And that was when I learned that you have to rinse the rice first.

That’s a myth actually, you don’t need to do it. It comes out completely fine without washing the rice. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3CHsbNkr3c

The rice cooker makes a difference though. They are pretty interesting from a technological perspective: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSTNhvDGbYI

Sound the alarm - we need to broadcast a dumb motherfucker alert

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coventry_Very_Light_Rail

This has a certain gadgetbahn-smell over it and I remain skeptical.

Ditching catenaries for batteries make the vehicles heavier, requires them to be out of service for a part of the day to recharge and increases capex per vehicle instead of taking the capex on catenaries.

The claims of autonomous driving seem dubious - this usually warrants a level of separation that’s rarely afforded to trams. It’s possible, but it for sure requires not cheaping out on the infrastructure.

Ditching timetables in favour of some kind of demand-driven dispatch reduces the predictability of the network, and also seems unnecessary if the claims of autonomous driving are actually true. Maybe they have to cheap out on the amount of vehicles when making each vehicle more expensive with the batteries.

Who knows, maybe the numbers work out better than what we can see here, but until then, I remain skeptical. I hope to be proven wrong.

Mexico has breakfast tacos at home, they’re called Tacos de Canasta

You might want to get that checked out.

Using k as short for kilometer is not without precedent. For example, when talking about running or cycling distances - 5k, 10k, 100k, etc

No, I’m saying that both water vapor and more harmful emissions are similar from an aesthetic perspective - which is why some laymen are under the impression that nuclear plants have harmful emissions.

This isn’t a discussion of emissions, it’s a discussion of aesthetics.

The U.S has no moral high ground to stand on here, especially under current leadership.

Subways give zero shits about inclement weather.

Spotify and Major Music Labels

RTOs are most often a “one free layoff”-card that businesses play, so firing someone for criticizing it is very much in line with the underlying intent of the policy.

Savoury, funky, sour, fermenty. It’s a pretty complex flavour.

You’re not expected to buy at and try alone, and the chances of getting an invite to such a party are pretty slim, all things considered - this is only really consumed in a specific region of the north, moreso by the older generations than the younger ones.

It’s far from a must-try experience, though. You can rest easily having made peace with never trying it.

It’s not going to be a 100% effective tool, but it doesn’t have to be. We have other means of dealing with criminals.

In this scenario, a long prison sentence along with a permanent ban on operating vehicles seems warranted.

Complete hands-off no-review no-technical experience vibe coding is obviously snake oil, yeah.

This is a pretty large problem when it comes to learning about LLM-based tooling: lots of noise, very little signal.

So far, there is serious cognitive step needed that LLM just can’t do to get productive. They can output code but they don’t understand what’s going on. They don’t grasp architecture. Large projects don’t fit on their token window.

There’s a remarkably effective solution for this, that helps both humans and models alike - write documentation.

It’s actually kind of funny how the LLM wave has sparked a renaissance of high-quality documentation. Who would have thought?

Surströmming is an interesting case. Most of the country does not eat it, and it’s not the kind of thing you usually go pick up in a restaurant - eating Surströmming is an occasion, one that warrants a special feast that you arrange at home and invite friends and family to.

Most of the videos online (intentionally) eat it wrong. Don’t open cans indoors, don’t drink the liquid and don’t eat the fish themselves without anything accompanying them.

To eat surströmming properly, you want to first open the fish and clean out the bones, then make them one component in a flatbread sandwich (hard flatbread is traditional) along with butter, potatoes, chopped red onions, sour cream, and chives. They should then be accompanied by large quantities of snaps, hard liquor consumed as shots.

Surströmming is kind of like fish sauce - the production method is similar, they both smell kind of wild, and taste very different from what they smell. I also think they serve similar culinary functions - surströmming is in my opinion best thought of as a condiment adding interesting flavours to the dish they are used in.

The smell is ghastly though. I was not a fan of the Surströmming parties my parents hosted as a kid, and tried my best to stay clear those days.

All good!

For checking out the true Classics of Swedish cuisine, look for dishes belonging to the Husmanskost-family. Pytt i panna is one, meatballs is another, fried pork with onion sauce is one of my all-time favourites.

Haven’t had pickled beetroot yet, though.

It’s pretty alright. It’s my favourite way of eating beetroots, which I guess isn’t saying much given that I’m not that into them.

That’s not how grids work and I think you know it