I was there, it was more like understanding that the internet was a new way to offer literally every service, and everyone was in a scramble to do that, but because nobody had ever built those things before, we really didn’t know how!

So much of what is taken for granted in today’s tech age was being cobbled together with love tape and bubblegum back then.

I was a professional developer in a wide range of gaming areas for about 20 years… Looking back, I can honestly say that 95% of the work I did ended up as a vapor… The 5% that made it to market were so fleeting…

I derived my satisfaction not from completing projects, but solving the underlying problems. That kept me very engaged.

But yeah, not everybody sees things this way.

I do a 20 minute quick-rise, then 5-10 minutes kneading, then 45 minute rise. A quick fold-over then another hour rise. Usually it’s ready to bake, and at that point I weigh and portion. Sometimes another rise if conditions require it. I cut it with a plastic edge, put the blobs of dough on a cookie pan covered with shrink-wrap so as not to dry out, and when frozen I bag them up.

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Dough is a great discussion topic to explore.

Once I learned to make dough, I realized it’s actually a total of 30 minutes work distributed over 4 hours. Reorganize and re-prioritizing my time made it work. Simple planning.

If I make dough, I make 2Kg so I cut it up, freeze the chunks I wont be immediately using and I have dough for as long as I need. Why make new dough every time? Batches.

It’s way simpler than you guys think. Scoffing is fun, but getting off the “convenience train” was the best thing I ever did. Requires a bit of upfront adjustment and learning, but change isn’t free.

edit: Another guy above was mean/joking about not having a job. Think, guys. If I save $300 on bread that’s $300 I don’t have to earn at work and pay taxes on. I win big for just learning to stop the bs already and take control.

In full forensic accounting, you make/save money by getting off the “convenience” train.

Once you realize that a checkerboard costs $5 but a piece of paper and 24 pennies costs… well nothing… it starts to make more sense. Because most stuff in life, you use once then throw away or stuff into the closet and never think about again.

Breadmaking is just one great example. If I save $300 by making some bread I have to earn $300 less at work. I work less now.

I just don’t anymore.

I don’t buy a wire- or mechanical- puzzle I make one. If I want a tile-based game (think scrabble, qwirkle, rummy) I make them with upcycled junk and paint markers.

I don’t buy bread or pizza crusts or tortillas, I make them. I can make a month of bready products in an optimized hour of work for 1/30th the price.

I play indie games by inexperienced developers who charge $4.99 because I’d rather try new mechanics even if they fall flat.

I’m currently precipitating copper into an aqueous solution on my stovetop and later I’ll try electroplating the copper onto some random thing. Because this is free and fun AS FUCK. Forget going to the arcade or to a pre-packaged event show or movie.

I am just drifting away from everything that’s not hand made. Fuck it already.

There is no use for a microwave because I have good cooking tools and skill.

There’s lots of different approaches, but I’ve had the same problem.

Steam lets you exclude tags, but they limit how many tags you can exclude so it’s basically a useless feature.

I go to steamDB and it has a ton of sorting options, including being able to exclude “Lovecraftian”, “visual novel”, “dating*”, etc

There’s also a great browser extension for Firefox which is my preferred browser. It enhances the Steam homepage (depending on how you configure it) and lets you do lots of things like quick-sell cards and other stuff.

lol

Let’s see… what other words are in the Financial Incompetants’ Guide to Life… ok here’s something that sounds cooL WRITE OFFS!!!1

The world is awash in morons and they aren’t localized to that venue, although by way of it’s very structure, it’s a venue that strongly attracts people incapable of holding two thoughts at the same time.

As G Carlin would have said, think how stupid the average person is and realize 50% are stupider than that. This is the world we live in - where the trivial thoughts emerging from society’s dreck take have equal stage and prominence to expertise and wisdom

Take the numbers from the numbered boxes, and transpose them into the numbered boxes on the tax form. There, you know how to do taxes, what are we gonna do with the other 13 years of your pre-college education?

Get therapy.

I can tell you don’t cook.

Yeah I should have clarified. Steaming meat in pastry forgoes the Maillard reaction so it ends up as a roll of bland ingredients that have been “wasted” in the sense they didn’t at all live up to their flavor potential.

Ok so Beef Wellington is made with an actual BEEF muscle and hotdogs are made with PORK and pork fat pureed and jammed inside a casing. Beef Wellington is topped in mushrooms and mustard then wrapped in a wheat-flour pastry, while Corn Dogs are just battered in a sugary Corn Slurry.

This is such a stretch lol

Have you had tenderloin beef? Have you had pastry? You know what it tastes like and no, you’re not missing anything unless you think boring unseasoned bland meat is good. Personally I’d rather have a great sear on a slab of meat lightly salt/peppered and get on with life.

Your ability to connect disconnected concepts is legendary. Good luck with your life lol

I blame Toyota for how poorly my Chevy ran.

Ice cream boneheads, the lot of you!

Ice cream is three basic ingredients: cream, sugar, salt.

Anything other than that cannot be considered “plain” ice cream!

Also, I make my own ice cream and I agree that cardamom is top-tier. Shockingly good with a few drops of brewed espresso as well!