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Human: Just bought a new 1998 Mustang GT anything I should look out for? So I just bought a 98 GT and was wondering if any of you guys knew any common problems or things I should look out for on the car. Assistant: Crowds /thread

Human: Just bought a new 1998 Mustang GT anything I should look out for? So I just bought a 98 GT and was wondering if any of you guys knew any common problems or things I should look out for on the car. Assistant: Try a Mustang specific forum, particularly by year/generation. That will be much more targeted.

Human: I want to be an Engineer but Im really really bad at writing papers and Im having anxieties that I should change major I want to major in BS Civil Engineer, I like maths calculus but cant write a single report/technical paper. What should I do? Assistant: I had the same worries, but found out that the reports usually have the same format and its you're just adjusting a few details. I find writing reports not so stressful coz you're just stating facts. For projects, we asked around for samples and referred to it while doing ours, so far so good. I don't think you will escape writing papers if you change your major anyway.

Human: I want to be an Engineer but Im really really bad at writing papers and Im having anxieties that I should change major I want to major in BS Civil Engineer, I like maths calculus but cant write a single report/technical paper. What should I do? Assistant: Like anything - you get better with practice.

Human: Successful defense! Today I defended my PhD dissertation, and it was accepted by committee with revisions. I'm so relieved I could cry. I'm so glad this stage is over. To be honest, I had been worried the pandemic was going to affect my defense process negatively, and I'm so relieved it's done with. Assistant: Congrats! Did you need to defend remotely?

Human: Successful defense! Today I defended my PhD dissertation, and it was accepted by committee with revisions. I'm so relieved I could cry. I'm so glad this stage is over. To be honest, I had been worried the pandemic was going to affect my defense process negatively, and I'm so relieved it's done with. Assistant: Congratulations! Mine is two weeks from today (via video)!

Human: Could anyone recommend something easy to bake? Just something easy to bake as I'm still a beginner and still haven't yet mastered muffins without them looking like cupcakes. Assistant: chocolate chip cookies!! classic and always delicious

Human: Could anyone recommend something easy to bake? Just something easy to bake as I'm still a beginner and still haven't yet mastered muffins without them looking like cupcakes. Assistant: Another quick thing, apart from banana bread that I like to make are peanut butter cookies. You need peanut butter (creamy), eggs and sugar. That's it. Mix it, form into balls, press down crisscross with a fork. I like chocolate chips on mine. Bake for 5-7 minutes, depending on how soft or crunchy you want them. They taste delicious. I need to check for the exact quantities. Edit: Here is the recipe. You can adjust the amount of sugar. Or add a dash of vanilla.

Human: What's your favourite playlist to calculate/do physics to? I'm looking for something new to listen to while doing enormous calculations that are a bit mindless for the most part. I normally listen to korean jazz, Lo-fi hip hop, and generic chill morning jazz playlists. But this is getting a bit repetitive, any recommendations? Assistant: Math Rock I can recommend tricot.

Human: What's your favourite playlist to calculate/do physics to? I'm looking for something new to listen to while doing enormous calculations that are a bit mindless for the most part. I normally listen to korean jazz, Lo-fi hip hop, and generic chill morning jazz playlists. But this is getting a bit repetitive, any recommendations? Assistant: Mostly atmospheric black metal, like Paysage d'Hiver, Violet Cold, Mare Cognitum. Vocals are indecipherable shrieks, so not too distracting, and the music is loud enough to drown out the ever-present sounds of construction next door.

Human: Philosophy of horror What are the serious works (if any) on the philosophy of horror. Horror not as in the emotion, but the genre. I’m looking for a reading list, but also an overview of whatever materials have been published would be great Assistant: Thomas Ligotti’s only non fiction book “The Conspiracy Against the Human Race” explains the philosophy behind his own horror/weird fiction. He believes the existence of consciousness is a tragedy, and that most human activities are attempts to cope with that horror. These anxieties are sublimated in the creation of works of Horror as well as art more generally.

Human: Philosophy of horror What are the serious works (if any) on the philosophy of horror. Horror not as in the emotion, but the genre. I’m looking for a reading list, but also an overview of whatever materials have been published would be great Assistant: Georges Bataille - Literature and Evil

Human: How to make a cookie alcoholic? I hope I worded that correctly. I am helping with a business that is opening up where they will focus on cookies containing alcohol, but we’re having a hard time truly making them alcoholic. I have done rum glazes, but not nearly enough rum is used for a good alcohol flavour. Does anyone have any idea I can have a cookie contain about 2 Tbsp of alcohol without cooking off, and for it to taste like it? TIA :) Assistant: You may have better luck with making shortbread cookie wafers in chocolate, vanilla, lemon, hazelnut etc and then sandwiching them together with alcohol-heavy ganache. You can make dark chocolate, milk and white ganache with cream and alcohol, it does not need to be cooked off. Add it to the mixture after the cream has already melted the chocolate. You can dip them half-way into tempered chocolate and then into sprinkles / chopped nuts as well. Think grown-up Oreo!

Human: How to make a cookie alcoholic? I hope I worded that correctly. I am helping with a business that is opening up where they will focus on cookies containing alcohol, but we’re having a hard time truly making them alcoholic. I have done rum glazes, but not nearly enough rum is used for a good alcohol flavour. Does anyone have any idea I can have a cookie contain about 2 Tbsp of alcohol without cooking off, and for it to taste like it? TIA :) Assistant: Give it a hard life and no friends

Human: [DC] Why does Batman leave his mouth exposed? How come a part of his costume design is to leave a portion of his face unprotected? I mean doesn't it leave open the possibility of someone shooting him or sticking him with a taser since it's an exposed/unprotected area? Is there an advantage to it? Assistant: Delicious. Hostess. Apple. Pies.

Human: [DC] Why does Batman leave his mouth exposed? How come a part of his costume design is to leave a portion of his face unprotected? I mean doesn't it leave open the possibility of someone shooting him or sticking him with a taser since it's an exposed/unprotected area? Is there an advantage to it? Assistant: How else would Batman say "The hammers of justice never sleep!" or announce "I am *BATMAN!*" If it was sealed, all that villains would hear would be " The pfff ffo mmhh-shh nggg..jjoo!"

Human: Should I really be using my 15 minute break to use the bathroom to do legit "business"? Hey I'm new in this community. I originally wrote this in r/AmITheAsshole but wanted to know if I'll get more perspectives here. I wasn't sure if I should use the "policy" or "work issues" flair so please forgive me if I picked the wrong one. I started the current job I'm at back in June and it's the best pay I've ever gotten at a job. It's great! It's not far from home and I'm secure here. For the most part, everyone is friendly and I get along with all of them. I made one promise to myself though and that was to keep my business, my business. In other words don't tell them too much about myself since I'm a female and everyone I work with is female and most of us know that that means drama and gossip. Earlier last week, I got confronted by 2 of my coworkers, Andi and Kate, that it's been noticed that I seem to step out almost everyday at the same time. The biggest giveaway? Not just the time but i take my phone with me. I was asked if I'm on the phone and I told them I had to poop. We all know not everyone poops everyday while some don't and I personally don't go everyday, maybe every other day. This is just how my body is customized usually. However, Andi, accused me of maybe having a "medical problem" and asked/suggested that I see my physician. I took a little offense to this but kept it to myself. I played nice about it because I do not have some kind of bowel problem. It happens when I don't eat healthy food. Back at the last couple of jobs I've had, it was never a problem. I even had one long-term job where I went to poop at the same time, not everyday, but a few times a week and the whole office made it an ongoing joke about it! Anytime I went at let's say at 12PM, it would be "there she goes haha!" The next job I had didn't care since all we need was a key to use the bathroom that hung on the wall and my coworkers never really cared either. I told Andi this and assured her that I totally understand that we need to have each others backs and give heads up but she still thinks I may have a "problem" and didn't seem to care. I was warned by her and Kate that another colleague had gotten fired recently because she stepped out of the office a lot and was caught wondering around and on her phone just because she was trying to avoid working. We have a policy here that we all get one 15 minute break and a 30 minute lunch but if we choose not to take the mid-day break, then we can take a 45 minute lunch. Andi had slyly suggested I should use that 15 minutes for when I step out for my personal long period of time. Again, I took some offense to it but kept it to myself. Overall, they stated that they know they don't need to know my business but just to give them a heads up when I know I'll be gone for a long period of time [to poop]. When I told my boyfriend this, he said they should always have my back, regardless. **TL;DR - My coworkers think I need to be more courteous when I step out to go to the bathroom for a long period of time. They suspected I stepped out to talked on the phone since it's at the same time almost everyday. One coworker thinks I should check with my doctor and should use my 15 minute break for my poop time.** Location: U.S.A Assistant: 15min is a long time to drop a deuce. Have you considered not taking your phone while you go? You mentioned that was a dead giveaway. It might even cut the time you spend in the bathroom. Take a serious look at how you spend that time. Is it seriously pooping or screentime when you happen to poop?

Human: Should I really be using my 15 minute break to use the bathroom to do legit "business"? Hey I'm new in this community. I originally wrote this in r/AmITheAsshole but wanted to know if I'll get more perspectives here. I wasn't sure if I should use the "policy" or "work issues" flair so please forgive me if I picked the wrong one. I started the current job I'm at back in June and it's the best pay I've ever gotten at a job. It's great! It's not far from home and I'm secure here. For the most part, everyone is friendly and I get along with all of them. I made one promise to myself though and that was to keep my business, my business. In other words don't tell them too much about myself since I'm a female and everyone I work with is female and most of us know that that means drama and gossip. Earlier last week, I got confronted by 2 of my coworkers, Andi and Kate, that it's been noticed that I seem to step out almost everyday at the same time. The biggest giveaway? Not just the time but i take my phone with me. I was asked if I'm on the phone and I told them I had to poop. We all know not everyone poops everyday while some don't and I personally don't go everyday, maybe every other day. This is just how my body is customized usually. However, Andi, accused me of maybe having a "medical problem" and asked/suggested that I see my physician. I took a little offense to this but kept it to myself. I played nice about it because I do not have some kind of bowel problem. It happens when I don't eat healthy food. Back at the last couple of jobs I've had, it was never a problem. I even had one long-term job where I went to poop at the same time, not everyday, but a few times a week and the whole office made it an ongoing joke about it! Anytime I went at let's say at 12PM, it would be "there she goes haha!" The next job I had didn't care since all we need was a key to use the bathroom that hung on the wall and my coworkers never really cared either. I told Andi this and assured her that I totally understand that we need to have each others backs and give heads up but she still thinks I may have a "problem" and didn't seem to care. I was warned by her and Kate that another colleague had gotten fired recently because she stepped out of the office a lot and was caught wondering around and on her phone just because she was trying to avoid working. We have a policy here that we all get one 15 minute break and a 30 minute lunch but if we choose not to take the mid-day break, then we can take a 45 minute lunch. Andi had slyly suggested I should use that 15 minutes for when I step out for my personal long period of time. Again, I took some offense to it but kept it to myself. Overall, they stated that they know they don't need to know my business but just to give them a heads up when I know I'll be gone for a long period of time [to poop]. When I told my boyfriend this, he said they should always have my back, regardless. **TL;DR - My coworkers think I need to be more courteous when I step out to go to the bathroom for a long period of time. They suspected I stepped out to talked on the phone since it's at the same time almost everyday. One coworker thinks I should check with my doctor and should use my 15 minute break for my poop time.** Location: U.S.A Assistant: What kind of weridos do you work with? What business is it of theirs?

Human: All right engineers! I need your help in the COVID crisis. I’m a failed engineer (BME) turned pharmacist. I know a lot of people here are EE and such and this may not apply but you’re all smart. My pharmacy is closing down our doors to protect patients during this covid crisis. Might last a month at least. In the meantime, we’ve set up a curbside pickup system for meds to take care of our community. The problem is that all of our medications and work is done in the back of the building while we have to bring it to the front of the building for patients. We do as many as 700 prescriptions a day and I can’t have my staff only running back in forth the entire time. Is there any way to at least partially automate or make it easier to move prescriptions to the front of the store without spending a ton of money? As a reminder, the store is closed to customers so it doesn’t have to be a pretty solution. Thanks I’m advance! Assistant: Hire a teenager to go back and forth 700 times.

Human: All right engineers! I need your help in the COVID crisis. I’m a failed engineer (BME) turned pharmacist. I know a lot of people here are EE and such and this may not apply but you’re all smart. My pharmacy is closing down our doors to protect patients during this covid crisis. Might last a month at least. In the meantime, we’ve set up a curbside pickup system for meds to take care of our community. The problem is that all of our medications and work is done in the back of the building while we have to bring it to the front of the building for patients. We do as many as 700 prescriptions a day and I can’t have my staff only running back in forth the entire time. Is there any way to at least partially automate or make it easier to move prescriptions to the front of the store without spending a ton of money? As a reminder, the store is closed to customers so it doesn’t have to be a pretty solution. Thanks I’m advance! Assistant: Clothesline (rope with pulleys) then get some nice clothespins or chip clips to hold on. Put the scripts in little bags, clip them to the rope, then pull to move it towards the opposite end.

Human: I am a young woman about to start college for computer engineering. I want some honest answers, what can I expect? I am fully aware that females are underrepresented in all engineering fields, and my engineering friends would often joke about seeing girls in class and how rare it was. I am 22, about to finish up my first degree in a humanities degree, and going straight into computer engineering as I fully realize that my field is not volatile. I wanted to do something practical and useful, so instead of going on to get a masters, I'm going back and getting a BS in computer engineering. I am fully curious though on what to expect. Will everything be normal? Will I be treated the same? How would I be treated differently? What about in the work force? This in no way will deter me whether or not the answers are negative, I just simply want to be fully aware of what to expect. I've worked in technical fields as part time and am currently working as tech support, so I already know a little of the possibilities, but I am curious about engineering in general as customers are different than peers. Assistant: what to expect: 4 years of very little sleep.

Human: I am a young woman about to start college for computer engineering. I want some honest answers, what can I expect? I am fully aware that females are underrepresented in all engineering fields, and my engineering friends would often joke about seeing girls in class and how rare it was. I am 22, about to finish up my first degree in a humanities degree, and going straight into computer engineering as I fully realize that my field is not volatile. I wanted to do something practical and useful, so instead of going on to get a masters, I'm going back and getting a BS in computer engineering. I am fully curious though on what to expect. Will everything be normal? Will I be treated the same? How would I be treated differently? What about in the work force? This in no way will deter me whether or not the answers are negative, I just simply want to be fully aware of what to expect. I've worked in technical fields as part time and am currently working as tech support, so I already know a little of the possibilities, but I am curious about engineering in general as customers are different than peers. Assistant: Stay on top of homework. Khan Academy and other online resources are crazy useful. Most importantly, if there's a student engineering society (I'm thinking of something analogous to ASCE or ASME or NSPS), get involved and active! Good luck and have fun!

Human: How did yall make it through school. Of course everyone knows engineering classes are hard. I struggled me first semester as an M.E major. Anyone have any tips? Assistant: Take a 20 minute nap a day. You’ll study and test better. Also, do a little cardio.

Human: How did yall make it through school. Of course everyone knows engineering classes are hard. I struggled me first semester as an M.E major. Anyone have any tips? Assistant: Beer. Lots of beer

Human: [DC] Are there any activities that Bruce Wayne is consistently bad at? I don't mean stuff like "just kill the Joker". Are there any games, stuff like juggling or sleight of hand, or writing prose/poetry, that Bruce Wayne demonstrated little to no skill at when he attempted them on more than one occasion? Assistant: He's consistently been fairly bad at cooking. It's not so bad that he'd cause food poisoning, but that's about all I can say for Bruce Wayne's ability to do anything more complex than putting protein powder in a blender while he's in the kitchen.

Human: [DC] Are there any activities that Bruce Wayne is consistently bad at? I don't mean stuff like "just kill the Joker". Are there any games, stuff like juggling or sleight of hand, or writing prose/poetry, that Bruce Wayne demonstrated little to no skill at when he attempted them on more than one occasion? Assistant: Having stable relationships.

Human: What food has the most neutral taste? Meaning it has no taste at all. Not tasting bad or good or anything at all. Assistant: Taste is very subjective, so what one person might find tasteless another might be more sensitive to and find it has a nice or nasty flavour. If you wanted to create a totally neutral food but with a texture, I'd go for water set with a small amount of gelatine.

Human: What food has the most neutral taste? Meaning it has no taste at all. Not tasting bad or good or anything at all. Assistant: Gelatin

Human: Are there any diaries written by philosophers? My favorite type of reading but I don't remember ever seeing one written by a philosopher. Assistant: ‘Meditations’ is a series of personal writings by Marcus Aurelius. It holds enormous influence for Stoicism.

Human: Are there any diaries written by philosophers? My favorite type of reading but I don't remember ever seeing one written by a philosopher. Assistant: Camus' notebooks have been published in three volumes (35-42, 42-51, and 51-59).

Human: Not really a question, just an update - I really love my job, so thanks for all the advice you've given me!!!! WHEEEEEEE. I'm riding high lol, I'm three weeks into a new job and enjoying myself so much. I'm learning shit, I'm having fun, my work is actually important, I've had multiple people compliment me on my work, I'm hourly so I get OT and I *have* to eat lunch, etc. This is great, I'm doing great. I came to y'all after getting fired & I really appreciated all the advice I got. I was nervous about asking about things like retention, and how emergencies get handled at jobs, and whether or not manufacturing engineering really can still have WLB & I really appreciate all the advice I got. And for those of u who have bad gut feelings about ur current role, please listen to yourself. I'm literally like, experiencing Joy and Wonder bc like, my team is so supportive and helpful and quick to point out the good I'm doing (prev job, no news was good news and really the positive feedback I got was "oh you're keeping me on my toes", which was frankly unsustainable, the rest of the time it was an endless deluge of feedback that really sapped my confidence in my work and made me make dumb mistakes because it felt like my brain was dissolving in a vat of acid), but also being like "love the energy, please please don't spread yourself too thin, if you need help I've got you", which is like, then opposite of my experience at my old job. I'm just really happy rn and wanted to share bc y'all really did help me when I needed it. Assistant: what a change of tone for this sub

Human: Not really a question, just an update - I really love my job, so thanks for all the advice you've given me!!!! WHEEEEEEE. I'm riding high lol, I'm three weeks into a new job and enjoying myself so much. I'm learning shit, I'm having fun, my work is actually important, I've had multiple people compliment me on my work, I'm hourly so I get OT and I *have* to eat lunch, etc. This is great, I'm doing great. I came to y'all after getting fired & I really appreciated all the advice I got. I was nervous about asking about things like retention, and how emergencies get handled at jobs, and whether or not manufacturing engineering really can still have WLB & I really appreciate all the advice I got. And for those of u who have bad gut feelings about ur current role, please listen to yourself. I'm literally like, experiencing Joy and Wonder bc like, my team is so supportive and helpful and quick to point out the good I'm doing (prev job, no news was good news and really the positive feedback I got was "oh you're keeping me on my toes", which was frankly unsustainable, the rest of the time it was an endless deluge of feedback that really sapped my confidence in my work and made me make dumb mistakes because it felt like my brain was dissolving in a vat of acid), but also being like "love the energy, please please don't spread yourself too thin, if you need help I've got you", which is like, then opposite of my experience at my old job. I'm just really happy rn and wanted to share bc y'all really did help me when I needed it. Assistant: Like good for you, like I wish you the best 👍

Human: Is it a hormone deficiency to desire love but not the sexual aspect of it? [Male / 30 / 6`5" / 290lbs / Smokes and Drinks] I consider many people extremely sexy and a complete turn on. However the act of sexual behavior escapes me almost to the point of avoidance. I am not a virgin and am very sexually experienced however it is just unattractive for me. Is this a chemical imbalance? Assistant: I would suggest that you get some baseline hormone tests, particularly if your loss of libido is a new thing. However do bear in mind that some people simply are asexual, whether they form romantic relationships or not.

Human: Is it a hormone deficiency to desire love but not the sexual aspect of it? [Male / 30 / 6`5" / 290lbs / Smokes and Drinks] I consider many people extremely sexy and a complete turn on. However the act of sexual behavior escapes me almost to the point of avoidance. I am not a virgin and am very sexually experienced however it is just unattractive for me. Is this a chemical imbalance? Assistant: You could be asexual

Human: How do you abbreviate minute if you are using it in the same equation as meters (abbreviated with m)? For example if I wanted to say the ball travels 100 meters per minute, how would I abbreviate that? Assistant: If you feel like pissing people off - the dashes ' and " are commonly used for arcminutes and arcseconds respectively. I've also seen them used for temporal minutes and seconds. So ' could also be an option. But no, I'd recommend just abbreviating as min.

Human: How do you abbreviate minute if you are using it in the same equation as meters (abbreviated with m)? For example if I wanted to say the ball travels 100 meters per minute, how would I abbreviate that? Assistant: min

Human: Lemon - goat butter tea cakes: is there anything can I use as a goat butter substitute that still tastes somewhat tangy? I’ve purchased a new cookie book, but everything I like out of it uses goat butter. It’s not readily available around me, and while I assume regular butter will work, I was hoping someone here might have an idea that would still get me those flavor notes. Assistant: maybe cultured butter? or add buttermilk

Human: Lemon - goat butter tea cakes: is there anything can I use as a goat butter substitute that still tastes somewhat tangy? I’ve purchased a new cookie book, but everything I like out of it uses goat butter. It’s not readily available around me, and while I assume regular butter will work, I was hoping someone here might have an idea that would still get me those flavor notes. Assistant: When I think tangy, I think of sour cream, cream cheese, and certain types of yogurt. I imagine those aren't great substitutes for butter, but maybe a different ingredient can be substituted to add tanginess and regular butter can be used in place of goat butter?

Human: Is a body of water considered an impervious surface? For stormwater management calculations. Assistant: Usually impervious because the stormwater doesn't infiltrate.

Human: Is a body of water considered an impervious surface? For stormwater management calculations. Assistant: For stromwater runoff calculations it is

Human: Where do I look to buy a shitbox, <$500, manual transmission car? I’m a high schooler in Michigan who’s looking for a cheap beater that I can have some fun in without worrying about going into massive debt if I F something up. (Sorry if this is the wrong sub, idk where else to post) Assistant: Local junkyards sometimes they get something that runs

Human: Where do I look to buy a shitbox, <$500, manual transmission car? I’m a high schooler in Michigan who’s looking for a cheap beater that I can have some fun in without worrying about going into massive debt if I F something up. (Sorry if this is the wrong sub, idk where else to post) Assistant: You're not going to have any fun in a car you pay less than $500 for, and i guarantee you if it's not already fucked up, something is on its absolute last leg lol My brother in law's first car was $500. It had a hole in the gas tank, so you'd lose half a liter of gas if you pulled left too sharply. It had no 2nd gear, and stalled midway through a hilarious number of intersections. It ended it's life as a field derby car.

Human: [Pirates of the Caribbean] What was Jack Sparrow doing between the time he was kicked off the Black Pearl and showing up in Port Royal? Assistant: Sea turtles mate

Human: [Pirates of the Caribbean] What was Jack Sparrow doing between the time he was kicked off the Black Pearl and showing up in Port Royal? Assistant: Traveling the world drinking and whoring. We know he has been to Singapore and we know that he impersonated officers of the Royal Navy along with a member of the clergy. For money I would assume he just committed petty crimes like stealing the money purse at Port Royal along with maybe pirating some small merchant ships with Mr. Gibbs and other small time pirates out of Tortuga. The whole time he was also keeping an ear out about tales of the Pearl waiting for a good lead to go after it

Human: Please help me. Embarrassing issue involving male ejaculation. Long story short I can't masturbate due to crippling pain when I ejaculate. I first ejaculated when I was 12 and I spent 30 minutes laying on the bathroom floor crying. It was a sharp and burning pain that lingered a few minutes after the release. My stomach then hurt and I felt like throwing up. I'm 23 now and I have never purposely ejaculated since. Every time I have a wet dream or whatever it's called I'm woken up from the pain. I've been to the urologist 2 times but only recently becuase it's an embarrassing issue. They couldn't tell me what was wrong expect for inflammation in my pancreas which is supposedly temporary. I don't see that lasting all these years. The problem now is a little more complicated. This is the embarrassing part: So for the past year I have been "edging". I bring myself close to ejaculation and I stop immediately. I do this becuase of small amount of pleasure I get from doing it. There have been times where I've accidentally gone too far and I've actually ejaculated. It hurt. Bad. Lately I have been doing it a lot less close to release so I don't have to worry about it. 4 nights ago for whatever reason I was a lot more sensitive than usual so I accidentally went to the point where I felt it was about to release. I stopped myself but this feeling that it is about to come out lasted an hour. I was in hell and crying because I was so scared. It went away and I was relieved. It came back but it came in waves. I eventually fell asleep on my back too afraid to move. I woke up and it was gone but that night it came back. It's been coming in waves ever since and tonight is the worst yet. I've urinated many times since then and I looked up blue balls and people say it goes away and "resets" after a few hours. This isn't blue balls obviously. I don't know what the hell it is. It gets more intense when I move my legs a certain way while sitting down. I know this is a problem for a urologist but can anyone tell me what this might be? I'm in agonizing mental pain right now because I've spent the past 4 days knowing that at any second the worst pain I've ever felt can come out of nowhere. Assistant: Nothing embarassing when it's about health. Urologists do a shit ton of learning about the male genitalia exactly to be able to help you when you need them. Just go to the urology specialist, there is no shame here.

Human: Please help me. Embarrassing issue involving male ejaculation. Long story short I can't masturbate due to crippling pain when I ejaculate. I first ejaculated when I was 12 and I spent 30 minutes laying on the bathroom floor crying. It was a sharp and burning pain that lingered a few minutes after the release. My stomach then hurt and I felt like throwing up. I'm 23 now and I have never purposely ejaculated since. Every time I have a wet dream or whatever it's called I'm woken up from the pain. I've been to the urologist 2 times but only recently becuase it's an embarrassing issue. They couldn't tell me what was wrong expect for inflammation in my pancreas which is supposedly temporary. I don't see that lasting all these years. The problem now is a little more complicated. This is the embarrassing part: So for the past year I have been "edging". I bring myself close to ejaculation and I stop immediately. I do this becuase of small amount of pleasure I get from doing it. There have been times where I've accidentally gone too far and I've actually ejaculated. It hurt. Bad. Lately I have been doing it a lot less close to release so I don't have to worry about it. 4 nights ago for whatever reason I was a lot more sensitive than usual so I accidentally went to the point where I felt it was about to release. I stopped myself but this feeling that it is about to come out lasted an hour. I was in hell and crying because I was so scared. It went away and I was relieved. It came back but it came in waves. I eventually fell asleep on my back too afraid to move. I woke up and it was gone but that night it came back. It's been coming in waves ever since and tonight is the worst yet. I've urinated many times since then and I looked up blue balls and people say it goes away and "resets" after a few hours. This isn't blue balls obviously. I don't know what the hell it is. It gets more intense when I move my legs a certain way while sitting down. I know this is a problem for a urologist but can anyone tell me what this might be? I'm in agonizing mental pain right now because I've spent the past 4 days knowing that at any second the worst pain I've ever felt can come out of nowhere. Assistant: Where is the pain located?

Human: Why is bad store cheese in a plastic wrap, but it is usually sold in sealed vacuum bags at the market? Assistant: ...huh?

Human: Why is bad store cheese in a plastic wrap, but it is usually sold in sealed vacuum bags at the market? Assistant: Also, many markets buy cheese in bulk and cut/wrap them themselves. Imported cheeses have different storage (packaging) requirements depending on country of origin. We have special equipment to seal certain cheeses and equipment to just wrap others.

Human: Cowboy Bebop] Ein was an invaluable, world-class "data dog." So why was he just the Bebop's pet? Ein, as a "data dog," was worth a fortune and pursued aggressively by criminal organizations. After being adopted by the crew of the Bebop, though, he more or less seems to become a normal pet. Why did they sit on something which was so potentially valuable and/or useful – especially when half of the human crew didn't care for Ein? According to [the Cowboy Bebop wiki... >Ein is capable of doing the following things: >* Driving a car (only the wheel) * Answering a telephone * Communicating with other animals * Hacking a computer database by using his mind * Playing Shogi * Watching television [??] Assistant: Corgi’s are badass.

Human: Cowboy Bebop] Ein was an invaluable, world-class "data dog." So why was he just the Bebop's pet? Ein, as a "data dog," was worth a fortune and pursued aggressively by criminal organizations. After being adopted by the crew of the Bebop, though, he more or less seems to become a normal pet. Why did they sit on something which was so potentially valuable and/or useful – especially when half of the human crew didn't care for Ein? According to [the Cowboy Bebop wiki... >Ein is capable of doing the following things: >* Driving a car (only the wheel) * Answering a telephone * Communicating with other animals * Hacking a computer database by using his mind * Playing Shogi * Watching television [??] Assistant: I always saw it as kinda a joke that the adults don't know that Ejn is this super dog or anything, they just treat him as a regular dog and that anything special he does they think it was just a fluke or something else.

Human: Does a straw have one hole or two? I'm having an absurd and fun discussion on this topic in 'ask reddit' ... figured I'd ask the experts. I've invoked negative planes and relativity (and I'm not a smart person), so clearly this is getting out of control. Thanks! Assistant: Topologically it has one hole. Colloquially it probably has two because it has an entry and an exit separated in space by many multiples of their size. From an engineering perspective there is no material that comes anywhere close to the failure-free arbitrary deformation required to do the tricks required of the infinitely compressible, zero Poisson's ratio material that topologists like to imagine everything is made of. So it has both one hole and two holes, depending on your perspective...

Human: Does a straw have one hole or two? I'm having an absurd and fun discussion on this topic in 'ask reddit' ... figured I'd ask the experts. I've invoked negative planes and relativity (and I'm not a smart person), so clearly this is getting out of control. Thanks! Assistant: We need a solid answer

Human: What is the most aerodynamic shape? Assistant: Line

Human: What is the most aerodynamic shape? Assistant: the answer is “it depends,” but here’s a classic to get you started on minimum drag shapes: https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19930092299

Human: How much of a role does your undergrad GPA play when applying for grad programs? Hey there - I graduated college a few months ago. The job market has been stale to say the least, and I'm thinking of heading off to grad school. How much does your GPA determine acceptance? I realize it probably varies by program - I am looking at journalism programs. I've done a lot outside of college - lots of freelance, started a local news project, and continue to produce radio in public and for-profit settings - I am working in my field, but i am not getting much out of it anymore and i feel its a combo of the town I'm in and the market. TLDR - i want to go to grad school, but my undergrad GPA was not great - how much does that matter? Assistant: If the only reason you are looking at grad school is because of a stale job market you probably should not go to grad school at all.

Human: How much of a role does your undergrad GPA play when applying for grad programs? Hey there - I graduated college a few months ago. The job market has been stale to say the least, and I'm thinking of heading off to grad school. How much does your GPA determine acceptance? I realize it probably varies by program - I am looking at journalism programs. I've done a lot outside of college - lots of freelance, started a local news project, and continue to produce radio in public and for-profit settings - I am working in my field, but i am not getting much out of it anymore and i feel its a combo of the town I'm in and the market. TLDR - i want to go to grad school, but my undergrad GPA was not great - how much does that matter? Assistant: A good GPA is necessary but not sufficient.

Human: A friend saw black food colouring gel and bought it for me, how can i make full use of it? I'm thinking of using it in a burger bun, apart from that I can't think of anything else. Any suggestions? Assistant: Prepare for a black mouth.

Human: A friend saw black food colouring gel and bought it for me, how can i make full use of it? I'm thinking of using it in a burger bun, apart from that I can't think of anything else. Any suggestions? Assistant: I use it in royal icing for cookie decorating or buttercream for cakes (I use black for accents, not the whole cookie or cake)

Human: How much oxygen can one tree produce in a day? I was driving through the Redwood Forest and wondered how much oxygen one redwood could provide to society. How many humans could live off the oxygen one tree produces in a day? Assistant: Related question, but how much oxygen does one average adult human consume in a day / year?

Human: How much oxygen can one tree produce in a day? I was driving through the Redwood Forest and wondered how much oxygen one redwood could provide to society. How many humans could live off the oxygen one tree produces in a day? Assistant: There are couple of sources that point that Paulownia tree could produce about 6kg of oxygen daily: http://media.wix.com/ugd/6402b5b7dad31e9773c6444ca09fdd53.ugd?dn=Paulownia%20Hybrid%20for.pdf (6.5kg) http://sa-tree-company.wozaonline.co.za/Paulownia+tree+Introduction (5.9kg) http://www.dragontrees.com/dragonbe.html (13 lbs = 5.9kg) Not really sure about the credibility of these numbers. And of course other tree species would produce different amounts, most likely less than Paulownias.

Human: Is it a career killer to attend the same school as undergrad for a PhD? I've been in my current physics research group at an R1 state school for a year. The problem we're working on is a long-term problem that I find inspiring and important. I've also received really strong mentorship here. I got into another school where they'd like me to work on the same problem, if I choose to go there. They said they'd like to collaborate even if I don't go there. I'm not married to the idea of an academic career, but I would consider it if I felt I was competitive. Logistically, staying at my current school would be easier, and I have momentum. Would staying at my current institution be a bad decision? Or is the important thing that I work with other groups of people and broaden my horizons? Assistant: Go with whoever is funding you

Human: Is it a career killer to attend the same school as undergrad for a PhD? I've been in my current physics research group at an R1 state school for a year. The problem we're working on is a long-term problem that I find inspiring and important. I've also received really strong mentorship here. I got into another school where they'd like me to work on the same problem, if I choose to go there. They said they'd like to collaborate even if I don't go there. I'm not married to the idea of an academic career, but I would consider it if I felt I was competitive. Logistically, staying at my current school would be easier, and I have momentum. Would staying at my current institution be a bad decision? Or is the important thing that I work with other groups of people and broaden my horizons? Assistant: Not a career killer, but I do advise looking elsewhere. If you're young and do a PhD you're basically spending the first ten years of your adult life on college campuses. The best you can do to experience more of the world is to travel a bit or go to a new city or a new school. Seeing how another place does things, meeting new people, and making new friends is a very important experience, and traveling for a PhD helps with that.

Human: Can You Help Us Help Others on Thanksgiving? The last nine years, /r/AskCulinary has hosted live culinary holiday hotlines on Thanksgiving and Christmas Day to help folks who run into cooking troubles and need immediate answers. We'd like to do it again and need volunteers to be by their computers to give advice. If you know a thing or two about traditional holiday meals and would like to help, please comment here to let us know what hours you can cover. We'd like to start around nine-ish Eastern time as we do get some early questions. The bulk of the questions come in between 10:00 and 1:00, with later hours being pretty slow. The last couple years the pattern was a bit off, what with a lot of people making their own Thanksgiving dinners for the first time, but I think it should be more or less normal this time around. I think if we can get a couple folks helping through each hour until 3:00, with some extra before and after noon, we can make a go of it. If you'd like to volunteer, please post a comment here letting us know what hours you can cover. Thanks! Assistant: Hey, I can help starting at noon ET until 3ish.

Human: Can You Help Us Help Others on Thanksgiving? The last nine years, /r/AskCulinary has hosted live culinary holiday hotlines on Thanksgiving and Christmas Day to help folks who run into cooking troubles and need immediate answers. We'd like to do it again and need volunteers to be by their computers to give advice. If you know a thing or two about traditional holiday meals and would like to help, please comment here to let us know what hours you can cover. We'd like to start around nine-ish Eastern time as we do get some early questions. The bulk of the questions come in between 10:00 and 1:00, with later hours being pretty slow. The last couple years the pattern was a bit off, what with a lot of people making their own Thanksgiving dinners for the first time, but I think it should be more or less normal this time around. I think if we can get a couple folks helping through each hour until 3:00, with some extra before and after noon, we can make a go of it. If you'd like to volunteer, please post a comment here letting us know what hours you can cover. Thanks! Assistant: I’m not qualified to take a shift but just want to say thank you so much to everyone generously volunteering their time! You very well might hear from me with a question, haha.

Human: Chefs of Reddit, what knife tricks do you have to help the average kitchen chef? [Serious] Assistant: If it falls, don't try to catch it.

Human: Chefs of Reddit, what knife tricks do you have to help the average kitchen chef? [Serious] Assistant: There are no "tricks" to using a knife. The only things that I can suggest are learning to properly sharpen & care for your knife, learning the proper ways to use them, and to practice using them.

Human: Farting Employee! Hi HR, I own a small business and we have a 12x12 office room where we work with 4 people, each with their own desk. We just made a new hire (23F) who is a fitness and nutrition enthusiast. She is vegan and eats the same thing every day for lunch which is essentially a bowl of vegetables (broccoli, etc), beans, and mustard. &#x200B; Every single day around 3pm, she starts letting off silent but insanely deadly "veggie farts". My wife works in the office and we both have discussed this at great length about how to handle it. We notice her stepping out of the room fairly regularly (presumably to relieve her vegan gas), but she also snacks a lot as a part of her diet. &#x200B; We've lit candles, which help to mask the smell, but we think it's just flat out offensive and disrespectful for her to do this in our workplace. The new hire is now in her 4th week and we are not sure how to proceed. Obviously a conversation needs to happen, but as the owner of the company how should I approach this one? Assistant: I think you should reframe your attitude. It’s not “flat out offensive and disrespectful.” She’s presumably not doing this on purpose. And it’s not your place to tell her to change her diet. In fact, you don’t even know that it’s due to her diet. She could have IBS or a gastrointestinal condition that leads to excess flatulence. That being said, you could respectfully bring up the issue and try to collaborate on a solution. Perhaps she could be more diligent about stepping out of the room?

Human: Farting Employee! Hi HR, I own a small business and we have a 12x12 office room where we work with 4 people, each with their own desk. We just made a new hire (23F) who is a fitness and nutrition enthusiast. She is vegan and eats the same thing every day for lunch which is essentially a bowl of vegetables (broccoli, etc), beans, and mustard. &#x200B; Every single day around 3pm, she starts letting off silent but insanely deadly "veggie farts". My wife works in the office and we both have discussed this at great length about how to handle it. We notice her stepping out of the room fairly regularly (presumably to relieve her vegan gas), but she also snacks a lot as a part of her diet. &#x200B; We've lit candles, which help to mask the smell, but we think it's just flat out offensive and disrespectful for her to do this in our workplace. The new hire is now in her 4th week and we are not sure how to proceed. Obviously a conversation needs to happen, but as the owner of the company how should I approach this one? Assistant: Sounds like a bummer..

Human: [Star Wars] I'm a Jedi survivor who's been hiding the entire lifespan of the Empire. The Second death star has just exploded, Darth Vader and sidious are dead. What do I do now? Assistant: Find a small isolated planet with uneducated natives - amaze them with my Force abilities and become their God.

Human: [Star Wars] I'm a Jedi survivor who's been hiding the entire lifespan of the Empire. The Second death star has just exploded, Darth Vader and sidious are dead. What do I do now? Assistant: Ask The Force? With the fall of the Sith, shouldn't the connection the Jedi have with The Force be much stronger than it was before? If so, then I suspect you already know what you should do now.

Human: Which software and tools make your research and writing infinitely easier? I'm a PhD candidate in the humanities returning to my program after taking a leave of absence. I'm curious about software and other technological tools that you just can't imagine working without. I use Scrivener to write, and I like it quite a bit over Word. I used to use Zotero for bibliographic management, but I'm now finding it less intuitive than I remember and the Chrome plug-in doesn't seem to work half of the time. Technology changes and advances so quickly that it feels as though I'm not up-to-date with the most useful tools anymore. I'm particularly interested in hearing from those within the humanities since that's my area of study, but in the hopes that this thread can be helpful for academics of all fields, please still post if you work in the sciences, etc.! Many thanks! Assistant: Mendeley as citation manager, comes with chrome extension, looks up and renames PDFs and has a Word plugin.

Human: Which software and tools make your research and writing infinitely easier? I'm a PhD candidate in the humanities returning to my program after taking a leave of absence. I'm curious about software and other technological tools that you just can't imagine working without. I use Scrivener to write, and I like it quite a bit over Word. I used to use Zotero for bibliographic management, but I'm now finding it less intuitive than I remember and the Chrome plug-in doesn't seem to work half of the time. Technology changes and advances so quickly that it feels as though I'm not up-to-date with the most useful tools anymore. I'm particularly interested in hearing from those within the humanities since that's my area of study, but in the hopes that this thread can be helpful for academics of all fields, please still post if you work in the sciences, etc.! Many thanks! Assistant: I use Evernote. I am a grad student in the humanities. I did pay for the premium version though so I could attach/upload unlimited pdfs to it. When I do archival work I turn scans into pdfs, take notes in Evernote/put down some quick thoughts about the documents, and then attach them. If the words in the scans are clear enough sometimes the search feature will pick them up (for docs. that were typed not hand written). It has been really handy

Human: What is the "Bible" for your discipline? I've already collected "the art of electronics" and "shigleys mechanical engineering design". Just wondering what else might be worth picking up for engineering reference purposes. Assistant: Perry’s Handbook, for us weirdo Chem E’s

Human: What is the "Bible" for your discipline? I've already collected "the art of electronics" and "shigleys mechanical engineering design". Just wondering what else might be worth picking up for engineering reference purposes. Assistant: The ASHRAE handbooks.

Human: What to do with leftover pastry cream or creme pat? any other quick easy to make that is good with pastry cream? Assistant: Get a big spoon and enjoy.

Human: What to do with leftover pastry cream or creme pat? any other quick easy to make that is good with pastry cream? Assistant: You can turn it into other types of cream! Blending it with whipped cream = cream diplomat Blending it, then folding Italian meringue into it = cream chiboust Add some melted chocolate into either of the above two Etc. What I like to do is bake some choux pastry and make profiteroles (cream puffs) with cream diplomat

Human: Can I use roast chicken carcasses to make a stock? If I buy a whole cooked chicken from the supermarket and use the meat, can I use the carcass/bones/wingtips for a stock? Is there enough flavour and connective tissue to make it flavoursome and gelatinous? Assistant: Yes, I make large batches of stock(I guess technically it is broth, I do not pick the carcass well so it includes much back meat and skin?) With 2-3 rotisserie chicken that I keep in a zip lock in the freezer. I keep onion, shallot, garlic, carrot, celery and herb trimmings/peelsin a separate bag to use for much of veg to flavor it as well. I'll do a good 6 hour simmer and after it cools in the fridge it is almost like jello. Fantastic mouthfeel compared to store bought.

Human: Can I use roast chicken carcasses to make a stock? If I buy a whole cooked chicken from the supermarket and use the meat, can I use the carcass/bones/wingtips for a stock? Is there enough flavour and connective tissue to make it flavoursome and gelatinous? Assistant: Yes

Human: In quantum physics, what do we mean by the word "Observe"? Assistant: I think of it as “an interaction where the property in question is relevant to the outcome of the interaction.”

Human: In quantum physics, what do we mean by the word "Observe"? Assistant: Basically "an interaction occurred".

Human: Hired for remote work [NE] moved to another state permanently Was hired by a very large tech company, one of the requirements is I live in a specific state. Recruiter told me I had to maintain residency or I could lose the job. Contacted manager 3 times telling him I needed to travel to another state for family, he never responded to any of my emails or messages on teams. I gave a 7 day period but I'm now permanently in the other state. They haven't noticed and or don't care. What do I do now? Don't want to lose the job but I think if I tell them this is a permanent move I won't be able to keep it. They have an office in this state I'm in now and I could easily drive there if need be. Assistant: You can’t just say, “Oh well, I tried to tell them,” and then continue working from the new state. Even if your employer never noticed, your new state will come calling with a big tax bill when they figure out you’re a gainfully employed permanent resident who’s not paying any income tax.

Human: Hired for remote work [NE] moved to another state permanently Was hired by a very large tech company, one of the requirements is I live in a specific state. Recruiter told me I had to maintain residency or I could lose the job. Contacted manager 3 times telling him I needed to travel to another state for family, he never responded to any of my emails or messages on teams. I gave a 7 day period but I'm now permanently in the other state. They haven't noticed and or don't care. What do I do now? Don't want to lose the job but I think if I tell them this is a permanent move I won't be able to keep it. They have an office in this state I'm in now and I could easily drive there if need be. Assistant: Have you updated your residency information with hr?

Human: [Punisher] Since Frank isn't as black and white as people think (he wouldn't kill people who pirate movies or are prostitutes just because they're breaking the law) what is the absolute worst crime someone could commit without Frank deeming it deserving of his brand of punishment? Assistant: Frank doesn't have an objective code. He is a situational ethics kind of person. So this question can't be answered accurately.

Human: [Punisher] Since Frank isn't as black and white as people think (he wouldn't kill people who pirate movies or are prostitutes just because they're breaking the law) what is the absolute worst crime someone could commit without Frank deeming it deserving of his brand of punishment? Assistant: Manslaughter?

Human: [TMNT] Why do the Turtles still wear their masks in private (like at home)? Don't they get uncomfortable or itchy? When do they get cleaned? Assistant: why do they wear a mask at all? I mean think about it. When was the last time you were able to give an accurate facial description of a human. A lot of people have a very hard time with it. Now Try to give one for a fucking turtle. You can't. The masks are just worn because they are teenagers who like ninjas.

Human: [TMNT] Why do the Turtles still wear their masks in private (like at home)? Don't they get uncomfortable or itchy? When do they get cleaned? Assistant: They're terribly comfortable.

Human: [Eternals/Marvel] Can something the size of the Celestials or The Living Tribunal mess with the physics of a planet? Something I’ve been wondering is if beings the size of Celestials and The Living Tribunal would mess with a planet’s physics, like would they have a strong gravitational pull? Would they mess with the tides and all that of a planet? We see in Eternals that one of the Celestials’ fingers is about twice the size of Mt. Everest, and one of them is 200 miles tall. We saw in Loki that there’s a statue of Living Tribunal’s head that’s like the size of a small mountain, and he is much larger than even Galactus. Just something I’ve always wondered about, and with Celestials being popular rn, figured I’d ask Assistant: I imagine they're quantum-level beings that can shift their mass into a quantum dimension with a quantum-like power. Their quantum-state allows them to exist on our quantum plane without affecting the gravitational forces of celestial bodies.

Human: [Eternals/Marvel] Can something the size of the Celestials or The Living Tribunal mess with the physics of a planet? Something I’ve been wondering is if beings the size of Celestials and The Living Tribunal would mess with a planet’s physics, like would they have a strong gravitational pull? Would they mess with the tides and all that of a planet? We see in Eternals that one of the Celestials’ fingers is about twice the size of Mt. Everest, and one of them is 200 miles tall. We saw in Loki that there’s a statue of Living Tribunal’s head that’s like the size of a small mountain, and he is much larger than even Galactus. Just something I’ve always wondered about, and with Celestials being popular rn, figured I’d ask Assistant: I’ve never thought of that.

Human: can I use sodium citrate to mix olive oil and water together? It's an emulsifier and I know it's capable of keeping the water and oil and cheese from separating to make a nice cohesive cheese sauce and it's also what's used in american cheese to keep the cheese bound up with the other crap they put in and still make it nice and melty Assistant: Hey, I’m one of the “them” who “puts the crap in”. No, it won’t work. Sodium citrate is an emulsifying salt in dairy systems because it turns dairy protein into an effective emulsifier and helps it smooth out. The other answers are wrong. What you need is something like sodium stearoyl lactylate, or mono and diglycerides, or lecithin.

Human: can I use sodium citrate to mix olive oil and water together? It's an emulsifier and I know it's capable of keeping the water and oil and cheese from separating to make a nice cohesive cheese sauce and it's also what's used in american cheese to keep the cheese bound up with the other crap they put in and still make it nice and melty Assistant: Try it and find out.

Human: In undergraduate quantum mechanics. Haven't taken linear algebra and am confused with operations, hermitians, and eigenvalues. Any good places to learn enough linear algebra to get by for QM? operators* not operations. Assistant: I think these videos are fantastic to get the concepts of linear algebra https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZHQObOWTQDPD3MizzM2xVFitgF8hE_ab Couple that with the these comprehensive notes: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.cs.cornell.edu/courses/cs485/2006sp/LinAlg_Complete.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwi0wYfszIngAhUKHnwKHR_9BEUQFjAAegQIAhAB&usg=AOvVaw1q7agphcYlubkgTobOpKj0&cshid=1548442337020

Human: In undergraduate quantum mechanics. Haven't taken linear algebra and am confused with operations, hermitians, and eigenvalues. Any good places to learn enough linear algebra to get by for QM? operators* not operations. Assistant: I have always really liked Gilbert Strang's Linear Algebra textbook.

Human: Is it normal for a dog to howl/cry during surgery? I recently started working at a vet clinic. Among other questionable events, I've overheard dogs howling and whining for 10-20 minutes while in surgery. It sounds horrifying and I need to know if this is normal. This has happened twice in the past two weeks (never before in 3 months) both with shelter dogs during spay and neuter surgeries. Assistant: This is not ok. This is not normal. Are you in the US?

Human: Is it normal for a dog to howl/cry during surgery? I recently started working at a vet clinic. Among other questionable events, I've overheard dogs howling and whining for 10-20 minutes while in surgery. It sounds horrifying and I need to know if this is normal. This has happened twice in the past two weeks (never before in 3 months) both with shelter dogs during spay and neuter surgeries. Assistant: If you are uncomfortable with things you are seeing in your practice, you should bring it up with your doctor for better understanding. If you don’t feel comfortable doing that, or if you don’t think they’ll implement change even if you do and you know what they’re doing is wrong, you can check out the link below, which is a resource for the American Veterinary Medical Association. https://www.avma.org/KB/Resources/Reference/AnimalWelfare/Pages/animal-welfare-the-profession.aspx

Human: was making a roux last night and thought to myself… *we need an ice cream machine, except for heat* next thought: *maybe this already exists and i should ask Reddit* so, R/ is there already in existence a stovetop something with a mechanism like an ice cream machine which i could hand crank or turn on to do the scraping on my roux? could be for this purpose or a repurposed something else, doesn’t matter. Assistant: You mean a Thermomix?

Human: was making a roux last night and thought to myself… *we need an ice cream machine, except for heat* next thought: *maybe this already exists and i should ask Reddit* so, R/ is there already in existence a stovetop something with a mechanism like an ice cream machine which i could hand crank or turn on to do the scraping on my roux? could be for this purpose or a repurposed something else, doesn’t matter. Assistant: I used to work in a cajun spot. We made four types of roux everyday. Sometimes we would place the roux mix in the oven at 400 degrees to pre “toast” the roux before we cooked it in the pot to finish for gumbo, creole sauce and etoufee. They also have something called a thermomix, very similar to a vitamin blender but, applies heat when used.

Human: Could I swap white sugar for brown sugar to make a vanilla cake? Ran out of granulated sugar and I’ve only got brown sugar on me I googled it and found out that there would be little change if I did. But just asking here just to be sure Assistant: You can certainly use brown sugar as a sub to white but brown sugar will not only alter the taste profile but alter the mouth feel since brown sugar in baking tends to result in a more moist and dense baked good. YMMV

Human: Could I swap white sugar for brown sugar to make a vanilla cake? Ran out of granulated sugar and I’ve only got brown sugar on me I googled it and found out that there would be little change if I did. But just asking here just to be sure Assistant: Sure, it might give it a caramel taste

Human: (USA/CA/Modesto) Rented a room for 6 months with no problems until a new roommate moved in and life at home became a NIGHTMARE...ALL my belongings were stolen, damaged, or destroyed...Need legal help!! Hello. So I found a room for rent on Craigslist a little over 6 months ago and the 5 other housemates and I (including the owner/landlord) all got along and for the most part we all minded our own business, until a little over 2 months ago when the master bedroom became available and was taken by a woman who must be about 50-55 and was supposedly working in real estate. Well quickly she was fired, not long after moving all her stuff in and completely packing the garage with her extra junk, and I mean PACKED. She seemed boisterous but nice enough until only a week had passed and she started displaying psychotic behavior, like drinking malt liquor (She drank Mad Dog 20/20's as if they were fruit juice) as soon as she woke up and stayed boozing it up all day and night, every day. She quickly befriended another housemate (a 25 year old drop out with the mind of a 15 year old who was more than happy to get free booze, weed, and later on harder drugs to simply keep this sad alcoholic woman company...) and it became clear to me she enabled this kid for that very reason. She was loud, obnoxious, and very quick to become aggressive over anything, so I imagine she didn't have too many friends and that explained why she never went out to drink, instead opting to live in squalor. Every time I saw her room it was littered with beer cans, liquor bottles, several plates of half eaten food, and tons of miscellaneous garbage. Although this woman lived like a pig, I was able to avoid her at first. Trouble was around the corner though. The 25 year old roommate informed me that she was asking him to find her other drugs besides the pot she constantly smoked despite a cough that sounded near fatal. All day and night this woman coughed with her door wide open while the landlord was gone. I finally buckled and asked her if she would mind shutting her door while she was sick, since I was starting to catch a cold from her never ending coughing fits (my room was next to hers to boot) I worded this nicely, to which she immediately begins shouting aggressively things like "Why should I close my door? I don't have to do what you say. I'm not sick, how dare you call me sick! Who the fuck do you think you are you - blah blah blah and so on." I dropped the subject, texted the landlord what happened verbatim and put earplugs in. I should make it known that I am a recovering addict with over a year and 9 months clean now, and there were clear rules about drugs (besides pot) not being allowed on the premises, and tenants weren't allowed to be active junkies either, but that goes without saying. The landlord was extremely naive though, and as I noticed more and more red flags (loud snorting all through the night in her room, increased hostile confrontations, and drug baggies in the trash) he would brush me off every time I tried to warn him of drug activity in the house. I believe this is because her rent was twice what mine was, and he was a definite miser when it came to money. The situation got much worse. I left the house one day and came back to find it ransacked. My lock-box which held all my meds was gone. the remotes to my flat screen and bluray were gone. A few random things seemed to be missing, so I called my case manager (I receive mental health services as well as support for my recovery) and she came over immediately. When she walked through the door all hell broke loose. The alcoholic roomie called my case manager a stupid whore, a dumb drug addict, we were all a bunch of pathetic drug addicts she said, and her animosity was so intense we decided to video record her insane drug fueled ranting, at times worried she was going to become violent as she kept leaning into us and almost lunging...I tried to keep my mouth shut but I told her sternly to leave me the fuck alone, which didn't help. We packed a couple bags and I was put into a short-term safe house for a couple days. I texted the landlord that I would be gone and that I was worried about my stuff, which he assured me would be safe. Well, two days later I came back to pack my stuff...only to realize all my stuff was either stolen, vandalized, or completely destroyed. EVERY item of clothing I own besides the clothes I was wearing had been cut to pieces with scissors, and I had a LOT of clothes. They (The drunk and the 25 year old I assume) cut the cord to my TV, my bluray, my record player, broke my records, stole my massive DVD collection, stabbed my mattress excessively, cut my PILLOWS in half, and even sunk so low as to take pictures of family and of me performing in bands through the years, and CUT MY FACE OUT OF EACH ONE. They stole my vintage keyboard, a basketball, my newest pair of shoes, and I'm probably forgetting plenty of other things. I made an inventory of everything missing or destroyed I could remember and added the estimated value, which came out to $2,075...And that was a very low estimate. I rounded down...So basically, I'm devastated and have no idea what to do. My case manager helped me get into a 30-day stay transitional house run by the county, so for now I'm avoiding the local homeless shelter, but after my time's up at this house I don't know what will happen to me. I need legal aid. I have no idea where to start, other than making several police calls which didn't prove to be very useful. I have a case number, but I'm not sure what to do with it. The only evidence I have is the video my case manager took of the lady acting psychotic, my case manager's testimony, and pictures I took of my destroyed clothes and electronics. Sorry for the essay, but I want anyone with advice to have all the info. Assistant: Call the police for theft and vandalism. And if they happen to come across some drugs, all the better. I'd also go back there and lock up your room and remove all valuables from the property and ask a friend if you can store them at their place. Then check your lease terms for rules on subletting and start looking for a subletter so you can move out.

Human: (USA/CA/Modesto) Rented a room for 6 months with no problems until a new roommate moved in and life at home became a NIGHTMARE...ALL my belongings were stolen, damaged, or destroyed...Need legal help!! Hello. So I found a room for rent on Craigslist a little over 6 months ago and the 5 other housemates and I (including the owner/landlord) all got along and for the most part we all minded our own business, until a little over 2 months ago when the master bedroom became available and was taken by a woman who must be about 50-55 and was supposedly working in real estate. Well quickly she was fired, not long after moving all her stuff in and completely packing the garage with her extra junk, and I mean PACKED. She seemed boisterous but nice enough until only a week had passed and she started displaying psychotic behavior, like drinking malt liquor (She drank Mad Dog 20/20's as if they were fruit juice) as soon as she woke up and stayed boozing it up all day and night, every day. She quickly befriended another housemate (a 25 year old drop out with the mind of a 15 year old who was more than happy to get free booze, weed, and later on harder drugs to simply keep this sad alcoholic woman company...) and it became clear to me she enabled this kid for that very reason. She was loud, obnoxious, and very quick to become aggressive over anything, so I imagine she didn't have too many friends and that explained why she never went out to drink, instead opting to live in squalor. Every time I saw her room it was littered with beer cans, liquor bottles, several plates of half eaten food, and tons of miscellaneous garbage. Although this woman lived like a pig, I was able to avoid her at first. Trouble was around the corner though. The 25 year old roommate informed me that she was asking him to find her other drugs besides the pot she constantly smoked despite a cough that sounded near fatal. All day and night this woman coughed with her door wide open while the landlord was gone. I finally buckled and asked her if she would mind shutting her door while she was sick, since I was starting to catch a cold from her never ending coughing fits (my room was next to hers to boot) I worded this nicely, to which she immediately begins shouting aggressively things like "Why should I close my door? I don't have to do what you say. I'm not sick, how dare you call me sick! Who the fuck do you think you are you - blah blah blah and so on." I dropped the subject, texted the landlord what happened verbatim and put earplugs in. I should make it known that I am a recovering addict with over a year and 9 months clean now, and there were clear rules about drugs (besides pot) not being allowed on the premises, and tenants weren't allowed to be active junkies either, but that goes without saying. The landlord was extremely naive though, and as I noticed more and more red flags (loud snorting all through the night in her room, increased hostile confrontations, and drug baggies in the trash) he would brush me off every time I tried to warn him of drug activity in the house. I believe this is because her rent was twice what mine was, and he was a definite miser when it came to money. The situation got much worse. I left the house one day and came back to find it ransacked. My lock-box which held all my meds was gone. the remotes to my flat screen and bluray were gone. A few random things seemed to be missing, so I called my case manager (I receive mental health services as well as support for my recovery) and she came over immediately. When she walked through the door all hell broke loose. The alcoholic roomie called my case manager a stupid whore, a dumb drug addict, we were all a bunch of pathetic drug addicts she said, and her animosity was so intense we decided to video record her insane drug fueled ranting, at times worried she was going to become violent as she kept leaning into us and almost lunging...I tried to keep my mouth shut but I told her sternly to leave me the fuck alone, which didn't help. We packed a couple bags and I was put into a short-term safe house for a couple days. I texted the landlord that I would be gone and that I was worried about my stuff, which he assured me would be safe. Well, two days later I came back to pack my stuff...only to realize all my stuff was either stolen, vandalized, or completely destroyed. EVERY item of clothing I own besides the clothes I was wearing had been cut to pieces with scissors, and I had a LOT of clothes. They (The drunk and the 25 year old I assume) cut the cord to my TV, my bluray, my record player, broke my records, stole my massive DVD collection, stabbed my mattress excessively, cut my PILLOWS in half, and even sunk so low as to take pictures of family and of me performing in bands through the years, and CUT MY FACE OUT OF EACH ONE. They stole my vintage keyboard, a basketball, my newest pair of shoes, and I'm probably forgetting plenty of other things. I made an inventory of everything missing or destroyed I could remember and added the estimated value, which came out to $2,075...And that was a very low estimate. I rounded down...So basically, I'm devastated and have no idea what to do. My case manager helped me get into a 30-day stay transitional house run by the county, so for now I'm avoiding the local homeless shelter, but after my time's up at this house I don't know what will happen to me. I need legal aid. I have no idea where to start, other than making several police calls which didn't prove to be very useful. I have a case number, but I'm not sure what to do with it. The only evidence I have is the video my case manager took of the lady acting psychotic, my case manager's testimony, and pictures I took of my destroyed clothes and electronics. Sorry for the essay, but I want anyone with advice to have all the info. Assistant: File a case with your renter's insurance if you have it.

Human: How to get rid of these damn fleas on our cats? Our indoor cats got fleas presumably when we cat sat for a friend. It's not something we have ever dealt with before and didn't realize it was fleas until about 4 months afterwards and they were infested. We've given them 3 months of advantage II flea treatment; washed with hot water and hot dryer the blankets they sleep on all the time; vacuum regularly; Removed and washed the carpet they would sit on soaking wet with dawn (it's rolled up away right now). The advantage helps for a few weeks but then they're back itching and scabs again after 2 or 3 weeks from the treatment. What else can I be doing to get rid of these damn fleas once and for all? Thanks! Assistant: Revolution for cats works way better than Advantage.

Human: How to get rid of these damn fleas on our cats? Our indoor cats got fleas presumably when we cat sat for a friend. It's not something we have ever dealt with before and didn't realize it was fleas until about 4 months afterwards and they were infested. We've given them 3 months of advantage II flea treatment; washed with hot water and hot dryer the blankets they sleep on all the time; vacuum regularly; Removed and washed the carpet they would sit on soaking wet with dawn (it's rolled up away right now). The advantage helps for a few weeks but then they're back itching and scabs again after 2 or 3 weeks from the treatment. What else can I be doing to get rid of these damn fleas once and for all? Thanks! Assistant: Advantage (and all the OTC ones) are no good and fleas in many areas are actually resistant to them. You need a prescription strength flea preventive. Credelio is a good one, also Bravecto. Once they're on a decent flea preventive, vacuum a few times a week (every surface) to get up eggs and larvae. If the infestation is really bad, you may need a professional exterminator.

Human: When watching cooking shows the say things like, "It's too sweet, you should have added an acid to mellow it out." Where can I learn about the different types of food interactions. I've also heard something like when someone is mixing ingredients that they say to add fat before the dairy or some such (this is a non-specific example). Something that talks about how types of foods and flavors interact, both to complement and counter each other, would be great, be it a cookbook, tv show or video series on youtube or anything like that. Assistant: On Food and Cooking is another good book that I'd suggest checking out.

Human: When watching cooking shows the say things like, "It's too sweet, you should have added an acid to mellow it out." Where can I learn about the different types of food interactions. I've also heard something like when someone is mixing ingredients that they say to add fat before the dairy or some such (this is a non-specific example). Something that talks about how types of foods and flavors interact, both to complement and counter each other, would be great, be it a cookbook, tv show or video series on youtube or anything like that. Assistant: Here's a really dumbed down "flowchart" on how flavors generally interact: http://www.cooksmarts.com/articles/study-flavor-profiles/

Human: How to give my tomato sauce a more smokey flavor? This is a super weird question so I apologize in advance. This could be a regional thing, but I have a feeling that it’s not. Where I grew up, like many places, there is an ABUNDANCE of these super old Italian-American restaurants (think wood paneling everywhere and those stained glass chandeliers over every table that somehow emit 0 light). Something that I’ve never been able to accomplish at home when making my own tomato sauce is that flavor that these restaurants have - it tastes like it was made in a building that allowed smoking indoors for 50 years. What are these restaurants adding to accomplish this or is it literally just that these restaurants are super old? Assistant: I'm gonna have to agree with blistering the tomatoes (if making fresh tomato sauce) under the broiler for a few minutes first. Barring that, add a few drops of liquid smoke. Personally, growing up in an Italian American family in the eastern US, I have absolutely no clue what you are talking about. Maybe just smoke a cig or two while making the sauce lmao

Human: How to give my tomato sauce a more smokey flavor? This is a super weird question so I apologize in advance. This could be a regional thing, but I have a feeling that it’s not. Where I grew up, like many places, there is an ABUNDANCE of these super old Italian-American restaurants (think wood paneling everywhere and those stained glass chandeliers over every table that somehow emit 0 light). Something that I’ve never been able to accomplish at home when making my own tomato sauce is that flavor that these restaurants have - it tastes like it was made in a building that allowed smoking indoors for 50 years. What are these restaurants adding to accomplish this or is it literally just that these restaurants are super old? Assistant: Chipotle . Adobo Liquid smoke

Human: All of the upper management at the large bar I work at are either enabling or working together to get incredibly intoxicated women to have sex with them in the staff stairwell and I don’t know how to stop this. TW: sexual assault I (22/F) started working at this large 4 story pub/cocktail bar/nightclub in Australia 3 months ago. I worked mainly on the rooftop cocktail bar. A month ago I saw my 40 year old head bartender (S) flirting with a girl who looked barely 18. They disappeared even though he was on the clock and supposed to be supervising me. She, N, was extremely drunk because he kept feeding her drinks. Hours later I ran into her at a bar I went to after my shift, she seemed more sober. We got to chatting and she told me S said he wanted to kiss her and grabbed her hand, pulling her into the staff stairwell. She kept saying she didn’t want to have sex, but he kept pushing her until he got her to give him a blow job. She felt uncomfortable about the whole thing. There’s an inherent power dynamic at play, plus he’s dead sober and she was wasted (unable to consent). I report this to our head manager two days later for the cocktail bar (D). He immediately tells me not to tell anyone else and he says he will look at the footage. He asks me “what was she wearing?” And “how drunk was she?” He says women hit on bartenders all the time. Nothing happens and two days after that I run into an old coworker (A). I’m talking to her about this and she tells me D used to constantly sexually harass her, asking to “see her tits,” trying to take pics up her skirt with his phone, groping her ass etc. A made a report to upper upper management and HR and nothing happened because in their words, “as you know, the owner of [name of bar] is currently in a very public sexual assault case with an old employee who he supposedly took advantage of at the company party. Another case would ruin the bar’s rep entirely.” I then find out after talking to N again (we had exchanged numbers), that almost a year prior when N was visiting the bar, manager D pulled her into the stairwell too, when she was so drunk she could hardly walk. She kept saying “no” and he took her hand and shoved it down his pants, pushed her against a wall etc., until she shoved him and left. He didn’t rape her, but he did force her to touch him, quite violently. A had also told me that bartender S and D would work together to target drunk women and take turns taking them to the stairwell. I was so sickened by all of this that I then reported it to the highest manager, R. I only reported N’s story about S (sorry for all the confusion) because that was the most recent one, which I was sure was on camera. R wasn’t surprised and said he’d have a look at the camera footage. I then find out the next day, from overhearing a manager in the stairwell (sound echoes) that apparently the footage was DELETED from that night, probably by D who I reported it to first. I’m sorry this was all over the place and very confusing. I know most of it is hearsay but after seeing my management’s responses I am very concerned by the predatory behavior which is allowed at the bar. Is there anything I can do, from a legal standpoint, to try and stop this. I’m worried for women who come to the bar. I’m disgusted by how much this is brushed off. I am consistently sexually harassed at the bar and nothing happens when I report it (another less important story). Can the police do anything? Thank you. Assistant: A customer opened up to you about a sexual assault and your boss responded by deleting the footage and telling you not to tell anyone? You go to the police with any and all information you have. They can then look and see if they have any reports from citizens about being assaulted in that bar. For all you know, your testimony could be the nail in a coffin for a rapist. And in the future, ANY suspicion of assault that you hear about, you should tell the victim to go to the police about it.

Human: All of the upper management at the large bar I work at are either enabling or working together to get incredibly intoxicated women to have sex with them in the staff stairwell and I don’t know how to stop this. TW: sexual assault I (22/F) started working at this large 4 story pub/cocktail bar/nightclub in Australia 3 months ago. I worked mainly on the rooftop cocktail bar. A month ago I saw my 40 year old head bartender (S) flirting with a girl who looked barely 18. They disappeared even though he was on the clock and supposed to be supervising me. She, N, was extremely drunk because he kept feeding her drinks. Hours later I ran into her at a bar I went to after my shift, she seemed more sober. We got to chatting and she told me S said he wanted to kiss her and grabbed her hand, pulling her into the staff stairwell. She kept saying she didn’t want to have sex, but he kept pushing her until he got her to give him a blow job. She felt uncomfortable about the whole thing. There’s an inherent power dynamic at play, plus he’s dead sober and she was wasted (unable to consent). I report this to our head manager two days later for the cocktail bar (D). He immediately tells me not to tell anyone else and he says he will look at the footage. He asks me “what was she wearing?” And “how drunk was she?” He says women hit on bartenders all the time. Nothing happens and two days after that I run into an old coworker (A). I’m talking to her about this and she tells me D used to constantly sexually harass her, asking to “see her tits,” trying to take pics up her skirt with his phone, groping her ass etc. A made a report to upper upper management and HR and nothing happened because in their words, “as you know, the owner of [name of bar] is currently in a very public sexual assault case with an old employee who he supposedly took advantage of at the company party. Another case would ruin the bar’s rep entirely.” I then find out after talking to N again (we had exchanged numbers), that almost a year prior when N was visiting the bar, manager D pulled her into the stairwell too, when she was so drunk she could hardly walk. She kept saying “no” and he took her hand and shoved it down his pants, pushed her against a wall etc., until she shoved him and left. He didn’t rape her, but he did force her to touch him, quite violently. A had also told me that bartender S and D would work together to target drunk women and take turns taking them to the stairwell. I was so sickened by all of this that I then reported it to the highest manager, R. I only reported N’s story about S (sorry for all the confusion) because that was the most recent one, which I was sure was on camera. R wasn’t surprised and said he’d have a look at the camera footage. I then find out the next day, from overhearing a manager in the stairwell (sound echoes) that apparently the footage was DELETED from that night, probably by D who I reported it to first. I’m sorry this was all over the place and very confusing. I know most of it is hearsay but after seeing my management’s responses I am very concerned by the predatory behavior which is allowed at the bar. Is there anything I can do, from a legal standpoint, to try and stop this. I’m worried for women who come to the bar. I’m disgusted by how much this is brushed off. I am consistently sexually harassed at the bar and nothing happens when I report it (another less important story). Can the police do anything? Thank you. Assistant: Post this in the AusLegal sub

Human: What are some good engineering news sources? I was wondering what is the best way to keep up with the news from the engineering world. What websites or youtube channels do this the best? Would you recommend just reading journals like IEEE spectrum? Assistant: r/AskEngineers

Human: What are some good engineering news sources? I was wondering what is the best way to keep up with the news from the engineering world. What websites or youtube channels do this the best? Would you recommend just reading journals like IEEE spectrum? Assistant: I like EETimes for electrical engineering articles. They don't really do much 'breaking news' stuff, though.

Human: [NC] Grandmother passed away 6 years ago and I just found out I was in her will My aunt, we'll call her A, informed me less than a month ago that I am entitled to 1/6th of my grandmother's single wide trailer in a retirement community. She said I can either sign the paperwork or have my share bought out. In the conversation she says it's only fair that I sign it away because my other aunt, B, has been living there for the past 6 years and has been paying the taxes. She also stressed multiple times that the home is maybe only worth about $6,000 because it's only the trailer, no land. I told her I needed to think about it because this was very sudden and not a decision I was going to take lightly. I have some emotional debt with this family as my father passed away 10 years ago and they did some shady things to make sure all of his belongings went to them as I was under 18 and my parents were divorced. Due to this, I'm not willing to just sign away my share. My grandmother wouldn't have wanted them to pressure me into it either. I advised A that I would like to see the appraisal (during the phone call, she insinuated they were already getting one, my guess is because A also owns a share in the home.) She then tells me that I owe 6 years of taxes as well as I need to pay my share of the roof that was installed since B moved in. I am also responsible for the cost of the appraisal. What rights do I have? Is there a law that says I am or am not responsible for the taxes and roof even though I wasn't aware I had inherited anything until last month? Any advice is appreciated. If it helps, the home is located in Henderson county, North Carolina. Thanks! Assistant: Ask for your portion of six years rent.

Human: [NC] Grandmother passed away 6 years ago and I just found out I was in her will My aunt, we'll call her A, informed me less than a month ago that I am entitled to 1/6th of my grandmother's single wide trailer in a retirement community. She said I can either sign the paperwork or have my share bought out. In the conversation she says it's only fair that I sign it away because my other aunt, B, has been living there for the past 6 years and has been paying the taxes. She also stressed multiple times that the home is maybe only worth about $6,000 because it's only the trailer, no land. I told her I needed to think about it because this was very sudden and not a decision I was going to take lightly. I have some emotional debt with this family as my father passed away 10 years ago and they did some shady things to make sure all of his belongings went to them as I was under 18 and my parents were divorced. Due to this, I'm not willing to just sign away my share. My grandmother wouldn't have wanted them to pressure me into it either. I advised A that I would like to see the appraisal (during the phone call, she insinuated they were already getting one, my guess is because A also owns a share in the home.) She then tells me that I owe 6 years of taxes as well as I need to pay my share of the roof that was installed since B moved in. I am also responsible for the cost of the appraisal. What rights do I have? Is there a law that says I am or am not responsible for the taxes and roof even though I wasn't aware I had inherited anything until last month? Any advice is appreciated. If it helps, the home is located in Henderson county, North Carolina. Thanks! Assistant: Get a lawyer. Something tells me that they are hiding something. Maybe you were left the whole trailer, but they are trying to downplay it so it seems like you got something worthless. I would also say to get your own appraisal on the trailer, as they might lie about it to.

Human: Academics, what are you dreading the most about going back to school? Assistant: Seasonal depression September-May.

Human: Academics, what are you dreading the most about going back to school? Assistant: The more people there are in the corridor, the more likely it is that I'll spill some (or, *God-forbid*, all) of my coffee.

Human: What’s your favorite quote from your engineering seniors? As a new EE, mine is: “Ugly is not a defect” - Senior Mechanical Engineer. Assistant: *One of the most difficult decisions a young engineer has to make is when is it “good enough”*(as the pithy sign said “there comes a time in every project when you have to shoot the engineer and get on with production.”)

Human: What’s your favorite quote from your engineering seniors? As a new EE, mine is: “Ugly is not a defect” - Senior Mechanical Engineer. Assistant: Good enough for government work

Human: Do culinary students have dissertations? Is there a good place to read their work? Found a research paper on the effects of potato and rice flour in different recipes which sparked this question. I was wondering if any level of culinary school has students work on a written dissertation. A research paper where they dive deep into a technique or ingredient and write a thesis of some sort. If these do exist, is there anywhere online to read them. I imagine they would be very interesting. Assistant: Hi, librarian here! OpenDOAR.org is a database that searches for Open Access repositories. You can search different subjects and they will help you locate free, full-text articles and dissertations. Just poke around and see what you can find!

Human: Do culinary students have dissertations? Is there a good place to read their work? Found a research paper on the effects of potato and rice flour in different recipes which sparked this question. I was wondering if any level of culinary school has students work on a written dissertation. A research paper where they dive deep into a technique or ingredient and write a thesis of some sort. If these do exist, is there anywhere online to read them. I imagine they would be very interesting. Assistant: More like food science and nutrition students

Human: [GENERAL] Has there ever been a superhero who managed to keep their identity 100% secret? That includes keeping it from other heroes. Assistant: If memory serves, the original version of The Shadow had an identity so obscure that even the narrator couldn't pin down which, of any, of his false personas, helpers and well wishers was the man himself and not just a fake Id or comrade. Later adaptions eventually settled on Lamont Cranston, though.

Human: [GENERAL] Has there ever been a superhero who managed to keep their identity 100% secret? That includes keeping it from other heroes. Assistant: No one knew who Hooded Justice from Watchmen was, and he ended up disappearing before anyone found out who he was.

Human: What is your favorite search engine for scholarly articles and for what field are you searching for? Edit: Do you use Google Scholar for exclusively searching for athropology and PubMed for Medicine? Do you prefer using JSTOR for physics? What is your favorite scholarly search engine?! Hope you are having a wonderful day! Assistant: Linguistics, computer science, mathematics: Google Scholar. Never used something else, though I don't trust its BibTeX entries one bit. If I can, I try to find the publisher's or author's information, or look how the paper is cited in other articles.

Human: What is your favorite search engine for scholarly articles and for what field are you searching for? Edit: Do you use Google Scholar for exclusively searching for athropology and PubMed for Medicine? Do you prefer using JSTOR for physics? What is your favorite scholarly search engine?! Hope you are having a wonderful day! Assistant: Web of science, then google scholar.

Human: People with Philosophy Degrees! What do you do for a living? Just finished my undergrad in philosophy and wondering what options are out there for me! What have you used your degree for? Assistant: Stay at home dad and hobby gardener.

Human: People with Philosophy Degrees! What do you do for a living? Just finished my undergrad in philosophy and wondering what options are out there for me! What have you used your degree for? Assistant: I teach logic, ethics, and occasionally intro to philosophy at a community college.

Human: Any philosophers who dive into the concept of love? I don’t mean love towards God, mainly between people. Assistant: Is it gonna be me? Am I gonna be the one that suggests Plato’s Symposium? Alrighty then.

Human: Any philosophers who dive into the concept of love? I don’t mean love towards God, mainly between people. Assistant: For starters you can look at the SEP entries on love and friendship: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/love/ https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/friendship/

Human: Dean, my cat, isn’t doing well after surgery and I’m worried! Cat Age: 2 years old Gender: Male,neutered Breed: Domestic medium hair Weight: 5kg Has had chronic ear infection, went under surgery on 7/10 to have total ear canal ablation (TECA) We picked him on the the same day after the surgery. Since being home he is lethargic and doesn’t want to eat, drink, use the litter box, he used the restroom on himself bc he can’t get up. His eyes have been rapidly moving back an forth has become slower over time. He doesn’t seem to be able to sleep much as well. He basically can’t do anything for himself right now. He wants to lay down understandably. My concern is that the vet did not warn me on any of his symptoms after the surgery. Are these types of behaviors normal? Should I be concerned and take him to an emergency vet. I tried calling other vets but they all say they can’t give any advice bc of the type of surgery. I tried calling the establishment but they are closed and not answering the numbers given to us to call for questions. We live in Nebraska,USA. Assistant: RVN here. Take him to an ER vets. Regardless of the fact that he is showing signs that could be explained as surgical complications, these are not normal and certainly not an outcome from treatment deemed successful. He needs an exam and that any treatment or supportive care deemed necessary by the examining veterinary surgeons. Good luck and hope he feels better soon

Human: Dean, my cat, isn’t doing well after surgery and I’m worried! Cat Age: 2 years old Gender: Male,neutered Breed: Domestic medium hair Weight: 5kg Has had chronic ear infection, went under surgery on 7/10 to have total ear canal ablation (TECA) We picked him on the the same day after the surgery. Since being home he is lethargic and doesn’t want to eat, drink, use the litter box, he used the restroom on himself bc he can’t get up. His eyes have been rapidly moving back an forth has become slower over time. He doesn’t seem to be able to sleep much as well. He basically can’t do anything for himself right now. He wants to lay down understandably. My concern is that the vet did not warn me on any of his symptoms after the surgery. Are these types of behaviors normal? Should I be concerned and take him to an emergency vet. I tried calling other vets but they all say they can’t give any advice bc of the type of surgery. I tried calling the establishment but they are closed and not answering the numbers given to us to call for questions. We live in Nebraska,USA. Assistant: Any update, OP?

Human: What engineering jobs / industries can an incompetent engineer work in for many years with a low risk of getting fired? I see government jobs high up on list ( hard to get into and even harder to get fired from) but I do not know why this is the case. Competitive companies such Pfizer, google , and ExxonMobil typically want the best of the best , so I could imagine that weak engineers get weeded out relatively quickly. Assistant: Any place. A bigger place is easier. Make your way into management and your golden.

Human: What engineering jobs / industries can an incompetent engineer work in for many years with a low risk of getting fired? I see government jobs high up on list ( hard to get into and even harder to get fired from) but I do not know why this is the case. Competitive companies such Pfizer, google , and ExxonMobil typically want the best of the best , so I could imagine that weak engineers get weeded out relatively quickly. Assistant: Academia

Human: [Stranger Things] What does Vecna do in his free time? Like, does he have any hobbies??? Assistant: I assume he trains or breeds his various animals (demogorgon, bats) and reflects on how much he hates humans or certain humans.

Human: [Stranger Things] What does Vecna do in his free time? Like, does he have any hobbies??? Assistant: He works on his fitness and endurance by running up hills.

Human: [TN] I accidentally had one of my employment dates off by 3 months and am about to have a background check So I just realized looking back at my resume that one of my jobs was from May 2015-April 2016 but it was actually May 2015-January 2016. The job I had after that was from January 2016-October 2018 and my most recent job has been October 2018-present. I've never had any job gaps. I completely misremembered because I was remembering the timeline in reference to a cruise that I went on as I was transitioning jobs. I am waiting for them to send the email to submit the info for the background check through Certiphi. I was planning on putting in my notice today because they want me to start in 2 weeks. I am freaking out a bit, I don't know if it's best to contact the recruiter or the HR rep, or to just put in the correct dates in the background check and hope for the best. Any advice is very much appreciated. Assistant: Five years ago, we wouldn’t even flag it.

Human: [TN] I accidentally had one of my employment dates off by 3 months and am about to have a background check So I just realized looking back at my resume that one of my jobs was from May 2015-April 2016 but it was actually May 2015-January 2016. The job I had after that was from January 2016-October 2018 and my most recent job has been October 2018-present. I've never had any job gaps. I completely misremembered because I was remembering the timeline in reference to a cruise that I went on as I was transitioning jobs. I am waiting for them to send the email to submit the info for the background check through Certiphi. I was planning on putting in my notice today because they want me to start in 2 weeks. I am freaking out a bit, I don't know if it's best to contact the recruiter or the HR rep, or to just put in the correct dates in the background check and hope for the best. Any advice is very much appreciated. Assistant: If the dates you provide on the background check don't match what is confirmed by your prospective employer it flags for HR or whomever initiated the background check that there's a discrepancy. At that point HR can ignore or ask for you to provide documentation either directly or through background check provider that verifies correct dates.

Human: The year is 2021. Why can't I just pour a gallon of laundry detergent into my machine and it dispenses some for each load? Surely we're capable of figuring out such technology. Assistant: Someone didn't fact check before posting. 🤣🤭

Human: The year is 2021. Why can't I just pour a gallon of laundry detergent into my machine and it dispenses some for each load? Surely we're capable of figuring out such technology. Assistant: Errr, they do? More like a litre than a gallon because that's already like 20 washes and who knows what those weird units even mean, but still... Pretty common. Just wait till you find out they've figured out how to make washing machines that heat their own water and have a door on the front!

Human: Are there auditory illusions in the same way that there are optical illusions? If so, what are some examples and how do they work? Assistant: Yes there are plenty. See here.

Human: Are there auditory illusions in the same way that there are optical illusions? If so, what are some examples and how do they work? Assistant: This is a really unique one that I hadn't seen before a few weeks ago. The tl:dw is that a bunch of really strange sounding combination of piano notes from a song can you make you think you're really hearing someone sing the song. Explanation video: Video An example with a song we all know and love: https://youtu.be/A7lODxnCcmo

Human: AskScience AMA Series: What's in your mouth? We're experts who study the oral microbiome and how it impacts your health. AUA! The microbes that make up your mouth's microbiome are vitally important for your oral health. But did you know that the composition and behavior of this microbiome can also have a serious effect on the rest of your body? Recent research has demonstrated a link between the oral microbiome and: + Alzheimer's Disease + Erectile dysfunction + Autoimmune disorders + Metabolic and neurodegenerative diseases + Cancer + Suicidal tendencies Join us today at 2 PM ET (18 UT) for an AMA, organized by the American Society for Microbiology, to discuss the current state of research on the oral microbiome. We'll take your questions about how behaviors like smoking and diet impact your oral microbiome, discuss how your microbiome can change over time, and explain why you should brush your teeth every day. Ask us anything! With us today are: + Dr. Purnima Kumar, D.D.S., Ph.D. (u/Purnimaperio)- Department of Periodontics and Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry, University of Michigan + Dr. Bruno Lima, D.D.S., Ph.D. (u/BLimaMicro)- Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota + Dr. Michael Schmidt, Ph.D. (u/TWIMSchmidt)- Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical University of South Carolina Links: + From focal sepsis to periodontal medicine: a century of exploring the role of the oral microbiome in systemic disease + Oral Microbiota, Its Equilibrium and Implications in the Pathophysiology of Human Diseases: A Systematic Review Assistant: what's up with tonsil stones?

Human: AskScience AMA Series: What's in your mouth? We're experts who study the oral microbiome and how it impacts your health. AUA! The microbes that make up your mouth's microbiome are vitally important for your oral health. But did you know that the composition and behavior of this microbiome can also have a serious effect on the rest of your body? Recent research has demonstrated a link between the oral microbiome and: + Alzheimer's Disease + Erectile dysfunction + Autoimmune disorders + Metabolic and neurodegenerative diseases + Cancer + Suicidal tendencies Join us today at 2 PM ET (18 UT) for an AMA, organized by the American Society for Microbiology, to discuss the current state of research on the oral microbiome. We'll take your questions about how behaviors like smoking and diet impact your oral microbiome, discuss how your microbiome can change over time, and explain why you should brush your teeth every day. Ask us anything! With us today are: + Dr. Purnima Kumar, D.D.S., Ph.D. (u/Purnimaperio)- Department of Periodontics and Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry, University of Michigan + Dr. Bruno Lima, D.D.S., Ph.D. (u/BLimaMicro)- Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota + Dr. Michael Schmidt, Ph.D. (u/TWIMSchmidt)- Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical University of South Carolina Links: + From focal sepsis to periodontal medicine: a century of exploring the role of the oral microbiome in systemic disease + Oral Microbiota, Its Equilibrium and Implications in the Pathophysiology of Human Diseases: A Systematic Review Assistant: Years ago I read about a genetically modified strain of bacteria that excreted alcohol instead of acid and outcompeted the native mouth flora that causes cavities. It should have been the end of the era of tooth decay, but it disappeared without a trace. Any idea of the current state of this area of research?

Human: I made a batch of homemade fishcakes that turned out great! I want to make more but freeze them - is it best to freeze before or after the baking/frying process please? Assistant: I would parcook, mostly because I'm cooking for one these days and in my limited experience, it's much easier to put the finishing touches on something than it is to cook it altogether. Simplicity, you know? The more complicated it is to cook once frozen, the less likely it is that I will use that recipe/technique again.

Human: I made a batch of homemade fishcakes that turned out great! I want to make more but freeze them - is it best to freeze before or after the baking/frying process please? Assistant: Would you mind sharing your recipe?

Human: Did Physicists prove the Universe isn't real? I'm watching a YouTube video about the Nobel Prize 2022, the title of the video is ''How Physicists proved the Universe isn't real'' and it used language too hard for me to understand but the comments kept mentioning 'quantum entanglement'. Assistant: No.

Human: Did Physicists prove the Universe isn't real? I'm watching a YouTube video about the Nobel Prize 2022, the title of the video is ''How Physicists proved the Universe isn't real'' and it used language too hard for me to understand but the comments kept mentioning 'quantum entanglement'. Assistant: Do not mistake anything you hear in a youtube video for actual, valid science. It's entertainment for the most part.

Human: What are some of your favorite engineering books? Assistant: The Dilbert Principle. No, seriously, bear with me a moment, this was a different era, people weren't sick of Dilbert yet, Scott Adams still had some ideas. Forget the rest of the books, they're bollocks, this one has a few nuggets in it. Those nuggets prompted me to view being at work just another thing that could be engineered, changed my viewpoint a bit. There's lots of other stuff, but that probably had the biggest overall impact looking back.

Human: What are some of your favorite engineering books? Assistant: Machinery’s handbook.

Human: What do you do if you fail at research after a PhD? What happens if you are a post-doc and start leading a new project, and you fail to get any result and it's your fault? If you get kicked out of university/research facility, and so you have no good references for getting another research position, is there anything you could do at this point? Assistant: Go get any number of jobs that pay a lot better?

Human: What do you do if you fail at research after a PhD? What happens if you are a post-doc and start leading a new project, and you fail to get any result and it's your fault? If you get kicked out of university/research facility, and so you have no good references for getting another research position, is there anything you could do at this point? Assistant: Usually postdocs at least in the US are fixed term contracts so it’s unlikely you’ll be fired just not given another contract at the end, unless you were to do something egregious. If you can’t get a good LOR from your postdoc supervisor you always have your PI from your PhD. It may be difficult to get another postdoc or AP position so it may be necessary to work in industry, whatever that means for your specific discipline.

Human: How to make only 2 or 3 cookies from a "regular" recipe? Over the years I have slowly accumulated multiple chocolate chip cookie recipes which i'd like to compare. I want to make only 2 or 3 cookies of each recipe, choose the best recipe(s) to keep, and get rid of the rest so they're no longer taking up room in my recipe binder. Is it just a matter of dividing the ingredients by the "expected yield", then multiplying that by the amount of cookies I want? Assistant: Maybe freeze some of the dough?

Human: How to make only 2 or 3 cookies from a "regular" recipe? Over the years I have slowly accumulated multiple chocolate chip cookie recipes which i'd like to compare. I want to make only 2 or 3 cookies of each recipe, choose the best recipe(s) to keep, and get rid of the rest so they're no longer taking up room in my recipe binder. Is it just a matter of dividing the ingredients by the "expected yield", then multiplying that by the amount of cookies I want? Assistant: Most of the time, yes. Going too small can make them harder to make, though. E.g., it's easier to cream 1/2 cup of butter with sugar than 2 Tbsp. of butter. And you may struggle with some of the very small ingredients -- like dividing 5 grams of salt into, say, 8ths -- your scales usually are not that accurate.

Human: Youtube channels for Mechanical Engineers? Hi does anybody have their favorite youtube channel on Mechanical Engineering? If you have some good stuff where we can learn things that we don't learn on college please post link here. Assistant: Thang010146 has cool animations/mechanisms

Human: Youtube channels for Mechanical Engineers? Hi does anybody have their favorite youtube channel on Mechanical Engineering? If you have some good stuff where we can learn things that we don't learn on college please post link here. Assistant: Tabletopmachineshop ! Designed and built his own table top lathe and tinkers with home mechatronic projects. It’s really awesome stuff. Doesn’t have a super high upload rate but it’s quality content imo. I binge watched al of his videos not too long ago. He is a mechanical engineer I believe working at a place with access to CNC machines

Human: This comment isn’t ok, right? [IL] I was asked to help my nonprofit develop DEI policies/framework. I'd be on a team including our HR director. We're a smaller company in Chicago, so she's the only person in the HR dept. Yesterday, I was meeting with her and our CEO to kickstart conversation about the DEI team and she mentions a story, saying... "I remember a year ago I interviewed this great candidate, he was awesome. But I couldn't extend an offer because he was gay." Her reasoning was, she didn't think he'd be safe at our workplace and would face discrimination. Now - I don't know if he disclosed on the call he was gay or if she was assuming....or why she'd assume he wouldn't be safe. I should add- I am the only out person at work. She knows I'm a lesbian. I was too stunned to say anything in the moment. I saw my CEO's eyes also light up when she made the comment but neither of us called it out. I want to bring this back up to my CEO. I'm his direct report and feel comforatable, so I know he'll listen. My question is - what she did was wrong, correct? She bluntly said she didn't hire someone because they were gay. Regardless of her "justification" that it wouldn't be safe...is it safe for me then? Shouldn't her mindset be, let's fix the workplace culture rather than not hire someone who is qualified? -- Assistant: Yep, wrong. She has shown that she's a liability to the company if she thinks it's ok to 1) reject a candidate because of a protected class and 2) proudly tell people about it!! Geez.

Human: This comment isn’t ok, right? [IL] I was asked to help my nonprofit develop DEI policies/framework. I'd be on a team including our HR director. We're a smaller company in Chicago, so she's the only person in the HR dept. Yesterday, I was meeting with her and our CEO to kickstart conversation about the DEI team and she mentions a story, saying... "I remember a year ago I interviewed this great candidate, he was awesome. But I couldn't extend an offer because he was gay." Her reasoning was, she didn't think he'd be safe at our workplace and would face discrimination. Now - I don't know if he disclosed on the call he was gay or if she was assuming....or why she'd assume he wouldn't be safe. I should add- I am the only out person at work. She knows I'm a lesbian. I was too stunned to say anything in the moment. I saw my CEO's eyes also light up when she made the comment but neither of us called it out. I want to bring this back up to my CEO. I'm his direct report and feel comforatable, so I know he'll listen. My question is - what she did was wrong, correct? She bluntly said she didn't hire someone because they were gay. Regardless of her "justification" that it wouldn't be safe...is it safe for me then? Shouldn't her mindset be, let's fix the workplace culture rather than not hire someone who is qualified? -- Assistant: ouch! The HR Director did this? I'd most likely take this post down now that you have some answers and it opens your NFP up to liability. Definitely speak to the CEO and get this HRD some training immediately especially if she is leading the DEI charge.

Human: I like making juices and smoothies but I have to cut down on milk. Is there anything I could make with water ? I usually make banana/melon/apple smoothies with milk but I need to cut some weight so I need to go easy on milk. Is there anything you could mix with water that would make for a good juice/smoothie ? Assistant: Almond, cashew or soy milk

Human: I like making juices and smoothies but I have to cut down on milk. Is there anything I could make with water ? I usually make banana/melon/apple smoothies with milk but I need to cut some weight so I need to go easy on milk. Is there anything you could mix with water that would make for a good juice/smoothie ? Assistant: If you need to cut weight, I'd venture to say you should cut liquid calories in general, including juices and smoothies. If you're having more than one per day, you're probably better off making them the same way you always do and just reducing the number you're drinking. Or just cut them out as a daily thing, and replace with fruit. You'll end up eating a significantly smaller amount of banana/apple/melon if they're not in juice form.

Human: If you were to go back to engineering school, what would you do differently? I'm going into engineering school next year, and am looking for some advice. Thanks! Assistant: Take an extra year and join formula SAE earlier.

Human: If you were to go back to engineering school, what would you do differently? I'm going into engineering school next year, and am looking for some advice. Thanks! Assistant: Personally what I did was do internships during the semester, which are fewer to come by, but much less competitive. The companies are almost definitely startups, and you get to work on basically a semester long project or 2, while also understanding what it means to work in a company. That way, you could do up to 3 internships in different companies over a year period, which would help start your resume. If you like cars, there are obvious choices of clubs to be part of.

Human: [Queen’s Don’t Stop Me Now] Freddie Mercury is a rocket ship on a collision course with Mars, traveling at the speed of light. Will the resulting explosion be powerful enough (at Mars perihelion) to send a man or woman on Earth’s surface traveling at a supersonic speed? Assistant: Mama, just killed mankind...

Human: [Queen’s Don’t Stop Me Now] Freddie Mercury is a rocket ship on a collision course with Mars, traveling at the speed of light. Will the resulting explosion be powerful enough (at Mars perihelion) to send a man or woman on Earth’s surface traveling at a supersonic speed? Assistant: Well the shockwave won't make it through the vacuum no matter how big the boom. The large chunks of exploding planet, however... depends on the size of the ship, and probably angle of impact, but still unlikely; the whole supersonic thing: the man or woman would most likely not be in big enough pieces to be recognised as such

Human: How do you unwind after engineering work? Currently in another position where a lot of projects and responsibility for non standard work is thrown on me(because I have the engineer title), which is fine but I find it hard to shut off the firefighting mentality when I go home for the day or even the weekend. It is starting to impact my mental health and i dont want that to happen. If I have a week of standard work, I have no issue but those seem rare for the engineering profession. Assistant: I either go for a walk, cycling or play PC games. On weekends I’ll go for a small ride on my motorcycle to take edge off.

Human: How do you unwind after engineering work? Currently in another position where a lot of projects and responsibility for non standard work is thrown on me(because I have the engineer title), which is fine but I find it hard to shut off the firefighting mentality when I go home for the day or even the weekend. It is starting to impact my mental health and i dont want that to happen. If I have a week of standard work, I have no issue but those seem rare for the engineering profession. Assistant: Factorio

Human: Should you clean new stainless steel pots and carafes with water and vinegar before first use? I just got a new stainless steel stock pot and coffee carafe and washed them with warm water and dish soap. I heard that new stainless steel can have "factory oils" still on them and that it's a good idea to clean them with some hot water and vinegar to get rid of them. Is this true? Any recommendations? Or hot water and dish soap are enough? Assistant: Water and Vinegar will remove scale and rust, but not oils or some other fouling. Hot water and detergent are the tools of choice for a new pot. (As a side note, to get oil to mix with vinegar in a salad dressing, an emulsifier is needed, most frequently mustard.)

Human: Should you clean new stainless steel pots and carafes with water and vinegar before first use? I just got a new stainless steel stock pot and coffee carafe and washed them with warm water and dish soap. I heard that new stainless steel can have "factory oils" still on them and that it's a good idea to clean them with some hot water and vinegar to get rid of them. Is this true? Any recommendations? Or hot water and dish soap are enough? Assistant: Soap is fine.

Human: CMV: The majority of rap music has a negative impact on society by promoting violence, drug use/dealing, misogyny and a hyper-materialistic mindset. I never was a big fan of rap. The last time I listened regularly to a rap album was when Nas and Damian Marley came together for that collaboration they did probably a good decade ago now. I thoroughly enjoyed it and listened to it almost every day for a long time. But these days any time I’m flipping through the radio stations and I hear rap it’s all about the negative topics I previously mentioned. In the 90’s I feel like there was more positive rap about social change and making a difference. But even back them it seems most of it was about dealing drugs. Given the fact that many kids start listening to rap at a young age when they are impressionable they see rappers as role models. And if their role models are promoting all these negative things it’s going to increase the chances that they are directly influenced and inspired by the values being promoting by these rap artists. Assistant: All popular music deals with the topics of sex, violence, drugs, misogyny, materialism, etc. Because every popular artist in the Western world was taught that through our culture. It's not just in Hip Hop, it's in every genre. It's even in poetry, books, movies, all art. Rap happens to be the most popular music at the time but in the past and the future these claims have been said about every genre.

Human: CMV: The majority of rap music has a negative impact on society by promoting violence, drug use/dealing, misogyny and a hyper-materialistic mindset. I never was a big fan of rap. The last time I listened regularly to a rap album was when Nas and Damian Marley came together for that collaboration they did probably a good decade ago now. I thoroughly enjoyed it and listened to it almost every day for a long time. But these days any time I’m flipping through the radio stations and I hear rap it’s all about the negative topics I previously mentioned. In the 90’s I feel like there was more positive rap about social change and making a difference. But even back them it seems most of it was about dealing drugs. Given the fact that many kids start listening to rap at a young age when they are impressionable they see rappers as role models. And if their role models are promoting all these negative things it’s going to increase the chances that they are directly influenced and inspired by the values being promoting by these rap artists. Assistant: Rap doesnt shape society, society shapes rap.

Human: [Friday the 13th] Jason is really stronger than these teenagers, and they aren't even armed with anything most of the time. Why does Jason bother with sneaking around, killing one by one, instead of just breaking the front door and killing everyone? Assistant: It's not about the kill count, it's about the revenge. He goes after the teens at Camp Crystal Lake because he blames them for his near death at the hands of bullies while the camp counselors were busy having sex instead of doing their jobs, and his mother's death. He wants them to feel the same fear and dread he felt when he was drowning, and when he watched his mother's defeat. He's angry. He's pissed. He wants them to suffer.

Human: [Friday the 13th] Jason is really stronger than these teenagers, and they aren't even armed with anything most of the time. Why does Jason bother with sneaking around, killing one by one, instead of just breaking the front door and killing everyone? Assistant: They’d run away

Human: [Friday The 13th] What would happen if someone managed to decapitate Jason Voorhees? Would it permanently kill him or not? Could he “survive” without a head? He also doesn’t have a healing factor, meaning he can’t grow a new head. Can he even do what he does without hearing or seeing anything? I know that he’s dead, technically making him a zombie. Zombies are killed permanently when they’re decapitated. Would it work for him too? Also, would the head “survive” while the body “dies”, or vice-versa, or both? (I haven’t seen the movies yet, so don’t be too harsh if I missed something.) Assistant: In Jason X, the US Government has gotten their hands on Jason, and are unable to execute him. Literally. Whenever they try to kill him, he regenerates the wounds. The only long-term solution they can think of is freezing him, Phillip J. Fry style. As a supernatural being, I think that a decapitation would be a temporary solution, and that he would eventually grow back a new head. There is very little biology at work here.

Human: [Friday The 13th] What would happen if someone managed to decapitate Jason Voorhees? Would it permanently kill him or not? Could he “survive” without a head? He also doesn’t have a healing factor, meaning he can’t grow a new head. Can he even do what he does without hearing or seeing anything? I know that he’s dead, technically making him a zombie. Zombies are killed permanently when they’re decapitated. Would it work for him too? Also, would the head “survive” while the body “dies”, or vice-versa, or both? (I haven’t seen the movies yet, so don’t be too harsh if I missed something.) Assistant: It's his heart canonically that needs destroying.

Human: [Ghostbusters] why would a restless spirit of a long dead person decide to give Ray Stantz a blowjob and why was he ok with that? And yeah yeah i know, *bustin' makes him feel good.* Assistant: First, I'm not making this up. When I was going through my reading about ghosts/hauntings phase I came across some accounts where people claimed that they had sex with ghosts and it was the most intense sexual experiences they had ever had. I vaguely remember a woman who was followed around by a ghost and it would giver her orgasms at the most inopportune times, like, when she was driving. Maybe that's it. Ray would know this because of his research and would have just rolled with it.

Human: [Ghostbusters] why would a restless spirit of a long dead person decide to give Ray Stantz a blowjob and why was he ok with that? And yeah yeah i know, *bustin' makes him feel good.* Assistant: Offering favors to save herself from indefinite imprisonment. It probably didn’t work.

Human: Engineers of Reddit, what's going into your house? Say you are going to build a house. You have a reasonable budget because Engineers live in the real world, but you get to say what that budget is because it's your house. What nonstandard design features will this house have? Assistant: Heat pump water heater, geothermal HVAC, heat pump dryer, solar, and EV chargers for each parking spot. If you want really off the wall they make split HVAC systems for geothermal which would be really good to have. It generally requires 3 phase power though so unless your dedicated you won't have it. *Updated to heat pump dryer, originally states condensing because I was confused on terminology

Human: Engineers of Reddit, what's going into your house? Say you are going to build a house. You have a reasonable budget because Engineers live in the real world, but you get to say what that budget is because it's your house. What nonstandard design features will this house have? Assistant: Built in kegerator

Human: [Star Wars] With No sith and one jedi and a whole bunch of force users coming into powers what does the galaxy look like 100 or 1000 years after The Rise of Skywalker. Not a question of if the film was good or bad but accepting it as "historical fact" given we have a Single jedi on one backwoods world and what looks to be a ton of force sensitives and force users coming into powers what does the galaxy look like 100 or 1000 years Rey Can't train them all. Assistant: Clearly *somehow* Palpatine will return.

Human: [Star Wars] With No sith and one jedi and a whole bunch of force users coming into powers what does the galaxy look like 100 or 1000 years after The Rise of Skywalker. Not a question of if the film was good or bad but accepting it as "historical fact" given we have a Single jedi on one backwoods world and what looks to be a ton of force sensitives and force users coming into powers what does the galaxy look like 100 or 1000 years Rey Can't train them all. Assistant: Most likely that some dark side users end up creating little fifedoms for themselves on planets or small systems. Without palpatine levels of power it's hard to see them posing much of a threat to any industrialized sector. The galaxy at large is unlikely to re-centralize and we're probably looking at several smaller empires and then these small boyes. The light side jedi will likely spend their lives doing charitable work helping people. So I guess the Italian city states in space with wizards.

Human: Kepler Exoplanet Megathread Hi everyone! The Kepler team just announced 1284 new planets, bringing the total confirmations to well over 3000. A couple hundred are estimated to be rocky planets, with a few of those in the habitable zones of the stars. If you've got any questions, ask away! * NASA Press Release * Popular mechanics article * NY Times article Assistant: So how does this impact the Drake equation?

Human: Kepler Exoplanet Megathread Hi everyone! The Kepler team just announced 1284 new planets, bringing the total confirmations to well over 3000. A couple hundred are estimated to be rocky planets, with a few of those in the habitable zones of the stars. If you've got any questions, ask away! * NASA Press Release * Popular mechanics article * NY Times article Assistant: So, I see a decent number of planets are rocky planets in the habitable zone. Let's assume that they have liquid water and a similar enough atmosphere to earth to allow us to colonize. What factors would stop us from bringing seeds of life and setting up shop? What other factors would limit that colony from being self-sustaining? Let's ignore the travel logistics.

Human: [MCU] Who are the poor Wakandans that live in fake poor Wakanda prior to the events of Black Panther? So the real Wakanda is advanced, wealthy, and tucked away behind a technological disguise, but to the rest of the world, Wakanda is an actual third world country. I'm assuming, full of real Wakandans. Are these people in on the secret? Have they volunteered? Do they have access to the wealth of Wakanda or are they actually living in third world conditions? How many people live in fake Wakanda? What is the deal? Assistant: They're the Border Tribe. The Tribesman that live on the Border. They're the most militaristic of the 5 tribes and act as the first line of defense. They pretend to be impoverished farmers when they likely have every modern convenience available to them in their huts, but just hidden away from the visitors they get.

Human: [MCU] Who are the poor Wakandans that live in fake poor Wakanda prior to the events of Black Panther? So the real Wakanda is advanced, wealthy, and tucked away behind a technological disguise, but to the rest of the world, Wakanda is an actual third world country. I'm assuming, full of real Wakandans. Are these people in on the secret? Have they volunteered? Do they have access to the wealth of Wakanda or are they actually living in third world conditions? How many people live in fake Wakanda? What is the deal? Assistant: Cosplayers

Human: Best way to add crunch to mint chocolate chip cake? I wanna make a mint chocolate chip cake (chocolate cake layers + mint frosting) but I wanna add some crunchy element in between the layers. I was thinking of crushing up some thin mints or mint Oreos but do you guys think they’d lose their crunch after sitting there in the frosting in the fridge? Any ideas would be appreciated :) Assistant: You could do crunchies similar to what are used in ice cream cake! Oreo crumbs mixed with melted butter, spread on a lined cookie sheet, and baked for a few minutes. They hold up really well with fudge in ice cream cake and as an experiment, I kept them at room temp for 2 weeks and they kept their texture.

Human: Best way to add crunch to mint chocolate chip cake? I wanna make a mint chocolate chip cake (chocolate cake layers + mint frosting) but I wanna add some crunchy element in between the layers. I was thinking of crushing up some thin mints or mint Oreos but do you guys think they’d lose their crunch after sitting there in the frosting in the fridge? Any ideas would be appreciated :) Assistant: Maybe some peppermint candy would work?

Human: Contemplating suicide I can’t be a burden and live like this anymore. Symptoms Easy bruising Horrible headache Sleep but feel like I’m not getting any Can’t regulate body temperature hot and cold and miserable Extreme daily fatigue Joint/muscle sharp stabbing pain Emotional Heavy arms and legs . All blood work comes back normal except slightly raised white blood cells and inflammation markers, but only slightly and sometimes they come back normal, had mri a cardio gram every thing all normal. 21F 211 pounds 5”7 concerta 54mg Bcp Lo Fe and Citalopram 40mg and a multivitamin, a zinc supplement once and a while and fish oil supplements just got off a 30 twice daily dose of naproxen. This may be my last shot I cannot live like this anymore I’m 21 and my life is being taken away from me. Assistant: Dysautonomia and EDS maybe?

Human: Contemplating suicide I can’t be a burden and live like this anymore. Symptoms Easy bruising Horrible headache Sleep but feel like I’m not getting any Can’t regulate body temperature hot and cold and miserable Extreme daily fatigue Joint/muscle sharp stabbing pain Emotional Heavy arms and legs . All blood work comes back normal except slightly raised white blood cells and inflammation markers, but only slightly and sometimes they come back normal, had mri a cardio gram every thing all normal. 21F 211 pounds 5”7 concerta 54mg Bcp Lo Fe and Citalopram 40mg and a multivitamin, a zinc supplement once and a while and fish oil supplements just got off a 30 twice daily dose of naproxen. This may be my last shot I cannot live like this anymore I’m 21 and my life is being taken away from me. Assistant: Research dysautonomia and ask your doc about it. You mentioned joint inflammation, which could mean JHS. Do your pinkies bend further than 90 degree? Can your knee / elbow bend backwards? Also dysautonomia is a symptom of JHS. Source- I have it. It gets better OP. Don’t give up, I was there, I almost committed suicide as well. Now I have a beautiful fiancé and a kid. It’s not gonna be like this forever, you WILL get better. Just takes the right doctor that knows what they’re talking about.

Human: Are there any recipes for a sweet, completely non-savory pie made with potatoes? (not sweet potatoes or yams) Pretty weird request, I know. Assistant: Maryland White Potato Pie has a lemony, potato-based baked custard filling.

Human: Are there any recipes for a sweet, completely non-savory pie made with potatoes? (not sweet potatoes or yams) Pretty weird request, I know. Assistant: My grandmother had a recipe she called Alabama Poor Man's Pie or Irish Potato Pie. I've never had it or made it but I think it may fit your criteria. 3 medium potatoes 2 1/2 cups milk 3/4 cup sugar 1 1/4 teaspoon vanilla 4 tablespoons cornstarch 3 eggs Boil potatoes then mash. Add the mashed potatoes to milk, sugar, eggs ( beaten), and vanilla. Stir until the sugar is dissolved. Cook on stove until it lightly boils, add the cornstarch. Stir until it's as thick as you like. Put in cooked pie shell.

Human: What do to with old KitchenAid mixer? Any tips of what to do with an old KitchenAid mixer? I got one a few years ago secondhand from a family friend. Last time I used it it still ran fine but when I moved from Boston to Maryland it started leaking oil. I know this is a common problem and can be fixed, but I figure I might as well just buy a new one. Anyone know how to throw one away or where to bring it to be restored? Assistant: Don't throw it out! Either donate it to a charity or sell it cheaply to a used appliance place. Someone else will buy it and love it.

Human: What do to with old KitchenAid mixer? Any tips of what to do with an old KitchenAid mixer? I got one a few years ago secondhand from a family friend. Last time I used it it still ran fine but when I moved from Boston to Maryland it started leaking oil. I know this is a common problem and can be fixed, but I figure I might as well just buy a new one. Anyone know how to throw one away or where to bring it to be restored? Assistant: They have a lifetime warranty.

Human: [X-Men] If I (an ordinary human) somehow managed to insert a perfect copy of a particular mutant's X-gene into my genome, would I be able to develop the same powers as that mutant? Or at least similar powers? Assistant: The x-gene manifests itself at puberty. It is possible that even with perfect transcription of the appropriate X-genes into another individual's DNA, (A feat unto itself.) that the lack of excess hormones produced during puberty, the genes would never express themselves. Even if you're willing to gamble on what powers you would get, you are still gambling if it works at all, even assuming a perfect replication of the appropriate alleles.

Human: [X-Men] If I (an ordinary human) somehow managed to insert a perfect copy of a particular mutant's X-gene into my genome, would I be able to develop the same powers as that mutant? Or at least similar powers? Assistant: Deadpool?

Human: Ex husband wants put our 8 year old Non- verbal autistic son in a group home.What do I need to do to get custody again? Assistant: Why did you not got the custody at first ?

Human: Ex husband wants put our 8 year old Non- verbal autistic son in a group home.What do I need to do to get custody again? Assistant: In my state, assuming USA, custody boils down to 3 domains, medical, religious and educational rights. If you have the educational rights this seems to fall in that domain. One parent usually has physical custody & the other shared custody with visitation rights. I have an autistic adult son. Why did you lose or give up custody to begin with if this matters to you? This seems to fall into family law territory.

Human: [The Simpsons] What is the "old family recipe" for "patented 'Skinner burgers'"? They were served to me recently at an unforgettable luncheon and I'd like to make them at home. Assistant: It's a secret. You see he calls them "steamed hams" despite the fact that they are obviously grilled. The name is a misdirection to prevent those outside the family from figuring out the formula. Though it might just be a quirk in Skinner's Albany dialect, that the "skinner burger" was close enough to a steamed ham that the Skinners never bothered to invent a more generalised word for them (then again "Skinner burger" may very well be the more generalised term).

Human: [The Simpsons] What is the "old family recipe" for "patented 'Skinner burgers'"? They were served to me recently at an unforgettable luncheon and I'd like to make them at home. Assistant: Steamed Hams but it's actually a Reddit post

Human: I am Sokrates, son of Sophroniskos, of the deme Alopeke. I am fond of saying that the unexamined life is not worth living; and in that spirit, I invite you, fellow citizens, to Ask Me Anything. But do not wonder if I ask you questions in return. Assistant: Tell us of Xenophon! Are his writings of you accurate? Or as you and he talked often, might his friendship and respect for you color his words more brightly than was strictly true? A follow-up if I may, did you ever enjoy a play of Aristophanes?

Human: I am Sokrates, son of Sophroniskos, of the deme Alopeke. I am fond of saying that the unexamined life is not worth living; and in that spirit, I invite you, fellow citizens, to Ask Me Anything. But do not wonder if I ask you questions in return. Assistant: Are you real, or did Plato just make you up?

Human: (Denmark) A TikTok user is stealing my content and going viral, which could have consequences for my future career Hi! I spent a lot of time making these videos a few years back, where I took public access TV and edited it to death, to make it crazy, awkward and surreal. I never put ads on it or anything, because I used other peoples material but according to my management, what I did falls under both “fair use” and “remix”, because the original content is distorted to such a degree, that it became something entirely new. If you know Vic Berger, it’s kinda like that, but even more far out and specifically targeted for a danish audience. Anyway, the content never went super viral, but had a moderate cult following, which eventually led to me getting work with TV - so for me, it turned out to be super important, and helped me build my career. Lately, my stuff has started to go viral on TikTok though, as lots of people are uploading various clips from my channel, and presenting it as their own stuff. I have no problem with this, as long as they credit me, and in most cases it’s as simple as me asking them to do so, and everything is good. But now there is this one guy, who has become viral almost solely with content I made, and who refuses to credit me and instead insults me, and uses his following to make it look like I had nothing to do with the content. I figure the best way to go about this now, is to make a copyright claim, but this is where it all gets a bit weird, because the stuff I made, is “technically” not my own stuff, because it is made from other peoples material, whom I assume would be considered the “real” copyright owners - but it being public access TV, funded by the state, the rule in Denmark is actually that the actual TV-programs, before I edited them, is public domain - but to my understanding, I would own the rights to the “remix” (being the clips I posted). So yeah, this is where I’m at. I’m pretty sure the rules for copyright on TikTok are the same all over the world, so I was hoping someone here could help me. How do I go about this? Thank you in advance! Assistant: Regardless of whether or not your work was fair use, you still own any creative work you did on top of the original source. In the same way game youtubers own the content they record of themselves playing without owning the copyright to game content underneath. You can file a copyright claim at https://www.tiktok.com/legal/report/Copyright?lang=en not sure how effective the response is on Tiktok but if it's anything like youtube their channel will suffer for getting copyright claimed.

Human: (Denmark) A TikTok user is stealing my content and going viral, which could have consequences for my future career Hi! I spent a lot of time making these videos a few years back, where I took public access TV and edited it to death, to make it crazy, awkward and surreal. I never put ads on it or anything, because I used other peoples material but according to my management, what I did falls under both “fair use” and “remix”, because the original content is distorted to such a degree, that it became something entirely new. If you know Vic Berger, it’s kinda like that, but even more far out and specifically targeted for a danish audience. Anyway, the content never went super viral, but had a moderate cult following, which eventually led to me getting work with TV - so for me, it turned out to be super important, and helped me build my career. Lately, my stuff has started to go viral on TikTok though, as lots of people are uploading various clips from my channel, and presenting it as their own stuff. I have no problem with this, as long as they credit me, and in most cases it’s as simple as me asking them to do so, and everything is good. But now there is this one guy, who has become viral almost solely with content I made, and who refuses to credit me and instead insults me, and uses his following to make it look like I had nothing to do with the content. I figure the best way to go about this now, is to make a copyright claim, but this is where it all gets a bit weird, because the stuff I made, is “technically” not my own stuff, because it is made from other peoples material, whom I assume would be considered the “real” copyright owners - but it being public access TV, funded by the state, the rule in Denmark is actually that the actual TV-programs, before I edited them, is public domain - but to my understanding, I would own the rights to the “remix” (being the clips I posted). So yeah, this is where I’m at. I’m pretty sure the rules for copyright on TikTok are the same all over the world, so I was hoping someone here could help me. How do I go about this? Thank you in advance! Assistant: Have you contacted TikTok directly?

Human: Are there any circumstances under which it would not be, frankly, stupid for a trans woman to go to graduate school for philosophy? The question in the title is abrasive, but I'm perfectly serious about seeing it as completely idiotic. I'm finishing up my undergraduate, and I've wanted to apply to graduate school for a while. But as that has been approaching, I've been speaking with women I know who are in (philosophy) graduate school, and they basically say to stay far away. This also seems consistent with various things I've seen online (there's some blog, I don't remember the name of, about all the shitty experiences women have in philosophy, there's the various sexual harassment cases that are big enough to make the news, etc). And the job market is, of course, horrible; and I'm sure it doesn't help that the empirical literature shows that implicit biases cause women to be seen as lower in competency (which is something also reflected in teaching evaluations). For cis women, graduate school already sounds masochistic, and, on its face, it seems obvious that every single issue cis women face would be multiplied for a trans woman. Despite that, it's still something I *want* to do. To some degree, it feels like the effort I put into my undergraduate--the effort to actually learn the material in a thoroughgoing way--is wasted otherwise. And the things I study are things I'm more interested in than I am in anything else. Should I keep thinking about grad school, or should I try and snap myself out of it? Assistant: It's not great, I won't lie. But it's getting better, and varies considerably by department. What you should do is to gather accurate information about each school's climate before you accept an offer. One good way to do this is to contact their chapter of *Minorities and Philosophy (MAP)* and ask for a sit-down conversation with someone from MAP during your visit. If they don't have a MAP chapter, nope the fuck out.

Human: Are there any circumstances under which it would not be, frankly, stupid for a trans woman to go to graduate school for philosophy? The question in the title is abrasive, but I'm perfectly serious about seeing it as completely idiotic. I'm finishing up my undergraduate, and I've wanted to apply to graduate school for a while. But as that has been approaching, I've been speaking with women I know who are in (philosophy) graduate school, and they basically say to stay far away. This also seems consistent with various things I've seen online (there's some blog, I don't remember the name of, about all the shitty experiences women have in philosophy, there's the various sexual harassment cases that are big enough to make the news, etc). And the job market is, of course, horrible; and I'm sure it doesn't help that the empirical literature shows that implicit biases cause women to be seen as lower in competency (which is something also reflected in teaching evaluations). For cis women, graduate school already sounds masochistic, and, on its face, it seems obvious that every single issue cis women face would be multiplied for a trans woman. Despite that, it's still something I *want* to do. To some degree, it feels like the effort I put into my undergraduate--the effort to actually learn the material in a thoroughgoing way--is wasted otherwise. And the things I study are things I'm more interested in than I am in anything else. Should I keep thinking about grad school, or should I try and snap myself out of it? Assistant: If you did go, what would you specialize in?