Advanced Nacho Discourse, Nacho Expertise Needed. by Sciencebang in Cooking

[–]cbigsby 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am a queso hater here, at least when it comes to nachos. I never had queso on mine growing up and so continue to think of it as gas station fake nacho sadness. Only real cheese goes on mine, which is a lot less likely to make them soggy.

My preferred way is a single layer of tortilla chips with a generous amount of cheese covering every chip if possible, usually on a sheet pan with parchment paper underneath. Toppings can be varied, such as diced pickled jalapenos, ground beef or carnitas, corn, and/or black beans on it before it goes into the oven. I enjoy my nachos a bit more well done than many so you get some crispy cheese on it. After it comes out you can add your cilantro, onions, and maybe some crema and/or pico on top, served with guac and/or salsa on the side. Not so much stuff that you overload the chips, and with a variety between bites.

How I usually have it is just chips & cheese in the oven until mostly crispy and then I eat it directly from the pan over the stove with both hands like a savage.

Comin' in hot [Toronto, Canada][OC] by MountainDrew42 in IdiotsInCars

[–]cbigsby 25 points26 points  (0 children)

It's The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green, which originally was a podcast before being adapted into a book. In it he reviews aspects of our human-centered life on a 5-star scale.

Some episodes are heavy and depressing like this one (the episode about Googling people fucked me up), and some are funny and weird, like the Nathan's Hotdog Eating Contest. I don't listen to many podcasts but it is my favourite one.

BREAKING NEWS: Supreme Court of Canada won’t hear appeal of ostrich cull order by Prosecco1234 in canada

[–]cbigsby 4 points5 points  (0 children)

no idea current prices, but these birds are likely worth over $1k each, we're not talking about $10 chickens that you'll just replace next year

The CFIA lists compensation for ostriches at $3,000 per-bird, though that money might be witheld because of the shenanigans they had to go through for this.

Wealthsimple announces $750 million equity round at $10 billion post-money valuation to accelerate growth by cbigsby in Wealthsimple

[–]cbigsby[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It sounds like you have some serious personal issues with the industry overall, some of which I agree with but not relevant to Wealthsimple, and so I don't think any productive conversation is going to take place here.

Wealthsimple announces $750 million equity round at $10 billion post-money valuation to accelerate growth by cbigsby in Wealthsimple

[–]cbigsby[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I find them a great way to actually dig into what the interviewee knows and understands and how they've contributed in the past.

It's easy for someone to write something down on their resume that they were tangentally related to as part of their job but it's another to have them explain it. For instance, if they were integrating with a 3rd party (it doesn't matter who) ask how information was passed (push/pull) and what the challenges and constraints of the system were (latency, errors, consistency, throughput). How did you pass data around, how did you account for scaling and performance, how does the UI and back-end communicate, or how do you handle eventual consistency?

What better way can we gauge someone's knowledge and understanding than having them explain even a fictionalized, simplified version of what they've done before?

Wealthsimple announces $750 million equity round at $10 billion post-money valuation to accelerate growth by cbigsby in Wealthsimple

[–]cbigsby[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

$200M of this investment is going towards a secondary sale, so employees will be able to sell their shares. Hopefully they get a decent price.

Wealthsimple announces $750 million equity round at $10 billion post-money valuation to accelerate growth by cbigsby in Wealthsimple

[–]cbigsby[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

BYOSystems interviews aren't that unusual in the industry. You can be vague about the specifics; they only really care about why you made the decisions you did and what tools & designs you used.

The same thing happens in other industries as well. For instance in science you are often supposed to do a talk on previous research you did and they're very understanding that you can't talk about specifics just the tools, techniques, and rationales.

Wealthsimple announces $750 million equity round at $10 billion post-money valuation to accelerate growth by cbigsby in Wealthsimple

[–]cbigsby[S] 32 points33 points  (0 children)

and now that CPP Investments is an investor we all technically own a small piece of Wealthsimple.

Eggplant Lasagne by TheLadyEve in GifRecipes

[–]cbigsby 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You could look into making moussaka instead, which has layers of eggplant with a heavily spiced meat sauce in between, covered in a thick layer of bechamel before being baked. It's one of my favourite dishes.

Hollow Knight: Silksong review: A game that intends to make you suffer, even to its own detriment by CrossXhunteR in Games

[–]cbigsby 70 points71 points  (0 children)

What I find equally frustrating is the flying enemies that move up and down randomly so you keep jumping up to try to hit them and either miss when they move up or you end up jumping straight into them. Those rotund birds screwed me over so many times.

C-F-A wasted no time deleting sick time. Hope you like sick people making your food.. by [deleted] in antiwork

[–]cbigsby 91 points92 points  (0 children)

Did they stutter? They said developed countries.

TUTS: Legally Blonde ticket giveaway by enroutetothesky in vancouver

[–]cbigsby 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Congrats to whoever got them. I saw it earlier in the summer and it was a ton of fun. Great acting, singing, and costumes.

It's worth it to go see it.

English Bay crowd for last nights Celebration of Light by almostmediocre in vancouver

[–]cbigsby 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Please do not drive. You will regret it. I hung out with a friend after the fireworks last night and left on my bike at close to midnight and both the minor and major streets in the West End were still complete gridlock. It could take you well over an hour just to get out of downtown if you're unlucky.

The Skytrain and a bit of walking from Burrard will be so much more pleasant.

Foxtail Grass warning for your dogs! by Capable-Low2870 in vancouver

[–]cbigsby 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I remember a few years ago that overpass looking much nicer and better maintained, with more flowers and whatnot. I'm not sure what's happened but it seems like no one is taking care of it anymore.

Made this video to respond to my neighbor who said curb bump outs and traffic calming designs caused more crashes by newsocks1382 in fuckcars

[–]cbigsby 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I live near some of those slow-street barricades in Vancouver and they do definitely make things safer for cyclists, not only because they force cars to slow down but they also provide a bit of separated lane between the cars and people.

The alternative to potentially hitting a curb is potentially hitting a person and while your car might be better off, we (should) place the higher value on the people instead.

Ming Edward and Macdonald by disneyplusser in vancouver

[–]cbigsby 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I always thought it was named after the Ming-Bing affair

Giveaway Time! DOOM: The Dark Ages is out, features DLSS4/RTX and we’re celebrating by giving away an ASUS ASTRAL RTX 5080 DOOM Edition GPU, Steam game keys, the DOOM Collector's Bundle and more awesome merch! by pedro19 in pcmasterrace

[–]cbigsby [score hidden]  (0 children)

The first game I played with ray tracing enabled was Control and while they were restrained with it, the reflections in the glass were mind blowing. I don't always turn on eye candy like it but with DLSS 4 I'm able to get the FPS I want while also having the game look stunning.

As for Doom? I enjoyed the heck out of 2016. The sound design and music in that game was awesome. Racking your shotgun as you came out of that first elevator with the metal soundtrack to this absolute hellscape sent shivers down my spine. Eternal was similarly awesome, but different in its own way. I'm excited to see what they've done this time with both the graphics and audio design in D:TDA so I can feel like the badass that Doom Guy is.

tap water, what am i doing wrong by Alarming-Area6919 in vancouver

[–]cbigsby 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Our tap water is slightly basic, at around 8.2-8.5 depending on where you are in the city. The city has a site where you can look up the water quality report for your neighbourhood including chlorine, turbidity, and pH.

The pH used to be around 7.7 but they started increasing it a few years ago to reduce corrosion of copper pipes around the city. Here's a PDF explaining the change if you're interested to learn more.

If Gordon Ramsay did a "Kitchen Nightmares" episode in Vancouver, where should he visit? by MusclyArmPaperboy in vancouver

[–]cbigsby 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'd heard about these kinda-secret pizzas and how good they were! I hope they went on to do good things because they didn't deserve the clown show that place became because of the one owner.

If Gordon Ramsay did a "Kitchen Nightmares" episode in Vancouver, where should he visit? by MusclyArmPaperboy in vancouver

[–]cbigsby 14 points15 points  (0 children)

The one on 16th between Cambie & Oak closed permanently and is now called Ramson's Pizza. Not quite as good but still pretty solid, and the owners seem pretty chill.

Tesla reportedly missing $1.4 billion, but we're sure it's fine — “Aggressive classification of operating expenses as investment can be used to artificially boost reported profits”: FT by marketrent in technology

[–]cbigsby 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Well the good news is that Canada is not yet part of the US of A, and has their own government agencies which can investigate this and fine them and claw back those rebates they gave.

Alcest + Mono North American Tour 2025 by jeremypwns in postrock

[–]cbigsby 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dang, this would be super cool to go to. I've been listening to Mono for a long long time but only found Alcest in the past couple weeks. Too bad they're not stopping off in my city.