bkazez

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   The Gelato Calculator(absurdlyoptimized.com)

   3 points by bkazez 1mo ago|0 comments
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   Show HN: Use iPhone's camera as a lux meter(impulsearc.com)

   5 points by bkazez 2mo ago|0 comments
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   by bkazez 2mo ago

   Having just spent a few months reading circadian entrainment papers for a circadian rhythm app I just finished,[1] I wonder if this effect might be about circadian amplitude[2] (rather than phase, which has gotten more attention). [1] http
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   by bkazez 2mo ago

   You might find some benefit from an app like Wavekength[1] that uses iPhone camera to coach your light exposure, based on current+desired circadian rhythms. Disclaimer: I made the app. [1] https://www.impulsearc.com/waveleng
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   Show HN: I Derived a Steak(absurdlyoptimized.com)

   8 points by bkazez 3mo ago|1 comments
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   by bkazez 3mo ago

   Thanks a lot!
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   by bkazez 3mo ago

   I made them again this morning and took a new photo that's not overcontrasted from iPhone's built-in photo contrast. I'll get my fancier camera out like a real food blogger next time!
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   by bkazez 3mo ago

   Thanks - I used to have this but decided checkboxes were less useful for properties that don't require dynamic recomputation, so I added this as options. In the writeup I mention that avocado oil contributes no flavor, so it's ver
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   by bkazez 3mo ago

   Added!
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    by bkazez 3mo ago

    Ah, I know about these big tall pancakes! I've had something like that in the Netherlands and grew up eating something like it too. I'll soon add a fluffiness slider back in so that at the lowest end, it tries to produce something
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    by bkazez 3mo ago

    Love it, thanks! I used to have a "fluffiness" slider that I could bring back to power this. I haven't researched Swedish pancakes yet but are they leavened at all?
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    by bkazez 3mo ago

    Hilarious, thanks for pointing me to that!
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    by bkazez 3mo ago

    Haha, just for you - check out the new checkbox at the bottom of the form: https://www.absurdlyoptimized.com/recipes/pancakes/?have=&eg... I'll leave the rounding of the absurdly precise ingredients to yo
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    by bkazez 3mo ago

    Thanks a lot! Good idea re bread - can you link me to your favorite more general recipes that show all the extremes/variables? I've skimmed some bread textbooks re enriched doughs and have made some Italian breads with sourdough s
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    by bkazez 3mo ago

    Thanks! The layout was inspired by the way my mother recopied her recipes. When I first saw how most recipe books wrote recipes, I was so confused! As for baseline ingredients, it's basically (any liquidy dairy) + (everything else in t
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    by bkazez 3mo ago

    Thanks, I'm working on this next - stay tuned or join the mailing list (will send a very occasional message about new recipes)!
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    by bkazez 3mo ago

    Haha, already researched the thermometer but haven't pulled the trigger yet! https://www.absurdlyoptimized.com/cooking/ir-thermometer/
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    by bkazez 3mo ago

    Good to know - I used to have a crispness slider but I removed it since I loved the pancakes at the current crispness. Contrary to the overcontrasted photo, they actually have just a very fine bit of crisp layer. That said, I know that typi
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    by bkazez 3mo ago

    Hahaha, glad you're enjoying it as much as I did! I will have to add a crispness slider and then validate it with expensive audio equipment.
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    by bkazez 3mo ago

    I feel your pain - dealt with a lot of those calculations so the calculator could avoid powders!
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    by bkazez 3mo ago

    Added! Let me know how it turns out! https://www.absurdlyoptimized.com/recipes/pancakes/?have=lab...
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    by bkazez 3mo ago

    Good idea, added! If you have only vegan dairy checked, it'll go for vegan butter too. :) https://www.absurdlyoptimized.com/recipes/pancakes/?have=soy...
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    by bkazez 3mo ago

    Done, let me know how it turns out! https://www.absurdlyoptimized.com/recipes/pancakes/?have=pla...
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    by bkazez 3mo ago

    For sure - if you check "milk" and "lemon" and select maximum tang, you'll get nice tangy pancakes. I opted away from vinegar due to taste but would be curious to hear if someone tests vinegar vs lemon!
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    by bkazez 3mo ago

    Thanks! It's entire chunks of fat from a Berkshire pig. Lard works too and is what you get when you render pork fat, but the rendering removes some flavor. I'll update the recipe.
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    Show HN: I Derived a Pancake(absurdlyoptimized.com)

    340 points by bkazez 3mo ago|137 comments
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    by bkazez 1y ago

    I do video postproduction and am trying to archive/backup 100-250GB of large files per month. Ended up very slowly rsyncing to Synology NAS, confirming checksums with another script, using Synology onboard stuff to backup to AWS, and
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    by bkazez 2y ago

    “Sans personne” means “without anyone” and has no “ne”.
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    by bkazez 2y ago

    > Burnout isn't well-studied or understood. It didn't even have a name when I first burned out in the 1980s. Check Wikipedia: “Staff Burnout: Job Stress in the Human Services” was published in 1980, and the Maslach Burnout Inve
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    by bkazez 2y ago

    This is not true. Singers and violinists can and do adjust intonation so each chord sounds (justly) in tune. The exception is if they were trained with equal tempered instruments (which is common nowadays - see Duffin, “How Equal Temperame