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  1. A charcoal chimney would make my apartment smell terrible.

  2. Re:Why is spelling still a thing? on Scottish Students Used Spellchecker Glitch To Cheat In Literacy Test (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    "Their" bothered you but "witch" didn't?

  3. Re:Why is spelling still a thing? on Scottish Students Used Spellchecker Glitch To Cheat In Literacy Test (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    They often don't tell you witch word to use. Their great, but not the entire solution.

  4. I've had sous-vide -> sear and smoker -> sear and I prefer smoker. It's not what I do, but I would if it was convenient.

    Either a sous-vide or a smoker should be easy to automate.

  5. I do a minute and a half on each side in a 500 F oven to cook the meat through. I first sear it on the range with the pan considerably hotter and finally rest it a couple of minutes wrapped in foil. If I wanted to cook the steak on the range, I'd leave it longer on lower heat. I've done that too; that method doesn't require putting all the smoke detectors in the bathroom.

  6. My steaks cook for 4 minutes in a cast iron pan as hot as my electric oven/range can get it. My only interaction is spreading a little canola oil and some seasoning on each side, flipping it 3 times, and moving it from the range into the oven. It could be easily automated and it makes a pretty good steak. Maybe other people like to get more elaborate with their preparation, but I'm happy with what I produce. A baked potato on the side seems easy and I'm sure we could find a robot-friendly veggie dish.

  7. Re:"10 billion times colder"?!? Who writes such sh on NASA's Atomic Fridge Will Make the ISS the Coldest Known Place in the Universe (vice.com) · · Score: 2, Informative

    please correct me

    I'm not assuming anything about the average temperature of space. FTA:

    CAL, however, can reach temperatures that are just one ten billionth of a degree above absolute zero...

  8. Re:"10 billion times colder"?!? Who writes such sh on NASA's Atomic Fridge Will Make the ISS the Coldest Known Place in the Universe (vice.com) · · Score: 2

    FTA: One ten-billionth of one degree. I'm assuming Kelvin.

  9. Why it is such a popular place to discover music is beyond me.

    Video killed the radio star.

  10. Re:“The Public Good” on The Rise of Free Urban Internet (axios.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    the information flowing through these “free” access points isn’t going to be collected and monetized

    Trust your VPN, not your ISP.

  11. Removal of healthcare

    Only for people who can't afford it.

    tax breaks for the better off

    It's going to cost DJT a fortune. He said so.

    banging porn starts and paying them off

    You're supposed to pay porn stars after banging them.

    making it so anything negative is fake news

    With so much negative DJT coverage, what other explanation is there but it being fake?

    the wall

    Mexico's paying for it; I don't see what the problem is.

    MAGA!

  12. Trump's been saying stuff a LOT of people don't want to hear

    Only his most unhinged comments go against what his friends at Fox want to hear.

  13. if that happens... then its opera only for me from that point on...

    As a browser, Opera's fine. But you know they were bought by a Chinese shell company, right? "Golden Brick Capital Private Equity Fund I L.P.".

  14. Re:Another one bites the dust... on Supreme Court Strikes Down Federal Law Prohibiting Sports Gambling (espn.com) · · Score: 1

    It's the sort of thing I hear crackheads say.

    Or Anonymous Cowards? Very few people think gambling is a way to make $$. And it's true for even fewer. But desperation leads people to irrational acts, like blowing your milk money on lottery tickets. At least with sports betting you're betting against experts instead of against statistics.

  15. Re:That's ok, they had a backup for the snakes. on Large Island Declared Rat-Free in Biggest Removal Success (nationalgeographic.com) · · Score: 1

    As explained by The Simpsons.

  16. Re:That's ok, they had a backup for the snakes. on Large Island Declared Rat-Free in Biggest Removal Success (nationalgeographic.com) · · Score: 1

    The beauty is that, when winter comes, the gorillas all freeze to death. Foolproof plan.

  17. Re:300 tons of poision back.. into the ocean? on Large Island Declared Rat-Free in Biggest Removal Success (nationalgeographic.com) · · Score: 1

    Talk about trying to solve one problem and causing a domino effect of others.

    It's better than their original plan of setting loose a bunch of snakes.

  18. Re:Alexa add big hairy balls to my shopping list on Siri, Alexa, and Google Assistant Can Be Controlled By Inaudible Commands (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    Why add something to the shopping list when you can just place an order?

  19. Re: No big deal... on In Blocking Autoplay Videos, Chrome Is Breaking Many Web-Based Games (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I vote for no autoplay anything without user permission.

    CNN. Goddammitt, if I'm reading the news I'm probably listening to music. I don't like having a newscaster jabbering over Echoes. If I want to watch the story about the article I'm reading, I'll ask for it.

  20. Re: Good on Trump Withdraws US From Iran Nuclear Deal (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    That's a totally invalid comparison.

    Iran kept the Pinto.

  21. Re:I have my own cure on Potential New Cure Found For Baldness (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    you'll be invisible to women if you shave your head or keep the balding look

    That hasn't been my experience, but maybe I'm underestimating the influence of my striking good looks and charm. I tell myself that a shaved head projects confidence.

  22. Re:I have my own cure on Potential New Cure Found For Baldness (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Shaving your head is a bold style choice.

    I've been shaving my head for about 20 years, but I don't feel particularly bold and it has nothing to do with style. If I was a woman it might be bold, but as I guy I don't get a second glance (at least not that I notice.) A comb-over is a bold style choice. So's a toupee. Initially I shaved it for medical reasons, but now I shave it because I'm lazy. No shampoo; no styling. Instead of barbers, I buy new set of $30 clippers from Petsmart every 5 years or so, and those would last longer if I took care of them. I have no fear of balding and don't understand why any man does.

  23. Re:Nice on Trump Withdraws US From Iran Nuclear Deal (nytimes.com) · · Score: 2

    Almost anything a President can enter into unilaterally...can be undone by a President, unilaterally.

    And, because we're taking advantage of that, soon nobody will trust an American president with any commitment beyond his presidency.

  24. Re: Good on Trump Withdraws US From Iran Nuclear Deal (nytimes.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    This cash? It was already theirs. The bigger problem with that payment is that it looked a lot like a ransom.

    The $400 million was Iran's to start with, placed into a US-based trust fund to support American military equipment purchases in the 1970s. When the Shah was ousted by a 1979 popular uprising that led to the creation of the Islamic Republic, the US froze the trust fund. Iran has been fighting for a return of the funds through international courts since 1981.

    In announcing the agreement, Obama said that paying the $400 million -- plus $1.3 billion in interest -- was saving American taxpayers billions of dollars. The Iranians had been seeking more than $10 billion at arbitration.

  25. Re:Good on Trump Withdraws US From Iran Nuclear Deal (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Stop bribing countries...

    Is lifting sanctions a bribe?