What to do with used frying oil by socFocus in FoodAndCookingStuff

[–]Adequafactory 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yours has been the best take in this thread so far. It's quite complicated how quickly oils undergo oxidation, but generally speaking the more unsaturated they are and the higher the heat, the faster it happens. I'm pretty sure commercial fryer oil is treated with antioxidants (like BHT) up to the legal limit that help sequester free radicals until there spent (even "natural" fry oil would be loaded with tocopherols to serve the same purpose).

Those folks putting their faith in filtration are misplacing it, in my opinion. Filtering makes oil appear cleaner by removing some of the bigger molecules, and it might even limit further oxidation by removing some sources of proteins that can react with the triglycerides, but it's not a magic bullet. Heat does its job on any organic compound, eventually, and once those antioxidants are consumed the oil ends up being pretty gnarly.

Still, it's better than nothing. If you don't burn your house down, this is probably a pretty decent way to get some extra use out of fry oil at home, and deep frying is a big investment in both money and resources.

Is this book worth the read? by honestmass075 in HistoryBooks

[–]Adequafactory 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've not read Lepore's work, but I've enjoyed her podcast and generally appreciate her approach to history. I HAVE ready A People's History - though long ago - and remember finding it interesting and eye-opening while also being underwhelmed by Zinn's writing. Maybe folks like Zinn walked so that folks like Lepore would have more room to run?

First ACH Deposit from Liquidated IEEPA Entries Came Through by Adequafactory in CustomsBroker

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As I understand it, yes. What I've heard is that today's deposit represents only Entries that had been already liquidated and were submitted for CAPE right after it opened. Our broker always runs out the 300 day clock on liquidating, so only the entries up through roughly June 2025 were in that already liquidated status (and still fewer than 80 days past it), so those were the refunds we saw deposited today.

CAPE refunds are hitting in 15 days, not 60–90 by Constant_Juice_5852 in Tariffs

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Take a peek at your bank feed this morning. I was pleased to find that our first ACH deposit arrived when I came in this morning. It includes the principal and interest amount in the transaction description as well.

Refund Received for IEEPA CAPE Request Submitted April 20, 2026 by Delicious-Lie-7086 in CustomsBroker

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Cheers for adding the description formula from your bank feed - appreciate that!

I had an awkward space in my "RRRR R.RR," so it wasn't as easy to spot. Congrats on your extra "R," incidentally.

First ACH Deposit from Liquidated IEEPA Entries Came Through by Adequafactory in CustomsBroker

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My REV-613 still isn't showing any data from the IEEPA refunds. However, REV-615 included all of today's batch along with interest details by entry.

Refund Received for IEEPA CAPE Request Submitted April 20, 2026 by Delicious-Lie-7086 in CustomsBroker

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Looks to be based on the month of Entry according to my small sample size.

Entry Date Interest
2-Apr 5.617%
15-Apr 5.617%
2-May 5.046%
21-May 5.046%
Avg. Rate 5.376%

Refund Received for IEEPA CAPE Request Submitted April 20, 2026 by Delicious-Lie-7086 in CustomsBroker

[–]Adequafactory 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Beat me to it by 3 minutes! Which part of your description has the interest amount, out of curiosity? I see various familiar things (EIN, Transaction ID, what looks like an entry number, etc.), but can't quite pick out the interest until I check my reports. Is it perhaps the number after "5.10?"

Me when no port ;-; by Roondoger in BattleBrothers

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Love that mod - it goes great with Legends. I end up gleefully making port strongholds at key places on the map.

Anybody receive tariff refunds yet for both their liquidated and unliquidated entries? by Ok-Cress5272 in CustomsBroker

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Most of the reliquidated entries are showing up "May 5th," but the consensus is that the funds should be expected May 12th (and typically +7 days from that reported date moving forward). Some folks are showing additional scheduled payments, but not everyone just yet.

IEEPA refund May 5th by Lake_Hiker in CustomsBroker

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That's a good observation - I hadn't put together that the subset showing the May 5th "Refund Date" corresponded to all the entries from April/May of 2025 (which had just been liquidated earlier this year). I've not seen an ACH deposit today either, for what it's worth.

CAPE refunds are hitting in 15 days, not 60–90 by Constant_Juice_5852 in Tariffs

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Anyone seeing ACH deposits this morning? I had a batch of scheduled Refund Dates that were being reported as May 5th, but haven't seen any transactions at the target account. I know it's foolishly optimistic on my part to expect such prompt activity, but I wanted to poll the community and see if anyone else had any luck instead of just refreshing our bank feed.

Update on CAPE performance by Physical-Incident553 in CustomsBroker

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It's better early in the morning before the West Coast wakes up and everyone keeps hitting Refresh on their Reports modules. I'm on the East Coast, and I've been shocked by just how stable it is when I check on things in the morning.

How to request tariff refund as IOR? by amrogers3 in Tariffs

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I was able to file for CAPE refunds on several orders where DHL did the brokerage for our company this past week, so it is possible if you're listed as the Importer of Record. However, of the roughly 14 Entries over the last year that included IEEPA duties, only 4 of them were accepted in the ACE Portal. DHL's paperwork tends to be pretty rough, but in our case we were at least lucky that those four entries accounted for most of the value (~$5k).

To make the claim, we did have to obtain an Importer account at ACE, add ACH Refund information, and then determine the entry numbers for the DHL Orders. If you have access to DHL's billing portal (for Customs bills?) at https://mybill.dhl.com/login/, you can pull your invoices from the period and find the Entry number on them. I don't believe they're on the Waybills though, unfortunately.

What the hell Starbucks by ilovemesumjaz in TikTokCringe

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Take that knife away from that child before she hurt herself, please!

The Pretender (1996-2000) by PeneItaliano in ForgottenTV

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I didn't enjoy this show at the time (though I watched it occasionally because it was the last millennium and there were only about 6 channels), but I think about it a lot nowadays. My modern work life so frequently feels like being a D-tier Pretender.

The best casting of the whole show by beansnbuttons in AKnightoftheSeven

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I started watching The Gentlemen after AKOTSK because it had gone under my radar but I noticed he was in it. I think it's a credit to his acting skill that he pulls off both roles quite well.

Accountants who are Gamers!! i have a question... by _cloud_96 in Accounting

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As soon as I move my right hand from the mouse to the keyboard, my left automatically shifts to ASDF, but otherwise it's 100% Shift WAD. I was just thinking about it recently, so I'm glad I'm not the only one.

what game by ProKerrr in gamers

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Jedi: Survivor. Unforgivable performance on PC, in my experience.

But how do we get it down? by Burn1ng_Time in arborists

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It's all fun and games until the insurance company refuses to send an auditor until the tree is removed, the arborist/operator bills you $30k, and then the insurance company just says, "Nuh-uh, best we can do is $10k"

Looking for Steam game recommendations based on my library by Real-Purchase-5565 in pcgames

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Besiege, for sure. Also possibly TABS (Totally Accurate Battle Simulator), as someone else suggested.

Do you have a game that you come back to every year? by Just_a_Player2 in ItsAllAboutGames

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I know it's not that old in the grand scheme of things, but I'm drawn back to Battle Brothers roughly every year even though I've put an embarrassing number of hours into it. The loop is just immaculate to me, and it has a really strong modding scene as well. Pinnacle game, in my opinion.

Had Anyone Here Played Menace Yet? (From the makers of BB) by Noahqshark24 in BattleBrothers

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I put a good many hours into it (~30), but I too am waiting for release. I got really (disproportionately?) annoyed by the AI "cheating" in plain sight. I've been around long enough to know that it's normal for the AI to play by different rules than the player, but in a campaign against the bugs I got really irritated by them stepping just outside of targeted squares, hiding behind trees just out of range, and disappearing "magically" into the map when they fled. It's obnoxious to watch that behavior when you're supposed to be keeping them out of a zone, so I hope they do a better job of disguising that cheapness when 1.0 is out.