phario

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

There are so many recipes with minor variations. In the end it doesn’t matter much except for some points I’ll mention. Here is a random one. https://www.vickypham.com/blog/vietnamese-beef-noodle-soup-pho-bo

I would say that a lot of the cooking process is hard to explain via a book. Videos are good. This one seems to be done by a very knowledgeable woman. https://youtu.be/xxM4t8vP-0A

After skimming the above video I’m really impressed by that woman’s knowledge. One thing i am not sure she discusses is the process of skimming the fat off the broth.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (5 children)

After having moved to the UK, where Vietnamese food is not so readily available in areas outside of London (and similar) I’ve gotten used to making my own pho.

The main problem are the herbs as it can be hard to get all the necessary herbs outside of Asian supermarkets.

It’s a really good dish for special events as well, since few people I’ve met dislike pho.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I’m not a fan of these rapid news with very little context.

What’s going to happen, if it hasn’t happened already, is that companies and corporations are going to play with words in order to seem like they’re more climate-friendly than they are. Few people disagree that fossil fuels needs to be reduced but without knowing more context, it’s hard to say whether an firm that commits some amount of money into another firm that has some role in fossil fuels is “a bad thing”.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

Eh. Not the best article but I appreciate the sentiment.

I certainly agree with it. I think that there’s a level of friendship that I never allow others to crack unless they were bridged in as members when we were young.

All the people I meet now are “acquaintances”. They’re nice, I’m okay to reach out if I need anything, but more often then not they’re the partner of someone else. I smile at them. I tolerate them. I might even have a drink with them. But there’s a distance there that you can’t crack.

It’s like that great 80s movie, “Stand by me”: “I never had any friends later on like the ones when I was twelve. Jesus, does anyone?” https://youtu.be/l7r-R61W1DQ

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I’m starting to learn about PC building so tagging along here as well (from the UK). Is there a reason why you took a micro atx motherboard with a mid ATX case?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I’m not reading par se but I’m an audiobook fan and also a fan of the Star Wars Expanded Universe (Legends). I’m enjoying listening to the new recordings of the first Thrawn trilogy.

These re-recordings will probably be the last of its kind, given Disney’s declaration of non-canon.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Fantastic work.

Do you think the bot numbers for Reddit will be as bad or worse? Or is there better protection over there?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

It’s weird how strong some people’s resistance to eating new foods is.

My white partner is pretty open to eating most foods but she doesn’t like chicken feet. It’s one of those foods that Western people can struggle with. It’s not just the visual element but some people I know don’t like things like tripe or tendon. It’s the texture as well.

British food is really…homogenous.

But yeah, well cooked and seasoned chicken feet is great.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

As a non-American academic: what the flying fuck?

What is going on in the US….?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

As a scientist I briefly read the Twitter chain by the company with some description of their methodology.

Honestly I didn’t really follow it and it’s hard to critique based on buzzwords and Tweets. The person who was posting it sounds like a businessman, throwing jargon and words rather than something coherent.

Ultimately I think that people are surprised by figures like “50% of gamers are female”. It might be 30%, or it might be something else. Maybe asking the questions a certain way biases the responses a certain way.

It’s hard to glean anything based on what I’ve seen. I don’t have any skin in this game, and I don’t care either way, but all I’ll say is that it’s hard to figure out the truth based on the information available.

[–] [email protected] 59 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (27 children)

Women also make up 50% of PC video game players and 54 percent of mobile game players.

I find a lot of these figures really hard to believe, to be honest.

Looking at the link, there is little I can find about their methodology.

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