Random non sequitur posts catch-all thread

Don't we have a metal thread? I can't find it (even though I'm not 100% sure this belongs in there).

Prederick wrote:

Don't we have a metal thread? I can't find it (even though I'm not 100% sure this belongs in there).

https://www.gamerswithjobs.com/node/...

Danke, I tried searching the name and it didn't show up!

Quintin_Stone wrote:
Prederick wrote:

Don't we have a metal thread? I can't find it (even though I'm not 100% sure this belongs in there).

https://www.gamerswithjobs.com/node/...

FWIW there’s also the is there a thread for that thread.

I was told the world population just reached 8 billion people.

So if you've ever been told you're "one in a million" that means there's 7,999 other people out there just like you.

About 5% of the world population has an IQ of 125 or above, and about 1 in 30,000 are at 160 or above (the top for many standard IQ tests, being four standard deviations (each 15) above the mean of 100). So that's about 267,000 people walking around smarter than just about anyone you know. (And the Mega Society requires a one in a million score.)

So no matter how smart, fast, skilled, or exceptional you are, there are a large number of people who are your equal, or better. Which to me is something of a comfort. The human race has a lot of depth in its bench, and whatever your skills, you are likely to find some peers to relate to over time.

Filipinos (Pinoys) generally eat with a fork and a thin-edged spoon. Apparently that’s unusual. This pair is used for all the dishes. It’s used for the soup, the salad, the main course, and the desert. It’s used for bread.

“How do you cut the meat?”

We cut it with the spoon. If I can’t cut it with a spoon, it’s not going into my mouth.

LarryC wrote:

We cut it with the spoon. If I can’t cut it with a spoon, it’s not going into my mouth.

"Don't worry about what the mean man said, Rare Steak, I still love you."

Rare steak is good and all but I know exactly what LarryC means about Filipino food and I love it.

Was informed by A Youth at work today that if Back to the Future were made today, Marty would go back in time and perform something like "Protect ya Neck" at the dance.

I reported them to HR.

Prederick wrote:

Was informed by A Youth at work today that if Back to the Future were made today, Marty would go back in time and perform something like "Protect ya Neck" at the dance.

I reported them to HR.

You've gotta at least give them props for even knowing about such an ancient motion-picture.

When zipped, my hoodie's zipper makes for a remarkably effective nail file.

Prederick wrote:

Was informed by A Youth at work today that if Back to the Future were made today, Marty would go back in time and perform something like "Protect ya Neck" at the dance.

I reported them to HR.

I have since been corrected by the office movie pedant that, as "Johnny B. Goode" came out in 1958 and Marty went back in time to 1955, so the correct answer would be Marty doing "No Diggity."

"Hello, Black? Yeah, this is your cousin, Marvin Street. You know that new sound you've been looking for?"

Whoever decided that there should be online school during snow days should be shot, dragged through the snow, and then shot. A few more times. That is all.

Okay, also it's snowing a LOT in Greece right now.

Roo wrote:

Whoever decided that there should be online school during snow days should be shot, dragged through the snow, and then shot. A few more times. That is all.

Okay, also it's snowing a LOT in Greece right now.

I understand the sentiment. As a school board member in snowy Minnesota I hear this a lot. The alternative is a longer school year, which for us means more school days in June, shortening our already too-short summer.

I will have to start increasing the duration of my cardio workout: it's not long enough for me to go through an entire episode of Deep Space Nine, there's always about 3 minutes left by the time the cooldown ends.

People have a lot of opinions about Marvel cinema. But one huge impact they have had that really isn't their fault, mind, is that they've brain-broken so many entertainment people who now see every property as having the opportunity to "expand into its own universe."

Although I guess you could argue this existed prior to Marvel, we'd just call it the CSI/Law & Order-fication of entertainment.

Marvel's really just following the blueprint the DC Animated Universe set out in the 90s and early 2000s, with an order of magnitude more budget.

Marvel also had the idea of the Omniverse baked into it (in which DC and pretty much every other fictional world exists) in 2000, so it was probably unavoidable.

JLS wrote:
Roo wrote:

Whoever decided that there should be online school during snow days should be shot, dragged through the snow, and then shot. A few more times. That is all.

Okay, also it's snowing a LOT in Greece right now.

I understand the sentiment. As a school board member in snowy Minnesota I hear this a lot. The alternative is a longer school year, which for us means more school days in June, shortening our already too-short summer.

Yeah, I don't think we do that exactly. The first ten or so years here in Greece, it snowed like once. Maybe an inch of snow one year. Last year we had the blizzard from hell that dumped 80+cm (so like more than 2.5ft?), which *collapsed* the roof of the gym where I teach. Now, we've had maybe 15cm (6 inches) and then the sun came out and that half melted, and now we're getting another 15cm, on top of ice/snow. We're not equipped for any of this here.

I grew up in the lake effect snow belt of Lake Michigan (basically straight east of Chicago, in Michigan), and I would really get it if things were set up to handle that routinely there. But here...there's a lot to do. Maybe cancel for a day the one or two when we get what is for Greece, Snowmageddon...

For me, if they tried to do online "school" for a one-off snow day my daughter would just be absent that day... I feel bad for the teachers put in that position. I am sure if you asked them, teachers would say they would rather have an extra day at the end of the year.

I wonder why it is that sometimes I immediately attach to a game. Like I can be playing for all of 2 minutes and be entertained instantly for some games. I just finished A Short Hike and it was like that for this game. I even went for all the trophies.

Wish I could identify why before I buy games.

I guess don't read this post if you are a person that does the New York Times Crossword and hasn't done tomorrows puzzle yet.

One of the answers in tomorrow's NYT crossword is malemodels. For the past two hours, I've had the line "But, why male models?" running through my head.

"Are you serious? I just told you that a moment ago."

I've never cooked a steak before, but I've got a nice cast ion skillet I got last year and the grocery store down the street has some amazing-looking New York Strip cuts for a decent price, and I found a really nice, easy-looking recipe.

I'm going to give it a shot!

Prederick wrote:

I've never cooked a steak before, but I've got a nice cast ion skillet I got last year and the grocery store down the street has some amazing-looking New York Strip cuts for a decent price, and I found a really nice, easy-looking recipe.

I'm going to give it a shot!

The best part of cooking steak is that even if you totally screw it up, it's still delicious steak. Check out Adam Ragusea's guide to cooking steak in a pan 101 if you want a few additional tips.

(Also, I know it's a typo, but the amateur chemist in me is giggling )

Prederick wrote:

I've never cooked a steak before, but I've got a nice cast ion skillet I got last year and the grocery store down the street has some amazing-looking New York Strip cuts for a decent price, and I found a really nice, easy-looking recipe.

I'm going to give it a shot!

If that recipe doesn't include warming the steaks gently in the oven with it set at low as it'll go, THEN transferring to the pan when the internal temp is ~90 degF, also try that.

Lets you have the pan hotter than the surface of the sun to get a good sear on the outside without having to leave it in there so long to cook thru that the outside gets too done.