solid like a fresh, crunchy cool ranch dorito

my manager made the same choice, to evenly split pay for our team, when he was offered a higher budget/salary/etc.

one of many reasons I’ll be staying there.

…and centuries of royal inbreeding

gotta nuke somethin’

¯\ _ (ツ) _ /¯

SNAKE EYES

The extra cost is directly from gadget companies knowing that the cheap version is perfect, and they add functions and flair to increase profit. Understandably, if you work in R&D and need some job security, making bluetooth work in a microwave may keep your department afloat for a little while.

Noble pursuit of elegant design and business? Nope, but if people are willing to buy it, then there’s nothing stopping them from doing it.

They immediately say they’re not selling anything… then proceed to make selling points for the entire post

I have a good set of cast iron and steel pans, a dutch oven, and some decent knives. Those get me through a vast majority of my cooking. The rice cooker and blender see a decent amount of action, but the rest of the gadgets just take up space.

I also really enjoy all the parts of the process, from prep work to plating, so maybe this conversation is more about fulfillment. If someone doesn’t like cooking, then gadgets can let them spend less time doing it. If I want to make a beautiful roast or extravagant brunch, my time spent doing it is worthwhile to me.

so we must crush it

ever try the duckduckgo app? I didn’t realize it existed until now.

II’m usually on firefox with adblocker, and just use duck as my default search, so the app seems unnecessary. willing to try it out tho

go to lamp

ha! I definitely should get an ornamental gold one, at this point.

I’ve used steel for a long time for the durability, but switched to a brass one for my current job. we have important stainless surfaces that need to stay polished and unmarred.

the only multi tool I need:

“A rice cooker. Making rice in a saucepan will yield different results almost every time, but a $20-50 rice cooker is just a set it and forget it kitchen tool that yields the same results every time. Very nice and easy.”

A little bit of grammar goes a long way.

I hate ads, with a burning passion, but when I get stuck with one that’s wildly irrelevant to my interests, I know that I’m doing something right. Feels good to be a blank spot on the algorithm.

that would be so nice, but the cult of the car won’t let it happen

and lady bugs are actually beetles, not “true bugs”