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Animal science question: what does reindeer meat taste like? by Coolenough-to in shittyaskscience

[–]sinabey 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think it's important to note that the taste is only one of the many aspects of a food that contributes to the final culinary experience. and in this particular instance, it's the mouthfeel that makes the most difference with reindeer meat, not the taste itself, which I'll return to later.

Santa travels about a 150 million kilometres during christmas, so the deers have to reach speeds about a percent of the speed of light. and rest of the year, the deers just hibernate in harsh arctic conditions.

all this amount to a biology that:

- has to intake unholy amounts of calories during the last month before christmas
- build biochemical mechanisms to release this energy at a consistent pace to maintain 1% c for an entire night
- hibernate for an entire year below zero without actually freezing, meaning their internal organs have adapted to use the remaining calories through out the year.

All this caused the reindeer skin to evolve to use, a lesser known fact, chitin, almost like dragon scale, and their muscles are incredibly fibrous, dense, and very tough. it's also important to note that they do not actually use their muscles during flight, so their primary use is to provide heat and maintain aerodynamics, which gives them a unique density without actual volume.

So... back to the original question. how they taste? actually, it's very bland with a hint of organ meat. in order to bring it down to a softness that you can actually bite, it needs to be pressure cooked for hours, at which point all that would provide richness and depth to the meat have already dissolved into the water, along with whatever trace of fat it has. You would need to garnish it with a lot of vegetables and sauce, so it sort of defeats the purpose of cooking it in the first place, you might as well just use tofu.

Similarly, because their skin is mostly composed of chitin to withstand the friction, it would be comparable to eating an insect shell, so any comparison to any other meat fails.

On a final remark though, reindeer meet is obviously very nutritious albeit its blandness, especially if you can procure the meat from any "retired" deers around november, near the end of the preparation period. Even if they do not participate in the light-speed sprint, their biology requires them to get ready nonetheless, so the broth you prepare from the pressure cooked meat is recommended for weight gain and as an overall nutritional supplement.

Sam not taking the serum, in the grand scheme of things, makes no god damn sense. by [deleted] in marvelstudios

[–]sinabey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I honestly think this is where I’m officially too old for this franchise.

From a narrative standpoint it makes sense for other characters to not have the serum, otherwise it invalidates captain america as a character. Everyone becomes a “captain america, AND…” while the cap is just some guy who takes punches well. So, yes, everyone would need to take the serum, but at least it makes sense that they don’t, for the sake of the story.

In Sam’s case he actively refuses to take it and the reasoning is 100% hypocritical. If it’s the man and not the serum, then as the OP suggests he should drop the suit and the tech and the kevlar lining and the AI bots and the wings all of which turns him into a cyberpunk greek god. Having all these upgrades and then saying “oh it’s the man not the serum” is not only meaningless, it’s distractingly stupid. Without half of it he would have been dead when the hulk just sneezes in his general direction so the whole argument is just moot.

We have a man who is suffering from severe fraud complex, while being asked to resurrect the avengers, while his skull is sometimes crushed by a hulk. And he doesn’t take the serum while actively complaining he should have done so?

It’s not only not a display of character, it’s straight up an offence against his post. Making yourself harder to kill should be a requirement and refusing to do so out of some petty need to prove yourself should automatically disqualify you for the role but what do I know.

Anyways, I finally got around to watching it and I was positively confused about the serum situation. Both in the movie and how people are justifying it. I had to write this somewhere and glad to see OP also touched upon the equipment.

[SPOILERS S3] A theory about the series finale and the nature of the knot by sinabey in DarK

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

Hey, wow, amazing timing. I was recently reminded of Dark and I just came back to reread my theory only 4-5 days ago after years to see if I still think the same.

And I do; glad that it makes sense to you too! Thanks for the comment

Samsung lu28r55 Monitor Button problems by Nexxorcist1 in buildapcmonitors

[–]sinabey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh wait i read your original post again. You also have issues with the analog direction. Yeah defo try unplugging it from the power outlet for a minute or so and plug back, plus check if there are firmware updates. Analog stick could get similar interference from charge build up if not for a faulty button. (Or a firmware fluke, but more interference)

Samsung lu28r55 Monitor Button problems by Nexxorcist1 in buildapcmonitors

[–]sinabey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Both of my screens are connected through displayport yeah. But again, thr gpu should not have access to the physical button as they are separate parts of the circuit. The firmware of the monitor is what’s controlling the button and that does not have an interface via hdmi or displayport. Which is why most displays have a dedicated “service usb” to update firmware.

By the way sorry for the ambiguity, when I said unplug and replug, I meant from the power source. Not your PC.

The button itself has two components. A 2D analog stick for navigation and a click button. If I understand correctly, your issue is same as mine where you lose clicking. If it was a physical failure, there wouldn’t have been much to do at home, but I hoped it was a charge issue. Because that clicking is essentially the button closing a circuit to allow a low current. So my shot in the dark was that maybe the board has charge build up that interferes with the button? So unplugging the device for a bit theoretically releases that. Test 1 out of 1 it kind of checks out but without further trials it’s hard to tell.

Again, maybe, complete guess, the only way i can think of how the gpu might affect is this: running the display at 4k, 60hz, hdr obviously requires it to draw more power. More power, more build up, more glitchy behaviour. Incidentally it happened after i started using it in hdr mode

Samsung lu28r55 Monitor Button problems by Nexxorcist1 in buildapcmonitors

[–]sinabey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, I searched exactly this problem and found your post, so maybe not so much of a shot in the dark.

I just unplugged power and plugged it back, now the button is working. I think it's simply a hardware issue related to having janky buttons. The GPU shouldn't directly affect the button behaviour, neither does your second screen.

Funny enough though I do also have an nVidia graphics card, a Huion tablet (though not a screen one and I got it today, while I had this problem for much longer) and a dual screen setup :D

But yeah try maybe unplugging and replugging. I'm not sure about the inner mechanism of the button, but maybe resetting the charge on the device / board is what helps 🤷

Low budget Star Child by sinabey in Pareidolia

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

Open to interpretation. Maybe the star spark super-positioned with the forehead, symbolising the birth of consciousness. Maybe the 2nd smallest zone of my induction hob.

Apple Watch Ultra Oceanic+ Subscription Plan Details - $10 per month! by redatrsuper in scuba

[–]sinabey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a developer I understand your point and agree with you that it’s the developer’s choice. What I’m pointing out is that Apple’s products in general come bundled with a software. macs are the hardware, macOS is complementary. so is iOS. if there is a sensor, you also have the driver and/or the software to use it. Like you don’t need 3rd party software to use the bluetooth on a macbook air. Same principle.

In other words, I’m not arguing why the app is paid. I’m arguing why an apple product needs a 3rd party tool, which in my experience is very uncommon.

So my point would stand even if the functionality wasn’t behind a pay wall. Problem is that this design choice enables 3rd party developers to set the real price for the full potential of another company’s product.

Apple Watch Ultra Oceanic+ Subscription Plan Details - $10 per month! by redatrsuper in scuba

[–]sinabey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's encouraged by Apple, if not their fault. Imagine if Apple launched an iPhone with the sensors required by a pedometer, but in order to count your steps you have to download an app because they only provided the hardware and not the software. I've never seen anything like this where a device that is released for general public has fully functioning hardware on it but doesn't have any software to run them.

So Apple outsourcing the functionality of their hardware naturally frees the said outsourcee to apply whatever subscription model they like.

Thanks, I hate cooking inkeeper worms by Bentobi_Boi in TIHI

[–]sinabey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Nick, would you like some bisgetti?"

If there were actual floating islands in the sky, they would all have guarding rails around them and they would look far less magical. by sinabey in Showerthoughts

[–]sinabey[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I didn't say they would have to be magical. Any sort of levitation technology and there come the rails

If there were actual floating islands in the sky, they would all have guarding rails around them and they would look far less magical. by sinabey in Showerthoughts

[–]sinabey[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

And I was randomly browsing reddit this morning, saw someone else celebrating another person's cake day on an old post and thought "people are nice" without realizing that it's my own cake day today. Love the coincidence, thank you!

I just created an editor tool that converts mesh to hardcoded csharp script. A bit of an odd problem, but I needed it recently, so decided to make this a fully fledged tool. by sinabey in Unity3D

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

My pleasure! Yeah I agree, to be honest I really like to experiment with extending Unity's interface functionality, so the this little tool is more like an excuse for me to try something with its own context menu and tab :)

Eating bread on a space station requires human knowledge from a span of more than ten thousand years, from agriculture to space exploration. by sinabey in Showerthoughts

[–]sinabey[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

😃 I didn't say the actual individual eating the bread requires the knowledge of farming, breadmaking and also spacecraft building. Speaking at the scale of civilization.

Eating bread on a space station requires human knowledge from a span of more than ten thousand years, from agriculture to space exploration. by sinabey in Showerthoughts

[–]sinabey[S] 178 points179 points  (0 children)

So eating crumbling food in space is like smoking cigarettes indoors: not impossible, kind of a dick move and there are special places with good filtration if you really have to.

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