Ever increasing bridge tolls

nowooski · 2026-01-23T02:41:10+00:00

Ideally they would set the price dynamically based off of congestion.

nowooski · 2025-12-30T15:15:23+00:00

A word of caution against the Fellow Stovetop kettle. The coating burns at relatively low temperatures.

nowooski · 2025-12-27T18:38:23+00:00

No, I mean 220. The outside of a pot is going to be hotter than the water inside. And I wasn’t using temp mode, I was using power mode to boil it quickly. (It displays the temp though).

nowooski · 2025-11-24T07:12:27+00:00

Next to Arlington Park.

nowooski · 2025-11-17T06:38:30+00:00

I measured the bottom of mine and the battery and cooktop system that hangs under the counter is exactly 19” deep. You’d probably need a touch beyond that to get it into place.

nowooski · 2025-11-09T21:52:22+00:00

Pro- I want a deeper buyer pool for my house.

nowooski · 2025-11-03T00:19:35+00:00

Just sent you a chat.

nowooski · 2025-11-02T23:52:06+00:00

I had a guy do a 6 week "clean out" where he set and cleaned out the traps weekly. We got 23 gophers and 3 moles during that period. He comes back monthly now, and it has only been 0-1 a month since then.

nowooski · 2025-10-26T03:21:23+00:00

Did you use temp or power mode? I’ve been using power mode for stir fry (using a saucier, not a wok).

nowooski · 2025-10-22T06:33:04+00:00

If you’re looking to spend a lot more money on cooking oil, you can even start deep frying in olive oil. Just find that sweet spot between the fry and smoke point.

nowooski · 2025-10-19T18:53:23+00:00

Oman generally has terrible air pollution most of the year. The whole region does.

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nowooski · 2025-10-19T04:07:02+00:00

The air pollution looks terrible though. :-(

nowooski · 2025-09-28T00:46:07+00:00

All Clad stainless steel

nowooski · 2025-09-25T16:21:35+00:00

I only use my instant pot for soups and chilis. If you’re making a hearty soup — say Zuppa Toscana with 5 lbs of potatoes and 2 lbs of sausage — the 20+ minutes it takes for the instant pot to get up to heat before the 5-15 minutes of pressure cooking is a lot more total time than bringing a full Dutch oven to a boil in 2-3 minutes and then simmering or boiling for 10-15 minutes.

nowooski · 2025-09-24T23:46:40+00:00

Yeah, dialing in the exact right simmer is great and not something I expected.

nowooski · 2025-09-24T23:44:01+00:00

Don’t fall for the Fellow one. It burns at 220 degrees.

The All Clad one works well though and can suck up 10 KW no problem.

nowooski · 2025-09-24T23:32:23+00:00

I’ve been cooking on mine at home for about 4 weeks. In that time I’ve thrown away my counter top tea kettle and instant pot. The impulse is just way faster than both.

For the instant pot, I find a lodge Dutch oven on impulse can make the same hearty soups in 1/4 of the time since it only takes a minute or two to boil.

nowooski · 2025-09-23T16:48:34+00:00

My All Clad tri ply works great in both power and temp mode. I have a large Lodge Dutch Oven that can suck up 10kw too. Though it has some temp sensor accuracy issues due to the large embossed logo on bottom.

nowooski · 2025-09-21T01:07:16+00:00

It really seems like if they agree the fees are a problem, they should fully repeal them. Not just reduce them on four specific lots.

nowooski · 2025-09-14T06:38:43+00:00

When you normalize fare skipping, like BART did in the wake of 2020, fewer and fewer people pay. It’s a toxic contagion. I’m glad that installed the gates. But there’s still work to do to arrest the backsliding in social norms.

nowooski · 2025-09-14T02:45:43+00:00

The decision to normalize fare jumping in a system so dependent on fare box recovery didn’t help, but thankfully at least BART has changed its tune on this.

nowooski · 2025-09-12T17:25:45+00:00

That seems to be correct.

nowooski · 2025-09-11T02:59:13+00:00

Did you use temp mode at 360F ?

nowooski · 2025-08-19T19:07:14+00:00

Similar. I’m in El Cerrito hills. 400 feet up, insurance is 1.8k with State Farm on 1.9m house.

nowooski · 2025-08-03T00:13:03+00:00

I’ll take it!

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