@mengwong

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oops, i seem to have gotten throttled; my import-tweets-to-mastodon died after 300 uploads. now waiting an hour.
To be precise, the tweet alludes to four quite separate bodies of knowledge, each of which could be the subject of an entire Master's degree
Only on the Internet can one find utterances at the intersection of multiple relatively obscure subcultures, can’t believe this site is free https://t.co/bXauEuS6PF
Paolo G. Giarrusso on Twitter

“@kmett @BartoszMilewski @typeswitch Wait sorry, is that just my headcanon that I mansplained to you? Maybe I am half a Cylon, but should that really cover Autosubst?”

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#dalle, but for business plans and quarterly reports
RT @timClicks: Too much bullshit AI is why I left that field https://t.co/JzkYkkm3pQ
Tim McNamara on Twitter

“Too much bullshit AI is why I left that field”

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Today I learned about S-grinds: for knife nerds only https://t.co/A5CrVcKzWg
S-Grinds, What Are They And Are They Worth It? | Topham Knife Co

We look at what is an s-grind and does the it actually make a big enough difference in performance for the time and effort it takes to do?

Topham Knife Co
If you click File / Save As, and change the extension to .pdf, should your software go ahead and export your document to PDF?
From China: The Future of the Wok

Writer Christopher St. Cavish travels to Guangzhou to report on the state of the wok industry, including current craft artisanship, hand-hammering vs. mass-production, and how e-commerce and technology are changing everything.

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It’s all about controlling access to air. You want the metal to oxidize. You want the seasoning to oxidize. But when cooking for real, if you’re letting it rip, add enough oil and food to bring down the temperature of the exposed oil/food so you don’t get smoke-point oxidation. https://t.co/8drvjDLDww
WIRED on Twitter

“In a wok, fire, oil and metal combine in an explosive chemical reaction to create stir-fry. J. Kenji López-Alt literally wrote the book on the wok, and he's here to explain the science behind stir-fry:”

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RT @wired: Louie Schwartzberg is a pioneering artist who has filmed some stunning footage of mushrooms growing over the course of 40 years.…