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Cake day: July 1st, 2023

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  • I mean, yeah fear is a big part of extreme sports, but it isn’t the attraction. You never heard Tony hawk say “hey, watch how scared I get when I attempt this trick”. That’s not the point. It’s about the satisfaction of improving motor skills and the ability to move in new and interesting ways. But mostly it’s just fun. Really it’s not so different from skill-based video games, it’s just that in real life you have to work your way up to the more advanced stuff to do it safely.







  • Not sure why you’re being downvoted. Gaming PC’s are expensive and a luxury! It makes sense economically. With consoles there’s an incentive to sell hardware cheap to get people into the ecosystem. With the exception of the steamdeck, there’s no such incentive for PC’s: if the hardware is worth x amount, you can bet your ass you’ll have to pay at least that. Yeah games are generally cheaper on PC, but not by much, and the barrier to entry is much lower for consoles. Hell, the PC I just built from used parts and Amazon deals cost me $800 (not including accessories), and while the processor and ram is almost certainly better than the ps5’s, the graphics are about on par, if anything slightly worse. You can find used ps5’s for less than $400. Is there really a used PC out there that can touch that?



  • I used to struggle with picking seasonings too, but here’s a strategy that I picked up from the internet somewhere:

    1. Decide which basic flavor(s) you need
    2. Pick an ingredient that will satisfy one or more of those flavors.

    Here’s a baseline “basic flavors” that should always land you a flavorful meal:

    • heat (eg peppers, wasabe)
    • acid (fruit, vinegar)
    • salt (table salt, soy sauce)
    • fat (butter, bacon grease)

    But there’s a few others that might come in handy, like:

    • sweet (sugar, honey, fruit, many veggies)
    • mint (thyme, rosemary, basil, black pepper)
    • bitter (grapefruit, many veggies)
    • savory (soy sauce, meats)
    • whatever flavor alliums have (onions, garlic)

    Of course, figuring out which basic flavors you need is still a skill to develop, but this two-stage process helped me a lot. Plus, if you’re trying to stay traditional, then the second stage where you pick the ingredient may already be chosen for you. Mexican food needs acid? Lime. Italian needs heat? Red pepper flakes. Asian needs salt? Soy sauce.

    TL;DR: Don’t go straight to choosing ingredients you need, instead choose a basic flavor you need then pick ingredients that will satisfy that flavor.