I wouldn’t bother listening to the author of this article at all. Other people have outlined why allegations against Huawei and ZTE about spying doesn’t really matter/is unfounded, but aside from that, Chinese phones offer some of the best value phones you can get. It’s why Chinese phone manufacturers are growing…

Depending on where you live, using a combination of uber and lyft with public transportation is cheaper than buying a cheap $5000 car. The cost of owning a car also includes parking, maintenance, gas, and insurance and sometimes, just one of these factors alone is more expensive than just using uber and lyft with a…

You can reach many more people using WhatsApp and Messenger than you can using text messages depending on your situation. I don’t have the phone numbers of every one of my friends and family, but I do have almost all of them on Facebook and many of them on WhatsApp. I have to pay to text message people outside of the…

All of those things are easily picked up by chopsticks. Especially the bun noodles you have at the bottom right, they are incredibly long and to pick them up requires noodles. You’d be crazy to use a slotted spoon in vietnam, especially since they are long and slippery. Same goes for those udon and soba noodles.…

You swirl the pan around distributing the egg amongst it and then use your chopsticks to scramble it around as the egg cooks. It’s not rocket science. How do you think chefs scramble eggs when they put it in fried rice? They aren’t using fish slices or slotted spoons.

As for scrambled eggs vs omelettes, yes omurice and tamagoyaki aren’t scrambled eggs but it’s just as easy to use chopsticks to scramble eggs, you simply whisk it around in the pan. It’s not hard, it’s straightforward and easy to do

No, you would not want to use a fish slice for whisking the egg in the pan when you’re making omurice and it’s a lot faster using chopsticks to move it around, hence why they aren’t using a fish slice. And no, getting long noodles out that are slippery is not easy at all with a slotted spoon. Maybe if you’re getting…

Also scooping up noodles with a slotted spoon is a terrible and frustrating endeavor. It’s just much easier to do with chopsticks. If you are bad at using it, then I guess using a slotted spoon might be effective.

If you can’t see how chopsticks can be used to cook eggs, you’ve never seen someone make omurice or tamagoyaki.

Why would you ever think that a slotted spoon is a good idea to scramble eggs with?

Uhhhhh is there a reason why Japanese whiskey in particular? Because while people do drink it neat there, it’s not nearly as common as drinking a highball or mizuwari. I almost never see people drink it neat

Yup, same problem. It’s weird, the same people I know who turn away at the idea of eating raw fish are the same people who eat veal, baby calves that are slaughtered because someone wanted more tender meat. People who are willing to try something they’ve never had before and step out of their comfort zone are the best…

No, the situation is quite easy to understand when looked at from a macro perspective. The state made awful economic decisions and is suffering because of it. Their currency is tied to the price of oil but so are other states such as Saudi Arabia. To avoid fluctuations, Venezuela could have pegged its currency to the…

Do you not understand the similarities between the two? Yes, one is a failing state but they are both governments acting to support a currency and the only reason they can do so is because the people have some level of faith in them, just like any government.

They can’t import food because their currency is so worthless as a result of government mismanagement. It’s not a bad example, it’s a great example of how using the argument “the government backs it” doesn’t actually address the fundamental pillar that supports currencies: people have trust in that currency. Having a…

I never read these sous vide articles normally but damn, these headlines keep getting weirder and weirder.

Looking at venezuela’s currency makes me laugh at statements like these. The only reason governments can back currencies is if people have trust in the government.

I guess when it comes to your valuables, having a safe that you can store things in would be a good idea. As for worries about people leaving a mess, maybe the cleaning fee and the security deposit would help as well.

I think for a lot of people who don’t cook that much and are trying to get into it, this is a decent guide though.

I wonder how Google is pulling information for these recipes. It does a pretty good job for dishes in english, works for a lot of filipino dishes in tagalog, and sometimes for japanese dishes. 

But as soon as I type in korean or vietnamese I get no results, even though there might be search results that return web…