Did what go wrong?

Never used TikTok (which is what I assume “TT” means). Don’t have a YouTube account, use it very little anyway.

So what’s the question again?

I’ve had good luck on a number of subjects by getting DVDs produced by The Teaching Company from my city library.

I haven’t looked for math stuff yet, so not sure what they have.

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But parts quality can vary a bit. Still, it’s so much cheaper than anywhere else it’s worth a little risk.

Wow, very well put.

OP: I’d like to recommend a book - “Your Erroneous Zones” by Wayne Dyer. Available on Amazon and used bookstores for a couple bucks. He essentially outlines how to use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques to alter our own mis-thinking, and to develop more effective communication.

Ooh, thanks, that sounds Intriguiging! Will try them next cycle (I have a couple small hydroponic setups).

And honey is sugar.

The difference between it and table sugar is negligible from a glycemic response perspective.

The databases at my company nearly 30 years ago were staggering at the time. I can only imagine.

Years ago it was relevant (like 15 years ago). I had a BT mouse then, and it was a power hog. So much so it was rechargeable with its own charging dock. And yes, when you walked away for the day you better dock it!

But I’m sure it’s far, far better now. Logitech advertises some of their’s as having 1 year battery like, on a single AA battery

I wonder if that’s from power saving with BT mice.

The ones I’ve had would sleep much sooner than say the Logitech Unify ones, which I’ve always found really annoying.

To be fair, if you make pasta sauce from scratch you’re going to be using a fair amount of sugar to balance the acidity of your tomatoes, so I don’t find pasta sauce a useful demonstration.

But you’re still making a good point. Once you start making stuff yourself, you really see what isn’t required.

If you can, just do one pot of something that makes leftovers that hold well and are easy to reheat. After you get one thing, it gives you some breathing room for the next couple days.

I try to make a big pot of something on Sundays, so I don’t have to think about cooking Monday, maybe Tuesday. That gives me a little breathing room. I also make stuff I can portion and freeze - again, gives me a little breathing room.

Last week I was under the weather for 4 days, I just grabbed stuff out of the freezer and threw it in the toaster oven. Zero effort for my sick self. Now I need to restock what I used.

Some people don’t like leftovers, I can only figure their experience with leftovers has always been bad.

I love having leftovers around, but I make a pot of good stuff with plans for the leftovers. Some things are never leftovers because they don’t hold well (anything with leeks or tarragon for example).

Your health says avoid pre-made mixes as much as possible. I’m no salt-phobe (insufficient salt is a greater concern for 99% of people than too much), but even I shy away from the insane amounts of salt/sodium in anything packaged. Some stuff has more sodium in it than anyone should have in a day.

Plus, pre-made mixes often aren’t anywhere near as good as making something yourself, and usually more expensive, even allowing for your own time.

There are exceptions of course, but I have spreadsheets to calculate costs of mixes, meals, you name it, and it’s rare when something is cheaper to buy pre-made.

Dishwasher detergent powder is the same cost as making myself. As is onion soup mix, gravy mix powder, etc. Most other mixes I make as I go along - making chili uses a mix of different spices which I keep on hand. And I have 3 different chili recipes that use different spice mixes, and the end result is very different. I have a few recipes like this (creole/Cajun for example), that technically use the same spices, but not the same mix, and are very different for it.

I don’t understand people like your wife (or one of my siblings) that seem to view eating as just something necessary, (bless their hearts 😁, as my southern family would say)…good food is crucial to me, it’s not just something I do to get by. I mean it’s something we have to do a few times every day of our lives. I want that experience to be as good as I can as often as I can.

Many machines have vertical connectors, if the machine is turned for any reason. Or you’re using the on-board card, etc.

Hahaha, I can’t disagree, even as a heathen.

As others have said, depends on how permanent something is

Happiness is fleeting, like other emotions, it comes and goes. Focusing on it is like chasing a wave.

Understanding your own values and what you find meaningful is essential for moving through life, because we’re not in control. Stuff happens, and we get to deal with it.

Lol, you’re something else, candy corn?? That stuff is vile.

The worst I can say about dots is they’re just sugar, albeit glued to paper.

Will you come organize my candy bowl this year? 😆

Yea, just requires a Dropbox account. And unfortunately I can’t get it to authenticate.

I’ll try some more when I have time, it’s a brilliant solution.

Wow, great article, thanks for the link.

The moment I read the quote from Signal’s president, I called bullshit. I was there, working at a company that had massive records, probably of about 1/3 of Americans.

We were very much concerned with this data in private hands. We were concerned about this kind of data in anyone’s hands.

Such BS coming from Signal is part of why I no longer use or reccomend the app. I simply can’t trust them when they make such blatantly bullshit statements.

Like their reasononing for dropping SMS support because the “engineering costs”. There’s nothing your app does for SMS, other than to hand the message to the SMS system (technically, it reads and writes to the single SMS database on Android, which was a change implemented in about 2015), using a published API.

I’m starting to suspect the motives after reading such lies.

It also depends on your layering, or lack of. It’s the complexity issue you ran into.

Great post by the way.