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Where is the Random Thread of Randomness stuff that doesn't belong in other threads thread?
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Loktar
Internet God and Defender of Park Benches
CaptainWacky
I want to smell dark matter
CaptainWacky
I want to smell dark matter
Billie seems like a good one.
Eat Shit And Die
Seph...
I think so, she comes across well in interviews too, GSOH she seems a pretty kind and sweet lady.
Volpone
Zombie Hunter
Cooking mishap last night. I recently discovered baked fish. $10 for 2# of frozen filets. Thaw a couple, brush with olive oil, lemon juice, and assorted spices. Cook at 425F for 15 minutes. Serve with brown rice and veggies (and a lemon slice). Simple. Fast. Problem is, this week I had an odd number of filets. It occurred to me I could make a fried fish sammich, but the least ingredients you can use for that is 1 egg and I figured 1 egg would be too much for 1 filet. Then I realized I could fry up the last 3 filets and eat the first 2 the way I would baked fish (adding some tartar sauce on the side for good measure). Went ahead with this plan. Only there was one problem:
I was in a hurry so I was distracted. And I'm used to dirtying the minimal number of dishes. So instead of mixing up a bowl of egg and a bowl of flour and seasoning and then dipping the filets in the egg and then the flour, I mixed up an egg and then added the flour and mixed that up. It made a very nice batter. But not a particularly useful breading. I considered making some kind of pancake with it but since I was short on eggs and still had to make the fish I did the best I could. It worked. More or less. Could've been better and it wasn't as pretty as it could've been, but it got done and was reasonably tasty.
I was in a hurry so I was distracted. And I'm used to dirtying the minimal number of dishes. So instead of mixing up a bowl of egg and a bowl of flour and seasoning and then dipping the filets in the egg and then the flour, I mixed up an egg and then added the flour and mixed that up. It made a very nice batter. But not a particularly useful breading. I considered making some kind of pancake with it but since I was short on eggs and still had to make the fish I did the best I could. It worked. More or less. Could've been better and it wasn't as pretty as it could've been, but it got done and was reasonably tasty.
Volpone
Zombie Hunter
*sigh* Y'know... It's hard to continue to make your product suck worse and worse. OK, maybe it isn't, because pretty much every tech company--and a good many non-tech companies--make it look effortless.
Google Maps. How can you fuck up Google Maps? I don't know, how about changing it so you can't zoom out to an entire world map? I mean, why would anyone ever need to look at a map of the entire world all at the same time? That's crazy. So let's update it so that it is only possible to see about half the world at any time.
After this UPS jet crash in Louisville, I was curious how far, globally, Hawaii is from Louisville. Is it literally on the other side of the world? (It is not.) But it turns out you can no longer zoom out to see the entire globe at one time. I guess I could get out a ruler and measure things and scroll. Or you know what? I could DuckDuckGo a world map and find my answer at a glance.
I fucking miss when there were goods and services I actually *liked* instead of having to decide what I hate the least. I'll be happy if/when Google goes the way of Sears. They had a cool motorcycle boot that I really liked. I mean, it wore out after about a year, but it was only $50 or so, so every year I'd go in and buy another pair. I was happy, Sears was happy, the boot company was happy. Everyone wins. Then, the last time I went in they stopped carrying the boot in black. Brown only. After a few fruitless visits, I accosted a salesmonkey to ask about it. After showing her how to use her point of sale system and how to look up the boot*, she told me they didn't carry it in black anymore. She offered to order it for me in black. I asked her why I would have her order it so I can come back to the store when I could order it myself and have the boot delivered to my house. I forget what she said. But that was about the last time I was in a Sears and a few years later they were bankrupt and basically defunct.
*And yes, I did understand how to use Sears product lookup software, which I'd never seen before in my life, better than a person who, in theory, was trained on it.
Google Maps. How can you fuck up Google Maps? I don't know, how about changing it so you can't zoom out to an entire world map? I mean, why would anyone ever need to look at a map of the entire world all at the same time? That's crazy. So let's update it so that it is only possible to see about half the world at any time.
After this UPS jet crash in Louisville, I was curious how far, globally, Hawaii is from Louisville. Is it literally on the other side of the world? (It is not.) But it turns out you can no longer zoom out to see the entire globe at one time. I guess I could get out a ruler and measure things and scroll. Or you know what? I could DuckDuckGo a world map and find my answer at a glance.
I fucking miss when there were goods and services I actually *liked* instead of having to decide what I hate the least. I'll be happy if/when Google goes the way of Sears. They had a cool motorcycle boot that I really liked. I mean, it wore out after about a year, but it was only $50 or so, so every year I'd go in and buy another pair. I was happy, Sears was happy, the boot company was happy. Everyone wins. Then, the last time I went in they stopped carrying the boot in black. Brown only. After a few fruitless visits, I accosted a salesmonkey to ask about it. After showing her how to use her point of sale system and how to look up the boot*, she told me they didn't carry it in black anymore. She offered to order it for me in black. I asked her why I would have her order it so I can come back to the store when I could order it myself and have the boot delivered to my house. I forget what she said. But that was about the last time I was in a Sears and a few years later they were bankrupt and basically defunct.
*And yes, I did understand how to use Sears product lookup software, which I'd never seen before in my life, better than a person who, in theory, was trained on it.
Volpone
Zombie Hunter
I love when you have a half hour to do something--but nothing you can do in a half hour. I could go out and pick apples for the year but I don't think I could do that in 37 minutes. And I don't even have that much daylight to work in.
I could roast chestnuts but 1) that would take a lot longer than a half hour and 2) I want to make pizza for dinner, which will be hard to do if I'm roasting chestnuts in the oven.
I could roast chestnuts but 1) that would take a lot longer than a half hour and 2) I want to make pizza for dinner, which will be hard to do if I'm roasting chestnuts in the oven.