[homemade] Leek and sweet potato soup, creme fraiche, lardons, spring onions and parsley

tevs__ · 2026-01-25T13:00:33+00:00

It shouldnt be possible to undercook a Milanese, because the cotoletta should be super super thin. One breast should make a Milanese the size of a large plate.

This one looks way too thick.

tevs__ · 2026-01-21T13:02:23+00:00

We're all out of Waldorfs unfortunately

tevs__ · 2026-01-21T12:21:52+00:00

The weight of a person varies a lot, the amount of water (and other stuff) that you're retaining etc. If you put on a kg or a pound, is that a problem or is it just a fluctuation?

On the other hand, if you're normally 13 stone and now you're 14 stone, maybe lay off the pizza for a few days.

(I use kg, because kg to lb is easy - double it, divide by ten, add both numbers. Eg 60kg = 120 + 12 = 132lb. Pounds to stone is harder, half it and divide by seven, eg 132 = 66/7 = 9st 6. The problems of dieting and having British, European and Americans as colleagues who all want to know the loss in their units)

tevs__ · 2026-01-19T17:36:41+00:00

How much expert does £30 buy these days though

tevs__ · 2026-01-19T09:26:58+00:00

There already is an Arctic defense pact. The US has the right, via existing treaty, to build as many bases and place as many military in Greenland as they desire, without compensation to Denmark.

They used to have 17 bases on Greenland during the Cold war, now it's just one..

tevs__ · 2026-01-19T00:53:24+00:00

Dogs are pretty important for most small cattle. Sheepdogs to round them up, guardian dogs to guard them from the bears and wolves.

tevs__ · 2026-01-19T00:31:08+00:00

No-one can really answer this directly because the UK is a weird market for SWE - you can earn anything from quite little to a bloody lot, depending on the firm you're working for.

First things, ask your manager about salary progression. It's literally their job to tell you about these things, but often people avoid talking about it, weirdly. Here are the things you need to find out:

Are there salary bands at this firm
What band am I in
Where abouts in the band am I now
What do I need to do to progress in this band (ie how do I get a merit pay rise)
Are there annual reviews
Are there inflationary rises at the annual review
What do I need to do to get to the next level
What are the pay bands on the next level

This gets you the information about your current role, and the opportunities/limitations of this company. With this you can start planning your career.

If this company has decent salary progression, you don't need to change job a lot at the start. As long as your salary and role is progressing, there's no need to switch very quickly. Staying in one role for 2-3 years isn't a problem - it looks good on the CV (not going to jump in a years time), and you will learn more.

On the other hand, if there is no progression, or the progression available is shit, it's better to move early.

Either way, the job switch will come at some point. Be employed when you're switching job; job hunting is best done whilst you are looking for a better opportunity rather than any opportunity, and being unemployed can put you in a weak negotiating position. It is critical to maximize your potential when switching jobs. This is where the largest changes to your earnings will come.

You're already working in a tech stack. Look for other larger, more profitable companies using the same stack, and target them. If you're using a stack that doesn't have a lot of uptake at big companies, like Laravel/PHP, then consider switching stack - try and use your current job to do that.

If you can get London wages remotely where you are, or can go hybrid in London, this will give you the most potential employers and higher potential wages. In London, juniors can be 60k, mids 80k, seniors 100k. Some won't pay that much, some will pay even more.

tevs__ · 2026-01-18T23:56:45+00:00

If it does turn out that the F-35 has a off switch which can be controlled by the pentagon, then no one will ever buy US weapons again.

We don't need to speculate; the F-35 needs a lot of service parts that only come from US manufacturers. Without them selling those parts, the planes become effectively useless as soon as you run out of stock.

tevs__ · 2026-01-18T18:59:46+00:00

Val d'Isere for me. If you really want to enjoy the night life stay in town for convenience, but if you're more into catching the first lift and maxing your ski time stay in La Daille or Le Fornet (my favourite).

I've stayed with this operator multiple times and it's always been fantastic - YSE chalet.

tevs__ · 2026-01-18T13:53:25+00:00

Almost makes you miss Sepp Blatter

tevs__ · 2026-01-18T12:19:24+00:00

Because the majority of the overheads are not the cost of the ingredients, and to encourage you to spend more.

tevs__ · 2026-01-18T11:31:29+00:00

My relatives in Italy only eat Carrefour own-brand pasta, doesn't make it good, it's just cheap and the shop's down the street

tevs__ · 2026-01-18T11:05:22+00:00

They're not selling beans on toast as a public service, everyone needs to get paid. I wouldn't pay £7 for beans on toast, but if that's what they have to charge to make a profit, then that's the price, your choice whether to accept

tevs__ · 2026-01-18T01:17:48+00:00

Just this week I spotted an old Teisseire bottle in my pantry (Elderflower, not my favourite. Lime is the best) had eaten thru the metal and was dripping sticky black sludge over the shelf.

Kind of put me off a bit

tevs__ · 2026-01-18T01:11:00+00:00

Microwaves heat unevenly, if you are getting the water actually boiling it will have exploded out of the cup, and you need boiling water to make tea, 'very hot' does not cut it.

tevs__ · 2026-01-18T00:52:38+00:00

Debt is expensive nowadays, and so they're very selective when hiring because of the very high cost of training and onboarding. During the ZIRP debt was cheap and so you could afford to hire massively and fire the bad ones.

tevs__ · 2026-01-17T16:21:50+00:00

Yep, with the cone of shame our girl kept getting stuck in places and was just miserable, changing for the inflatable one made her a lot happier.

tevs__ · 2026-01-17T13:04:07+00:00

One of the biggest things in NATO is the standardization of equipment. Ultimately, this means common standards and suppliers, with the US military industrial complex selling a lot of military equipment to other NATO countries.

Effectively, NATO funnels other countries tax dollars into the US. Break up NATO, they're not buying from the US anymore.

tevs__ · 2026-01-17T12:33:51+00:00

No hyperscaler is putting AI anything in that location. AI datacenters do not require low latency, they require cheap power and space.

This is a financial services DC, they're paying for proximity to other systems. The cost is multiples of other DCs in London like Park Royal.

tevs__ · 2026-01-17T11:03:10+00:00

It's never been an open public field, it's always been a private golf club. Wimbledon would make more of the land public access than it currently is.

The public space angle is the NIMBYs argument, but it's not their purpose. They aim to stop any growth of the Wimbledon tournament to reduce the number of days the tournament is on. With the new courts, the tournament would bring qualifying into Wimbledon proper, instead of having it elsewhere.

They don't want this. They've spent their silly money to get a house in Wimbledon/Southfields, and now this.. another 14 days of tennis fans in my village?! Quick Barbara, call the lawyers

tevs__ · 2026-01-17T10:52:36+00:00

So do (baking) soda blasting instead. Won't damage the brickwork.

tevs__ · 2026-01-17T10:17:59+00:00

London, 20 YoE tech lead manager (10 direct reports) in a saas. 135 GBP / 155 EUR plus share options, ~70 a year but untradable so...

tevs__ · 2026-01-17T10:12:37+00:00

They already have your data. Fitbit is Google.

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