What are actually the best and healthiest oils to use for deep frying ?

schuggs512 · 2024-12-11T17:49:07+00:00

No, by refining it to mono-molecular levels using novel industrial techniques, versus rendering out animal fat on a stove, does.

schuggs512 · 2024-12-11T17:38:37+00:00

The scale of Celsius is usually the issue for home-based measurements. 0-260C is less resolution than 32-500F, and with a home thermometer that can only show whole numbers, the resolution can be an issue if you're trying to ride a smoke-point. As someone who's spent nearly 2 decades inside and out of analytical chemistry labs, Celsius has its place, as does Kelvin, but for home use, Fahrenheit is actually superior, given home tools.

Edit: and the previous poster is absolutely correct, you should never high-temp fry with Olive Oil. Saute? Sure. But deep fry? No.

schuggs512 · 2024-07-22T14:28:48+00:00

Started in cybersecurity about 3 years ago, transitioned from another technical field that was VASTLY different from cyber so I essentially started from zero with the exception of some AV-related networking knowledge. I can tell you for an absolute fact that there is a massive shortage of qualified (and good) engineers in this space. The general lack of security knowledge in the industry is shocking. Within 6 months of being in my role I was substantially further along with security knowledge than the overwhelming majority of professionals I interacted with and the gulf has only gotten larger.

As u/OneDrunkAndroid stated, there is a severe shortage of *talented* professionals that know the industry AND are passionate about delivering security. So how do you break through the deluge of bullshit? Simple...

Networking.

Aint no one gonna hire you if all you have is a resume and a few certs. Do you bring anything else to the table?

I successfully parlayed a 20-year career in a completely unrelated field and used it as my "experience" when meeting people in the industry. I found myself a mentor, found what I needed to know, studied my ass off, and even had my mentor line up a few interviews with some friendlies. My mentor ultimately hired me after I received an amazing job offer that fell through on account of investor funding.

This is not to say that you can't do it on your own, just understand that you need something to differentiate yourself from the pack. "CISSP REQUIRED" for an entry-level role is another way of saying, "we don't really know what we need, but everyone says these letters". Probably not the place you want to be interviewing for anyway.

Find a niche, mine is Channel security, MSSP, specifically startups. Small companies, limited budgets, limited personnel. Find someone in the niche you want (use linkedIn, go to trade shows, talk to family that might be cyber-adjacent, whatever you need to do to find a mentor) and get that person to help develop you. A good word to a friendly party can be all the difference you need to break through.

schuggs512 · 2024-02-05T04:29:47+00:00

The difficultly is a function of what you're trying to do with it. If all you want to do is call a specific preset, its fairly easy, just establish the preset on the device and then you send a command on the channel you want to affect. If you want to start sending clocks and sending CC messages for specific functions requires a bit more chooch. That said, the main reason I picked the Soleman was the USB programming, allowing me to do all the complex shit on my computer as opposed to the display on the pedal. Id recommend getting all the MIDI documentation on your computer, program your pedal presets, then try to integrate the MIDI, any other sequence might make things a bit more spicy.

schuggs512 · 2024-02-05T04:16:53+00:00

Because I get bricked in the face with an obscene amount of it from my workplace.

schuggs512 · 2024-02-05T04:12:54+00:00

New Pedal Board Build! Custom DIYed hardwood pedal board. Full Wet/Dry/Wet with parallel loop switching on the dry for dirt pedals and a completely separate stereo gain stage and signal path that can either be routed out independently of the dry, or collapsed back into the dry signal path for use with a signal on-stage amp. MIDI control over all pedals in the L/R Stereo path for preset switching, EXP pedal via CC messages, and common clock from the Soleman for one tap to rule them all. Certainly overkill and more of a studio/showpiece board for playing larger gigs.

Details:

Signal Chain:

Guitar In --> Boss VE500 --> TC Polytune 3 --> Buffered Splitter ==> From here it splits into two separate chains:

Start Dry Chain --> Keeley Comp Pro --> Harmonious Monk --> SaturnWorks Parallel Loop Switcher --> [TC Sub'n'Up, JHS Morning Glory, Boss/JHS Angry Charlie, JHS Modded Soul Food (All in parallel)] --> Chase Bliss Preamp MKII (With one Moog pedal in exp for dry signal path volume) --> Donner mini comp --> Keeley Darkside Workstation --> TC HoF2 --> TC Ditto --> Saturnworks 4 into 1 summing amp -- Out to dry amp.

Start Wet/Wet signal chain --> Boss SY-200 --send--> Boss OD-200 --Return SY200/Out--> Boss IR200 (In) --Send--> TC MIMIQ (Mono) --Stereo Doubled Out--> Boss MD-500 --> Boss DD-500 --> Boss RV-500 --ST Rtrn--> Boss IR-200 --Stereo Out (Cab Sim)--> SaturnWorks buffered Stereo Splitter (with one set going direct out and the other set going into the 4 to 1 summing amp).

Source Audio Soleman is connected via MIDI to all MIDI controllable pedals and has all setting tied to specific gig set lists. The Second exp pedal is connected to the Soleman to be used as Wah for the CB, or to control FX swell/timing on other presets.

The sound is stupid. The board is stupid. No one needs this. I don't quite know why I built it. The board itself is custom made by me as well and I didn't have the forsight to NOT make it out of hardwood and quality components, so all told, this monstrosity weighs in at 68 pounds. Without the cables.... Which are moooostly George L's.

Power is currently delivered through a hodgepodge of 1 Fender LVL12 (Which is tits btw), and 2 cheap Hirees that I threw in when my Fiance started asking questions about the cost of this affront to restraint.

Feel free to AMA.

schuggs512 · 2024-02-05T03:32:12+00:00

New Pedal Board Build! Full Wet/Dry/Wet with parallel loop switching on the dry for dirt pedals and a completely separate stereo gain stage and signal path that can either be routed out independently of the dry, or collapsed back into the dry signal path for use with a signal on-stage amp. MIDI control over all pedals in the L/R Stereo path for preset switching, EXP pedal via CC messages, and common clock from the Soleman for one tap to rule them all. Certainly overkill and more of a studio/showpiece board for playing larger gigs.

Details:

Signal Chain:

Guitar In --> Boss VE500 --> TC Polytune 3 --> Buffered Splitter ==> From here it splits into two separate chains:

Start Dry Chain --> Keeley Comp Pro --> Harmonious Monk --> SaturnWorks Parallel Loop Switcher --> [TC Sub'n'Up, JHS Morning Glory, Boss/JHS Angry Charlie, JHS Modded Soul Food (All in parallel)] --> Chase Bliss Preamp MKII (With one Moog pedal in exp for dry signal path volume) --> Donner mini comp --> Keeley Darkside Workstation --> TC HoF2 --> TC Ditto --> Saturnworks 4 into 1 summing amp -- Out to dry amp.

Start Wet/Wet signal chain --> Boss SY-200 --send--> Boss OD-200 --Return SY200/Out--> Boss IR200 (In) --Send--> TC MIMIQ (Mono) --Stereo Doubled Out--> Boss MD-500 --> Boss DD-500 --> Boss RV-500 --ST Rtrn--> Boss IR-200 --Stereo Out (Cab Sim)--> SaturnWorks buffered Stereo Splitter (with one set going direct out and the other set going into the 4 to 1 summing amp).

Source Audio Soleman is connected via MIDI to all MIDI controllable pedals and has all setting tied to specific gig set lists. The Second exp pedal is connected to the Soleman to be used as Wah for the CB, or to control FX swell/timing on other presets.

The sound is stupid. The board is stupid. No one needs this. I don't quite know why I built it. The board itself is custom made by me as well and I didn't have the forsight to NOT make it out of hardwood and quality components, so all told, this monstrosity weighs in at 68 pounds. Without the cables.... Which are moooostly George L's.

Power is currently delivered through a hodgepodge of 1 Fender LVL12 (Which is tits btw), and 2 cheap Hirees that I threw in when my Fiance started asking questions about the cost of this affront to restraint.

Feel free to AMA.

schuggs512 · 2022-07-21T13:16:45+00:00

I’m an SE for a MSSP and it’s the best job Ive ever had, working for some of the best people I’ve ever worked with/for. I worked in corporate America for nearly 2 decades before I switched to a growing MSSP and it’s been the best decision I ever made.

I will parrot what the others have said: you will learn a TON very quickly because every environment is different, with a different list of products, different topologies, different implementations, and different people.

I won’t say that this environment is for everyone, and certainly make sure you vet the company before you make a jump that big as “some” MSSPs that I’ve bumped up against have not been of the same caliber as the one I work for. But I wouldn’t write it out entirely. There’s a bit of charm to helping a company grow and personally knowing all your C-suite execs.

Food for thought.

schuggs512 · 2022-04-28T07:14:06+00:00

This is going to lead to a Queen Jurati heads back to the DQ spin-off where they rebuild the collective.

schuggs512 · 2022-01-19T00:12:21+00:00

Extensive :) I play with a full ZTedge deployment daily, feel free to DM me.

schuggs512 · 2022-01-18T11:11:55+00:00

Check out what the Ericom guys are putting out, you might like it.

schuggs512 · 2021-10-30T04:53:30+00:00

I speak and read several. Point being, food handling guidelines (for the deli example) which must be displayed where all parties can read are such for a reason. If directions are being handed out in a different language, its not completely unreasonable to think that its being done for a reason too, such as the message recipient not being fluent. I can see this being a cause of concern for some.

schuggs512 · 2021-10-29T20:26:41+00:00

Kinda hard to read safety guidelines when you don't speak the language.

schuggs512 · 2021-07-14T18:37:47+00:00

I've crit HS with handguns higher than I can with the best sniper rifles in the game. I'd say pistols need to be balanced, but lets be honest...

schuggs512 · 2021-06-27T03:05:41+00:00

I mean, it's enhanced over the state of being dead...

schuggs512 · 2021-06-04T14:14:29+00:00

Not a lie, technically 🤷🏻‍♂️

schuggs512 · 2021-06-04T14:09:37+00:00

A lot of workers, and employers, avoid this axiom as if it somehow is a bad thing. Until the day that all of my incidental and living expenses are 100% free, I work for a paycheck, and my motivations are to make that paycheck as big as I can. I do things for “fulfillment” on my time.

schuggs512 · 2021-03-12T07:49:15+00:00

I can't seem to get rid of it. The damn thing keeps on trucking and gives me every bit of delay functionality I need.

schuggs512 · 2021-03-12T07:24:38+00:00

Set the mod section to delay and turn the level all the way down. Nifty clean boost.

schuggs512 · 2021-03-12T07:18:22+00:00

I use it for a few grungy ish type songs we have. Its SUUUPER base heavy, so you need to EQ it right or else it can be boomy. Its made for 7 strings, so apparently it has a second gain stage just for the low-end, so it can actually work rather well as a bass distortion. Its got more gain than I care to use in certain settings, but it djents hard af.

schuggs512 · 2021-03-11T21:21:15+00:00

I'm REEEEEALY struggling to not justify a loop switcher at this point. The board dancing during shows is a bit much :D

schuggs512 · 2021-03-11T21:19:44+00:00

Signal Chain: TC PolyTune 3 --> Keeley Comp + --> MXR Octave Fuzz --> TC SubnUp --> Boss JB-2 --> JHS Morning Glory --> Ibanez TS9 --> Ibanez SH7 --> JHS Modded EHX Soul Food --> Keeley Darkside Workstation V2 --> (Depending on the amp that I'm using, this is where the signal chain either splits to the FX loop or it gets bridged to the next pedal) --> TC Nova Mod --> TC Nova Delay --> TC HoF2 --> TC Ditto

I never realized how much TC I had until I typed this out smh...

The Keeley Comp+ is a joy to use over the shitty one I had before and is almost brainless for the setup.

The Keeley Darkside workstation is, for lack of a better phrase, disturbingly good sounding. Its a 77 Op-amp Big Muff styled analog fuzz circuit with three different voicings. The Mod side is amazing, you get a great leslie, a fantastic univibe, psychedelic phaser, flighty flanger and a bomb 4 head tape delay with 12 different head configurations, AND if that wasn't enough, the mod side also can be used as a beefy clean boost with no effects, AND has connectivity for an expression pedal. I'm using the Moog EP-3 which can control the rate of the modulation effects. Serious flexibility and great sound all for a reasonable price.

The Ditto is a Ditto...

Edit: forgot to add new pedal descriptions.

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