no explanation. I discovered Keto/Low Carb way of eating and gave it a try. It completely correctedmy irregularity. I have heard others say the same. Rule out any issues via your doctor, but I would also look into dietary changes.	Human: I haven't had my period for almost one year. What should I do? I'm a 16 year old female and my period has been irregular for quite some time (last one was Feb 2020). I started getting my period when I was 12-ish but as I got older, like when I was 14, it started to become irregular, and I wouldn't get my period for months. Now I haven't gotten one in almost a year but when I ask my parents to see a doctor, my concerns get blown over so I came here. I was wondering if my situation was normal or serious and if it was treatable/fixable. Assistant: try and get a normal check up with a pediatrician and bring it up hopefully they can tell your parents that it is somewhat concerning and they can refer you to and obgyn. im 18 and this happened to me when i was younger and now ive been on birth control for 4 years and im 100% regular	0.68795
Human: Cookie Theory Questions Sugar: Many recipes call for a combination of granulated and brown sugar. Why is this? What happens if you use say, all brown? Leaveners: Some recipes call for baking soda, others for baking powder, some for both. What's going on here? Assistant: FlynnyTinny's answer is good, but neglected to add that baking soda reacts with anything acidic, like brown sugar to produce gas thus leavening the cookie in the same way that baking powder does. It also tends to make the edges a little more crispy and promotes browning.	Human: Cookie Theory Questions Sugar: Many recipes call for a combination of granulated and brown sugar. Why is this? What happens if you use say, all brown? Leaveners: Some recipes call for baking soda, others for baking powder, some for both. What's going on here? Assistant: There is a book called the perfect cookie: your Ultimate Guide to foolproof cookies. Its by americas test kitchen. They go super in depth with comparison pictures and explain what's going .. Comparison pictures Of cookies with baking soda or baking powder , melted butter, creamed butter, vegetable oil etc. My library had it. Maybe your does too.	0.826249
Human: Has any engineer here studied mathematics after they got their bachelor in engineering? Is it possible? Assistant: Yes. A friend of mine went on to study mathematics after her MEng. She teaches math to teenagers now.	Human: Has any engineer here studied mathematics after they got their bachelor in engineering? Is it possible? Assistant: Well it is possible to have more than one bachelor's, although highly unusual. Usually people go for a master's or a PhD.	0.602668
Human: How to shape tacos hard shell What is the best way to shape my hard shell tacos. Also how does taco bell does it so amazingly ? Assistant: Taco johns and taco bell have a special fry basket that holds the shape while it fries. I think amazon has some kind of taco shell maker.	Human: How to shape tacos hard shell What is the best way to shape my hard shell tacos. Also how does taco bell does it so amazingly ? Assistant: When frying my shells, Ill fold the tortilla and grab it with some tongs at the top of the semi-circle it creates. I then place just the bottom of the semi-circle in the hot oil for just long enough for it to hold it's shape. Once it's barely rigid enough to hold it's shape, fry the sides of the tortilla and bam, you got yourself a pretty mediocre taco shell that will at least hold your taco fillings.	0.090816
Human: [Star Wars] What was Leia trying to pull with the whole "diplomatic mission to Alderaan" shtick on the Tantive IV? When Darth Vader confronts her aboard the Tantive IV about the missing Death Star schematics, Leia fruitlessly claims that she's on diplomatic mission to Alderaan. However, there's two glaring flaws with this particular claim: 1. Vader knew good and well that the Tantive IV wasn't a consular ship, going by his retort to Captain Raymus Antilles as he killed him- "If this is a consular ship, where is the ambassador?" (there's also the fact that the ship was firing upon the Devastator, which would be a rather serious diplomatic blunder.) 2. Vader just saw the ship fleeing from Scarif, like, 10 minutes ago, and this was after he flattened a squadron of Rebels trying to pull a Gandalf on him. So, what exactly was Leia trying to accomplish with the "diplomatic mission" excuse? Assistant: As smart as she was, I think she was rather panicking at this time. The diplomatic mission- excuse was likely a version of "I forgot my ID in the car, bartender" or "My patrol of ninjas will be back here any minute". Possibly just stalling for time while the droids got away. She did get Vader to spend a few seconds responding to her lie.	Human: [Star Wars] What was Leia trying to pull with the whole "diplomatic mission to Alderaan" shtick on the Tantive IV? When Darth Vader confronts her aboard the Tantive IV about the missing Death Star schematics, Leia fruitlessly claims that she's on diplomatic mission to Alderaan. However, there's two glaring flaws with this particular claim: 1. Vader knew good and well that the Tantive IV wasn't a consular ship, going by his retort to Captain Raymus Antilles as he killed him- "If this is a consular ship, where is the ambassador?" (there's also the fact that the ship was firing upon the Devastator, which would be a rather serious diplomatic blunder.) 2. Vader just saw the ship fleeing from Scarif, like, 10 minutes ago, and this was after he flattened a squadron of Rebels trying to pull a Gandalf on him. So, what exactly was Leia trying to accomplish with the "diplomatic mission" excuse? Assistant: Buy time for Artoo to get off the ship and find Obi-Wan. Simple as that. She knew Vader wouldn't believe her, the point was just to keep the imperials busy while Artoo finished the mission.	0.414277
Human: 'Marinating' russet potatoes? So I'm making butter chicken tonight. I'm feeding a few more people than usual, and so instead of using more chicken I figured I'd add in some potatoes instead. The typical way I make this is to cut up the chicken and let it sit for a few hours in some Greek yogurt with all the garlic, ginger, spices, and everything. But what do I do with these potatoes? I'm not sure whether I should put them in with the chicken to soak in the flavor, because I'm worried the starchy liquid from the potatoes will seep out and ruin it. My plan so far is to cut them up and toss them in a little while after I start cooking the onions and before I add the chicken/yoghurt mixture to that. Am I on the right track? Or am I worrying about it too much and adding the potatoes to the yogurt and spices will make them extra delicious? tl;dr : can you marinate potatoes? Assistant: If you're making butter chicken, why not accompany with an Indian potato dish instead of just throwing potatoes into the same sauce? Aloo gobi would be a good starting point. /r/indianfood is also a solid sub.	Human: 'Marinating' russet potatoes? So I'm making butter chicken tonight. I'm feeding a few more people than usual, and so instead of using more chicken I figured I'd add in some potatoes instead. The typical way I make this is to cut up the chicken and let it sit for a few hours in some Greek yogurt with all the garlic, ginger, spices, and everything. But what do I do with these potatoes? I'm not sure whether I should put them in with the chicken to soak in the flavor, because I'm worried the starchy liquid from the potatoes will seep out and ruin it. My plan so far is to cut them up and toss them in a little while after I start cooking the onions and before I add the chicken/yoghurt mixture to that. Am I on the right track? Or am I worrying about it too much and adding the potatoes to the yogurt and spices will make them extra delicious? tl;dr : can you marinate potatoes? Assistant: Writing only as an amateur, I wouldn't marinate any veg with meat. I'd rather marinate them in the same marinade, separately.	0.678837
Human: Explain like I'm five years old: Why does it take a day or two for muscles to become sore after a workout? Assistant: No one really answered your question, so I will. It's because a majority (like a huge majority) of your muscle repair is from sleeping, you can technically think of it as why does it take a sleep or two to start feeling DOMS? The first sleep you'll feel it a bit, it's starting a big portion of the repair but hasn't finished yet, then the second time you sleep, you're onto nearly finishing, maybe even 80% which causes a lot more soreness. But this only really happens during your first time back at the gym.	Human: Explain like I'm five years old: Why does it take a day or two for muscles to become sore after a workout? Assistant: It's like, what causes the pain, the damage, or the repair? What makes your feel sick, the virus, or the immune response?	-0.010603
Human: Virginia - I purchased a house with a home security system, and the company that installed it will not tell me where a malfunctioning loudspeaker was installed. Fairfax, Virginia I purchased a home 5 years ago. Home came installed with a nationally known company's wireless home security system. I did not, nor do I ever want a home security system. At the time of purcahse the home security system was well over 15 years old according to the previous homeowner. After the home purchase was complete, that week, I removed all door and window sensors, as well as (what I think was) the main control panel, its little power supply, and the telephone back up connection. There is no where else in the house that even begins to resemble anything related to a home security system. Well apparently, somewhere in this 4,000 square foot house, there are two hidden loudspeakers that are hard wired to the house's power as well as having small, "long lasting" back up batteries. From what I can tell, at least one of the speakers is malfunctioning and making a seemingly random alarm noise for a few seconds, a few times per week. Apparently it has to do with a dying battery. I called the home security company, and after numerous conversations, they have confirmed that they likely know (based off some installer notes in the previous homeowners account) where the two loudspeakers are located, but they are refusing to tell me where they are located. The conversation typically turns to them trying to sell me a more modern system. They also said that they could send out an installer technician for a few hundred bucks to "discretely and safely remove the loudspeakers," but again, refuse to just read back the installer notes. I just want to know where these loudspeakers are. What are my options here to forcefully compel these assholes to tell me what the notes on the home's account say? Assistant: Generally they look like doorbell speakers, or are hidden in your attic. Check out there, and look up the company’s equipment on google.	Human: Virginia - I purchased a house with a home security system, and the company that installed it will not tell me where a malfunctioning loudspeaker was installed. Fairfax, Virginia I purchased a home 5 years ago. Home came installed with a nationally known company's wireless home security system. I did not, nor do I ever want a home security system. At the time of purcahse the home security system was well over 15 years old according to the previous homeowner. After the home purchase was complete, that week, I removed all door and window sensors, as well as (what I think was) the main control panel, its little power supply, and the telephone back up connection. There is no where else in the house that even begins to resemble anything related to a home security system. Well apparently, somewhere in this 4,000 square foot house, there are two hidden loudspeakers that are hard wired to the house's power as well as having small, "long lasting" back up batteries. From what I can tell, at least one of the speakers is malfunctioning and making a seemingly random alarm noise for a few seconds, a few times per week. Apparently it has to do with a dying battery. I called the home security company, and after numerous conversations, they have confirmed that they likely know (based off some installer notes in the previous homeowners account) where the two loudspeakers are located, but they are refusing to tell me where they are located. The conversation typically turns to them trying to sell me a more modern system. They also said that they could send out an installer technician for a few hundred bucks to "discretely and safely remove the loudspeakers," but again, refuse to just read back the installer notes. I just want to know where these loudspeakers are. What are my options here to forcefully compel these assholes to tell me what the notes on the home's account say? Assistant: >What are my options here to forcefully compel these assholes to tell me what the notes on the home's account say? None whatsoever. You are not, nor were you ever one of their customer, so they have no obligation towards you.	0.601888
Human: [NYC] Elevator is regularly trapping people inside, ongoing for a year plus. Landlord has done nothing about it. I'll try to be as short as possible. - Our lease lists the elevator as a building amenity. - Our landlord informed us when we moved in (2 years ago) that the elevator was on the fritz and was going to be replaced that year. - The elevator has been malfunctioning since before we moved to the building in Dec 2020, but has only been actually trapping people since around Dec 2021. - The emergency button to contact someone for help doesn't work, and there has been no notice or signage to notify tenants about this. You find out by getting stuck and hitting the button, only to find it not working. If you don't have a mobile device on you there would be no way for you to get help. - People are now getting trapped in this elevator between 3-4 times a week. Each time either the super or the fire department has to get them out, the elevator is out of commission for 24-48 hours until a slap repair is done, rinse and repeat. - There's been multiple complaints to 311 / the city about the issue. So far there is a court summons posted for the emergency button not working. However nothing else seems to be being done; I can't find anything in the NYC complaint databases besides some lowball fines that obviously won't bother a NYC landlord. - The landlord has actually now posted signs discouraging people from calling the fire department if they are trapped, as "they can break the elevator further", and asks us to call our super. However, our super does not live in our building, and isn't always available. - Many tenants picked this building because of the elevator being advertised, including young families and elderly disabled people. Personal stuff you can skip if you just want facts: Today I got trapped in the elevator with my 3 month old baby. The emergency button didn't work, tried calling the super and it just went to voice mail 5 times, texted with no response, and finally had to call the fire department. I'm slightly embarrassed to say I had a full blown panic attack since I am a first time mom and was terrified that it would be hours trapped with my little guy. However the fire department was awesome and got me out 15 minutes later. They were just getting me out when the super showed up and all they said was "what, you couldn't wait for me?" The elevator was out for a full WEEK when I gave birth back in August, so I came home with my new baby, freshly sewn up just to have to lug all of our stuff and myself up five flights of stairs. It fucking sucked. I've been researching online and I can't seem to figure out our powers or rights here as tenants. What is our best course of action? My husband is going to contact them and ask for a rent decrease until the issue is fixed, but I was also wondering if there's any sort of tenant's organizing I can do, or if anyone thinks a lawyer could help (before we spend the money on one)? Thanks if you've read this all! Assistant: Has anyone spoken to your city's code enforcement? Call them and ask for the contact info for the officer who serves your address. They tend to work by designated area. Save any documentation you have on people getting trapped in this elevator etc. The officer will likely be willing to meet you at the building, and they'll be glad to speak with more tenants so feel free to get more neighbors to come out and talk to the officer.	Human: [NYC] Elevator is regularly trapping people inside, ongoing for a year plus. Landlord has done nothing about it. I'll try to be as short as possible. - Our lease lists the elevator as a building amenity. - Our landlord informed us when we moved in (2 years ago) that the elevator was on the fritz and was going to be replaced that year. - The elevator has been malfunctioning since before we moved to the building in Dec 2020, but has only been actually trapping people since around Dec 2021. - The emergency button to contact someone for help doesn't work, and there has been no notice or signage to notify tenants about this. You find out by getting stuck and hitting the button, only to find it not working. If you don't have a mobile device on you there would be no way for you to get help. - People are now getting trapped in this elevator between 3-4 times a week. Each time either the super or the fire department has to get them out, the elevator is out of commission for 24-48 hours until a slap repair is done, rinse and repeat. - There's been multiple complaints to 311 / the city about the issue. So far there is a court summons posted for the emergency button not working. However nothing else seems to be being done; I can't find anything in the NYC complaint databases besides some lowball fines that obviously won't bother a NYC landlord. - The landlord has actually now posted signs discouraging people from calling the fire department if they are trapped, as "they can break the elevator further", and asks us to call our super. However, our super does not live in our building, and isn't always available. - Many tenants picked this building because of the elevator being advertised, including young families and elderly disabled people. Personal stuff you can skip if you just want facts: Today I got trapped in the elevator with my 3 month old baby. The emergency button didn't work, tried calling the super and it just went to voice mail 5 times, texted with no response, and finally had to call the fire department. I'm slightly embarrassed to say I had a full blown panic attack since I am a first time mom and was terrified that it would be hours trapped with my little guy. However the fire department was awesome and got me out 15 minutes later. They were just getting me out when the super showed up and all they said was "what, you couldn't wait for me?" The elevator was out for a full WEEK when I gave birth back in August, so I came home with my new baby, freshly sewn up just to have to lug all of our stuff and myself up five flights of stairs. It fucking sucked. I've been researching online and I can't seem to figure out our powers or rights here as tenants. What is our best course of action? My husband is going to contact them and ask for a rent decrease until the issue is fixed, but I was also wondering if there's any sort of tenant's organizing I can do, or if anyone thinks a lawyer could help (before we spend the money on one)? Thanks if you've read this all! Assistant: Here's the 311 page for elevator complaints: https://portal.311.nyc.gov/article/?kanumber=KA-02015	-0.174408
Human: Any good books on cake decorating? Does anyone know of good books to start learning cake and cupcake decorating? My baking usually tastes pretty good but I would like to start making them look a bit better. Assistant: Professional cake decorating by Toba Garrett is great. I recommend practicing piping with some practice buttercream. Practice bc is usually just 10x and shortening so they're super shelf stable. You dont have to refrigerate it. Use it over and over again to practice. Make a decent size batch, find some piping techniques you want to master, find appropriate piping tips/bags/flower nails/etc and practice.	Human: Any good books on cake decorating? Does anyone know of good books to start learning cake and cupcake decorating? My baking usually tastes pretty good but I would like to start making them look a bit better. Assistant: Not a book but ....The Topless Baker YouTube videos were pretty helpful to me and free 😬😬 My two favorites were one where he goes over how to make different frostings and then one where he did different piping tips and how to use them to decorate cakes and cupcakes.	0.721499
Human: CMV: Old people need legal guardians just like children do Children need parents or guardians because they are physically weak, their cognitive functions are not at a level of a healthy adult, they require assistance with basic tasks such as clothing, washing and going to the toilet, and they generally cant stay unsupervised for long periods of time. All of this applies to old people as well. But in our society, you cant really tell old people that they are being a bit silly and they need to listen to you because you know better. Example: I come to my parents' flat and it's completely dark in there. Mom opens the door and I can't even see her face. So I'm like, why is it so dark in here? And they say, well you know light wastes electricity. Yea, but a 10W LED bulb kept on wastes 1€ of electricity per month. You can afford 1€ of electricity. You can afford 10 even. And do you really wanna fall over in the dark and break a hip? How much is that going to cost? But this logic just doesn't come through. It genuinely feels worse than talking to children, because at least with a child, when all else fails, you have the good ol' "because I said so". This is not acceptable with old people, and can be seen as disrespectful. Also, they keep falling for stupid phone scams, and scammers know that old people are much more likely to take the bait. So my view is that there should be some kind of legal protection here, something like you cant sign some contracts without a third party, or at least it should be socially acceptable to step in when you see your elderly relatives acting against their best interest, without it being seen as meddling in their affairs. Of course this could be exploited, just like terrible parrents can exploit their children, but that doesn't mean it's bad in principle. Assistant: >Also, they keep falling for stupid phone scams, and scammers know that old people are much more likely to take the bait. I don't see why you're attributing gullibility to age. Snake oil salesman have existed since the 1800s. A person doesn't just magically become more gullible when they get old, they were most likely already gullible when they were younger too.	Human: CMV: Old people need legal guardians just like children do Children need parents or guardians because they are physically weak, their cognitive functions are not at a level of a healthy adult, they require assistance with basic tasks such as clothing, washing and going to the toilet, and they generally cant stay unsupervised for long periods of time. All of this applies to old people as well. But in our society, you cant really tell old people that they are being a bit silly and they need to listen to you because you know better. Example: I come to my parents' flat and it's completely dark in there. Mom opens the door and I can't even see her face. So I'm like, why is it so dark in here? And they say, well you know light wastes electricity. Yea, but a 10W LED bulb kept on wastes 1€ of electricity per month. You can afford 1€ of electricity. You can afford 10 even. And do you really wanna fall over in the dark and break a hip? How much is that going to cost? But this logic just doesn't come through. It genuinely feels worse than talking to children, because at least with a child, when all else fails, you have the good ol' "because I said so". This is not acceptable with old people, and can be seen as disrespectful. Also, they keep falling for stupid phone scams, and scammers know that old people are much more likely to take the bait. So my view is that there should be some kind of legal protection here, something like you cant sign some contracts without a third party, or at least it should be socially acceptable to step in when you see your elderly relatives acting against their best interest, without it being seen as meddling in their affairs. Of course this could be exploited, just like terrible parrents can exploit their children, but that doesn't mean it's bad in principle. Assistant: This sounds a lot like, “they aren’t doing what I think is right so I should be in change.” Honestly you sound like a dictator. Let them do what they want and remember who wiped you ass and cared for you when you couldn’t.	0.739854
Human: How often do you wash your handles when handling raw meat? I'm watching cooking shows like "Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat", "Chef's Table", and the chefs are switching between handling the meats, touching bowls, utensils, basically everything else. I've always been under the impression that after touching raw meat you should immediately wash your hands with soap. Is that actually overdoing it? Assistant: I always wash my hands right after touching raw meat. It's unsanitary and at a cross contamination risk. I hate it when people don't. Congratulations, asshole, you just got salmonella and E. coli on everything. I think it might be different since chefs usually do only meats, only sides, or only desserts, so the risk of cross contamination might be lower. But at home you're doing everything and usually all over the place. I'm not sure if that's it, but that makes sense to me. I could be completely wrong.	Human: How often do you wash your handles when handling raw meat? I'm watching cooking shows like "Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat", "Chef's Table", and the chefs are switching between handling the meats, touching bowls, utensils, basically everything else. I've always been under the impression that after touching raw meat you should immediately wash your hands with soap. Is that actually overdoing it? Assistant: If all the ingredients are going to end up thoroughly cooked or in the same pot like stew or meatballs, I don’t really care about cross contamination. If things get a little hairy and I am lazy I will use prep gloves or grab handles and utensils with my hand covered in a clean towel. The only thing I’d be worried about is not washing before handling items that will be served raw or barely cooked.	0.825686
Human: Both Ainu and Chinese seem to give young children named like 'little poop', 'pig manure', 'dog' to shield them from demons. Is it likely these are connected? Are there other examples of such custom, both in the area and elsewhere? Assistant: Korea (or, rather, the Korean common people) also had such names, famously "Gaettong" which means "dog manure." There's an infamous 17th-century royal servant called Kim Gaeshi, for example: her name is an obvious Sinicization of Kim Gaettong (the Chinese character 屎 is pronounced "shi" in Sino-Korean and means "feces"). There are also names based on the month or the sexagenary year of birth, again for the purpose of avoiding demons.	Human: Both Ainu and Chinese seem to give young children named like 'little poop', 'pig manure', 'dog' to shield them from demons. Is it likely these are connected? Are there other examples of such custom, both in the area and elsewhere? Assistant: In the poorer areas of iraq this also happens.	-0.231204
Human: Why are Palestinians, Egyptians, Turkish, etc. considered people of color but Greeks, Sicilians, and southern French and Italians not? Assistant: Who is considered a "person of color" varies from society to society (and also over time in any given society), so this question only makes sense in the context of a given society at a given point in time. The canonical text on races in America is Racial Formation in the United States by Omi and Winant.	Human: Why are Palestinians, Egyptians, Turkish, etc. considered people of color but Greeks, Sicilians, and southern French and Italians not? Assistant: Can you provide evidence of this claim? Most international polling puts arab under white as far as i'm aware.	0.825652
Human: Mechanical or Electrical engineering? Hello everyone, I have a bit of a dilemma I’m torn between choosing mechanical or electrical engineering for my major. I have some classes lower division classes for electrical. But I’ve always been interested in mechanics, hence why I want to go into mechanical engineering. I was looking into mechatronics after doing doing some research feels like I get the best of both worlds. I was thinking about get my BS in mechanical and MS in electrical not sure if that’s a good idea. Any advice? Assistant: EE open the gates to IT related jobs which are mostly higher paid with a higher demand. That’s what I did. I did my major in EE with my minor more towards IT. I‘ve just landed a job at Ford as an Infrastructure Engineer so basically IT which opened the door to the IT field overall for me.	Human: Mechanical or Electrical engineering? Hello everyone, I have a bit of a dilemma I’m torn between choosing mechanical or electrical engineering for my major. I have some classes lower division classes for electrical. But I’ve always been interested in mechanics, hence why I want to go into mechanical engineering. I was looking into mechatronics after doing doing some research feels like I get the best of both worlds. I was thinking about get my BS in mechanical and MS in electrical not sure if that’s a good idea. Any advice? Assistant: I say EE or robotics for mechatronics. Of course you could always dual major EE/ME. I had a few friends who did, it was additional classes but far less than getting a 2nd degree	0.791475
Human: [AtLA] If you could control fire, like a firebender from Avatar for example, what would be the most useful thing you could do for your community or society in general? Same question for earthbending, airbending, and waterbending? And maybe their sub- elements as well ie lightning, lava, metalbending? I’m thinking kind of in terms of modern times, so it can be applied with modern technology, if that makes sense? So I can think of a few basic ones like moving large ships with water bending, doing big plane flights with airbending, maybe fire fighting with fire bending? Assistant: Earth benders would be a godsend for affordable housing. Most land can't be built upon at all (let alone affordably) because of cost issues associated with with drainage, soil contamination and erosion. Basically everything that gets land ready to build. If contracted by a city or county, A single Earthbender, even a shitty one could probably be responsible for adding over 1,000 units of affordable housing a year on land that would otherwise cost too much to use.	Human: [AtLA] If you could control fire, like a firebender from Avatar for example, what would be the most useful thing you could do for your community or society in general? Same question for earthbending, airbending, and waterbending? And maybe their sub- elements as well ie lightning, lava, metalbending? I’m thinking kind of in terms of modern times, so it can be applied with modern technology, if that makes sense? So I can think of a few basic ones like moving large ships with water bending, doing big plane flights with airbending, maybe fire fighting with fire bending? Assistant: Depends on whether nuclear fusion falls under the spirits' definition of "fire."	-0.203595
Human: Explain like I'm five years old: Why do so many games have a "start" screen where you have to push a button before they decide to start a several minute loading process? (I'm looking at you, Battlefield 4) Assistant: All console manufacturers have a first party requirement of having a start screen and an attract mode which is usually a video. So and game cross developed for PC and consoles will have them unless the dev took the time to remove them from the PC release. The mass effect series comes to mind as a good example of a start screen then the menu screen.	Human: Explain like I'm five years old: Why do so many games have a "start" screen where you have to push a button before they decide to start a several minute loading process? (I'm looking at you, Battlefield 4) Assistant: Another reason for having a clicked start button is that for multi-windowed environments, the "focus" may be on another window, so when you start using your arrow keys you'll be using them on your porn window rather than your game window. By forcing you to click on the game, you are bringing the focus to it so it won't seem to be not working.	0.825162
Human: How to dry 3kg of spent coffee ground at home? Hello. I need some help with this problem. I live in the UK so during the winter it is pretty impossible to dry spent coffee ground outside in the sun. However I make coffee logs for burning by using left over coffee ground from my home and any local coffee shops that are kind enough to give me a bag. I normally need to dry around 3kg a week. But find this impossible before it begins to mold during the winter. In the past I have used the oven, but with the cost of living crisis this just isn't very efficient nor cheap. Any ideas or advice to bring down the moisture level to a point it can be stored without ruining. Thank you! Assistant: Use residual heat from things you're already doing. Put on a sheet pan and set in the clothes dryer while it is running. After cooking in the oven, set in the oven while the oven cools. Depending on how you heat your home, put on or near your furnace. Set in front of your fireplace while burning logs.	Human: How to dry 3kg of spent coffee ground at home? Hello. I need some help with this problem. I live in the UK so during the winter it is pretty impossible to dry spent coffee ground outside in the sun. However I make coffee logs for burning by using left over coffee ground from my home and any local coffee shops that are kind enough to give me a bag. I normally need to dry around 3kg a week. But find this impossible before it begins to mold during the winter. In the past I have used the oven, but with the cost of living crisis this just isn't very efficient nor cheap. Any ideas or advice to bring down the moisture level to a point it can be stored without ruining. Thank you! Assistant: You can put an air conditioner filter (home Depot) on a box fan, the coffee grounds, then another filter. Ive made beef jerky this way. $20 or so if you have the fan	0.81066
Human: Is it illegal for a restaurant to make a server pay for a bill if the customer walked out? A restaurant I work for in Michigan has posted a new "policy" that they want us all to sign. It basically states that if we don't hold a customer's ID or credit card, if said customer walks out, then we have to pay their bill. I'm pretty sure a restaurant cannot force their wait staff to cover walk outs when they opt into the tip credit. We make server minimum wage, not regular minimum wage, so from my knowledge they cannot take our tips correct? Extra detail: This is an extremely busy restaurant that turns into essentially a bar after 9pm. Tonight it was packed and despite our best efforts, we had a few walk outs. We literally cannot babysit every table, nor has the restaurant given us a good/reliable way for us to hold cards without risking losing them. I took a picture of the paper. I'm not sure how to post it. Assistant: I don’t know about the legality but I’d try my hardest to find another gig, jump ship immediately and leave the owner short handed for the holidays. And encourage your other co-workers to do the same. Cite this policy when quitting. Legal or not, this is BS and could end up in staff getting into physical altercations with customers trying to dine and dash.	Human: Is it illegal for a restaurant to make a server pay for a bill if the customer walked out? A restaurant I work for in Michigan has posted a new "policy" that they want us all to sign. It basically states that if we don't hold a customer's ID or credit card, if said customer walks out, then we have to pay their bill. I'm pretty sure a restaurant cannot force their wait staff to cover walk outs when they opt into the tip credit. We make server minimum wage, not regular minimum wage, so from my knowledge they cannot take our tips correct? Extra detail: This is an extremely busy restaurant that turns into essentially a bar after 9pm. Tonight it was packed and despite our best efforts, we had a few walk outs. We literally cannot babysit every table, nor has the restaurant given us a good/reliable way for us to hold cards without risking losing them. I took a picture of the paper. I'm not sure how to post it. Assistant: Not legal but practical advice. Most POS will allow you to open a tab by swiping the card. Check with management to get this feature started if you don’t have it. If you swipe a card and rerun it you will never have a walk out.	0.824915
Human: [LOTR] How was Frodo able to freely give the One Ring to Tom Bombadil? Was there some way the ring detected that Tom doesn't care about it and would give it back so the ring let go of the addiction? Did Tom Bombadil have an aura that let Frodo know the ring would be returned to him? Assistant: In addition to what others have mentioned, Hobbits have a natural resistance to the ring. It's why Bilbo was able to carry it so long, and Gollum for that matter. The ring's power works by twisting minds around them, warping their desires until they do what the ring wants. Hobbits are superhumanly chill.	Human: [LOTR] How was Frodo able to freely give the One Ring to Tom Bombadil? Was there some way the ring detected that Tom doesn't care about it and would give it back so the ring let go of the addiction? Did Tom Bombadil have an aura that let Frodo know the ring would be returned to him? Assistant: I believe it also being mentioned that Frodo is surprised at himself for how willingly he does it. Something along the lines of "wait, did I just...?"	0.341435
Human: Is anyone familiar with any contemporary well-respected female philosophers? Or if you know about someone who's not famous, but whom you consider to be a respectable philosopher, you can talk about her too. Assistant: You need to be more specific. Women are drastically underrepresented in philosophy - a little more than 30% of the field, last I checked - but 30% of the field is a huge number and there are lots of well-respected female philosophers, many of whom are the leading experts in their respective areas. Here's a list of a few hundred particularly influential ones. Is there a particular sub-field or reason for your question?	Human: Is anyone familiar with any contemporary well-respected female philosophers? Or if you know about someone who's not famous, but whom you consider to be a respectable philosopher, you can talk about her too. Assistant: Sally Haslanger, Aime Thommason, Elizabeth Barnes...	-0.230344
Human: If I deep fry something in my cast iron pan, can I leave the oil in the pan until tomorrow to deep fry again? Or do I need to strain out the left overs before reusing the oil? I made some fried chicken but I don't have a fine mesh strainer to perfectly strain the oil as well. Should I simply dump the oil and pour a new batch? Assistant: Here’s a little tip I heard about. https://www.seriouseats.com/clean-cooking-oil-with-gelatin-technique	Human: If I deep fry something in my cast iron pan, can I leave the oil in the pan until tomorrow to deep fry again? Or do I need to strain out the left overs before reusing the oil? I made some fried chicken but I don't have a fine mesh strainer to perfectly strain the oil as well. Should I simply dump the oil and pour a new batch? Assistant: I use a paper towel in a less than fine mesh strainer and just don’t pour too fast	0.775984
Human: Explain like I'm five years old: Why aren't there more New York Cities in the US? http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/20/realestate/what-is-middle-class-in-manhattan.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 Read this today. The average home here sells for 1.42 million! The average rent is just shy of $4,000. The argument in the comments is that "the demand is there". Demand, demand, demand. Everyone wants to live here and pay the price because of the benefits — instant access to some of the best things in the world, and walking distance to most of life necessities, etc. So, there's a TON of demand right? But the city is really small. Tight. Overcrowded. So, if there's more demand than the city can possibly handle, why hasn't this demand driven either the (1) expansion/improvement of cities like Philadelphia or (2) caused another city to pop up? You could probably create 3 more New Yorks to meet the demand of people wanting a life like this. So why aren't all cities rising to the occasion? Assistant: "All the young people struggling in New York could just all move to Michigan and start a revolution, instead they all struggle to stay in a place that doesn't seem to want them." -To poorly paraphrase a line from season 1 of Girls	Human: Explain like I'm five years old: Why aren't there more New York Cities in the US? http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/20/realestate/what-is-middle-class-in-manhattan.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 Read this today. The average home here sells for 1.42 million! The average rent is just shy of $4,000. The argument in the comments is that "the demand is there". Demand, demand, demand. Everyone wants to live here and pay the price because of the benefits — instant access to some of the best things in the world, and walking distance to most of life necessities, etc. So, there's a TON of demand right? But the city is really small. Tight. Overcrowded. So, if there's more demand than the city can possibly handle, why hasn't this demand driven either the (1) expansion/improvement of cities like Philadelphia or (2) caused another city to pop up? You could probably create 3 more New Yorks to meet the demand of people wanting a life like this. So why aren't all cities rising to the occasion? Assistant: I think another reason is accessibility. You can travel to this central hub of commerce and culture in a reasonable amount of time from at least 5 states.	0.824749
Human: Outside of programming, what is considered the "spaghetti code" of your field? What work have you done that was basically an near-unmaintainable mess? Or basically, work that you had to take on that was already a big mess before you started getting involved in it. Assistant: We have one engineer responsible for every machine group we build. All groups use PDM and CAD except for one. He has been with the company for 30+ years and made a 42mb excel sheet to configure every single one of the 100+ configurations of said machine. Which cost between 100.000-and 2mil€ a piece and gets build around 6 times a year. Then he left and we are left with nothing but his gigantic incomprehensible excel sheet.	Human: Outside of programming, what is considered the "spaghetti code" of your field? What work have you done that was basically an near-unmaintainable mess? Or basically, work that you had to take on that was already a big mess before you started getting involved in it. Assistant: Configuration management. I've seen horrible document management and revision systems that make zero sense. Who do I go to if I want to make a change? Am I changing it or replacing it? Is the system dynamic/robust enough to accommodate our iterative changes? Is it backward compatible? Who the fuck knows?!	0.813882
Human: Are Renewables Really Going Take Over? Texas has 30,000 wind turbines and they produce 8% of the grid power on a good day. I am an optimist but I'm also a realist. Don't get me wrong I like clean energy and I used to own an electric car. I just don't see how it's possible for renewables to take over. We have maxed out our hydroelectric potential. Wind might not be economically viable. Solar panels are quite expensive and take a lot of dirty energy to produce. We need to increase our nuclear generation and pray that nuclear fusion gets going. Thoughts? Assistant: Sure that seems like a lot of turbines, but imagine the opposite where if Texas was mostly powered by turbines and crude oil was discovered and someone said soon nearly half of Texas would be powered by crude oil and it would require 5 million barrels per day. That would seem like a crazy impossible amount to manage, but that is what they use today.	Human: Are Renewables Really Going Take Over? Texas has 30,000 wind turbines and they produce 8% of the grid power on a good day. I am an optimist but I'm also a realist. Don't get me wrong I like clean energy and I used to own an electric car. I just don't see how it's possible for renewables to take over. We have maxed out our hydroelectric potential. Wind might not be economically viable. Solar panels are quite expensive and take a lot of dirty energy to produce. We need to increase our nuclear generation and pray that nuclear fusion gets going. Thoughts? Assistant: Advancements are continually being made and these technologies are relatively young. They can produce enough power. But yes nuclear is for sure the best solution.	0.650416
Human: Brother's girlfriend pretending to be me while he's in jail. Long story short, my brother is in jail after his girlfriend called the cops. She is the one who is technically pressing charges against him, so the jail won't let them talk on the phone to one another. I found out recently, that she is calling the jail pretending to be me to talk to my brother (she very quickly switches from "I hate you and never want to see you again" to "i love you, please never leave me"). What should I do? What CAN I do? He lost his phone privileges for unrelated reasons, so she can't call him at the moment. But I am still pissed she pretended to be me and risked messing up my brother's case by doing so. She and my brother are in Georgia, I am in Washington state. Assistant: Contact the jail and tell them that someone is pretending to be you to gain contact with one of their prisoners. They'll likely prevent further calls as a matter of security if nothing else.	Human: Brother's girlfriend pretending to be me while he's in jail. Long story short, my brother is in jail after his girlfriend called the cops. She is the one who is technically pressing charges against him, so the jail won't let them talk on the phone to one another. I found out recently, that she is calling the jail pretending to be me to talk to my brother (she very quickly switches from "I hate you and never want to see you again" to "i love you, please never leave me"). What should I do? What CAN I do? He lost his phone privileges for unrelated reasons, so she can't call him at the moment. But I am still pissed she pretended to be me and risked messing up my brother's case by doing so. She and my brother are in Georgia, I am in Washington state. Assistant: What was he arrested for? Also, get these calls recorded. Showing this manipulative or at the very least quickly changing behavior as well as violating a protective order helps discredit her at trial and may cause her to be brought up on charges	0.602406
Human: Was talking to a girl on tinder and she had her friends at a dispatch center run my phone number and they revealed my full name, age, etc. Is this legal? (CO) I was talking to a girl on tinder and she had her friends at a dispatch center run my phone number and they revealed my full name, age, etc. Is this legal? If it is illegal am I supposed to do anything about it or just block her and move on? It really creeps me out. Assistant: According to a LE friend, running someone is a felony if it's not done for official police use.	Human: Was talking to a girl on tinder and she had her friends at a dispatch center run my phone number and they revealed my full name, age, etc. Is this legal? (CO) I was talking to a girl on tinder and she had her friends at a dispatch center run my phone number and they revealed my full name, age, etc. Is this legal? If it is illegal am I supposed to do anything about it or just block her and move on? It really creeps me out. Assistant: Former cop here. At minimum, this is 100% against any internal policy her agency will have. Probably also against state code. If this actually happened, she'll be suspended pending an investigation, then fired. Not sure how you're going to find the friend or who she works for, but...	0.087549
Human: META] Grain Free Dog Food and DCM Risk We have been getting a lot of questions regarding this issue, so here is an overview of what we currently know and recommend: * [There have been credible reports that feeding grain free dog food is linked to an increased risk of DCM, which is a potentially fatal heart disease. * The empirical data show a clear DCM risk increase associated with grain free dog food. Therefore, the current best evidence-based recommendation is to not feed grain free dog food until further notice. * Anything related to the exact mechanism that causes DCM is speculation at this point. What we know is that "grain free" is the best predictor of DCM risk, which is what matters in practice at the moment. * There has been a lot of "manufactured controversy" trying to distract owners from this basic fact, which should be ignored: We don't need to understand the mechanism behind the effect in order to observe that the effect is real. * If you feed a grain-free food on the FDA list, the recommendation is to switch foods gradually over a few days as with any other food switch in order to avoid GI upset. * Please check our FAQ and side bar for plenty of science-based resources on how to choose a good dog food. As mentioned above, the FDA has now also released a list of affected foods. Ordered by the highest to the lowest number of DCM cases, they are: * Acana * Zignature * Taste of the Wild * 4Health * Earthborn Holistic * Blue Buffalo * Nature’s Domain * Fromm * Merrick * California Natural * Natural Balance * Orijen * Nature’s Variety * NutriSource * Nutro * Rachael Ray Nutrish Assistant: Question - if a dog is eating a non-grain-free variety of one of the named brands, is that still considered safe? Neither of mine are, but I’ve been hearing a lot of different things.	Human: META] Grain Free Dog Food and DCM Risk We have been getting a lot of questions regarding this issue, so here is an overview of what we currently know and recommend: * [There have been credible reports that feeding grain free dog food is linked to an increased risk of DCM, which is a potentially fatal heart disease. * The empirical data show a clear DCM risk increase associated with grain free dog food. Therefore, the current best evidence-based recommendation is to not feed grain free dog food until further notice. * Anything related to the exact mechanism that causes DCM is speculation at this point. What we know is that "grain free" is the best predictor of DCM risk, which is what matters in practice at the moment. * There has been a lot of "manufactured controversy" trying to distract owners from this basic fact, which should be ignored: We don't need to understand the mechanism behind the effect in order to observe that the effect is real. * If you feed a grain-free food on the FDA list, the recommendation is to switch foods gradually over a few days as with any other food switch in order to avoid GI upset. * Please check our FAQ and side bar for plenty of science-based resources on how to choose a good dog food. As mentioned above, the FDA has now also released a list of affected foods. Ordered by the highest to the lowest number of DCM cases, they are: * Acana * Zignature * Taste of the Wild * 4Health * Earthborn Holistic * Blue Buffalo * Nature’s Domain * Fromm * Merrick * California Natural * Natural Balance * Orijen * Nature’s Variety * NutriSource * Nutro * Rachael Ray Nutrish Assistant: I have just switched my dog from TOTW that she's been on for 2 years to Purina Pro Plan. Planning on getting an echo soon. Dog is 12 and no visible symptoms.	0.824617
Human: [DC] How does Bruce Wayne explain why he takes in so many kids? Do pepole just think that it's do to Bruce's childhood trauma or do people think that he's a degenerate but don't care because he's rich? Assistant: Bruce Wayne is a billionaire in Gotham. He could probably get away with adopting two a week and using them for bizarre scientific experimentation, to run some squid games, or whatever he wanted without anyone in power even noticing it.	Human: [DC] How does Bruce Wayne explain why he takes in so many kids? Do pepole just think that it's do to Bruce's childhood trauma or do people think that he's a degenerate but don't care because he's rich? Assistant: Yes, mainly the childhood trauma. He very publicly donates to a lot of causes meant to help orphans and he takes them in. It's a matter of public record that Thomas and Martha Wayne were murdered when he was a kid and he became an orphan, so it's not surprising to the public that Bruce Wayne has a soft spot for orphans.	0.584277