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Human: [Star Wars] If Aanakin lived at the end of RotJ, re-embraced the light side of the Force, and had access to any technology, how well could his body be healed? Assistant: Part of the reason he died in the end was probably embracing the light in the first place. Palpatine's lightning must've dealt a serious blow to his life support, but it's established by now that Vader can survive with a busted suit when he needs to. It's also pretty much confirmed by canon that Dark Side users are far more resilient in surviving mortal injuries as opposed to Jedi. So, its more than likely it wasn't the suit but the dark side itself that was keeping him alive.	Human: [Star Wars] If Aanakin lived at the end of RotJ, re-embraced the light side of the Force, and had access to any technology, how well could his body be healed? Assistant: It's hard to say. Vader wanted to be in pain so he didn't go after everything he could. If he got lightside powers though things could be interesting. If we go to legends, Luke recovered from losing most of a lung after fighting Aboleth. The healing trances+bacta are no joke. I'd say he could recover pretty well.	0.778133
Human: Where do I start with the most simple kind of engineering? I have looked around, but I cannot for the life of me find a resource for this. I am sorry if I come off as not knowing anything (because I really don't know.) I own a 3d printer and do woodworking and I am only interested in designing the most simple devices that require no electricity, motors or anything like that, just things that require the use of force from an individual. For example sliding stuff, ways(complicated or not) to make the parts move, gears all that jazz. My question is: What are some resources( books, courses) that teach this bare kind of stuff, principles? Yes, I don't know what I am talking about. This engineering stuff is so vast and overwhelming and I really don't know where to start or even the names of the stuff to even do google searches. (I'm not an english speaking citizen so I am not familiar the naming.) Assistant: Shigleys Mechanical Engineering Design is my favorite textbook	Human: Where do I start with the most simple kind of engineering? I have looked around, but I cannot for the life of me find a resource for this. I am sorry if I come off as not knowing anything (because I really don't know.) I own a 3d printer and do woodworking and I am only interested in designing the most simple devices that require no electricity, motors or anything like that, just things that require the use of force from an individual. For example sliding stuff, ways(complicated or not) to make the parts move, gears all that jazz. My question is: What are some resources( books, courses) that teach this bare kind of stuff, principles? Yes, I don't know what I am talking about. This engineering stuff is so vast and overwhelming and I really don't know where to start or even the names of the stuff to even do google searches. (I'm not an english speaking citizen so I am not familiar the naming.) Assistant: The simpleist is just trig, after that, statics is the study of fixed objects, so frames, connections, supports and forces would all be covered. There's a great series of books called "Engineering Mechanics Statics" that my school used by RC Hibbeler, highly recommend it. If later you want to get into motors and things that move you can look into mechanics, if you want to go away from the smaller scale and into larger scale projects, I'd start looking into structural analysis.	-0.268115
Human: Sister being followed by a drone, need advice for documenting and reporting My sister who lives next door to me on shared family property. She has noticed that every morning when she leaves for work a large drone lifts off from near our property line and follows her to work or anywhere else she goes. Her work is 15 or so miles away, ans irs followed her as much as 40 miles once. Others have seen it too, so it's not in her head. It only follows her, not her spouse, our mother nor me and my husband. She's tried looking for apparently that will show any drones flying nearby so she can track it. But all we've found are for tracking your own drones or ones meant for business security. I've suggested she try affixing a trail cam to her vehicle. Any other suggestions on how we can capture evidence of this harassment? She believes a member of the local police may be involved, so she is afraid to report it to them. Who then would we report it to? We are in an unincorporated area, so would state police have jurisdiction? We are in Louisiana. We appreciate any advice you may have ro give. Assistant: There are very few if any consumer drones that have a range capable of flying 15, much less 40 miles.	Human: Sister being followed by a drone, need advice for documenting and reporting My sister who lives next door to me on shared family property. She has noticed that every morning when she leaves for work a large drone lifts off from near our property line and follows her to work or anywhere else she goes. Her work is 15 or so miles away, ans irs followed her as much as 40 miles once. Others have seen it too, so it's not in her head. It only follows her, not her spouse, our mother nor me and my husband. She's tried looking for apparently that will show any drones flying nearby so she can track it. But all we've found are for tracking your own drones or ones meant for business security. I've suggested she try affixing a trail cam to her vehicle. Any other suggestions on how we can capture evidence of this harassment? She believes a member of the local police may be involved, so she is afraid to report it to them. Who then would we report it to? We are in an unincorporated area, so would state police have jurisdiction? We are in Louisiana. We appreciate any advice you may have ro give. Assistant: She should have a mechanic put her vehicle on a lift and check for a tracking device.	0.771852
Human: Promised a sign-on bonus with a signed agreement, then tells me I’m not eligible? [MI] I started a salaried job a little over a month ago and during my onboarding I was told I would get a sign-on bonus that would be broken up in payments starting with the first 30 days. I emailed HR after the 30 days to check if I will still be receiving my bonus (on my upcoming paycheck) and was told she checked with corporate and I would not be eligible for a bonus. She did not notify me of this at all until I had asked her. I also had a signed agreement that had my signature, HR’s signature, and my supervisor’s signature. I ended up asking my supervisor about it as I had forgot she had signed it too. Turns out, she was not aware of any kind of agreement and that signature was written without her permission. I was able to contact my HR’s boss, and was told that it was a mistake. My supervisor told me she also talked to the HR’s boss and nothing had come from it. They only acknowledged that they did not go about it the right away and will make sure this does not happen again. I don’t even care about the bonus. I wasn’t expecting it. It’s not my problem that I was promised something (WITH a signed agreement) without them even verifying if it was applicable to me. My question is, what can I do going forward? I’m a little concerned about the signature forgery on my supervisor’s behalf, but I do not believe she would take any action against them at this time. Assistant: I would suggest sending an email to all involved parties and any relevant supervisors/managers and say something to the effect of - "I ask that the sign-on bonus agreement be honored per our conversation and documentation during my onboarding on XX date with X and Y. I have a signed copy of the document if needed." And then start looking for a new job because they're already doing you dirty.	Human: Promised a sign-on bonus with a signed agreement, then tells me I’m not eligible? [MI] I started a salaried job a little over a month ago and during my onboarding I was told I would get a sign-on bonus that would be broken up in payments starting with the first 30 days. I emailed HR after the 30 days to check if I will still be receiving my bonus (on my upcoming paycheck) and was told she checked with corporate and I would not be eligible for a bonus. She did not notify me of this at all until I had asked her. I also had a signed agreement that had my signature, HR’s signature, and my supervisor’s signature. I ended up asking my supervisor about it as I had forgot she had signed it too. Turns out, she was not aware of any kind of agreement and that signature was written without her permission. I was able to contact my HR’s boss, and was told that it was a mistake. My supervisor told me she also talked to the HR’s boss and nothing had come from it. They only acknowledged that they did not go about it the right away and will make sure this does not happen again. I don’t even care about the bonus. I wasn’t expecting it. It’s not my problem that I was promised something (WITH a signed agreement) without them even verifying if it was applicable to me. My question is, what can I do going forward? I’m a little concerned about the signature forgery on my supervisor’s behalf, but I do not believe she would take any action against them at this time. Assistant: I would just start looking because I can't trust them and they are incompetent by promising things that give you or lying. They can't just say: Upsii	0.200435
Human: Explain like I'm five years old: Why does putting one foot out from under the blankets bring so much relief of heat while laying in bed? Assistant: People talking about heat transfer at your foot, but I think the bigger affect is how when you stick your foot out, you've created an opening in the blanket that allows warm out to leave and for cooler air to enter.	Human: Explain like I'm five years old: Why does putting one foot out from under the blankets bring so much relief of heat while laying in bed? Assistant: If you look at your foot, you can see more veins near the surface of the skin than you would if you look at your lower leg because there is far less fat or muscle. With all those blood vessels near the surface of the skin to help transfer heat/cool between the blood and skin surface, feet are great temperature regulators.	0.77756
Human: Explain like I'm five years old: How did lance armstrong not get caught for doping for so many years? If its that hard to get caught then should we be worried about other althletes? Assistant: There is a very good documentary on Netflix called Icarus. Goes in depth on doping and how easy it is to.circumvent testing. It focuses primarily on the state sponsored doping program in Russia for the Olympics but it applies for cycling as well. At the end of the day Armstrong never got caught via testing. He got caught because he treated people very poorly and people narc'd him out.	Human: Explain like I'm five years old: How did lance armstrong not get caught for doping for so many years? If its that hard to get caught then should we be worried about other althletes? Assistant: Doping is found in every elite sport. The guys who win all the medals and championships are just the ones who haven't been caught.	0.405807
Human: Wasn't paying attention and added too much flour to my cookies. How can I fix my dough? So instead of adding 2 1/4 cups of flour. I added 2 1/2 cups. I just grabbed the wrong scope and didn't notice till I was loading the dish washer. Dough is in the fridge as I'm not baking till tomorrow but wanted the dough ready. Is there anything I can do or will they still be ok ? Thanks ! Assistant: Should be negligible. Might be a tiny bit dryer so they might not spread as well/or you could have them cooking a minute or so quicker than the recipe indicates. Do a single cookie on a full tray so you can see how a full batch would do and tweek your temperature/duration as you see fit.	Human: Wasn't paying attention and added too much flour to my cookies. How can I fix my dough? So instead of adding 2 1/4 cups of flour. I added 2 1/2 cups. I just grabbed the wrong scope and didn't notice till I was loading the dish washer. Dough is in the fridge as I'm not baking till tomorrow but wanted the dough ready. Is there anything I can do or will they still be ok ? Thanks ! Assistant: Don’t panic. This isn’t actually a problem. Is it different? Yes. Will they be exactly the same? No. Will they still be really tasty? Yes. The 1/4c shouldn’t effect the dough that much. It will make your cookies not spread out as much, slightly lessen the sweetness (which I find really nice), and it might be a bit more floury. Do a test batch of one or two to figure out how they will bake and you should be good to go. Good luck and you can do this!	0.4983
Human: CMV: Once your children are all going to secondary/ high school and you don't work, you aren't a stay at home parent you just don't work Not judging them not working, if they dont want or have to then fine. But dont give me the I'm a full time parent it's a job line when for 6+ hours a day your kids are being looked after by someone else. I feel like a lot of people who say that they have to do all the housework ignore the fact that everyone else also has to do their housework as well as working. I respect it's more work cooking and cleaning for a family than one person, but not that much more. I get young kids you have to get dressed and supervise in the evenings, but once you have 12+ year olds all you are doing is cooking a meal a day and maybe washing their clothes for them or driving to social events, that isnt harder than an 8+ hour working day plus commute then still cooking and washing for yourself. CMV, what am I missing? Assistant: The biggest flaw in your argument is that normal people do 40 hours of work a week. Sure most worker are at work for at least for 40 hours a week but, in my experience most people are not productive. They actually do 4 hours of work that they stretch over 8 hours. Between cleaning, cooking, and taking care of the children’s needs a “ stay at home” parent easily puts in 20 productive hours.	Human: CMV: Once your children are all going to secondary/ high school and you don't work, you aren't a stay at home parent you just don't work Not judging them not working, if they dont want or have to then fine. But dont give me the I'm a full time parent it's a job line when for 6+ hours a day your kids are being looked after by someone else. I feel like a lot of people who say that they have to do all the housework ignore the fact that everyone else also has to do their housework as well as working. I respect it's more work cooking and cleaning for a family than one person, but not that much more. I get young kids you have to get dressed and supervise in the evenings, but once you have 12+ year olds all you are doing is cooking a meal a day and maybe washing their clothes for them or driving to social events, that isnt harder than an 8+ hour working day plus commute then still cooking and washing for yourself. CMV, what am I missing? Assistant: The term you may be looking for is 'home-maker'. When a stay at home parent's kids grow up, they remain a home-maker and still do cook, clean and manage the household for the person who goes to work.	0.775614
Human: How do people subscribed to Science and Nature find the time and energy to read all the papers not on their topic? I'm a PhD student in a Biology department, and I specialize in molecular biology and biochemistry so I feel like I'm the target audience for these journals, but I can only get through the first half easily. How the hell do people read the second half on a regular basis every week? It takes me several hours to get through a paper on a topic that I'm not familiar with. And people are definitely reading them, the department delivers them every week to people who have subscribed, and there's quite a few. Mine are just piling up and I am honestly considering tossing them since the new ones are constantly coming in and by the time I read through the backlog they will be irrelevant anyway. Assistant: I PREFER the papers not from my field!!!	Human: How do people subscribed to Science and Nature find the time and energy to read all the papers not on their topic? I'm a PhD student in a Biology department, and I specialize in molecular biology and biochemistry so I feel like I'm the target audience for these journals, but I can only get through the first half easily. How the hell do people read the second half on a regular basis every week? It takes me several hours to get through a paper on a topic that I'm not familiar with. And people are definitely reading them, the department delivers them every week to people who have subscribed, and there's quite a few. Mine are just piling up and I am honestly considering tossing them since the new ones are constantly coming in and by the time I read through the backlog they will be irrelevant anyway. Assistant: They don't. Grab a subscription to a journal focusing on your field (broadly or narrowly) and try to read the papers relevant to your subfield and interests. There is too much science being published in our own subfields to keep up with, let alone others. The news and commentary articles are good to peruse in Nature/Science though.	0.128414
Human: How difficult would it be to put a Tesla (or other EV) drive system into an old classic car frame? Riding the train the other day I started daydreaming about getting an old Checker Cab and converting it from gas to full electric with all of the concomitant bells and whistles (displays, controls, etc.) that go with it. I'm curious as to how feasible such a project would be and what kind of modifications would be necessary to the old chassis. Assistant: How difficult it would be is directly proportionate to your fabrication skills and knowledge/experience, or how much money you're willing to spend. Could range from improssibru to e-z-p-z.	Human: How difficult would it be to put a Tesla (or other EV) drive system into an old classic car frame? Riding the train the other day I started daydreaming about getting an old Checker Cab and converting it from gas to full electric with all of the concomitant bells and whistles (displays, controls, etc.) that go with it. I'm curious as to how feasible such a project would be and what kind of modifications would be necessary to the old chassis. Assistant: https://youtu.be/nF0fNkL886c?t=265 The most complicated part is not the fabrication, it's the electronics. This guy has a few videos on his Teslonda	0.733974
Human: Weekly Discussion/General Questions Thread - October 14, 2019 This is a weekly general discussion and general questions thread for the AskDocs community to discuss medicine, health, careers in medicine, etc. Here you have the opportunity to communicate with AskDocs' doctors, medical professionals and general community even if you do not have a specific medical question! You can also use this as a meta thread for the subreddit, giving feedback on changes to the subreddit, suggestions for new features, etc. What can I post here? - General health questions that do not require demographic information - Comments regarding recent medical news - Questions about careers in medicine - AMA-style questions for medical professionals to answer - Feedback and suggestions for the /r/AskDocs subreddit You may NOT post your medical questions from the subreddit in this thread. Report any and all comments that are in violation of our rules so the mod team can evaluate and remove them. Assistant: Can a person be a rapid metabolizer of some drugs and a poor metabolizer of others?	Human: Weekly Discussion/General Questions Thread - October 14, 2019 This is a weekly general discussion and general questions thread for the AskDocs community to discuss medicine, health, careers in medicine, etc. Here you have the opportunity to communicate with AskDocs' doctors, medical professionals and general community even if you do not have a specific medical question! You can also use this as a meta thread for the subreddit, giving feedback on changes to the subreddit, suggestions for new features, etc. What can I post here? - General health questions that do not require demographic information - Comments regarding recent medical news - Questions about careers in medicine - AMA-style questions for medical professionals to answer - Feedback and suggestions for the /r/AskDocs subreddit You may NOT post your medical questions from the subreddit in this thread. Report any and all comments that are in violation of our rules so the mod team can evaluate and remove them. Assistant: How effective is this years flu shot? I haven’t gotten a flu shot since I was maybe 10, I am now 21. Is it too late to get my flu shot?	0.555364
Human: My FIL left a subsistential amount of money in a irrevocable trust fund, now the financial institution that is trustee is losing it all in investments This started out at close to almost a three-quarters of a million dollars over 7 years ago and it is dwindled down to less than $75,000. Is there any legal action we can take to get all monies distributed immediately? The will specifies that my husband will receive the full amount at age 63, but by then we are afraid it will be emptied. The institution is Simmons Bank who bought it from a different financial institution. Assistant: Lawyer time. Sure this year investments have lost money but before this, but in the 6 years before that the market has done well. No way is it acceptable to have lost 90% whether it be due to fees or bad investments. I wouldn't just be asking for a disbursement, I would be threatening suit.	Human: My FIL left a subsistential amount of money in a irrevocable trust fund, now the financial institution that is trustee is losing it all in investments This started out at close to almost a three-quarters of a million dollars over 7 years ago and it is dwindled down to less than $75,000. Is there any legal action we can take to get all monies distributed immediately? The will specifies that my husband will receive the full amount at age 63, but by then we are afraid it will be emptied. The institution is Simmons Bank who bought it from a different financial institution. Assistant: You should be able to ask for a full accounting too. Might be useful to estimate where the money has gone too. What is their management fee, what other fees, and what payments have the beneficiaries been getting for example. Also trusts this small probably have very high fees.	0.467459
Human: Are there any interesting examples of cultures that settled on anything other than 3 meals a day? Are there cultures which, as their standard way-of-life ate 1 or 2 meals a day? Or perhaps 4 or 5? I'm particularly interested in if this was the 'norm' for regular people (ie not a few rich people eating first breakfast, second breakfast, elevenses, lunch, tea, high tea and supper with perhaps a tiffin thrown in as well). Assistant: There is a tradition in Hong Kong to eat 4-5 times a day (breakfast, lunch at noon, afternoon tea at 3 PM, dinner, and night snack or siu yeh after 10 PM).	Human: Are there any interesting examples of cultures that settled on anything other than 3 meals a day? Are there cultures which, as their standard way-of-life ate 1 or 2 meals a day? Or perhaps 4 or 5? I'm particularly interested in if this was the 'norm' for regular people (ie not a few rich people eating first breakfast, second breakfast, elevenses, lunch, tea, high tea and supper with perhaps a tiffin thrown in as well). Assistant: They still eat three meals but when I was in the north of Chili a few years ago, we always had a hot meal for lunch and 'tecito' (a meal consisting of bread and a cup of tea on the side) in the evening. When I asked them about 'cena' (meaning dinner) they told me only rich people had those.	0.626362
Human: Academics of reddit, what are the dirty secrets of your disciplines ? I 'll start: Computational Biologist here. Everyone talks how -omics technologies is the biggest thing to happen in science. You know what, this data is so damn noisy especially in e.g. whole blood of patients, that are not applicable everywhere, like people like to claim. The studies published is probably a very small subset of what people have tried before reaching positive results. Assistant: While part-time faculty are working for a low wage without benefits, academic librarians are purchasing multiple e-journal subscriptions for journals they already own (tens of thousands of dollars each) because the different packages are too complicated to analyze.	Human: Academics of reddit, what are the dirty secrets of your disciplines ? I 'll start: Computational Biologist here. Everyone talks how -omics technologies is the biggest thing to happen in science. You know what, this data is so damn noisy especially in e.g. whole blood of patients, that are not applicable everywhere, like people like to claim. The studies published is probably a very small subset of what people have tried before reaching positive results. Assistant: Every field but education: They all pretend that they're experts in how to teach their field of study, despite never having taken a single course or read anything on pedagogy, assessment of learning or anything education related. And they'll scream their heads off if anyone tries to tell them differently. But if a biologist insisted they were experts in quantitative analysis without ever studied mathematics or statistics, people would call them an idiot.	0.776412
Human: Explain like I'm five years old: How do companies such as Arm & Hammer make a profit off of baking soda when sodium bicarbonate is the only ingredient in a non-proprietary formula with off-brands offering the same product, cheaper? Assistant: I worked at an Arm & Hammer factory where they bottled laundry detergent. They would run a batch of the name brand stuff and then a batch of the cheap stuff. Same machine, same ingredients. Different bottle, different price. They have both markets cornered because they are their own competition.	Human: Explain like I'm five years old: How do companies such as Arm & Hammer make a profit off of baking soda when sodium bicarbonate is the only ingredient in a non-proprietary formula with off-brands offering the same product, cheaper? Assistant: brand loyalty perceived quality They make a few of the "off brands" etc	0.666144
Human: Help us fight for net neutrality! The ability to browse the internet is at risk. The FCC preparing to remove net neutrality. This will allow internet service providers to change how they allow access to websites. AskScience and every other site on the internet is put in risk if net neutrality is removed. Help us fight! https://www.battleforthenet.com/ Assistant: It's time to stand up (litterally) against this. They can ignore our emails, but they can't ignore a crowd at their front door. Come join us at /r/DC_FCC_Protest/ and take part in the protest the day before the vote.	Human: Help us fight for net neutrality! The ability to browse the internet is at risk. The FCC preparing to remove net neutrality. This will allow internet service providers to change how they allow access to websites. AskScience and every other site on the internet is put in risk if net neutrality is removed. Help us fight! https://www.battleforthenet.com/ Assistant: I tried calling but his mailbox was full. I'm extremely proud of you reddit,I cant believe this many people are telling the FCC Chairman this.	0.558367
Human: Accidentally used white wine vinegar instead of white vinegar in my Birria Tacos. What can I expect? I feel dumb. I was blending up my peppers with an onion, garlic, black pepper, oregano, cumin, etc - then added 5 tablespoons of WWV instead of WV. I’ve never had Birria before… how different is this going to taste? Do I start over? Assistant: You can expect it to not be a problem and turn out great. White wine vinegar is just a tad milder and has some very subtle fruity flavors that plain white vinegar doesn’t. But with all the really strong flavors in birria and the fact that you’re going to be cooking it away for hours, I doubt anyone with even the most refined palate could spot the difference between the two vinegars in the final dish.	Human: Accidentally used white wine vinegar instead of white vinegar in my Birria Tacos. What can I expect? I feel dumb. I was blending up my peppers with an onion, garlic, black pepper, oregano, cumin, etc - then added 5 tablespoons of WWV instead of WV. I’ve never had Birria before… how different is this going to taste? Do I start over? Assistant: That's not a big difference.	-0.122546
Human: Can I re-use pressure cooker liquid as a marinade later? I pressure cooked some chuck roast in a liquid of some blended ancho and guajillo peppers, beef boullion, and various other things (spices, garlic, onion, tomato, etc). I have a lot of liquid left over along with some little bits of beef, and it's pretty tasty stuff. My instinct is that I could refrigerate this and in the next couple days use it as a marinade for maybe some chicken thigh or something. Or maybe even use it again for another pressure cooker roast. Is this a good idea, or does this stuff go bad super quick, or what? Assistant: Meat/Bones + Herbs/Aromatics + Water + boiling = Stock. Every great meal has some stock in it somewhere.	Human: Can I re-use pressure cooker liquid as a marinade later? I pressure cooked some chuck roast in a liquid of some blended ancho and guajillo peppers, beef boullion, and various other things (spices, garlic, onion, tomato, etc). I have a lot of liquid left over along with some little bits of beef, and it's pretty tasty stuff. My instinct is that I could refrigerate this and in the next couple days use it as a marinade for maybe some chicken thigh or something. Or maybe even use it again for another pressure cooker roast. Is this a good idea, or does this stuff go bad super quick, or what? Assistant: I make carnitas in my instant pot. I've been using the same "stock" for over a year.	0.154516
Human: Searching for a video explaining why blemished fruits and vegetables are safe to eat. I teach science-driven cooking to teens and tweens. I've noticed in my in-person classes that the students have an extreme aversion to blemished produce. Almost phobia level. I've explained what bruising is, demonstrated how to cut away imperfections, and eaten flawed specimens right in front of them, but they're still not convinced. I'm looking for a brief video that explains why blemished produce is okay to eat and cook with, preferably from a science perspective. Most of what I've found is about global food waste, the plight of the farmer, or ending world hunger. It's all good stuff, but not what I need right now. These are kind, thoughtful kids, and I'm sure if I can just convince them that they won't get sick, they'll quit throwing away entire strawberries and bell peppers because of small imperfections. Assistant: One more type of blemish to help them learn: various fruits and vegetables sometimes get little brown, almost crusty (not mushy) patches or streaks. This is not a bruise, it's called "wind scarring", caused when the wind blows the fruit into a nearby branch which rubs into the skin. The skin heals and looks a bit crusty... But this can readily be cut out in the food prep.	Human: Searching for a video explaining why blemished fruits and vegetables are safe to eat. I teach science-driven cooking to teens and tweens. I've noticed in my in-person classes that the students have an extreme aversion to blemished produce. Almost phobia level. I've explained what bruising is, demonstrated how to cut away imperfections, and eaten flawed specimens right in front of them, but they're still not convinced. I'm looking for a brief video that explains why blemished produce is okay to eat and cook with, preferably from a science perspective. Most of what I've found is about global food waste, the plight of the farmer, or ending world hunger. It's all good stuff, but not what I need right now. These are kind, thoughtful kids, and I'm sure if I can just convince them that they won't get sick, they'll quit throwing away entire strawberries and bell peppers because of small imperfections. Assistant: https://www.woolworths.com.au/shop/discover/our-brands/the-odd-bunch Google also comes up with some cute videos from their campaign.	-0.106453
Human: why are bolts designed so that the shaft fails before the thread? I read that bolts in tension are designed so that the shaft fails before the threads. I would have expected that the threads stripping would be a slower failure(?) and therefore someone could notice the problem before full catastrophic failure, and so that would be the preferred way for them to fail, so just looking for some insight into the reasoning behind this. Bonus: I also read that the female thread is typically stronger than the male thread. Is this by design or just due to the inherent geometry of an internal thread being naturally stronger? Info comes from here but doesn't give reasoning behind it: https://roymech.org/Useful_Tables/Screws/Thread_Calcs.html I didn't have any luck finding an answer on Google because I get flooded with results like "why do bolts fail" in more general terms. Thanks! Assistant: I've over torqued and popped the heads off a few bolts. Then I removed the rest of the bolt and was more careful putting in the replacement. If the threads failed instead I would have had to replace the more expensive female threaded part instead of the cheap bolt. Even if the female threads were fully intact extracting a bolt with deformed threads would be borderline impossible.	Human: why are bolts designed so that the shaft fails before the thread? I read that bolts in tension are designed so that the shaft fails before the threads. I would have expected that the threads stripping would be a slower failure(?) and therefore someone could notice the problem before full catastrophic failure, and so that would be the preferred way for them to fail, so just looking for some insight into the reasoning behind this. Bonus: I also read that the female thread is typically stronger than the male thread. Is this by design or just due to the inherent geometry of an internal thread being naturally stronger? Info comes from here but doesn't give reasoning behind it: https://roymech.org/Useful_Tables/Screws/Thread_Calcs.html I didn't have any luck finding an answer on Google because I get flooded with results like "why do bolts fail" in more general terms. Thanks! Assistant: NASA has a great resource about fastener theory if you're curious about the 'why' behind a lot of things: https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19900009424/downloads/19900009424.pdf	0.367524
Human: What do you thing about pot and grad school ? I was discussing with a friend yesterday telling me that he enjoyed pot a lot more than alcohol (which has bad collateral effects on him). He smokes pot for relaxing mainly. I was thinking, with the high level of stress in academia, instead of alcohol, what do you think of using pot from time to time to relax ? I'm not a smoker myself and am mainly wary of the negative cognitive effects on the long term and of developing an addiction to the feeling. (FYI : Pot is legal where I live). Any experience ? Thanks Assistant: I smoked nearly every day throughout my Master's and PhD, but always at night and always when the day's work was finished. Worked wonders to help me unwind at the end of the day and honestly I think I was better off than a lot of my peers, most of which seemed incapable of 'punching out' and relaxing and probably suffered unnecessarily because of it.	Human: What do you thing about pot and grad school ? I was discussing with a friend yesterday telling me that he enjoyed pot a lot more than alcohol (which has bad collateral effects on him). He smokes pot for relaxing mainly. I was thinking, with the high level of stress in academia, instead of alcohol, what do you think of using pot from time to time to relax ? I'm not a smoker myself and am mainly wary of the negative cognitive effects on the long term and of developing an addiction to the feeling. (FYI : Pot is legal where I live). Any experience ? Thanks Assistant: Well, it has negative effects over time, as any drug does on the body. But cannabis is a lot better for you than alcohol. As with anything i'd just say use in moderation. Maybe give it a go once a week when you want to truly unwind. I'd also recommend edibles rather than smoking, so you don't ruin your lungs.	0.726062
Human: What kind of Engineer are you? For how long? What is your salary? Assistant: Civil engineer (PE) for a county road Dept in a rural area. 10 years now. $62k	Human: What kind of Engineer are you? For how long? What is your salary? Assistant: Welding, 17 years, $104k	0.658876
Human: Boss constantly touches/chokes/body checks me. Others who report similar behavior to HR have been fired. NJ: I am an adult male and my boss (male, few years older) consistently touches me in front of dozens of other people in a professional office setting. He has put me in a headlock, he often grabs my shoulders or neck and shakes me, he tousles my hair, he often hipchecks me when I’m standing at someone else’s desk. I’ve told him to stop but that makes it worse. Other people have complained to HR and been fired for this exact complaint, so I feel like I have no recourse there. On top of that he is a blatant racist and sexist, and says shit out loud in the office that I wouldn’t even say to my friends at the bar. Should I get a hidden camera on my desk and present footage to him or to HR? or try the HR route myself? Should I just talk to him first and then get a camera? Not sure what the best path forward is. Interested to hear your thoughts. Assistant: I do want to say that if you go the audio recording route, make sure you reiterate what happened out loud when you address it. "Boss, I told you, don't do that." is weaker than "Boss, I told you, I don't like when you shoulder check me. I need you to stop." That way, there's no ambiguity as to the behavior that occured and the one that you're addressing.	Human: Boss constantly touches/chokes/body checks me. Others who report similar behavior to HR have been fired. NJ: I am an adult male and my boss (male, few years older) consistently touches me in front of dozens of other people in a professional office setting. He has put me in a headlock, he often grabs my shoulders or neck and shakes me, he tousles my hair, he often hipchecks me when I’m standing at someone else’s desk. I’ve told him to stop but that makes it worse. Other people have complained to HR and been fired for this exact complaint, so I feel like I have no recourse there. On top of that he is a blatant racist and sexist, and says shit out loud in the office that I wouldn’t even say to my friends at the bar. Should I get a hidden camera on my desk and present footage to him or to HR? or try the HR route myself? Should I just talk to him first and then get a camera? Not sure what the best path forward is. Interested to hear your thoughts. Assistant: Grabbing shoulders/hip checking/hair touseling is one thing, but anything involving choking is extremely dangerous. I would report it to the cops. Has anyone reported the racist or sexist language to HR? If so and nothing was done, filing an EEO complaint is the next step. https://www.eeoc.gov/employees/charge.cfm	0.774928
Human: Does anything have the opposite effect on vocal cords that helium does? I don't know the science directly on how helium causes our voice to emit higher tones, however I was just curious if there was something that created the opposite effect, by resulting in our vocal cords emitting the lower tones. Assistant: Show's not everyone's cup of tea but there is an episode of Impractical Jokers where Murr's punishment is to give a speech at a tech conference. He has to inhale either helium or SF6 (or something very similar) on command. He sounds completely ridiculous and it's great. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIOVTQMc9qs edit: a word	Human: Does anything have the opposite effect on vocal cords that helium does? I don't know the science directly on how helium causes our voice to emit higher tones, however I was just curious if there was something that created the opposite effect, by resulting in our vocal cords emitting the lower tones. Assistant: Sulfur hexafluoride. But be careful. Helium is constantly trying to escape out of you by going UP. Sulfur Hexafluoride does the same thing except tries to go down. Which means it fills your lungs when you breathe it in, and it SITS there. Which displaces the oxygen. Deep breaths, strong and deep exhales to clear it out, and don't let it sit for too long. Edit: codyslab and thekingofrandom did this independently. I've genuinely NO idea what SODIUM hexafluoride is...	0.731494
Human: How to stay sustainable while baking? I could find a similar thread here, but maybe I just didn't look hard enough. I love baking, but I feel kind of guilty when I bake too much. Heating up the oven uses a lot of energy, cleaning up afterwards uses lots of water, and sometimes I need to use animal products or one-use equipment such as parchment paper. I'd love to bake more and improve as a baker, but my impact on the environment prevents me from doing so. The question is - how can I be more sustainable while baking (and working in the kitchen in general)? Give me every tip you have. Personally I try to use reusable parchment paper or re-use regular one until it gets too dirty, and I try to bake a few things at a time when it's possible. My father said we are going to get solar panels soon, so I'm looking forward to that. Assistant: How about keep doing all of these things but never take a transcontinental flight again. I’m pretty sure the environmental impact of these activities are negligible, I really wouldn’t lose sleep over this or give up something you love. The amount of waste a manufacturing facility creates in a day makes the sum of all of these activities over your entire lifetime small. https://footprint.wwf.org.uk/#/questionnaire Maybe this will give some perspective?	Human: How to stay sustainable while baking? I could find a similar thread here, but maybe I just didn't look hard enough. I love baking, but I feel kind of guilty when I bake too much. Heating up the oven uses a lot of energy, cleaning up afterwards uses lots of water, and sometimes I need to use animal products or one-use equipment such as parchment paper. I'd love to bake more and improve as a baker, but my impact on the environment prevents me from doing so. The question is - how can I be more sustainable while baking (and working in the kitchen in general)? Give me every tip you have. Personally I try to use reusable parchment paper or re-use regular one until it gets too dirty, and I try to bake a few things at a time when it's possible. My father said we are going to get solar panels soon, so I'm looking forward to that. Assistant: I tend to freeze a lot of my baking. If you have a decent sized freezer, you could make up multiple batches of items and freeze them. Saves heating up the oven for a small item. Silicone mats are greats and practically last for ever. You can use those instead of baking paper. Reusable piping bags are good too. You simply wash & dry them and they’re good to go again. Freezing leftover buttercream/ganaches so they don’t go bad is a good option too.	0.754902
Human: [Marvel] Seriously, when Wolverine heals large chunks of his body, where does he get the extra mass from? I've heard people mention "meat space," a dimension made of meat that he can draw from. But, that's just a joke answer, right? How do you seriously explain Wolverine's healing power? Assistant: Meat from the Meat dimension, Blood from the Blood dimension	Human: [Marvel] Seriously, when Wolverine heals large chunks of his body, where does he get the extra mass from? I've heard people mention "meat space," a dimension made of meat that he can draw from. But, that's just a joke answer, right? How do you seriously explain Wolverine's healing power? Assistant: I would imagine he has pretty dense muscle mass and some of that migrates to the needed areas resulting in a full but lighter than normal wolverine that then needs to eat to replace it but does so much more efficiently with his survival ability so is quickly back up to normal weight. Also possibly he can photosynthesize in a pinch, plant matter is mostly made from air and water Those are the most sensible explanations i can come up with with conservation of matter	-0.275165
Human: Is it weird that we're born exactly in the era that we start to see the effect of dark energy? What if we're born sooner, we wouldn't know dark energy exists? And more advanced civilizations long before us wouldn't know it too? Assistant: More advanced civilizations would have ultimately discovered dark energy regardless. Even before entering the dark energy dominated era, it was still present and would have had measurable influences on our universe. Those measurments may have been more difficult to take than they are today, but not inherently impossible.	Human: Is it weird that we're born exactly in the era that we start to see the effect of dark energy? What if we're born sooner, we wouldn't know dark energy exists? And more advanced civilizations long before us wouldn't know it too? Assistant: No	0.096673
Human: Does keeping up with scheduled maintenance really predict car reliability? So often people want to hear about the 'common problems' and reliability of certain cars. People want to know if BMWs, Audis, Lexus, VW are reliable. Some people will mention the common issues but on the other hand you'll get a crowd that'll say "As long as you look after it you won't have many issues, like any car." I mean, maybe for preventable failures like ball joints, oil leaks (to an extent), timing belt snapping, transmissions and clutches slipping. You keep up with general maintenance like that, it can only get you so far. Some certain cars seem bound for failures such as CVT and DSG transmissions, BMW oil leaks and cooling system failures, excessive oil consumption, 90s/00s Subaru head gaskets, Audi timing chains, all the shit that happens with GM cars and genuine engineering flaws. It seems regular scheduled maintenance won't prevent any of that crap. I remember hearing some guy with a Holden/Chevrolet Captiva (known for countless issues) saying "I bought one and looked after it by keeping on top of maintenance and hadn't had problems." Surely that's just an outlier or BS? Regardless of how well you look after a car, some cars seem poorly engineered and will give you grief. Is this true? Assistant: Look at it this way..... If it's a poor design, it's going to fail. If you maintain it correctly... It'll last longer. If it's an amazing design and known for being a tank, and you do zero maintenance... It will fail sooner than it should.	Human: Does keeping up with scheduled maintenance really predict car reliability? So often people want to hear about the 'common problems' and reliability of certain cars. People want to know if BMWs, Audis, Lexus, VW are reliable. Some people will mention the common issues but on the other hand you'll get a crowd that'll say "As long as you look after it you won't have many issues, like any car." I mean, maybe for preventable failures like ball joints, oil leaks (to an extent), timing belt snapping, transmissions and clutches slipping. You keep up with general maintenance like that, it can only get you so far. Some certain cars seem bound for failures such as CVT and DSG transmissions, BMW oil leaks and cooling system failures, excessive oil consumption, 90s/00s Subaru head gaskets, Audi timing chains, all the shit that happens with GM cars and genuine engineering flaws. It seems regular scheduled maintenance won't prevent any of that crap. I remember hearing some guy with a Holden/Chevrolet Captiva (known for countless issues) saying "I bought one and looked after it by keeping on top of maintenance and hadn't had problems." Surely that's just an outlier or BS? Regardless of how well you look after a car, some cars seem poorly engineered and will give you grief. Is this true? Assistant: The difference between the top performing model and the next best is about 10 or 15%. So Toyotas, for example, may have a 3% failure rate and the Buicks may have a 13% failure rate.	0.773719
Human: has there yet been a combined heat and power or even just central heat system that uses a Nuclear reactor as the source of heat on a similar scale to something like the new your steam network or at least larger than heating a single campus? ive come references to concepts of using a nuclear reactor to provide heat to towns and city's but i haven't found any implementations of the concept anywhere Assistant: nuclear powered navy ships. carriers have 3 water/steam loops. first loop is used to cool the reactor. resulting steam goes into HX to turn water from second loop to steam. second loop steam is used to drive the propellors and drive turbines to create electricity. then it goes into a HX with third loop water to heat it up. hot water in third loop is used for general purpose (eg sink, shower, etc). edit: second loop is also used for the catapults to launch jets.	Human: has there yet been a combined heat and power or even just central heat system that uses a Nuclear reactor as the source of heat on a similar scale to something like the new your steam network or at least larger than heating a single campus? ive come references to concepts of using a nuclear reactor to provide heat to towns and city's but i haven't found any implementations of the concept anywhere Assistant: As a central heating system, one is under development in Finland at Lappeenrata university of technology. SMR LUT Other source, I did some simple analysis for the cooling down of the core as homework.	0.161898
Human: Suggestions to use up a whole lot of eggs? Hello! I bought a 30 egg carton to make an egg casserole to give to guests we were hosting, but got Covid and ended up not hosting them. I now have 30 eggs with no idea what to do with. If you have any recipe suggestions that require a lot of eggs or egg whites I would be grateful to hear! Assistant: Damn. 30 eggs is like 1 shopping trip for me. Depending on the quality of the eggs, they should last a while in the fridge.	Human: Suggestions to use up a whole lot of eggs? Hello! I bought a 30 egg carton to make an egg casserole to give to guests we were hosting, but got Covid and ended up not hosting them. I now have 30 eggs with no idea what to do with. If you have any recipe suggestions that require a lot of eggs or egg whites I would be grateful to hear! Assistant: Egg salad sandwich. Deviled eggs. A cake with Italian merengue buttercream icing. Key lime pie or lemon merengue pie. Merengue cookies. French toast casserole (my recipe uses eight eggs).	0.112935
Human: Dulce de leche from condensed milk. I'm describing 2 ways to make it and was wondering why should I be using the first one. I was looking into a recipe that uses dulce de leche. In it the author pours a can of condensed milk into a jar that is placed into an oven in a water bath. The process includes stirring it and changing the covering foil couple of times while in there. I have made Dulce se leche few times just by submerging the unopened can in a pot and boiling it around 4 hours. Is there a reason I should be using this first method? Which is way more labor intensive than the latter? Assistant: If you have a crock pot, just put the can in the crock pot, cover with water, and cook on low for 8 hours.	Human: Dulce de leche from condensed milk. I'm describing 2 ways to make it and was wondering why should I be using the first one. I was looking into a recipe that uses dulce de leche. In it the author pours a can of condensed milk into a jar that is placed into an oven in a water bath. The process includes stirring it and changing the covering foil couple of times while in there. I have made Dulce se leche few times just by submerging the unopened can in a pot and boiling it around 4 hours. Is there a reason I should be using this first method? Which is way more labor intensive than the latter? Assistant: That oven method was probably developed by someone who is terrified of the boil-the-whole-submerged-can method. Which I totally empathize with and is why I pay a premium for already prepared dulce de leche!	0.267933
Human: (Food History) How did Café du Monde become the standard coffee for Vietnamese coffee in the U.S.? I hope this is an appropriate place to ask a historical question rather than a cooking technique/ingredients question. I grew up in Houston, so my introduction to Vietnamese food happened in Houston in the 90's. All the Vietnamese places that served Vietnamese coffee or iced coffee seemed to use coffee in yellow cans from Café du Monde, a New Orleans cafe founded in 1862. Ok, no big deal, there was a ton of New Orleans influence on the Houston food scene, and Café du Monde was fairly well known as a place to stop by if you're ever in New Orleans. But after I left Texas, I kept seeing those mustard colored cans on the shelves in Vietnamese restaurants and coffee shops. It seems that that particular type of chicory coffee blend from a specific place in New Orleans remains the preferred coffee for making Vietnamese coffee anywhere in the U.S. Is there a historical reason why the post 1970 Vietnamese American community embraced a very specific type of coffee from a New Orleans establishment founded in 1862? This article from Nguyen Coffee Supply gives some detail, and this article from Atlas Obscura gives some other details, but I'm wondering whether there's a more comprehensive history behind when and how it actually spread from the gulf coast to the rest of the U.S. Assistant: [Somebody asked and answered that question for you!]( https://nguyencoffeesupply.com/blogs/news/how-cafe-du-monde-became-a-vietnamese-american-staple#:~:text=Caf%C3%A9%20Du%20Monde%20is%20a,for%20more%20than%20a%20century.) Short answer: the Chicory used in Cafe du Monde coffee closely resembles ~~an ingredient used in~~ the flavor native Vietnamese coffee. Like all Asian diaspora, they adopted and found ingredients to match or replace what they used at home but can no longer get.	Human: (Food History) How did Café du Monde become the standard coffee for Vietnamese coffee in the U.S.? I hope this is an appropriate place to ask a historical question rather than a cooking technique/ingredients question. I grew up in Houston, so my introduction to Vietnamese food happened in Houston in the 90's. All the Vietnamese places that served Vietnamese coffee or iced coffee seemed to use coffee in yellow cans from Café du Monde, a New Orleans cafe founded in 1862. Ok, no big deal, there was a ton of New Orleans influence on the Houston food scene, and Café du Monde was fairly well known as a place to stop by if you're ever in New Orleans. But after I left Texas, I kept seeing those mustard colored cans on the shelves in Vietnamese restaurants and coffee shops. It seems that that particular type of chicory coffee blend from a specific place in New Orleans remains the preferred coffee for making Vietnamese coffee anywhere in the U.S. Is there a historical reason why the post 1970 Vietnamese American community embraced a very specific type of coffee from a New Orleans establishment founded in 1862? This article from Nguyen Coffee Supply gives some detail, and this article from Atlas Obscura gives some other details, but I'm wondering whether there's a more comprehensive history behind when and how it actually spread from the gulf coast to the rest of the U.S. Assistant: I love unusual little things like this where (usually) packaged goods from one culture become staples in another. Another example from Vietnamese cuisine is the use of Coco Rico, a coconut flavored Puerto Rican soda in thit kho, which is essentially a Vietnamese pork belly stew: https://cookingwithlane.com/thit-kho-vietnamese-caramelized-braised-pork-with-eggs/	0.773014
Human: if Helium was dirt cheap/nearly free, would cargo blimps be a practical means of transporting goods? I had a thought the other day, when nuclear fusion becomes viable it will produce a lot of Helium as a waste product, likely making Helium very cheap in the process. Blimps seem to be simple conceptually, as they're just giant bags of helium with stuff strapped underneath. furthermore, blimps can ignore the terrain with the possible exception of mountains, depending on height, meaning that you can fly in great circle distances between cities, avoiding only busy airports. that means no chokepoints at canals. cargo blimps should be automatible as easy as drones are, saving entirely on crew costs is there anything I may be missing that makes cargo blimps impractical? Assistant: No, Lighter than air is not practical. Period. Most of the airships that were used until the 1930s were destroyed by weather. It's lighter than air, therefore extremely fragile. A gust of wind will rip open that thin material. It must be very lightweight, very thin material. It will not resist the weather.	Human: if Helium was dirt cheap/nearly free, would cargo blimps be a practical means of transporting goods? I had a thought the other day, when nuclear fusion becomes viable it will produce a lot of Helium as a waste product, likely making Helium very cheap in the process. Blimps seem to be simple conceptually, as they're just giant bags of helium with stuff strapped underneath. furthermore, blimps can ignore the terrain with the possible exception of mountains, depending on height, meaning that you can fly in great circle distances between cities, avoiding only busy airports. that means no chokepoints at canals. cargo blimps should be automatible as easy as drones are, saving entirely on crew costs is there anything I may be missing that makes cargo blimps impractical? Assistant: Blimps were very dangerous in weather. If the wind picked up grounds crew were supposed to let go of the hold down ropes. Many didn't until too late. Having a large balloon bash into things wasn't safe either. Modern GPS, weather forecasting, and computers for station keeping would help but between the availability of helium and the cost of developing the tech no one wants to bother. Unanticipated downtime is anathema in delivery companies.	0.732833
Human: Did everyone forget how their clothes washers work?? I keep seeing this advice to “put ice and food in the washer” during a hurricane to keep food cold and the water drains away. What!? No! The valve is normally closed! Ya know, so it can clean your clothes!? To drain it you need POWER. Maybe MAYBE if it’s in your garage and you have a generator on a long extension cord but still - it’s a metal container with no insulation, it’ll just melt in a day or two! As an engineer who’s lived in Florida their whole life - WHY DOES ANYONE BELIEVE THIS ADVICE? Assistant: If only there were containers meant for holding ice and food. We could call it colder! Or am un-warmer. Something like that. Oh well. I guess we can only dream.	Human: Did everyone forget how their clothes washers work?? I keep seeing this advice to “put ice and food in the washer” during a hurricane to keep food cold and the water drains away. What!? No! The valve is normally closed! Ya know, so it can clean your clothes!? To drain it you need POWER. Maybe MAYBE if it’s in your garage and you have a generator on a long extension cord but still - it’s a metal container with no insulation, it’ll just melt in a day or two! As an engineer who’s lived in Florida their whole life - WHY DOES ANYONE BELIEVE THIS ADVICE? Assistant: Let's pretend you don't have a cooler. There are much better options around the house, the best one that comes to mind is a bathtub. A washing machine sounds terrible	0.772601
Human: Who is the greatest critic of Marx? What I'm after is someone who would have engaged with Marx's thought on "its own level" - not any political and/or philosophically lazy rationalization of capitalism aiming to refute Marx's philosophy by appeals to some undefined "human nature" or such, nor relying on vulgarisation of Marx's thought. I mean someone who would have basically taken Marx's philosophical project seriously, and pointed out the _philosophical_ inconsistencies or deficiencies of marxism qua Marx himself, not on the level of any empirical pretensions, but on the level of theory itself? Assistant: Maybe check out Moishe Postone's Time, Labour & Social Domination. I haven't read many critiques of Marx but I found it to be good faith and on his level, with modern takes. I'd write a summary but I wouldn't do it justice	Human: Who is the greatest critic of Marx? What I'm after is someone who would have engaged with Marx's thought on "its own level" - not any political and/or philosophically lazy rationalization of capitalism aiming to refute Marx's philosophy by appeals to some undefined "human nature" or such, nor relying on vulgarisation of Marx's thought. I mean someone who would have basically taken Marx's philosophical project seriously, and pointed out the _philosophical_ inconsistencies or deficiencies of marxism qua Marx himself, not on the level of any empirical pretensions, but on the level of theory itself? Assistant: It’s not her purpose in the work, but Hannah Arendt’s The Human Condition has a very good critique of Marx based on how labor fits into human lives.	0.646634
Human: Going to make a duck cake (from Bluey) for my niece next weekend. Need some advice! My niece is turning four next Saturday and wants the infamous Bluey Duck Cake. These are the two recipes I have found. I think I understand how to put it together. I plan on baking the cakes Thursday, shaping and crumb coating on Friday, and final frosting on Saturday before the party. But I have some questions! Would funfetti boxed cake mix be too soft for this? I am absolutely going to use boxed and the recipe says to use "butter cake mix". She wanted funfetti but I am unsure if that would hold up. If not, can I use regular vanilla cake or should I absolutely find "butter cake mix"? Second, what buttercream recipe would you all recommend for this? It will need to be fairly easy to make, preferably something I can store overnight in the fridge (then thaw) for Saturday, AND has to be able to keep the cake together. Any other suggestions would be great. Assistant: I made this one! It's very easy once you get the structure done. Trim the points off some skewers and use them as support. 'glue' the sections together with frosting. Don't feel bad if it looks shit - it's supposed to!	Human: Going to make a duck cake (from Bluey) for my niece next weekend. Need some advice! My niece is turning four next Saturday and wants the infamous Bluey Duck Cake. These are the two recipes I have found. I think I understand how to put it together. I plan on baking the cakes Thursday, shaping and crumb coating on Friday, and final frosting on Saturday before the party. But I have some questions! Would funfetti boxed cake mix be too soft for this? I am absolutely going to use boxed and the recipe says to use "butter cake mix". She wanted funfetti but I am unsure if that would hold up. If not, can I use regular vanilla cake or should I absolutely find "butter cake mix"? Second, what buttercream recipe would you all recommend for this? It will need to be fairly easy to make, preferably something I can store overnight in the fridge (then thaw) for Saturday, AND has to be able to keep the cake together. Any other suggestions would be great. Assistant: I think funfetti cake would work. FYI, plain cake plus sprinkles = funfetti cake	0.53328
Human: Any advice on dealing with cooking smells in an apartment kitchen? How do you deal with the smells of cooking in a small apartment? Not bad smells mind you, just smells in general. That fried chicken or curry or whatever I'm making may smell wonderful while I'm cooking it for dinner, but I don't want to still smell it when I wake up the next morning. Some more context: I keep a clean kitchen, trash is regularly emptied, workstation is cleaned after every use, and I regularly clean my stove and sink. I'm not dealing with bad smells here, just smells that have overstayed their welcome. There are a couple days a year where I can open my windows and get some fresh air, but most the year it is too hot or too cold to do so. My current go-to is a candle lit the next morning to drive off any lingering odors, but I have to wonder if there's a product or method that would work better Assistant: Clean the floors!! We had this issue often, no matter how much we ventilated and cleaned surfaces. Mopping the floors really helped	Human: Any advice on dealing with cooking smells in an apartment kitchen? How do you deal with the smells of cooking in a small apartment? Not bad smells mind you, just smells in general. That fried chicken or curry or whatever I'm making may smell wonderful while I'm cooking it for dinner, but I don't want to still smell it when I wake up the next morning. Some more context: I keep a clean kitchen, trash is regularly emptied, workstation is cleaned after every use, and I regularly clean my stove and sink. I'm not dealing with bad smells here, just smells that have overstayed their welcome. There are a couple days a year where I can open my windows and get some fresh air, but most the year it is too hot or too cold to do so. My current go-to is a candle lit the next morning to drive off any lingering odors, but I have to wonder if there's a product or method that would work better Assistant: Boil some vinegar	0.620741
Human: Why is wagyu in Japan typically cooked on stainless steel instead of over binchotan? I occasionally purchase wagyu from some of the Japanese markets in the Bay Area and have always cooked it by briefly searing on a cast iron skillet. However, I recently obtained a small konro grill and was curious what it would taste like cooked over Kishu binchotan instead. At least to me, the flavor and texture of the meat's surface seemed superior to the cast iron approach (I didn't notice much of a difference for the interior of the meat). However, it appears that in Japan, wagyu is typically cooked on flat stainless steel teppanyaki grills. But binchotan is made in Japan and is widely available (at least to the restaurants serving A5 wagyu), so is there a particular reason to prefer the stainless steel surface over a charcoal grill? I can understand not wanting to use regular charcoal, as the high amount of fat in the wagyu would probably cause flare-ups. But when I grilled the meat, any fat that dripped only resulted in little puffs of smoke, so I don't think this entirely explains the preference. Assistant: Speaking from no experience but potentially adding the charcoal flavour could be undesirable to some as you're paying so much for a wagyu experience, some may want to taste just that.	Human: Why is wagyu in Japan typically cooked on stainless steel instead of over binchotan? I occasionally purchase wagyu from some of the Japanese markets in the Bay Area and have always cooked it by briefly searing on a cast iron skillet. However, I recently obtained a small konro grill and was curious what it would taste like cooked over Kishu binchotan instead. At least to me, the flavor and texture of the meat's surface seemed superior to the cast iron approach (I didn't notice much of a difference for the interior of the meat). However, it appears that in Japan, wagyu is typically cooked on flat stainless steel teppanyaki grills. But binchotan is made in Japan and is widely available (at least to the restaurants serving A5 wagyu), so is there a particular reason to prefer the stainless steel surface over a charcoal grill? I can understand not wanting to use regular charcoal, as the high amount of fat in the wagyu would probably cause flare-ups. But when I grilled the meat, any fat that dripped only resulted in little puffs of smoke, so I don't think this entirely explains the preference. Assistant: Taste the meat not the heat	0.416169
Human: [General Science Fiction] What are some examples of civilisations that live primarily in deep space? In most sci-fy I encountered, most species live on planets and only use space-faring vessels to travel to other planets. Are there any civilisations that exist primarily in space? Assistant: WH40K Eldar live primarily on giant ships called craftworlds.	Human: [General Science Fiction] What are some examples of civilisations that live primarily in deep space? In most sci-fy I encountered, most species live on planets and only use space-faring vessels to travel to other planets. Are there any civilisations that exist primarily in space? Assistant: Dan Simmons' Hyperion mythos mentions a branch of Humanity that pretty much adapted (through genetic engineering) to living in space, on (also genetically engineered) giant space trees. It... makes more sense that it sounds.	0.733073
Human: How do you move past angst and annoyance at the unfair nature of life? Although we do the best with what we're given, we are each born into dramatically unequal situations. Do I just have accept that life "is what it is" and try to alleviate human suffering in some way? Not sure if this belongs in this subreddit or one of the ones that deal with existential crisis. That said, I appreciate any answers. Assistant: " I used to think it was awful that life was so unfair. Then I thought, 'wouldn't it be much worse if life were fair, and all the terrible things that happen to us come because we actually deserve them?' So now I take great comfort in the general hostility and unfairness of the universe." - Marcus Cole, Babylon 5	Human: How do you move past angst and annoyance at the unfair nature of life? Although we do the best with what we're given, we are each born into dramatically unequal situations. Do I just have accept that life "is what it is" and try to alleviate human suffering in some way? Not sure if this belongs in this subreddit or one of the ones that deal with existential crisis. That said, I appreciate any answers. Assistant: Stoicism may help. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seLLJP3H1FU&feature=youtu.be	0.216769