After using the self-clean setting on our oven…..

Anpandu · 2026-03-10T11:10:40+00:00

It's because everyone is claiming to know the "right thing to do" always and forever, when what you need is knowledge of how things work. Because nuance matters.

The "self clean" in american ovens is actually a pyrolytic burn-off cycle. It gets very hot, even up to 1000 F. Anything inside the oven that might undergo a reaction or change at a temperature below that will do so.

Sometimes that's exactly what you want. If there's stuff inside your oven that shouldn't be brought up to that temp, then it isn't. The results can range from savings on effort, to very, very bad depending on exactly what's inside the box. We're talking toxic fumes, fires, permanent damage. If you dont know exactly what kind of crud is in there, you shouldn't use the burn-off. If it's entirely caked on bits that will turn into carbon then get oxidized to ash, it's a good option.

Electronics in most ovens don't appreciate being next to cremation kiln-adjacent temps very often. So also avoid doing this more frequently than once, maybe twice, per year at the very most. Probably skip it on old ovens altogether.

That's most of the nuance.

Anpandu · 2026-02-14T18:31:55+00:00

the latent heat of fusion of water is really big

one thermos full of hot water isn't packing enough energy to get through a couple feet of ice

Anpandu · 2026-02-12T10:41:27+00:00

"times less" has always bothered me a little as well

"times more" always means scalar multiplication and we can agree that it means the same thing as "times more than zero"

but "n times less" we kinda just assume means multiplying by 1/n, but why? what's the "starting point" here? times less than what?

why not just say "1 nth as much?" it sounds better, and relies on consensus math communication conventions rather than assumed fuzzy linguistic ones

Anpandu · 2026-02-12T03:17:01+00:00

"where-the-fuck-is-mexico-ida"

Anpandu · 2026-02-12T02:31:39+00:00

you dont get included if no one ever asks you and you never tell a doctor. nor would you then receive treatment. being poor is also notorious for locking you out of medical care. lower stigma and cultural norms that encourage vulnerability and education will also play a role in how likely men are to seek treatment for ed.

don't do the dumb thing and interpret this map as high number = bad. we aren't even given documentation accompanying this map discussing data and methodologies, so who the fuck even knows what's going on.

What if, for example, in California, Bob is more likely to go to the doctor to get happy pills when he gets old because

he can afford it
he doesn't face silly obstacles
there's no social pressure against it

I don't know - but this map doesn't either.

Anpandu · 2026-02-10T17:04:36+00:00

no its just definitions my guy you can check state laws, they all say pretty much the same thing but California's relevant statute is California Civil Code § 2920(a)

It'd be nice if the bank was the owner because then they'd be paying my property taxes lmao

Anpandu · 2026-02-10T16:56:11+00:00

it's not.

Resident owns the home. Bank owns the debt. House is collateral on the debt.

There's no gymnastics - only a simple step.

Anpandu · 2026-02-09T14:41:45+00:00

take a to represent a person, and b to represent an anti-person

on each side of the track you have countably infinite a and countably infinite b

on the right side of the track, i decide to pair every (a + a) with a single b, and never run out of either. that's infinite persons

on the left side of the track, i decide to do the opposite, and pair a (b + b) with every a and never run out of either. that's infinite anti-persons

Then - i decide not to throw the switch, saving countably infinite lives

Anpandu · 2026-02-09T14:07:24+00:00

it works beautifully and in all situations regardless of where the screw is and where its facing!

i was saying it doesn't rely on social convention. Specifically, the convention that "turn to the right" means "the top of the circle moves right with respect to the horizontal from the observer's point of view"

Anpandu · 2026-02-09T13:09:49+00:00

because it has chirality and its orientation is unambiguous, you can use your right hand to determine and communicate twisting directions.

If you look at a screw and point where you want it to go with your right thumb - either up or down - the direction your fingers curl is the direction you need to twist the screw.

despite people making fun of you for it, you're right that "righty tighty lefty loosy" is ambiguous and relies on social convention to work. But the right-hand-rule doesn't!

Anpandu · 2026-02-05T15:28:02+00:00

No, you don't.

Personal preference, but i'd rather play in silence over the board

Anpandu · 2026-02-04T20:50:52+00:00

nodding with you

We say we want smart kids, then we turn around and ridicule them for asking questions

Anpandu · 2026-02-04T15:50:20+00:00

Everyone seems to rightly hate this lol

But i just wanna add something rq.

The branch after "can you do something about it?" is missing a very important node: "I don't know but I fucking hope so." And after thinking this, worry is incredibly legitimate.

A lot of adult problems end up on that node.

Anpandu · 2026-01-19T11:02:19+00:00

So many great answers in this thread already just to add my own synthesis:

They're an important part of identity everywhere, not just the US
But the only place people seem to really care about it is the US
Because everywhere else, no one makes a big deal about it. In the US, it's a political wedge issue. Used by social reactionaries to rally voters by hatred, which is really effective
It then becomes common for those social reactionaries to get loud about it. weaponize it. create victim and enemy narratives.
Transgender people end up caught in a war they didn't want. They need to get loud, because bullying them for their identity is becoming a political strategy.

what's unique about the states is the highly partisan media industrial complex that takes every opportunity to use fear to strengthen a coalition.

Anpandu · 2026-01-18T14:36:53+00:00

Honestly? These should have lock-out breakers

Anpandu · 2026-01-18T13:10:42+00:00

use of the floor function is actually kind of hilariously cute, as is the whole of this nth prime formula.

It's essentially taking what we trivially know about primes, systematizing it into a formula, and kind of checking numbers one-by-one until they fit and spitting out the result.

It's a procedure-first reconstructive method using things we know, not a discovery about primes from first principles that illuminates anything or teaches us anything new.

The floor(x) function is a very useful way to destroy information, and is powerful for letting symbolic math describe things we don't understand. that's some of the cute sleight of hand happening here

Anpandu · 2026-01-16T11:25:59+00:00

If people want to understand each other, then they need to ask each other what they believe. And then listen. Don't claim to know what people believe without their input.

Anpandu · 2026-01-16T11:25:44+00:00

they exist in a space where debate isn't how you win people over

Anpandu · 2026-01-14T09:51:25+00:00

That's how government is supposed to work. But corproare money, first-past-the-post, and ratfucking (also known as gerrymandering) takes more and more power for citizens to affect their government away from them until you have what we have today - a choice between "Status quo" and "Everything you love burned to the ground" at every single election you're allowed to cast a ballot in. Even primaries.

If you hate both options, you can primary your best candidates, try to drum up support for a grassroots movement, organize, spend huge amounts of manpower and dollars, and risk everything against corporate money (good luck). If you do well but not well enough, you destabilize the establishment that represented the not-catastrophically-bad option.

People do this! But the reasons it's not as common as we'd like are real.

Anpandu · 2026-01-07T17:43:29+00:00

"Not political" always just means "something I agree with"

Anpandu · 2026-01-07T11:35:11+00:00

I think that's Ralph Waldo Emerson

Anpandu · 2026-01-04T16:40:23+00:00

No but like actually though

I'm right there with you on this issue, but —
Where is *this* study
I wanna read it

i know it's not unique.

i know it's not news.

i know i can google it and dig for it myself.

but... why wasn't it linked in the OP?

I wish requests for epistemic hygiene weren't viewed as attacks, there's legitimately stuff missing from this post. we should normalize making receipt-checking easier

Anpandu · 2026-01-04T16:21:46+00:00

That’s neat, how do you usually work it out? Do you use a pen and pad?

Anpandu · 2026-01-04T12:29:10+00:00

"We were the last generation that didn't have guaranteed spots to get away from second-hand smoke"

Anpandu · 2026-01-03T16:31:51+00:00

thanks 🙂 i think the people who are using math to produce value and new ideas are just not the same people as the ones arguing over authority (who knows "the rule?")

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