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[–] 24 points 3 years ago (1 child)

In a way, cooking still has that “deprecation” feel. Like when you use a kitchen tool that is like 2 orders of magnitude above what you are currently using.

For me it was knives. It was a serrated knife set that was a gift and got me through college. Once I got a real job and could get something of quality. A friend recommended I change out my knives for a chef quality knives. Started out with some Global knives and have never went back to my old set. Been slowly adding over time (ie, bread knife, cleaver, paring).

Also, switched from non-stick to stainless steel because fuck PFOA. Also picked up a quality rice cooker from Zojirushi.

Technique can get you very far in cooking, but to make that dish perfect got to have the right tools.

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  • [–] 20 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    On a serious note, I love cooking and washing and cleaning. I'm not staring at a screen and the objective is clear.

    I'm not contemplating whether this is worth my time or stressed about other things. Although, I don't cook for many people so I guess my outlook would be different in those cases.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago

    I hate cooking. I don't know the requirements, theres insufficient time for tasks, this language has no garbage collector so I easily run out of counterspace...

    The specifications can be wildly non-sprcific im regards to cook time, expecting me to calculate performance of my appliances.

    I can give the same inputs and the outputs can vary consistently.

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  • [–] 18 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    following a recipe is like executing an algorithm, except there is no segmentation fault. whats not to like.

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  • [–] 18 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Also your stove is last generation so the pan can only get warm but not boil.

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  • [–] 13 points 3 years ago*

    You don't suddenly find out that your peeler is several versions behind

    And then proceed to spend 17 hours trying to get it to peel just the way the invetors wanted it to, which is different from the other 987654321 peelers around.

    After 20 years in the field, I hate love despise like 'm ok with technology

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  • [–] 10 points 3 years ago
    • Cannot convert baby carrot to Carrot
    • Index 7 is out of bounds for egg container
    • Boiling water suddenly turns totally black and opaque due to a bug in the bubble shader
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  • [–] 9 points 3 years ago*

    Me when I add carrots to my cargo.toml but my build fails because I didn’t add boiling attribute to my water struct so fn cook() doesn’t work in pot.rs

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago

    Lots of things are simpler in real life than programming. But that doesn't address my aversion to manual labor.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago
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    But ChatGPT can't help you cook...

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    Speaking of peelers. You'll thank me later.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    You shouldn't even be using a peeler in the first place! smh.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    Hm... you know... I have cooking equipment that needs updates from time to time. But it's fine, it's behind a firewall!

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