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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Hehe, not to offend anyone but I think Americans just like crazy units that are either cumbersome, difficult to convert or in this case imprecise as most ingredients vary in density, depending on which flour you chose and how you put it into the cup.

My guess is unwillingness to improve anything and an inability to learn for a subset of people.

I mean weighing things used to be more difficult and required you to move these weights around and was more complicated than just taking a cup of something. But nowadays we have electronic kitchen scales for 10€. And they don't require you to have a set of cups, spoons and get everything messy with butter.

I think the whole baking is quite different and convenience products like pre-made and refrigerated cookie dough or self-raising flour are far more prevalent than where I live. But we also buy lots of pre-made pizza dough and cake mixes here so there is that.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Ich glaube in Lebensmitteln sind die Gifte/Toxine die mancher Schimmel produziert das Hauptproblem und weniger die Sporen/Fruchtkörper/der Schimmel an sich.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Ich denke das ist so. Dass der Schimmel langsam wächst und sich graduell ausbreitet bis er irgendwann an der Oberfläche seine Fruchtkörper sichtbar werden. Besonders bei Brot und zB Früchten mit großem Wassergehalt sollte man dann alles wegschmeißen.

Also ich meine von Schimmelsporen sind wir umgeben. Und die Menge der Gifte die der Schimmel produziert und dann im Lebensmittel landen wird wahrscheinlich kontinuierlich ansteigen. Meines Wissens bringt das einen nicht um, aber auch kleine Mengen sind nicht gesund und sollten vermieden werden.

Wahrscheinlich kann man einfach schlecht etwas tun wenn man es nicht sehen kann und deswegen erübrigt sich die Frage eh. Ich würde aber mal mutmaßen dass auch Schimmel exponentiell wächst und damit auch die Giftstoffe im Lebensmittel. Dann würde man am Anfang wenig Unterschied haben aber später (wenn man es sieht?) geht es richtig ab und der Moment zählt mehr um da einen Unterschied zu erreichen.

(Ich friere Brot einfach geschnitten ein und taue das dann regelmäßig auf oder stecke das in den Toaster. Damit erspare ich mir schimmelndes Brot weitestgehend.)

[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

“To make that happen, we need to keep doing what we do best: telling a compelling story,” the head of the MPA explained.

Is that 'making up compelling stories' that end in 'would somebody please think of the children'? Is there any basis that piracy and illegal content are related? I mean I get that people include malware and share regular pornography... I dont get why it makes the MPA sad when their enemies get infected by viruses...

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Ah, thanks! I knew there was a name for it but couldn't remember.

[–] [email protected] 64 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I think this is the answer. They also need to advertise correctly so people feel the need to finance a $70.000 truck instead of buying a small used car for $4.000. Of course with interest and their credit score people will end up paying like double the price anyways.

Another option is to offer crappy versions of the same thing that are more affordable but break earlier. That way you also pay more over the years.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Jellyfin or another DLNA capable server if the TV comes with a DLNA/UPnP player?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

They've done it that way for the previous models, too. I suppose it's to add a bit of "mystery" around it and give people some riddle to solve.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I don't think that's what the graph shows at all. It shows what the average person spends on healthcare each year versus what they get out of it (life expectancy.)

It does so for several countries and shows how things changed over the last half a century. The steeper a line of a country is, the more the healthcare system and medicine has improved. The flatter a line is, the more money you're pumping into the system for less benefit. And medicine should improve. We've made quite some progress since the 1970s and found cures to ilnesses that were a death sentence back then.

That people need more treatment if they're old is a true fact. But it's not really depicted in this graph. Sure it's somewhere in the numbers but you'd need a different diagram for that. Keep in mind that also in the 1970s people grew older and there were old people around... People had grandmas back then. And also people nowadays are healthier for a longer period of time and also retire later. These things work against what demographics makes worse. But it also doesn't cancel out each other. You'd need a more comprehensive study and more number to tell, not just speculation which is most certainly wrong.

But the mere fact that the line for the USA is such an outliar shows that there is something severely wrong with that healthcare system. And you can see when it started and that it steadily continues this way. Either you're a different species and medicine works differently for US citizens than for Europeans, or you have severely unique circumstances in the country, or you're just getting ripped off and some people get rich with the billions that don't contribute towards health.

And that you someday retire and become a burden on the system is how it's supposed to be. That's why you paid all the money during the decades you worked, despite not being sick (yet.)

And there are some more pecularities in the graph. For example you can see that life expectancy is actually decreasing(!) in the last years. That could depict the drugs (Fentanyl deaths) and the rise of suicide in the last years. I'm not sure but these could be possible explanations. Also im Germany where I live mortality rises. Especially during the Covid years and somehow it affects people from the eastern parts of Germany more than people from the western part of the country. That's all not in this graph however and the reasons are complex. I'm not sure what the cause is for the decline shortly before 2018. People speculate it's influenza waves and things like that.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

To talk to random internet strangers. Discuss life, computer issues, politics and whatnot. Sometimes I learn something. Sometimes I ask random questions that I didn't find anwers to. Sometimes I just spend my downtime scrolling through posts.

What do you use it for?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

If nobody has an answer maybe ask over at [email protected] and set the NSFW tag accordingly. They regularly discuss some torrent trackers over there. I'm not sure if this question is too specific. It definitely is for me...

[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (12 children)

I think washing detergent for white fabric can contain bleach, so the clothes will stay white and won't become grey. If this is the case, it'll gradually fade any colors of colored fabric.

And the other way around it won't keep the white perfectly white.

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