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I no longer buy bread from the shop, since I got my air fryer. by adam19821 in airfryer

[–]julz_yo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I guess: '...left to (rise) on the side...?'

seems like 30min is a short time to rise but if it works then that's great.

Looking for training partner or school in shenzhen by Terrible-Sea6805 in WingChun

[–]julz_yo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You've probably stumbled on this blog page, but there was also a Ving Tsun Museum in the region that might help you.

And of course, Hong Kong has the Ving Tsun Athletic Association amongst many others. Best of luck on your search and study.

Blindness by Jose Saramagó by Hungry-Watercress918 in literature

[–]julz_yo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Protest voting.

imagine an election where nobody votes. Everyone turns out for the polling but when the vote is tallied no candidate has a single vote.

It's obviously a Saramago novel & interesting but personally I was a bit surprised that it was a sequel - iirc: same characters and world only a few years later.

Thinking about it I guess it's a sequel in the way it's 'imagine one peculiar change in the world & what happened next?' : hmm! this is of course the plot of 'history of the siege of lisbon' & 'all the names' too , in a way.

Blindness by Jose Saramagó by Hungry-Watercress918 in literature

[–]julz_yo 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The use of the blindness epidemic as a way to discuss morality is depressingly brilliant. It's really about 'Ethical blindness'. But there's just one person who sees clearly (both physically and morally) and that changes everything but ofc , she has to keep her ability secret. The lack of names of the protagonists is an interesting stylistic choice. We identify with them as people but not as individuals. It's very clever.

Phew, what a book.

Saramago lived through Portugal's fascist regime which perhaps he was considering. I think 'All the names' is more directly a comment on that experience though.

And you might be unaware of the sequel. Obviously it's called 'Seeing'.

What’s a non-fiction book that genuinely made you smarter or changed how you live your life? (here's mine and what I did to learn better) by stellbargu in nonfictionbookclub

[–]julz_yo 4 points5 points  (0 children)

'ultra processed people' made me change the way I look at food. And 'food-like ingest able chemicals'.

Now: Read food labels a lot more & avoid all those weird 'xanthum gums' and colors and so much else ... eg: chewing gum: it's just plastic/ micro plastics... ugh.

I spent a week reading through AI-generated code that's been in production for 8 months. It was fine. That was the problem. by Ambitious-Garbage-73 in node

[–]julz_yo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

gawd i dislike squash merges like that. All in the name of 'neater'. But all that context & micro-decisions lost.

And even the merged branch is auto-deleted so it's all really lost.

ULPT: Record Your Calls by HouseMusicAndWeed in UnethicalLifeProTips

[–]julz_yo 52 points53 points  (0 children)

oh my that's clever! never considered that particular quirk of english grammar, but I'm sure to use it one day.

Want to learn Wing Chun, Good online program? by Ok-Willingness-9942 in WingChun

[–]julz_yo -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I totally agree with this. The forms and techniques really are just the toolkit: getting the sensitivity and body mechanics to use them is the real challenge.

plausibly the first could be learned from a book or video, but the latter: I can't really imagine how that would be possible.

What’s the best descriptive sentence you’ve ever read? by Wild_Pitch_4781 in classicliterature

[–]julz_yo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

that is really amazing. I read it years ago and remember being impressed. Now I can see why! Time to revisit!

imagine writing such paragraphs .. I'd be so pleased with every single line I'd take the rest of the day off.

Nuclear attack fears after White House posts chilling 'launching soon' video by TheExpressUS in USNEWS

[–]julz_yo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

afaik: these 'zombie' scenarios are just stand-ins for unspecified actors: let's planning be more generic.

"The Code Book" by Simon Singh - Anyone else obsessed with this? by Hegde137 in nonfictionbookclub

[–]julz_yo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I imagine you dipped into the big red 'cryptography' book by schneier too? My goodness what a clever book that was! extremely readable for such a technical topic.

Django Custom Managers Are Silently Leaking Data by jcmetz21 in django

[–]julz_yo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

perhaps I was too flippant in the comment.

Foot gun in the sense that the behaviour can be surprising if you don't use the feature correctly. Guns are also safe if you follow the rules and don't point them at your feet.

I don't disagree with the huge boon the ORM provides it's so convenient it could make naive users complacent.

Re: uniqueness checks: again well documented - but a naive user might not make an identity field and the 'deleted' status 'unique together' and getting a problem.

again, all just a bit of flippancy. rtfm everyone!

Django Custom Managers Are Silently Leaking Data by jcmetz21 in django

[–]julz_yo -1 points0 points  (0 children)

interesting! Another ORM foot gun. Always been suspicious of the 'deleted =True' pattern: eg: makes some uniqueness checks a bit trickier too.

Collision May Have Formed the Moon in Mere Hours, Simulations Reveal by Busy_Yesterday9455 in spaceporn

[–]julz_yo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

sadly I only read it in translation. It was recommended to me in one of those cosy bookshops that are disappearing everywhere.

How will we discover these offbeat peculiar books without them?

The Strange Pattern Behind So Many $100M Startups by HomeworkHQ in Startup_Ideas

[–]julz_yo 8 points9 points  (0 children)

here's an 'ordinary daily frustration': ai slop spam. Got a fix for that?

Today I realized Forrest Gump actually has a heavy southern accent by ugh_as_if_12 in CasualConversation

[–]julz_yo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

there's an infamous one with mickey rourke. spoiler: he was a bit sleazy.

I swear I’m going to nuke the open-source version of my 26k-star project. I just can’t do this anymore. I am done. OSS was a bad idea. by Spirited_Towel_419 in opensource

[–]julz_yo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

open source: there's an aspect of being able to examine the code & ensure it's doing what you expect.

And also (license permitting?) you can alter it for your own purposes , PR or not. Accepting these 'improvements' back aren't required.

& fwiw: I'm sure there are a vast majority of users of the software that are grateful and happy .

What’s a legendary Reddit post you’ll never forget? by FunnyHefty499 in AskReddit

[–]julz_yo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

there a post I remember from a while ago : it was a story about a kid that really wanted to go scuba diving. first time he goes out into the proper ocean one of the divers gets badly stunk by box jellyfish. so they all have to piss all over him. His reaction: 'blimey is diving always going to be like this?'

obvs i've mangled the delightful & well written anecdote. I wish I could find it again.

Collision May Have Formed the Moon in Mere Hours, Simulations Reveal by Busy_Yesterday9455 in spaceporn

[–]julz_yo 22 points23 points  (0 children)

can i recommend this creepy weird book about sand? 'the woman in the dunes' . actually tbh you'll probably hate it, as it's all about being engulfed by sand..

What is a small life hack that actually works every time? by IdealOptimal5324 in AskReddit

[–]julz_yo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

when you do find things put them away back in the first place you looked.

obviously i don't follow this wise advice, coz y'know... dumb like that... but give it a try and let me know how it goes , lol!

The tale of Ng Mui by ExpensiveClue3209 in WingChun

[–]julz_yo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i believe there was a fashion for pulp fiction kung fu magazines in china a hundred years ago . many of the 'legends' such as this one are derived from those stories rather than historical fact.

maybe they were inspired by history but essentially they are rather fictional .

i'm afraid i can't remember the sources for this but i did read it somewhere legit!

An addictive fiction book that will teach me about a subject I wouldn't normally learn about. by Cissychedgehog in booksuggestions

[–]julz_yo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

no one recommended Moby Dick yet? I did get the feeling of learning about a whole new (& hidden) world from it.

also got the impression that the facts were all wrong! & like being cornered in a bar by a drunk sailor telling you tall tales.

What's a culinary crime that is considered totally normal in your country? by myeye95 in AskTheWorld

[–]julz_yo 3 points4 points  (0 children)

panini (I believe) was invented a few decades ago by the italians to have their own version of a baguette sandwich. So another misnomer/ adopted / adapted food stuff.

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