I often watch tutorials on youtube but I skip ahead a few minutes because I’m thinking “I know this already just get to the point” just to spend twice the time on scrubbing back and forth constantly because I don’t understand why something has happened that was explained earlier in the tutorial.

Can we also fix the depression glitch where happiness points aren’t collected and your brain energy bar depleats completely with no way of regeneration without hacking the brain with 3rd party tool antidepressants.

For items that are not truely bifl like underwear, my own philosophy is to at least then get something that will 100% compost or disintegrate back into nature should it ever end up in a land field. Sadly underware often contains Spandex or other synthetic materials so this has actually been a difficult one for me. I have found some 100% cotton but trey are really expensive and I needed to pay a lot of shipping too so I didn’t do it. I ended up just buying more of my current brand that at least lasts really long. I have underwear that is around 8 years old now and used a lot. The brand is JBS and they have both Bamboo and cotton versions. But still contains Spandex

Why would you want to not have Bluetooth Audio when it is extremely cheap to add and basically comes bundled with most WiFi chips nowadays? It just allows the user to use the device in more situations eg. Coming home from a commute and then continue with your music on your home Bluetooth kitchen speaker or change to your car speakers. I don’t know, but I don’t really see the appeal for the device yet, however I do appreciate the general philosophy of the design and open sourcing everything. I’d want a truely offline music podcast device that had both 3.5mm Audio and exelent Bluetooth and WiFi capabilities because using the phone can be annoying sometines.

Tangara also has basic Bluetooth SBC audio support, with more modern codecs possible via future firmware updates.

Well SBC is basically useless so I hope the development is not too far away in the future. I see it’s Bluetooth v4.2 but as far as I know the best codec available compresses down to 1 Mbps but v4.2 supports up to 3Mbps and v5 up to 6 Mbps so still room for improvements but that’s up to headphone manufacturers to support these future codec.

well, it is better than an error with no description, filename, line of code nor exit code or linke to a log file… I have had way too many of those in those pesky “no code” environments and applications that is supposed to make programming equipment easy.

When cast iron is exposed to extreme heat, it can warp, crack, or permanently discolor.

This makes no sense to me and I would like to see some scientific research. We are not even close to the annealing temperature of cast iron (1300F-1400F). In no way can i imagine that a 1000F alone will make the pan warp. It really shouldn’t be possible from a material science perspective.

What makes cast iron crack and warp could be rapid temperature change if you put it immediately under cold water after high temperature since the temperature gradient in the material will form stresses that could cause cracks. But if a 1000F warps the pan I’d say that it is poor quality cast iron or something else is going on.

Why would they design the oven with a self cleaning cycle if you cannot use it? It’s advertising a feature that you cannot use. Sounds like a strange advice to me.

Glad to see that you succeed in making it good again. Now it looks properly clean as i was writing about on your last post. All that black gunk is gone and it has a nice brown smooth surface.

Actually i found that cleaning it with water, a little soap and a soft brush in-between layers may help a bit in making sure that any seasoning that didn’t adhere strongly gets washed off and making the surface ready for the next layer. But honestly the pan looks so good to me at this point so I’d probably just start using it like normal and as such it’ll get cleaned with soap in-between the layers (if you choose to do that of course but I highly recommend) when you clean it after cooking.

I wouldn’t say it’s completely without seasoning. It still has a light brow color which is already the first layer of seasoning. You don’t really need hundreds of layers for good performance. My carbon steel pan i just bought I started using after just 2-3 layers and it is working really well already. They key is to stop worrying so much and just use it, and don’t forget to clean it really well so the layers don’t get too think. It is when the layers get too think or if too much food gets charred stuck it can flake off like that. So just clean/scrub it well, and give it a suuuuper thin layer of oil afterwards. Then when you preheat the pan next time you use it that thin layer of oil will be you next layer of seasoning.

What I am about to say is controversial I know but there is a lot of misinformation out there about seasoning, cleaning and more. I hope you’ll hear me out because I recently changed my rutine completely and are getting way better pans out of it.

Now to it!

What i see on the picture is NOT seasoning breaking off! It is charred on food. Proper seasoning is microscopic thin and smooth and quite resistant to a lot of things. But fear not! It should be easy to rectify.

I would clean the gunk I see off with a steel sponge but with light pressure and I would use soap. Yes normal dish soap! If it comes off with dish soap and light brushing with a scrub (not steel) it is NOT proper seasoning and it deserves to come off. I only suggest steel now because you seem to have quite a lot of charred build up that I would takke off. On a daily basis i only use steel if i ever see a tiny spot of charred on food that is stuck. Any food left on the pan will inhibit a proper seasoning to build up so really do clean it. Modern dish soap does NOT destroy seasoning, that is only old style soap.

But here is the important bit. Now the pan has absolutely no protection if there are tiny gaps in your seasoning and it will rust really easily ( especially because the sesoning is maybe not super good and if you used a steel sponge here the first time you might actually damage the seasoning a bit but that is not really a problem because we’ll repair it immediately).

Always dry the pan with a teatowel. Make sure it is completely dry. (Note if the teatowel get dirty when drying it is not clean and it’s back to washing with soap and brush)

Now use a drop of oil (basically anything will do but not olive oil I think) and use a paper towel to spread a super thin layer of oil. Take a clean paper towel (or flip it over) and wipe any excess oil off. You want barely any oil left. Only a subtle shine.

You can now do one of two things

One: If you trust your pan to have good undamaged seasoning you can just put it away.

Two: put it on the stove and heat it up for 10-15 min on medium-hig heat. The oil starts smoking and this is where the seasoning is being created. The super thin layer of oil burns and creates a microscopic smooth surface of polymerized oils that binds to the steel. You can ONLY do this on a proper clean pan with no charred on food.

Since I started cleaning with dish soap to get proper clean pans and a fresh layer of oil, I have pans that are so much more consistent and non stick than ever before because the seasoning can be created properly on a smooth and clean surface every single time.

You have my attention and I’m taking notes 🤔

Sometimes I get full imposter syndrome and think I’m not really ADHD but then I read shit like this and thinks oh god dammit I do this constantly with SO MANY THINGS and I do in fact have ADHD

Amen !! I’ve had too many managers with multiple PhDs and they knew nothing at all about basic stuff that’s still well within the field of their study but not directly on the project they did.

Through work experience ive come to understand that most normal people actually also only have surface knowledge of their supposedly specialist field, or it is so narrow and oddly specific that it doesn’t apply for real world scenarios. The difference being they are not aware of their own lack of knowledge and cannot believe that there are things they don’t actually know or need to learn in order to get better at what they do. There are far between actually good specialist who understands their own limitations.

People with ADHD I know are much more aware of their own lack of knowledge and will do absolutely everything to gather ALL the knowledge they can and use that surface knowledge they have on a million topics to find applicable places to dive further into. However controling the brain about what’s “applicable” is the issue far an ADHD brain and where we need help to sort the gold from the noise. But it is an invaluable skill to have that curiosity and creativity and knowledge of a million things, it’s just about how you use it.

Open source or no sauce from me to this company.

Well it runs offline and it is helpfull and it is open source so all the boxes ticked for me so far.

If done right even if the controller/bridge is down it should still work. However Zigbee is a bit of the wild west so mixing brands of switches and bulbs might not always work if you want this functionality so stick with one brand or test before you buy more. I have a few sonoff buttons and they dont work with ikea bulbs when pairing directly. But your mileage may vary.

This is an actual good use of AI. Thank you.

Hand it over… Its my turn now… Takes the battery cover off, puts its back on, takes it off, puts it back on…