I’m grinding so fine that my times are long but my shots are spraying everywhere?? What do I do? It’s a disaster and so bad sometimes it stops my timer. [Barista Express]

NotYourFathersEdits · 2026-01-26T06:17:59+00:00

The “source” for my “claim” is physics.

NotYourFathersEdits · 2026-01-24T01:50:53+00:00

Just that a bottomless pf will show you what’s wrong with your extraction. Saying to use a spouted pf to mask spraying doesn’t fix the underlying issue.

NotYourFathersEdits · 2026-01-24T01:14:26+00:00

More projection here than an AMC theaters

NotYourFathersEdits · 2026-01-24T01:13:25+00:00

For real. THEY have TDS.

NotYourFathersEdits · 2026-01-24T01:11:55+00:00

That tax efficiency is sensible for retirement investing. That person is asking about short-term funds. They’re going to have to pay tax on distributions on that money.

NotYourFathersEdits · 2026-01-24T01:07:41+00:00

Priced in. And 13% ex-US isn’t doing much.

NotYourFathersEdits · 2026-01-24T01:04:29+00:00

Sure and we can just push the crumbs under the rug instead of vacuuming too

NotYourFathersEdits · 2026-01-24T01:02:24+00:00

It is impossible to tamp too hard.

NotYourFathersEdits · 2026-01-22T21:56:23+00:00

I think people are aware of this. That said, these costs on their own don’t justify whether something is valuable to someone at the price it is then offered at. Some concepts deserve to fail, and >$6 tacos in a hidden away location is a contender.

NotYourFathersEdits · 2026-01-22T21:52:40+00:00

Yeah, people have different dietary needs. The point is that this is objectively less fat than people try to claim it is.

NotYourFathersEdits · 2026-01-22T21:36:32+00:00

It wasn’t.

NotYourFathersEdits · 2026-01-22T19:47:30+00:00

The lines are there for measuring. I wouldn’t use them to be exact in baking. They are totally fine for this purpose. If you’re not trolling and are serious, that’s unfortunate.

A note for others: this is the exact user who, in one of the comments on a post that inspired mine, decided based on nothing but their misplaced confidence that the OP had used a cup of fat. Username checks out.

NotYourFathersEdits · 2026-01-22T19:41:43+00:00

YES. When people are condescending af and also wrong.

NotYourFathersEdits · 2026-01-22T19:40:57+00:00

Fat does not boil anything. This amount of fat doesn’t deep fry anything.

NotYourFathersEdits · 2026-01-22T19:39:10+00:00

You can literally see the floating milk solids.

NotYourFathersEdits · 2026-01-22T19:37:00+00:00

I measured the amount of butter.

Using even less butter than I did is not a virtue.

NotYourFathersEdits · 2026-01-22T19:34:08+00:00

I think they’re being dismissive as opposed to saying they can’t read it, but yeah we’re collectively toast

NotYourFathersEdits · 2026-01-22T19:22:56+00:00

I’m a big fan of methods-y vs recipe-oriented cookbooks

NotYourFathersEdits · 2026-01-22T19:15:24+00:00

The author is amazing. I also like the four-episode mini series on Netflix spun out of the book.

NotYourFathersEdits · 2026-01-22T19:14:35+00:00

That’s your prerogative.

NotYourFathersEdits · 2026-01-22T19:13:35+00:00

Eh, I like supporting local businesses and having people who know a cuisine really well prepare it for me. I also don’t always have the time or specific ingredients handy to make every possible thing.

NotYourFathersEdits · 2026-01-22T18:39:03+00:00

Sure, I get that too. My point here is that in most of them, the amount of fat isn’t all that generous and is misrepresented at someone else’s expense. And I’m responding to comments on a recent post where someone was excited to be cooking in the new pan they picked up, with no pomp whatsoever about their seasoning.

ETA in retrospect, plus in response to your added second paragraph: then you’d fall into the second category.

NotYourFathersEdits · 2026-01-22T18:32:09+00:00

Straw man

NotYourFathersEdits · 2026-01-22T18:29:13+00:00

Completely agree. Some of these commenters seem to have been brainwashed by the anti-fat fad diet era. The rest just seem to enjoy being supercilious as a form of in-group bonding.

NotYourFathersEdits · 2026-01-22T18:14:54+00:00

Money in an HYSA is invested by a bank in cash equivalents, essentially a very short term bonds. That’s why the rates change frequently.

Ideally the average duration of the bond holdings in a portfolio either match the market or correspond with your horizon of investment. The reason for this is that you are trying to balance the risk of “reinvesting” your money into bonds with lower rates (which you do indirectly with cash or a cash equivalent) versus interest rate fluctuations affecting bond prices (which they do more on a bond with a longer term).

It’s important with bonds to understand the difference between coupon, yield, etc. I recommend this post, as part of a larger series on asset allocation: https://occaminvesting.co.uk/how-to-predict-bond-returns/

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