[-] tko@tkohhh.social 5 points 2 months ago

I hear you... it's definitely not about one tasting better than others, but maybe more about the eating experience. I do think there's a legitimate argument about how different pasta shapes encourage different pasta to sauce ratios, but at the end of the day it's just the two elements coming together and the taste is what it is. We should all enjoy it the way we want to! I just wanted to explain why some people talk about certain sauces and certain pasta shapes "belonging" together.

[-] tko@tkohhh.social 6 points 2 months ago

It has everything to do with the consistency of the sauce and how well it sticks to the pasta. For example, spaghetti with a meat sauce isn't a great choice because the meat won't actually stick to the pasta and you'll have to scoop up that meat "manually." Better is pappardelle, which has a huge surface area that causes the meat to stick to the pasta.

[-] tko@tkohhh.social 6 points 4 months ago

I agree... I was simply clarifying that Nate Silver did NOT predict that Hillary would win (nor is he predicting that Trump will win this election), which is a common misunderstanding about probability. For these types of models to be meaningful to the public, there needs to be literacy on what is meant by the percentages given. Really, I'm just reinforcing rodneylives' point from another angle!

[-] tko@tkohhh.social 5 points 10 months ago

I think Seven falls in that category.

[-] tko@tkohhh.social 6 points 1 year ago

That doesn't make any sense... the fact that it's only used in part of the world makes it even more useful for the bot to define it.

[-] tko@tkohhh.social 6 points 1 year ago

If you ever go to India, take an extra suitcase that you can fill up with Stainless Steel cookware. The price is amazing, and the quality is so much better than what's available in America. We spent about $85 on what I estimate would have cost $400-$500 in America.

[-] tko@tkohhh.social 5 points 1 year ago

My Reolink cameras are firewalled from communicating with the internet, so I can confirm that they function fine without cloud access.

[-] tko@tkohhh.social 6 points 1 year ago

Loans are different from lines of credit... loans don't have an "available credit" associated with them. The reason your score might go down when you pay off student loan is because you're reducing the number of open accounts you have, and also possibly reducing the diversity of accounts (lines of credit vs. installment loans).

Disclaimer: I'm not saying this is a good system, just explaining how it works.

[-] tko@tkohhh.social 5 points 1 year ago

As I understand it, the primary reason that there are women-only events is because some people worry that having only open events would discourage women from participating at all. The reasons why women might not want to participate in open events seems to be related to women and girls historically not being encouraged as much as men, and therefore being weaker performers (as a group) than men. Additionally, there have been issues with sexual harassment (see the recent lichess article "Breaking the Silence"). It's understandable that some women would not be comfortable competing in that type of environment.

[-] tko@tkohhh.social 5 points 1 year ago

they bring some of their failed policies with them

Can you elaborate on what you mean by this?

[-] tko@tkohhh.social 5 points 1 year ago

I'd like to propose a rule prohibiting blatant attempts to sell things (like linking to a product on Amazon).

[-] tko@tkohhh.social 5 points 1 year ago

Let us know what you think after you try it!

Science is cool.

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