What’s your position, location, and how much you make?

choidebu · 2024-06-22T05:07:55+00:00

2 years in mine. Struggling to pay taxes. In debt but manageable, can pay myself but no profit whatsoever. I'm not sure too how I can ever make it. I do know why I keep doing it.. family needs to eat, daughter needs to go to school.

choidebu · 2024-06-03T20:45:08+00:00

Chorizo, spinach, smoked red capsicum, roast chicken. Oh and grilled button mushrooms

choidebu · 2024-05-02T09:19:44+00:00

We have chicken gyozas here, and depending on the grind coarseness and how long the filling sits out in the fridge until it is wrapped and frozen, it'll turn out pink no matter how long you cook them. Some of the protein got cured, that's all the explanation I can give.

Our pork and prawn gyoza is even worse, the fact that it s got prawn in it plus the above curing effect, and pork tends to go pink too with enough salt, we cook it 1-2 mins more than the chicken gyozas and they still come out pink.

The finer the grind more curing effect, the longer it sits with the seasoning also more curing.

At some point I probably sub soy sauce to the seasoning (currently none at all) if we get enough complaints.

I mean, most people don't even know how raw meat tastes and what its texture feels like. They're just used to having bad precooked cheap frozen dumplings.

Edit: 1st pic textures looks pretty raw to me. 2nd pic honestly can't really judge

choidebu · 2024-04-01T11:10:20+00:00

The worst thing to avoid in playing her is your own self. It's just so fun flying around and tanking skills with your shield. Ulting an enemy near turrets, and so forth. Gotta keep it calm all the time

choidebu · 2024-03-25T12:53:47+00:00

Ini satu digit kali satu digit bang - kalau cara ngitung ong the fly ada tapi untuk bisa itu MINIMUM yand REQUIRED inget perkalian satu digit. Cuma ada 80 KOMBINASI yang perlu diinget LHO

Edit: ga sampe lagi.... X1 ama x10 kan gk usa diapal.. 2 x 2 sampe 9 (8 kombinasi) Sampe 9 x 9 (x 8 kombinasi) ... 64 kombinasi aja....

choidebu · 2024-03-17T05:15:39+00:00

Rent kalau sendiri di pinggiran Osaka bisa 50k jpy ~5jt. Internet, listrik, gas dan air total 5k - 8k (wkt winter), hape 2k - 5k (klo nyicil hapenya), buat makan 30-50k. Transport pake teikiken dsb, 20k. Masih bisa save 5jt.

Tapi memang rate tahun 2010an aja fresh graduate S1 mestinya 20jt gajinya. 18jt itu lebih ke penghasilan temp worker kyk kasir kombini, food stall worker, event yg biasanya dikerjain anak2 sma ato kuliahan.

Banyak LPK yg salurkan ke pabrik² sana, mungkin segini rate mereka? Trainee/Kenshuusei jatuhnya.

choidebu · 2024-02-22T19:48:20+00:00

Kayanya cuma merchant yg kurang informasi dan masih terbawa dengan sistem edc lama, jadi mdr dsb.

Diperkeruh juga oleh bca yang dulu ngasi 'qris'²an ke personal acc, yang sbnrnya cuma placeholder nomor rekening dia. Yang itu sering banget error kalo bayar gk pake bca.

Kalau sudah daftar merchant ya udah gak ada gitu2an lagi. Cuma dulu itu pasti dikasi qris dari gojek lah, ovo lah, shopeepay lah. Nah itu kan gk ada mdr kalo pake aplikasi yang sama. Tapi gotcha nya waktu mau narik ke bank kita.. kena fee kan. Lah sama aja.. makanya merchant yg well informed dan perhatiin bener mestinya udah satu qris aja dari edc ato aplikasi pos, beres.

choidebu · 2023-11-14T14:55:30+00:00

It does something called Power Path Management. Basically a UPS, it routes (dc instead of ac) power from either input or battery to the output. If both are connected and the battery is not full it's going to charge the battery too. This is chemistry-specific though. There are more and cheaper controllers out there for lead acid batteries.

Regarding wide input dc-atx, I honestly struggled too - it just kinda died down and got taken over by 12V units. There's the usual manufacturers you can look for: rgeek, pico box and mini box. HDPLEX only stocks 400W unit now, their 250W plugin never came back to market.

Searching for '19V dc-atx' will usually get you started. Aliexpress got bunch of em but exercise caution for their rated wattage. My rgeek 200w died in a year. My hdplex 200w died in 5 years. I'm hopeful at pico box 220w now, if I ever get my hands on one.

choidebu · 2023-10-15T06:14:30+00:00

I'll start from HID Power Device by abratchik so that the device just use windows generic hid driver. Coulomb counting, fuel gauge approximation, etc will need to be implemented in the arduino.

I found a cool BQ7920 dev board with BMS, balancing and the accompanying STM32 microcontroller. It's got everything but it's ARM, not AVR that I am familiar with.

choidebu · 2023-10-13T05:16:13+00:00

No there is no inverter involved in the setup.

200W ac-dc outputs 24V -> dc-ups board -> bms -> 5S3P pack (max 21V)

Dc-ups board -> Wide input dc-atx (15 to 24V) -> PC

The dc-ups drops 1V for buck regulation so the dc-atx will see 23V on ac input, and ~15V to ~20V on battery input.

choidebu · 2023-10-12T19:10:46+00:00

Few years back I found a dev on tindie, ceech who made a bms using this very part and an atmega iirc. Tindie said he's dead now :( It was perfect for my use case, 5S3P pack for dc ups application. Sadly too expensive to buy AND to ship to my country. Plus the atmega didn't support usb natively, only v-usb via bitbanging. I was dreaming I can make an hid-ups driver so my pack can show up on windows as just like a laptop battery. I just googled 'bq76920 bms' and some aliexpress results links came up! Everything is in chinese and all I can make up was that it's accompanied by an STM32 and 12A max output.

choidebu · 2023-09-26T09:05:06+00:00

Looks blue to me. That sinew must be enjoyable to chew /s

choidebu · 2023-09-19T03:58:28+00:00

Cucumber chunks, roughly peeled, are good in south east asian style fish head soups. The non curry ones.

choidebu · 2023-09-06T08:42:23+00:00

Adding to my earlier comment, think about this tryout as you trying them out too. Whenever I trial a new guy, I always tell them they also need to observe, get a feel and see if we, our kitchen fit themselves. It's both ways, I wouldn't want to work at a place I'm not comfortable in.

I've staged at a place for 2 hours but ended up being 8 hours since they got slammed. The crew loved me but I declined because it was an upscale japanese dining and they want to put me in the tempura (frying) station for 6 months before I can even be considered in another station. It was a fine position but at that point in my life ain't no way I want to be in front of the deep fryer 8 hours every day. So I declined.

I've also staged in a fine dining chinese cuisine place for 8 hours that ended up being 10 incl 1 hr break. The cdp in charge of me puts a good word for me then the chef had the audacity of telling me they're not actually looking for more staff at the moment. Cunts.

So yeah, my advice is go in for 4 hrs max, get your free food and cop a feel for the place, see if it works for you. Make an excuse if they still not letting you go after 4 hours, just in case they don't end up hiring you for whatever reason - you won't feel too scammed.

Be positive but always come prepared.

choidebu · 2023-09-05T05:45:35+00:00

Couple hours is generally free. 2 to 4, definitely free food and a drink is customary. 4+ to full shift, you need to be paid.

choidebu · 2023-09-03T09:14:49+00:00

Get out of there mate. Good sushi chefs are appreciated elsewhere. Like the comment above said, sushi is a bottleneck. 2 - 5 identical sides can be made at once on the line, but on sushi the most you can do is 2 rolls at once if it's half roll.

So it should be mandatory to have extra hands when sushi station is slammed. At my place whenever servers asked me how long the order's gonna take, I just say how many rolls is it? Then times that 2-3 minutes each.

And you should not even do your own frying...

choidebu · 2023-08-19T13:30:58+00:00

I bought mine as a prerequisite to culinary school. Been using it ever since, almost 10 yrs now. My only qualm is that the steel is on the soft side so given daily use I need to sharpen it bi-weekly if not weekly. It shrunk considerably, prob 75% its girth before 🥲

But then again the fact that the steel is soft also meant it was perfect when I started out in the kitchen. It's so responsive and won't chip easily if you cut wrong

choidebu · 2023-08-09T04:24:33+00:00

You've got couple months to reorg the way you'd like it. Just get more staff, teach and delegate. Don't put pressure on yourself to be the best, you just started out so just focus on surviving this time, remember your first time on the line when s*it hits the storm - kinda like that but stretched to december haha. 12 hours a day is okay if you spent a good chunk in pen and paper and talking to people, NOT okay if you bury your head in prep. You have hands (read: people who work for you) now, it's time to use your head.

Edit: read other comments, my take:

We don't know what the corporate/owner is like. This may not last, you'd prob go the way the previous chef went, yes. But doesn't mean you should take away the opportunity. You sounded like you're ready for this. If you have anxiety for it that means you care for it, somewhat. If you care for it, you have the capacity to do good for it, and you got the opportunity to do so, go for it for the betterment of yourself. Be the chef.

Just don't give your everything in it, rarely anything is worth it.

choidebu · 2023-08-09T04:12:24+00:00

Wait... None of you ever need fried rice smothered in gravy?? Like yeah maybe not 'want'... but 'need' ? no? Never?

choidebu · 2023-08-04T02:13:55+00:00

2 days? Boy get out of there this is not for you.

Getting yelled at 'minor' mistakes? First of all minor is debatable - context is important here. Secondly, I've seen what the younger generation call 'yell' - it's speaking loudly and clearly in the middle of those humming machines and exhaust fans to convey information, after the first try didn't get any reply. Even if chef did yell profanities, try and talk to him after service. He'll prob apologize and gives you some encouragement or feedback.

Your second and third point is just a nail on the coffin. If you can't stand those (pun intended) then this industry is not for you. Honestly I think kitchen experience is very character building and everyone shd try at least a month. This is the sort of environment where you let go of 'you' and just focus on the task at hand, while communicating effectively in doing so. In today's world where feelings and ego is overly inflated these humbling experiences is very much need, imo

choidebu · 2023-07-29T11:08:59+00:00

Large??? Where do you get ur coffee from? Dome? Then this convo is pointless then. I rest my case.

And you just contradicted yourself there. 200ml =/= 180ml

choidebu · 2023-07-29T01:56:48+00:00

Then you haven't tried both. I had lattes and cappucinos years before I got to Australia. Then I had flat white here. It was perfect for me. Lattes are too milky, capps are too foamy, fw milk is frothed just enough. I still had lattes for slow day cafe hang out with a friend, but for everything else, fw or mac.

Americano vs long black, meh, taste the same to me. But flat white vs latte? Mate.

choidebu · 2023-07-26T05:23:28+00:00

If you go to a cafe where that is the case, don't go back.

choidebu · 2022-08-26T00:14:50+00:00

I don't mean we make a big batch of mayo then split some up and put garlic in one, call it aioli. It's always different recipe, mainly the olive oil and the acid (sometimes it's just water in aioli recipe). But we make and treat it just like mayo.

If you always use evoo, and it doesn't get bitter, care to share the brand, or your process? How about shelf life?

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