• Folstar@lemmus.org
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    2 days ago

    Just microwave everything for a M.I.N.U.T.E. Mean Ideal Nuke Unit Time Estimate. That’s how the minute was invented back in the 1950s.

  • Funkt4st1c@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Weird answer: body parts! I have what i have and measuring it isnt going to make me feel better. I do the things i need to do to increase muscle, decrease fat, and maximize happiness and longevity.

    Measuring leads to comparison leads to disappointment

  • bstix@feddit.dk
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    3 days ago

    The one at my work has never reached zero.

    Like the code in Lost, we keep it from running out. Nobody knows what will happen if it does.

  • Eww@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    I would end up looking at my microwave thinking “How can the time be 67:36? It’s waaaaaay past my bedtime.”

  • piedonut@piefed.social
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    3 days ago

    Just press the +30 sec button over and over, he’s going to burn down the house when he forgets. 💀

    • cenariodantesco@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      oh no my friend, as a product designer let me tell you user count clicks, more than 3 is bad UX and they’re lost! /s

      • michaelmrose@lemmy.world
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        3 days ago

        Most microwaves go for 1-6 minutes when you press 1-6 without pressing something else first. Manually setting a time is cook time enter time start. Most operations are thus 1 key press or more rarely 2

  • TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.today
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    3 days ago

    Is the response in the post to this really that uncommon? I do this especially for the air fryer, but to a lesser extent in all cooking. Can you guys not tell when it’s done by smell?

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      3 days ago

      Microwaves cook very quickly unlike you know normal ovens and don’t within the scope of normal cooking time output much air to carry the smell to allow you to decide when they are done. By the time you smell it you have nuked it way way too long.

      Also most microwaves make it extremely easy to put things in for small increments for instance hitting 1 - 6 on mine’s keypad and nothing else immediately starts it for 1 - 6 minutes and also has a dedicated 30 seconds button. So it is incredibly easy to set it for a known small length of time allowing you to do other things whilst it cooks rather than standing by the fuckin door waiting to stop it. If you forget you may either ruin your food, destroy your microwave, or start a fire.

      There are basically massive downsides to what you are suggesting and no upsides. It is just so unfathomably stupid that were this post to be associated with your real identity it is the only thing the entire world would associate with your name.

      • TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.today
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        3 days ago

        easy to set it for a known small length of time allowing you to do other things whilst it cooks rather than standing by the fuckin door waiting to stop it. If you forget you may either ruin your food, destroy your microwave, or start a fire.

        Seems more like a skill issue? I don’t have the brain of a goldfish, so I don’t have to choose between watching food heat up or having to reset the thing every 30 sec.

        There are basically massive downsides to what you are suggesting and no upsides. It is just so unfathomably stupid that were this post to be associated with your real identity it is the only thing the entire world would associate with your name.

        Lol, seems as if I committed a hate crime against your culture…

        If you calm yourself down just a little bit and actually focus on utilizing your limited reading comprehension skills, you will notice I specified the air fryer.

        I have a microwave, but it is very rarely utilized. Even so, it’s not that hard to use if you’re not an idiot.

  • Captain Aggravated@sh.itjust.works
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    3 days ago

    Yeast in my pizza dough recipe. I “measure” it by sprinkling yeast on the top of the water until it’s evenly coated. I know how it looks.

  • Dejected Warp Core@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Back in the bad old days, some ovens just had a clockwork dial that you’d crank to however minutes of microwaving you wanted. No on switch, just turn it and wait for the “ding”. OP’s method really isn’t too different since it’s the same number of steps.

    • xorollo@leminal.space
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      3 days ago

      At an old job we had some rooms with really bad internet connection but not always. Network people came by with some ghost busters shit and went around asking us all to do really inconvenient shit – “please disable that hotspot” ugh… (And I had lots of tech at the time). They tracked it down to interference from an old microwave down the hall from the rooms that had problems.

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        2 days ago

        Sounds nice to have a “network interference button” at your disposal. Well-timed frozen burritos would make an excellent cover for extra breaks.

    • Evotech@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      Nicest thing i have is a washing machine that dispenses the correct amount itself.

      Ive saved so much detergent. And actually use the correct amount of fabric softener so my clothes feel kice.

      • Briguy@lemmy.world
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        3 days ago

        You shouldn’t use fabric softener at all. It damages your clothes and shortens the life of them. And it makes towels less absorbent since you’re adding a coating of wax to everything.

    • Dejected Warp Core@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      For me, it’s the rinse agent. It just disappears into a hole in the door. There’s no fill level, no indicator. Just keep filling it until it feels right.

  • anugeshtu@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Reminds me of Future Gadget #08. Only missing the phone and maybe you’ll build a time machine!

  • Kaul@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    3 days ago

    Garlic is understandable, I use a shit ton… But if it’s an “extract” it’s definitely getting measured. Maybe I’m just picky about my baked goods.

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      3 days ago

      You should watch the recent videos by “Nate from the Internet”, he keeps doubling the amount of vanilla extract put into cookies until you can detect a difference.

      Spoiler: 1tsp, 2tsp, 4tsp, etc all taste exactly the same in the final product. After adding in cupfuls, the cookies start to taste bad from too much alcohol, but don’t taste any more vanilla than the 2tsp batch. He even tried with vanilla beans and whole pods.

      • kestrel7_7@lemmy.world
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        2 days ago

        It’s difficult to add too much vanilla extract, but you can definitely have too much almond extract or peppermint extract in something. Ask me how I know