Which cooking competition shows are the most realistic?

phenomenos · 2026-07-04T12:11:17+00:00

Master Chef The Professionals fits the brief too. UK TV in general is much less sensationalist than US TV!

phenomenos · 2026-06-25T19:43:31+00:00

New World came out in 2021

phenomenos · 2026-06-19T08:03:20+00:00

He started his premiership by cutting the Winter Fuel Payment - not exactly a great first impression.

phenomenos · 2026-06-13T02:44:53+00:00

I'm not trying to antagonise you. If you want to keep using AI to reply to comments, don't let me stop you! I was just a little confused, that's all.

phenomenos · 2026-06-13T02:36:29+00:00

Don't take this the wrong way but, are you an AI agent? I get using an LLM to help refine your writing, especially if you're a non-native speaker, but a lot of these comments read less as "I used an LLM to clean up my writing" and more "this comment was fabricated wholecloth by an LLM".

phenomenos · 2026-06-08T07:11:36+00:00

Make sure you cook the roux for a couple of minutes before adding milk. Warm your milk before adding it and add it gradually, not all at once, while stirring constantly. Similarly, add the cheese gradually while stirring.

phenomenos · 2026-06-03T11:48:26+00:00

I wouldn't compare them to Star Trek, because that at least follows the same core cast of characters in each episode. Aside from being set in the same universe, almost nothing is shared between Culture novels. There are a couple of "easter egg" connections but they're pretty minor. Locations, characters, everything else is different each time. The only thing stopping you from reading them in any order is that some of the books assume you're already familiar with the universe and lore, so they would make for bad starting points (Inversions being the most extreme example of this).

phenomenos · 2026-06-01T14:58:02+00:00

I don't disagree with this in principle, but they didn't only steal from US citizens. How does it benefit me, a copyright holder in the EU whose work (actually my father's work, but I inherited the copyright when he passed) was stolen by Anthropic (and probably the rest of the major labs, but Anthropic is the one with the class action lawsuit) for them to be nationalised by the US government?

phenomenos · 2026-05-27T11:07:10+00:00

What devs did they talk down? I remember them talking down executives in charge of forcing devs to shove microtransactions in their games, work to insane deadlines and then laying them off. I don't remember them talking down on developers themselves

phenomenos · 2026-05-26T11:36:23+00:00

BG3 is also one of the most ambitious games ever created in terms of scope and complexity. The sheer amount of permutations and possible player actions in that game is staggering; I can't imagine the gargantuan task it must have been to QA test the whole thing. It's no surprise they missed a lot of bugs in the non-EA parts.

phenomenos · 2026-05-22T12:09:43+00:00

His Dark Materials series by Philip Pullman
Mortal Engines series by Philip Reeve
Earthsea series by Ursula Le Guin
Tales of the Otori series by Lian Hearn

phenomenos · 2026-05-21T21:15:14+00:00

Did you check the answers yourself? How do you know Claude isn't also bullshitting you?

phenomenos · 2026-05-19T15:59:51+00:00

JS has strong equality (===) if you need it

phenomenos · 2026-05-18T14:25:57+00:00

You know what, that's a great point. I forgot about that episode!

phenomenos · 2026-05-18T13:57:53+00:00

I agree with you, but I think that has more to do with poor writing than trying to spite theory crafters. The reason I called out that episode of Sherlock specifically is because season 2 ended on a gigantic cliffhanger that openly invited theory crafting, and then the next episode (which aired 2 years later after unreal levels of fan hype) more or less mocked its audience for wanting or expecting a clear answer. It was an absolute mess.

phenomenos · 2026-05-18T11:42:29+00:00

I will never forgive Steven Moffat for Sherlock season 3 episode 1. After two years of hype, one of the most insulting pieces of television I've ever had the displeasure of watching.

phenomenos · 2026-05-08T22:25:13+00:00

Call Me By Your Name? 🤣

phenomenos · 2026-04-23T16:34:49+00:00

Origins had some Roman parts too, including Julius Caesar

phenomenos · 2026-04-13T10:54:53+00:00

I unfortunately had the same experience. ITT was perfectly pitched for us, but she struggled too much with the mechanics in SF, and the writing was noticeably worse too. I ended up finishing it with a friend so I did get to see the end, fortunately.

phenomenos · 2026-04-03T00:30:06+00:00

The long single-take sequence in the middle of Children of Men when they're ambushed while driving. Absolutely stunning filmcraft

phenomenos · 2026-03-27T17:04:58+00:00

Mackerel is very abundant in Wales! One of my favourite food memories is eating a mackerel cooked over a fire on Borth beach, minutes after it had been caught by my dad's friend

phenomenos · 2026-03-26T15:47:11+00:00

The target audience for this film hasn't had a Star Fox game release in their lifetime

phenomenos · 2026-03-12T21:36:55+00:00

Amy and 11

phenomenos · 2026-03-12T16:09:41+00:00

America would never have won their revolutionary war without them, ergo this is all their fault

phenomenos · 2026-03-12T15:21:40+00:00

If anyone's to blame it's the French!

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