Posts by jake

Re: Latest Kernal

Or, if you run Slackware's -current:

Kernel 6.1.15 as of Saturday.

KDE 5.27 since February 15th.

Both available using slackpkg in the usual manner.

Re: Why would one ...

"But Mercans drink coffee."

What's a "Mercan"?

"HTH do they get the water hot then?"

Probably the same way civilized people make coffee ... they plug the coffee maker in and turn it on. Ain't 'zacly rocket surgery.

Re: Why would one ...

Yummy! Tea flavo(u)red with label glue!

You Brits are food GENIUSES!

Re: Why would one ...

An extra heating element, yes, making one box dual purpose. Keep in mind that many homes have two ovens, usually only one has a broiler.

Re: Why would one ...

The generic name is "toaster pie", they come in both sweet and savory.

My grandfather taught me how to make 'em from scratch in pre-history (there was no Internet back then).

_{I just looked, according to Wiki it was even before 1964's ubiquitous Pop-Tart ...}

Re: Why would one ...

It's called a kettle around here ... although I admit I have heard some people (east-coasters mostly) call it a tea pot.

Re: Muscle memory is a

"They had a collection of broken probes......"

Am I the only one who parsed that as "pubes" on first scan?

Re: Expected lots of rants against stupid management

To be fair, hacking food has done far more for humanity than hacking computers and networking ever will.

Re: Change window - cue the drums

Cash&Carry is now called "Chef'store".

They are a (mostly) left-coast restaraunt supply chain that is open to the general public.

Everything from bulk dry goods to cleaning supplies to service items to take-away packaging to fresh fruit & veg to meat to dairy etc. etc. ... and all at near wholesale prices. Recommended, if you have one near you.

Re: Off datasheet appliance usage

"PS "kettle chips"? A total.lie"

Only if your babbefish is on the fritz.

Re: Why would one ...

Having lived on both sides of the pond, I wouldn't think that at all.

Different rules for different countries with different household elecricity needs and manufacturing traditions and allowed bills of materials produce a different part. Go figure.

Re: Why would one ...

Chances are it has never crossed their mind to purchase one. You COULD make them a gift of an electric kettle, you know. They are inexpensive over here.

Re: Why would one ...

"It was a good year or two before the base of the pan (which thankfully had not warped or delaminated) returned to a normal colour again."

Next time, try Bar Keepers Friend. Worked for me. (I now own all of Mom's old Revereware.)

Re: Why would one ...

You give your cats cow's milk? I hope for your sake they shit outside ... Cow's milk is built for baby bovines, not adult felines.

Re: Just to clarify (was: Why would one ...)

Are picture no longer worth 1000 words?

Re: pizza is the perfect food

Ideally, my pizza oven gets up to around 950F (floor) or 1200F (dome) when burning oak.

That's 500C and 650C (close enough). Cooks a standard 12-14 inch pie in about 60 seconds, from raw. Crack an egg on top of the cooked pie, and then dome it for about a count of two for perfectly cooked white and very warm, yet still runny, yolks.

Yes, much higher a temperature will incinerate the outside, leaving the inside raw.

Re: pizza is the perfect food

No asbestos, we checked. They used a product called Roxul, IIRC.

Re: Why would one ...

If you regularly have a need for a cup or two (a liter or so) of boiling stock, the investment in a second electric kettle for the purpose is worth it. Ask anyone who know how to cook.

_{Mine is painted bright yellow with red & orange flames, and a warning "not for water" stencil.}

Re: Off datasheet appliance usage

"I wonder if popcorn in the kettle might work?"

Not an electric kettle, no, but one for the hob should work nicely ... assuming the "water in" opening is large enough to properly vent steam.

_{NOTE! That is NOT how kettle-corn is made! Don't say I didn't warn you & etc.}

Re: Change window - cue the drums

Molly Guards don't work when you've got a smart kid.

Re: Change window - cue the drums

Many moons ago I took my daughter to SLAC on take your kid to work day. At the ripe old age of 9, she had been there many times before and knew the ropes, but I figured she deserved a day out of school.

She told me as we were walking in that it'd cost me ten bucks for her to not push any buttons. I gave her the money.

On the way back out, I told her that it'd cost her ten bucks for me not to tell her mother she was running a protection racket. She made a face and paid up ... and promptly told her mother as soon as we got home. They both still laugh about it :-)

Re: pizza is the perfect food

After a little trial and error, we figured out how to set a 40 foot multi-zone belt furnace (nominally used to cook hybrid circuitry) to make chocolate chip cookies. Including the mandatory cooling time ... when they came out the far end they were just warm to the touch, and ready for eating :-)

Elfin safety can kiss my pasty white butt; I don't need protecting from myself.

Hey, hold my beer & watch this! ::sweeps cookie crumbs off floor with liquid nitrogen::

Just to clarify (was: Re: Why would one ...)

Just to clarify, this is a toaster oven:

https://www.amazon.com/Hamilton-Beach-Countertop-Toaster-Roll-Top/dp/B06WGNC8Q4

And this is a toaster:

https://www.amazon.com/Mecity-Countdown-Functions-removable-Stainless/dp/B09V7SZK2X

Completely different beasties.

Re: Freaks

"Which bit?"

It's not just the one bit, mate, it's the entire tarball.

Re: Freaks

Obvious tediously bad troll is obviously tedious.

PDNFTT. Ta.

Re: Freaks

I doubt the rest of the United States would even notice the civilian guns in such a scenario.

I personally hope that we never find out for sure.

Re: Freaks

Relax. It'll never happen anyway. The Texas Legislators are all mouth and no action.

Re: Freaks

"The "right hoops" being starting a second civil war and winning it. There's no other way for a state to leave."

Nope. It can be done peacefully. But the hoops they would have to jump through make it exceedingly difficult.

See the the U.S. Supreme Court's 1869 ruling in "Texas v. White", which concluded that a State (or States) could secede by gaining approval of both houses of Congress and then obtaining ratification by three fourths of the nation's legislatures.

The other option is Revolution (there is absolutely nothing civil about war) ... and even that might be settled peacefully. The theory goes that If enough people are pissed off at the Federal Government and civil unrest becomes inevitable, and probably extreme, the State(s) and the Nation might simply agree to part ways to minimize the damage.

Re: Florida.... Hold my beer

"MAGA" == Muppets Annoying Genuine Americans

Re: Where is the clamour for internet companies to stand up to this censorship?

They can't read, at least not for content. They have to have their so-called "good book" explained to them.

"I am an ISP"

I'm not. I am human. I own a couple ISPs, though ...

Re: Freaks

"Except those who do this for power and/or personal gain."

That's part of the definition of "Texas Politician", Shirley.

Re: Freaks

Texas claims to be the only State that can secede from the Union (which in itself is Yet Another Lie from the Texans ... ANY State can secede, if they jump through the right hoops). Most of the rest of us wish they'd stop babbling about it and get on with it. Mexico doesn't want 'em, either. In fact, Mexico would probably happily join the rest of us in building a wall.

_{Sorry, bub. The Cajuns are not negotiable.}

Re: Meaning of "woke"

"Socialism is pretty easy to trivially define as "not selfishness". The idea of occasionally thinking of other people before yourself is total anathema to some, however."

The Atlantic Ocean is pretty easily defined as "not dry". The idea that the Pacific might be a good source of Moat Monsters is anathema to some, however.

Re: Meaning of "woke"

"one has to wonder what they think the downvote button does"

You do know that your filters don't just filter the near-ubiquitous (and yet oh-so useless) adverts, right?

_{I'm fair ... I filter out both up and down thumbs as mostly meaningless.}

Re: Meaning of "woke"

"It is the "othering" that the wingnuts on both the left and right use to divide and conquer."

FTFY

This whole "woke" thing is just a word that people without a rational argument for much of anything have latched onto. It ceased to have any real meaning several years ago.

Re: What happens when we disagree with OpenAI?

Or even just plain flaky.