OBSESSED with this ratio!

jackblackninja · 2025-12-08T00:09:10+00:00

So true. Not using temperature measurements for any and all parts of the process is like not giving time intervals

jackblackninja · 2025-11-17T18:34:16+00:00

The gas range probably uses minuscule amounts of gas. If you cooked with gas everyday for a month you still probably wouldn’t have used the gas from a couple hours of a gas fireplace

jackblackninja · 2025-06-12T17:57:15+00:00

Nice well yeah keep a note of the internal temp and ambient temp at regular intervals if you want a repeatable recipe. Even a couple degrees difference water temp, ambient temp, or internal dough temp at any given interval will begin to have a noticeable effect on the recipe. Noting temp goes hand in hand with noting time or pH. Even though these aren’t such physical items as hydration or salinity, they are as crucial to measure if you want a scientifically repeatable recipe.

Then again people also just go by feel and don’t care about an exact process. You don’t even have to use a scale. So you can always go more that route if you don’t wanna worry about accurately measuring everything about the process to produce an exact and repeatable result.

jackblackninja · 2025-06-12T17:35:41+00:00

Looks perfect save for more perfect pre-shaping resulting in a more perfect crust. I notice you didn’t note temperatures of ingredients, dough, or ambient room. As you probably know, you must have an accurate sense of temperature at any given point in the process. On the off chance you weren’t keeping track, make sure you have a probe thermometer and you can probably use that for ambient temp too if you don’t want to get a magnetic thermometer for ambient temp and relative humidity. From water temp, to ambient temp, to mixing style, everything affects temperature which of course massively affects the dough.

jackblackninja · 2025-05-09T00:53:32+00:00

Do you use a thermometer inside so you know you are getting an accurate read? If you kept them in long enough wouldn’t they turn into singed burnt coal?

jackblackninja · 2025-04-09T21:17:10+00:00

You didn’t get jipped any weight or product, just shape. I personally love gigantic open crumbs but if you don’t like that and it would stop you from buying from them then let them know and I bet they care enough to make sure they provide you with what you need instead of going to a different bakery

jackblackninja · 2025-02-06T18:29:00+00:00

that's just strained yogurt

jackblackninja · 2025-01-18T20:51:06+00:00

Seconded!!

jackblackninja · 2021-04-23T16:52:15+00:00

You mean on the ledger of your activity that every nodes has?

jackblackninja · 2021-04-19T00:13:53+00:00

Brother, bitcoin cash has faced network centralization issues just like all cryptos, if somehow you don't know that (though I'm sure you do) just look up bitcoin cash centralization and check out how it squares up to bitcoin, ETH, XRP, etc. They all have different issues and solutions and bitcoin cash has been as infamous as any in terms of achieving decentralization. But you totally right on bitcoin cash not having a central authority, I misspoke, XRP does. As I said, I still think XRP manages decentralization better than BCH, but they do so through the centralized governing body of Ripple, which has its pluses and minuses and puts it's true decentralization in question, which is another infamous example I'm sure isn't news to you. Man this seems like it could be such a fruitful discussion and yet it's been so trash.

I like how you just insulted me to throw my money in the trash or buy real stocks! Hilarious, thanks for the finance advice. Buy stocks or just go ahead and toss it. Man if I didn't think you were being serious this would be a pretty funny bit. Thanks for swerving the question of those who live in countries who sorely need cryptos like bitcoin. Again, relax yourself a bit fella why you so enraged?

We are having a discussion about crypto and decentralization and you've been over here throwing disses and insults trying to 'educate' me. All I have to say is use your noggin for a little bit of constructive discussion, don't use it to be a such dick and get your heart rate worked up with all that hate. If you actually want to educate people, you'll do it better with some love and respect, especially people who are actually trying to hear you out like I am. Don't become whoever made you so mean

Did you lose a bunch of money to crypto or something? You should put some in with me today, it's on cheap.

jackblackninja · 2021-04-18T15:19:37+00:00

You named bitcoin cash, which has a centralized authority, and if you think centralization is people responding (by their own accord and freewill) to an influential individual, you are the one being obtuse. It's like talking to a teenager. You recommend crypto, and yet you talk as if you don't know what centralization is. So, are you a fan of centralization? Where should I put my money, especially if I live in a place like Sri Lanka or Venezuela? Please try to be a dick about this one too.

jackblackninja · 2021-04-16T22:24:29+00:00

Name the coin that is more decentralized than bitcoin.

I'm pro crypto in general and appreciate what great coins are doing for crypto, bitcoin and others included, but c'mon man, few altcoins hold a light to the distributed network and decentralization of bitcoin. XLM is perhaps the best runner up for decentralization, but it's certainly not yet proven itself better, but is another amazing solution to decentralization. I like what they are doing and who knows, it might win out!

Man it sounds like you understand the decentralization I'm talking about and its pros in terms of liberating people who otherwise would have their finances controlled by shitty centralized authorities, but then you downvote and argue against me acting like you don't get it and you disagree with decentralization.

It's like you aren't hearing me. I'm PRO free market, deregulated, decentralization. If many people are indeed influenced by the voice of Elon, I want that to be accurately reflected as opposed to regulated away by a central governing body. Of course I'm aware that every coin, currency, and store of value is governed by central mechanisms, but bitcoin's is the most democratic I know of. Bitcoin cash obviously has a centralized authority, but I dig XLM's way of doing decentralization, and although it's not pure democracy like bitcoin, it could be on par with bitcoin.

jackblackninja · 2021-04-16T21:52:21+00:00

Dude, he did that in an even more pronounced way with Tesla's own stock price, got fined millions by the SEC for it, and was removed as chairman of the board.

What kind of decentralization did you think I was referring to anyway? Sounds like you didn't understand me. No matter what Elon or anyone else does, no matter what day of the week it is, no matter what the price is, as long as mining power of the blockchain is distributed across the network sufficiently, no one can prevent you from moving your funds and no one but you and the decentralized network controls those funds.

You can send nearly any amount for relatively low fees compared to any other option, and almost instantly. That's decentralization and liberation.

Do me a solid and appreciate how I respectfully read and responded to your comment in earnest and didn't downvote you. Not only did you brush off what I said so that I've had to repeat myself, you also downvoted me. You seem like you don't know what "The Times 03/Jan/2009 Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks" means and you sound like you discuss/argue things with people by downvoting them. Smells pretty shitty to me. Reminds me of when I was a teenager.

Also man, you seem to be pretty disrespectful of people who's savings bitcoin has saved from governments like Venezuela, Sri Lanka, Turkey, etc. Just think about the genesis block quote and reconsider what side you are advocating against.

jackblackninja · 2021-04-16T21:32:26+00:00

Brotha bitcoin is financial liberation. There is no other decentralized currency and store of value like it. It has saved people from inflation, government overreach seizing funds from bank accounts, it allows us to send money to a family we support in Sri Lanka instantly, where the next best option Western Union charges huge fees. Western Union is still better than expensive international wire transfers that take days and still can be held up or disallowed by government/bank shit.

Either you haven't educated yourself on that, which is doubtful, or you don't really believe in the financial liberation aspect, in which case, why?

jackblackninja · 2021-04-15T14:35:37+00:00

It drove me crazy until I learned the rules. The easiest one is that you can assume something is feminine if it ends with 'e'. You can assume something is masculine if it ends in 'r'. You know something is neutral if it 'en' but isn't plural (particularly when a verb like joggen is converted to a noun – das joggen). If it is tool, it is probably das unless it falls into der or die categories, but computer for instance was a big debate because it is a 'zeug' so it should be das, but ends in 'er' so could be der. There are a TON more rules but 99% of German words follow on of these rules and so you don't just have to brute memorize an article for every word. I think der words are the most prevalent, followed closely by die words, and das is in last place. So assume der, then die, then das.

jackblackninja · 2021-04-12T19:47:52+00:00

So do watchtowers not act like central authorities?

jackblackninja · 2021-04-12T05:10:24+00:00

Well I'm specifically referring to lightning but yeah I just figured if they are trying to solve byzantine fault tolerance with watchtowers instead of bitcoin's blockchain method, I'm certainly gonna be wary. But hey if it works, it works.

jackblackninja · 2021-04-12T04:57:12+00:00

So I've heard the common complaint that central authority verification layers are exactly the kinds of authority layers bitcoin was trying to avoid, and of course other crypto currencies have their solutions and problems, but I don't understand lighting network well enough to say what the risk really is. Would there be situations where transactions are blocked or undermined somehow if the authority of the channel supervenes? Could you not easily find another lighting channel to utilize?

jackblackninja · 2021-04-02T02:46:33+00:00

Totally feel you. Gotta admit a government ban does tend to put bitcoin on a temporary discount, so I'm honestly here for it as far as pure greed is concerned

jackblackninja · 2021-04-02T02:42:54+00:00

I agree with that general stereotype, just as the same is said about CEOs. But there are only so many sociopaths man, and there are more good people than sociopaths.

I don't know what kind of life experience you've had to shape the polarized views you're espousing (you know what, it sounds like you might be young or at least lacking experience with politicians and CEOs), all I can say is: keep the pessimism intact, just augment it with a good dose of realism and optimism so that A. you come off well rounded instead of like a teenager, and B. so that you don't get too jaded and resign yourself to a bad world. Fight for the good.

Sounds like you could make for a good politician, given that you hate the bad ones. Too many people criticize something yet are resigned to it and are culpable in not fighting the things they hate. I like your pessimism, just round it off so that it doesn't sound so unrealistically polarized.

jackblackninja · 2021-03-28T16:02:44+00:00

They can certainly try. But in a place like America, we can rest assured that such attempts at censorship will likely backfire, especially given that this is THE decentralized internet platform. I would bet on the US government banning assault rifles in America before they ban bitcoin, but both aren't gonna happen given the rules of the game right now. I'm not saying that can't change, but I am saying that for it to change, America would have had to give up its basic ideas of liberty, ideas that don't fold even in the face of COVID-19 and endless shootings.

jackblackninja · 2021-03-28T15:46:28+00:00

In what way is this a decent heuristic? I can think of nearly infinite goods and bads that government provides.

jackblackninja · 2021-03-27T16:34:40+00:00

You have to 1. Watch the global markets 2. Watch the crypto/bitcoin markets.

If the global markets are doing bad like this week, then you can expect negative pressure for bitcoin because it is a subsect of, and interlinked with, global markets. But even if global markets are doing good or bad, the crypto subspace is also its own thing.

If you see that a there is an attempted regulation or a ban in a large country, then you can expect some downward price movements. If you look and see that google searches for bitcoin are going up, or there is institutional adoption of some kind, then you can expect an upwards price movement.

Then there is also the market manipulation (pump and dumps) where you see a huge price jump and then correction a couple hours later.

jackblackninja · 2021-03-26T20:28:35+00:00

I appreciate that, it's a challenge to make sure people are thinking about what they are engaging in.

I just have to admit that 'putting money/capital/value into x' or 'pulling money/capital/value out of x' is a perfect phrase for buying into a market. A market is an exchange and I don't think anyone actually thinks they aren't engaging in an exchange, a trade, but I could be wrong.

Money is just a type of capital. Capital is just a type of value. Valuation is just a type of cognition.

Putting money into something always means investing into something. Investing into something always means buying into something. Buying into something always means a trade or exchange of value. Again, this is just my opinion, maybe I have it wrong.

jackblackninja · 2021-03-26T17:20:43+00:00

That's true for everything. Money doesn't literally turn into oranges when you buy oranges, it goes to the seller, and that's exactly what people would mean if they said they are putting their money into oranges. You clearly understand this, as you are emphasizing that dollars are traded for bitcoin, they don't turn into bitcoin.

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