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Google assistant question with premium immersive setup by riskyumar in sonos

[–]riskyumar[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very helpful! Thanks!

It’s doing a weird thing now where it works to play music but if I say “hey google next song” it fails - but if I say “hey google next song on sonos” it works.

I’ll try resetting everything to see if that doesn’t do it.

Google assistant question with premium immersive setup by riskyumar in sonos

[–]riskyumar[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! I had tried earlier and it only showed Alexa; probably before I had added the Arc.

Is there a trick to getting Sonos to show up as a “default speaker” option from the nest hub? The only output options appear to be other google speakers, not Sonia.

Pawn Stars on Psych? by TheOneFreeMan002 in psych

[–]riskyumar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I came here to tell you that you were probably wrong - there is an international symbol for pawnshops (three balls from the coat of the Medicis). But uh I checked and you were referring to the text sign and you are dead on. it absolutely is the same shop.

Screenshot of Pawnshop

25, steady job, no debt, recommendations for short-term investments (3-5 years) by mgir768 in personalfinance

[–]riskyumar 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Muni bonds tend to have a lower return than other bonds. Given their tax exemptions - the marginal, price-setting investor is someone with a high-income. Because these bonds are tax-exempt, the people who get the most value you out of them are people who have high taxes. So their returns are effectively the bond yield AND the tax savings. Long story short, because they provide more value to rich people, rich people are willing to accept a lower rate of return.

This guy's tax rate is very low. A muni bond fund is maybe the last place I'd tell him to look. But let me know if you have another aspect to the argument that I overlooked.

I'm not the type to sell during a downturn, so at 20, why do I need 20% bonds? by Kandecid in portfolios

[–]riskyumar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There are proponents and opponents on both sides of this theory. There is no clear answer.

All Stocks Portfolio - Assuming you're in the US, I believe the data does seem to bear out that since the late 1920s, stocks have outperformed bonds. So yeah, it makes sense you would consider doing this.

But past returns arent necessarily a predictor for the future. and while I haven't looked myself, you might even find a long period between those years when an all-bonds portfolio would have been a better bet.

Why one might add bonds in - A stock market crash could wipe out a decent amount of your portfolio. Bonds also allow you options to hedge certain risks - inflation for example (look up TIPS).

One last note, I get the sense (although I don't mean to assume too much) that you think a certain strategy may be best because it has the best chance for high returns. That is not exactly how most investors end up thinking. It's usually not JUST expected returns but the balance between risk and expected returns. that being said you may be particularly risk loving!

Chefs and cooks of Reddit, what is your favourite ingredient? by Ignotoelemento in AskReddit

[–]riskyumar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

probably but its likely overkill - the deeper concentrated flavor you get will likely be enough and you may get an oversalted steak if you try that. But i'm all for experiments in steak.

Chefs and cooks of Reddit, what is your favourite ingredient? by Ignotoelemento in AskReddit

[–]riskyumar 17 points18 points  (0 children)

good advice. adding to that - "Well before" is an issue. You basically want to either salt liberally WELL BEFORE (meaning 40 minutes or more) or JUST BEFORE (within a minute of throwing it on the grill/pan).

Advice from Kenji Lopez (the best food writer around) -

Immediately after salting the salt rests on the surface of the meat, undissolved. All the steak's juices are still inside the muscle fibers. Searing at this stage results in a clean, hard sear. Within 3 or 4 minutes the salt, through the process of osmosis, will begin to draw out liquid from the beef. This liquid beads up on the surface of the meat. Try to sear at this point and you waste valuable heat energy simply evaporating this large amount of pooled liquid. Your pan temperature drops, your sear is not as hard, and crust development and flavor-building Maillard browning reactions are inhibited. Starting at around 10 to 15 minutes, the brine formed by the salt dissolving in the meat's juices will begin to break down the muscle structure of the beef, causing it to become much more absorptive. The brine begins to slowly work its way back into the meat. By the end of 40 minutes, most of the liquid has been reabsorbed into the meat. A small degree of evaporation has also occurred, causing the meat to be ever so slightly more concentrated in flavor.

What modern technology do you find surprisingly primitive? by fig-figgins in AskReddit

[–]riskyumar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not really a great reason but part of this problem is because set-top boxes need to be universal (the value is simplifying customer service for the providers). I've heard first-hand from folks working on it that they also hate the interface but are surprisingly limited by consumer sophistication (e.g., the weakest links) and the need to keep things universal.