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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨2 North American 4 you has been created⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Traditionally spaghetti is a side dish and while true can be served with a tomato sauce, it’s nothing like you see in italian-american dishes, and more commonly used with lighter sauces.

  And a margherita pizza, while very much a thing was really only invented at the end of the 19th century and is just one of many styles of neopolitan pizza.

  My point isn’t that they don’t use tomatoes in Italy, it’s that this idea that Italian food = heavy tomato sauce is more of an American thing.

  Go to Italy and ask for spaghetti and meatballs and see how many restaurants actually have that on the menu.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨2 North American 4 you has been created⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I always laugh when I hear this. You don’t have to imagine Italian food without tomatoes, you could just go to Italy. This whole idea that Italian food uses lots of tomato sauce, or tomatoes in general is a very italian-american thing. There’s tons of Italian food, I might even say the majority of, that doesn’t use tomatoes. It’s really only southern Italy that uses tomatoes. That’s why it became so popular. During the migration to America, it was mostly southern Italians (Sicily, Calabria).

  Like this meme, the idea that Italians use tomatoes in everything is mostly an American thing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m curious, why? I think metric makes sense in most regards but I like the granularity of F. The difference between 70F and 75F is pretty noticeable, but in C, it’s like what? 1 degree?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hooded Horse ban AI-generated art in their games: "all this thing has done is made our lives more difficult"⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I heard an interesting statistic the other day. Golf courses use vastly more water than AI. Upwards of 30x more in some areas.

  AI usage only accounts for like 20% of water usage by data centers in general.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Refrigerator ads are finally here!⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  They’re actually super easy to fix. Generally it’s just the solenoid needs to be swapped out. You can buy them cheap on Amazon for most fridges and install takes like 10 minutes.

  I stay away from the OEM ones. While they do last longer, it’s cheaper to replace it every 3 years or so for like $30 than it is to pay for the OEM one.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Refrigerator ads are finally here!⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You don’t have to have a smart washer and dryer to do this. If you get a smart outlet that monitors power usage, you can have it notify you when the usage dips. That’s how I do it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Digg's new app is basic, but a great start⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Do you have any invites left? I’d love one if you do.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Study: Social media probably can’t be fixed⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  rational discourse on IRC

  Hahahahahahahaha

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTube just quietly blocked Adblock Plus — the internet hasn't noticed yet, but I've found a workaround⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  To be fair all the “dancing around and jumping through hoops” is enabling developer mode (which is just a switch in the extension settings) and turning back on manifest 2 in chrome://flags then just reloading the extension.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New idea ⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m more curious how a hot water main works? Is there just millions of miles of heated pipes underground? And I thought a gas boiler was inefficient.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Have you encountered this?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Just playing devil’s advocate but that’s 0.40 to you, but to a server who might wait on 100 people a week, that’s $40.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Brain surgery is like a fart, putting it off for too long is going to cause major health issues.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t want to spend any time with my in-laws and I’m over 40.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨China turns on ‘minors mode’ to keep kids safe online⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I suspect you don’t have kids? Most schools require a laptop (usually Chromebooks). What do you do then other than parental controls?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨LegalEagle Suing PayPal's Honey⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Took a bit to make Gemini understand who I was talking about but this was it’s first result

  Sharp wit, keenest eye, Tech truths told with soothing voice, Brownlee’s insights reign.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Magnus Carlsen: Chess champion quits FIDE tournament after being told to change jeans⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  The NBA requires players to suit up when arriving at a game. Some MLB teams require pretty strict dress codes (famously the Yankees and facial hair).

  Organized sports can be weird to say the least.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨how did you master splits (for flexibility)?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Started getting into martial arts a few years ago (late in life). Stretch and train almost every day, I’m nowhere near close to being able to do a split. At some point, it definitely takes more than just practice.

  I’m not saying it isn’t possible, I’ve seen guys older than me do it, but age, sex and past experience and training definitely play large factors. My wife doesn’t stretch at all, hasn’t exercised on a regular basis since she was in highschool (she was in cheer) and she could get a LOT closer to a full split than I can.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Phonebooks⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  It was more than just the phone books. Back before smart phones, if you needed to look up a phone number you’d call information (411) and they’d look it up for you. For instance, if you were stuck on the side of the road and needed a tow truck.

  Information would be able to look up businesses close to where you were using the NPA/NXX of the phone number you were calling from (the first six digits of the number including the area code) and then give you a couple options in alphabetical order.

  I had a client who had a phone number in every exchange in NYC and had a name like “AAA Towing” so no matter where in NYC you called information for a tow truck from, they’d usually be the first option given to you.