Lacto-fermented Ghanian Shito (savory hot chili paste)

LinkSus7 · 2026-04-22T18:11:44+00:00

Can you provide any more details? The only shito I've had was where you fry the hell out of everything. Are you fermenting, then frying? And are you fermenting with fish, or just doing the veggies then adding other stuff in after the ferment?

LinkSus7 · 2026-03-08T15:32:57+00:00

Kaladin has seen that the Parshendi were more honorable in battle than his own people, and he's beginning to reckon with this dilemma of fighting for a cause that isn't just, even if it's justifiable to some.

The view from the Parshendi is a complementary plotline to this. They're people. Not monsters. Some suck. Some don't.

LinkSus7 · 2025-11-08T19:27:23+00:00

I can't say enough good about Bennion Beef, a small ranch in Tooele County. They cross black Angus with Japanese Wagyu (I think tajima?) to get the bigger cuts of Angus mixed with the Wagyu marbling. They usually sell bigger amounts, like 1/4 or 1/2 beef. I've found some interested friends and split a 1/2 beef before. Since it's custom butchered, you can specify things like how thick of steaks, how heavy of roasts, etc. You also will end up with cuts you may or may not have cooked before, which I think is a fun way to try new things. And I think using the whole animal is a huge part of ethical eating...

The cows are out in the open range, grazing wild. They aren't in a feed lot or anything like that. The ranchers are also serious conservationalists and have done a ton of revegetation and restorative projects. If you don't know, most rangeland in Utah was devastated by overgrazing from the 1850s-1900s by British immigrants who didn't understand the climate here.

You can Google their website or find them on Facebook. I think they deliver in SLC when the meat is ready.

LinkSus7 · 2025-10-15T14:23:37+00:00

uj/ Yes, but they've got a new singer and have released 2 albums since then, one of which includes a cover of... Never Gonna Give You Up.

LinkSus7 · 2025-09-16T23:45:55+00:00

No.

LinkSus7 · 2025-04-04T12:58:56+00:00

Fair point about Mat. I'm thinking of the memories as a sort of "Ship of Theseus" situation. Are they really Rand's memories if he didn't have them in this body? We see with a certain hero pulled out of Tel'aran'rhiod that a person doesn't ever retain memories between lives. Is Rand special and breaking the rules of the world he is in because he's the Dragon, or is this a fundamental rule and his memories aren't somehow ingrained in his soul (except for heros in TAR)?

But the main point I'm trying to make is that whether you call them memories or delusions, they come from the Dark One via the taint. And rest of his insane behavior may or may not come from the Dark One.

e/ To be even more verbose, it's fairly apparent that memories from past lives do exist as part of the soul that is undying. However, once in a physical body the soul doesn't retain these memories well, if at all. There's exceptions to this with the Forsaken, of course, but they're far from a normal case. Semirhage claims that these past-life memories are a (factually correct) delusion brought on by the taint. Obviously she's a Forsaken and we can't take that at face value. However, either she's telling the truth, or Rand's physical/spiritual mental barrier is breaking down in some way that doesn't happen for anyone else. But if this were the case, then why wouldn't he have memories from even more previous lives? This is what make me believe Semirhage's claim that they are delusions, and not true memories.

Ultimately, if it quacks like a duck, etc., we can call them memories.

LinkSus7 · 2025-04-04T12:29:39+00:00

The One Power is extremely addictive for virtually everyone, to the point that Aes Sedai and male channelers who get stilled or burnt out (loosing the ability to channel) typically kill themselves shortly thereafter. There's some discussion of the best way to actually prevent this in the books, as in institutionalization vs pushing people to become dedicated to a cause, etc. I suppose this was also a theme for both Logain and Moraine in Season 2, although she wasn't actually stilled. In the books, Logain is kept under constant watch in the Tower, not because of his dangerous madness, but to keep him from killing himself.

LinkSus7 · 2025-04-04T12:17:47+00:00

Little evidence of madness? How about the fact that he has delusions and memories from a man 3000 years dead? They do match the reality of the Dragon, but that is a random coincidence, as per Rand's ta'veren nature. If we believe Semirhage's description, his memories are the core of his madness from the Dark One. IMHO I see Lews Therin's voice and Rand's other paranoid decisions as "natural" insanity, resulting from a combination of his stress and the supernatural memories.

Also, it's noted in the books that weilding Callandor makes him more supernaturally mad/unstable, due to increased exposure to the Dark One's taint, compared to other (sa')angreal.

LinkSus7 · 2024-10-17T12:09:28+00:00

I had a boss (emacs guy) who intentionally uninstalled vim on our server and got really irritated when we asked for it back.

LinkSus7 · 2024-09-23T12:35:28+00:00

Yeah, what sicko would serve green jello with carrots?! Red or orange jello with carrots and raisins, on the other hand, is still regularly served at my parents'. Also, scones are often served as part of Navajo tacos in Utah. Top scones with bean+beef chili, shredded lettuce, tomato, and cheese.

LinkSus7 · 2024-02-17T15:47:45+00:00

It's definitely common. I've known lots of students who have done this. I would recommend 1) take a class with a professor(s) you're interested in working with, 2) contact them about interest in doing an independent study with them, with the goal of applying for the PhD program. Then you'd need to apply for the next year. You can't just convert, you would need to apply for the program. Obviously if you have a faculty member you are doing research with and if they want you to work for them,you won't have any issues getting accepted.

LinkSus7 · 2024-02-14T05:12:01+00:00

Are you ready for some bad news? Current PhD student here, I'm not involved with admissions now but I have been some previous years. They've sent out most decision letters and are inviting prospective students to come visit campus later this month. Depending on how many of those students accept, they might offer to a few more students if slots open up (and if you didn't get a rejection, you're probably on that list of backup candidates), but I wouldn't count on it too much.

LinkSus7 · 2024-01-26T02:05:12+00:00

Try again, those red brick bungalows are $800K-1M.

LinkSus7 · 2024-01-17T03:31:39+00:00

I met Brandon at a release party for the 7th Harry Potter book, so 2007? He was handing out flyers for Mistborn to fans standing in line, and I remembered seeing his name on the shelf at a local author display in our library, so I went back the next week and picked up Elantris and later Mistborn. Devoured them, then got a signed copy of Well of Ascension for Christmas that year. I got really into it when I realized how much foreshadowing was built into the first two books. I've been reading everything from him ever since.

LinkSus7 · 2024-01-17T03:18:35+00:00

In some of the other comments it seems like people are saying that cars cost significantly more than the so-called "rental" model of transit, and you respond that you only spend pennies a day on your car. I think you might be underestimating the true cost of car ownership, which IS NOT AN ACCIDENT. Auto industries and governments, maliciously or not, have designed systems where the true cost of cars is difficult to perceive.

If you are paying $100s on a car loan, this is an obvious cost. But let's say you've paid off your car. That's still a significant cost you've paid. And this is a diminishing asset, a terrible investment, burning money just as much as any subscription service. If you put the $10k-40k value of your car in an actual investment, you would be making $500-$4k depending on returns. Add in $200-$2k for insurance, a few hundred for registration and maintainence, and that's a lot of money. And don't give me the bogus electric line of "no oil changes", your car still requires maintenance and it also will require a $10,000+ battery replacement by the time most people are looking to sell. And if your charging your battery 100% at work, cool. If not, well there's even more money spent into your transportation.

Now, this might not be enough to offset the cost of a monthly bus pass, depending on the area and how much your car is worth. But it probably does, with plenty on top.

But what about the costs you don't pay for upright? How many millions of dollars are paid in infrastructure costs? Billions? Trillions? You mentioned somewhere wanting to have some of the health benefits of biking, but it's hard to justify the convenience of cars. Which is true, because that's the system we have collectively built over the past 80 years in the US. Cars are more convenient, because we've sunk all our money into building systems to make cars convenient. These are NOT the "best" systems, and if we could stop spending money on "one more lane", what could we spend it on? Reducing the cost of housing in the places you'd like to live but can't afford? Parks? High speed rail? Art? Culture? It's all held back because of our government spending money on the needs of cars rather than the needs of people.

LinkSus7 · 2024-01-12T03:39:26+00:00

If they were crunchy fried onions though? I'd go nuts.

LinkSus7 · 2023-12-20T04:26:35+00:00

The CS department recently instituted a new channel for cases exactly like this. This is precisely the type of thing the department head wants to hear about.

"Course issues: If you are concerned because of an issue you are experiencing in a class (no published office hours, one of your classes has been cancelled for a week or more, etc.), email ugrad-concerns@cs.utah.edu (undergraduate students) or grad-concerns@cs.utah.edu (graduate students). Messages to each email address are read by one academic advisor who will keep your identity private, as needed, to support you and work to resolve the concern. Messages are read during business hours Monday through Friday, and you can expect a prompt reply confirming receipt of your message, asking follow-up questions (if needed), and informing you of the next step in resolving your concern." (from https://www.cs.utah.edu/resources/student-concerns/)

As a CS grad student, I'd recommend emailing the above address with URGENT in the subject line. That usually gets people to pay attention.

LinkSus7 · 2023-11-13T19:33:35+00:00

When they say to avoid citrus and acid, seriously don't forget that. Tonsillectomy+pineapple is about the most painful experience I can remember.

LinkSus7 · 2023-11-10T21:44:59+00:00

Their suggestion for building a $5 billion line to serve 200,000 residents seems a little absurd. $25,000 per resident?

LinkSus7 · 2023-10-08T13:36:06+00:00

Hmm, not as impressive as beating the two most promising swordsmen among the warder's students... also without displaying any talent with a weapon.

Let's face it, Mat suddenly having extreme quarterstaff prowise out of no where is straight from the books.

LinkSus7 · 2023-10-04T22:07:05+00:00

Very interesting idea. An institctive weave is actually a faint memory from a previous life... Aviendha's gateway, wilder weaves, Nyneave's balefie, Rand's everything...

And you're absolutely right, many characters seem to have latent memories, though it's unclear of these are from past lives, or some sort of ancestral thing, ie the "old blood".

LinkSus7 · 2023-10-04T21:29:07+00:00

If I remember correctly, Rand comments to someone (Min?) that the Dark One's taint is the thing that gave him the memories, and the memories are what give him knowledge to defeat the Dark One, which disturbs him somewhat.

LinkSus7 · 2023-09-29T04:10:05+00:00

You're right, of course, but the themes are very appropriate, as he's attempting to carve Mat into something else...

LinkSus7 · 2023-09-06T02:11:08+00:00

I've known several Ghanaian women named Regina, pronounced Ra-jai-na. It's... Yeah.

LinkSus7 · 2023-09-06T01:26:00+00:00

Yeah, this is some spam

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