joshthewaster

I don't know what sourdough discard is.... Actually want to learn to bake more - specifically bread but dealing with sourdough sounds difficult?

Having a default or focus takes up less space too. I hate wasting food so I sometimes don't buy new or unusual things because I worry I won't use it more than once...

Have a batter recipe?

Relatable lol. For me it's salt and oil, can't ever remember how much I have but wouldn't want to run out. I also have way more beans than anyone needs in their house.

Some items I have right now that maybe aren't in every pantry.

Dried fruit (pineapples, mango, nectarines + the more typical raisins) chopped up for salads or as toppings on oatmeal or whatever.

Bulgar wheat and pearl barley that I mostly use as a base for grain salads but also as a replacement for rice just to mix things up.

Corn meal, use this for polenta but also as a non stick coating for bread or pizza dough.

Like to always have a can of coconut milk on hand for soups or whatever comes up.

Powdered milk, fresh always goes bad before I use it so I keep this for baking or making cream sauces.

Outside of the typical spices (in US) I keep mesquite powder and pure msg.

Edit: Tahini & canned chickpeas. Hummus is easy with these on hand and I can also use Tahini to make other dressings. I use chickpeas to bulk out pasta dishes or to make chickpea salad (sandwich filling). I also make homemade mayo with the bean water.

What do you do with clam juice? Only one of those I have is adobo, I should use that more but I tend to forget I have it...

I'd change from 'well stocked' to what is in your pantry.

• Easy mode : What is in your dream pantry.

• Normal Mode : What is in your pantry after a typical trip grocery shopping.

• Hard Mode : What is in your pantry right now (pics or it didn't happen).

• Nightmare : Only items in your pantry you haven't used in the last 2 weeks.

I knew an older guy that would always tell me, "Be good. If you can't be good be careful". He also phrased the OP statement as, "One crime at a time".

Oat milk is made by blending/soaking oats in water and then straining off the liquid. It brings creamy richness to coffee. It also works well steamed which is good for lattes and other espresso based drinks.

This was specific to calculus homework but it has turned out to be very good advice, "when you don't know what to do, do something". Often decisions can be paralyzing or problems can feel insurmountable but doing nothing is a choice. Very rarely is it the best one.

Can you just put casters on your coffee table? You'd need something that either has a really heavy base or has a really large footprint (or both) to keep something like that from tipping over. So, why not the coffee table? If you are OK with something a little janky then I think putting wheels on an existing desk/table and mounting a cheap stand to it would be doable for pretty cheap. You could also easily add weights to a lower shelf of a coffee table for stability.

I don't know that the base of an office chair would ever really be stable - you need some weight down as low as possible. If you don't want the whole coffee table on wheels then maybe start with a furniture dolly. Mount your post to that with a flange (this needs to be beefy so the post can't wobble at all or it will come apart) and then figure out the desktop/monitors. Add weight to the dolly however you can. This sounds generally unstable and likely to wobble apart but could maybe be made to work. Definitely wouldn't make it any taller than absolutely necessary though.

If you want a custom piece of furniture that isn't janky you will need some wood/metal working skills and tools. If you don't have that already then honestly, 1k is probably cheaper than making your own... I tend go overboard but heavy duty casters (50-100) + steel base out of 1/2 in plate or something (idk, but probably measured in hundreds of dollars to have made) + steel post (50) + wood for a desktop (50 or higher, you could spend WAY more here depending on what you want) + monitor stands (50-100) + finishes (paint, stains, powder coating, 20 or way higher depending) + hardware (how does everything connect together, hugely variable depending on if it's custom made VS off the shelf parts). Obviously a VERY rough outline of costs but it adds up quickly.

Edit: Another idea, use a hand truck - the two wheeled red type. Just mount the monitors to that and put something really heavy on the bottom.

Prions. Misfolded proteins that manage to get into your brain and just wreck shit. I don't handle anything that would be contaminated or anything but just the idea of this non-living thing that will just replicate and cause havok - horrifying.

Imagine an army of high school seniors at your command - what could you do? Very likely you'll spend a good amount of time babysitting but you could probably mentor one or two into doing something interesting and with all the rest you could get mediocre book reports. That's not nothing. Is it amazing art, no. Incredible writing, no. Truly new or interesting ideas, also probably no. Can you get a lot of stuff done that is pretty boring and repetitive - yes. And I mean a lot, no sleep or breaks, just boring repetitive tasks.

I think one of the biggest miscalculations right now is how many of those tasks there are that actually need doing. It's more than a lot of people might guess, so many forms, shuffling of data, and other burecratic BS that we just don't really need people to do now. On the other hand, a lot of those forms need to be analyzed or data that needs to be understood but is that really all that much? Idk. I do think AI art misses the point but an army of high school seniors, wielded by someone with the skills and understanding to tackle a real problem can be remarkably effective.

All this to say, hype people gonna hype but other actually smart people are quietly learning how to wield "AI".