They keep track of literally everything possible, or close to it. When you pause, when you fast-forward and rewind. How many episodes you watched in a row, which episode you stopped on and then what you watched after that. What language you watch in, whether you watch with subtitles. It goes on and on.

I don’t know if there’s any proof, but I think Shepard tones are unsettling because our brains have been trained to expect that noises that constantly rise in pitch will eventually reverse direction or become inaudible.

I hear Yanni for one or two loops, then it quickly fades to just Laurel.

Yeah, over-microwaving can liquefy the stick from the inside out, so reducing the power lets it soften more evenly.

It’s funny as hell to me that Dan Stevens was Matthew in Downton Abbey.

I don’t answer spam calls, but I think there’s usually a prompt in the message that will transfer the call to a human operator who will handle the task of actually stealing from you.

I was worried about this too, but the original season 4 episodes have been moved into the show’s “Trailers and more” section.

Because they want to eliminate GMO ingredients, and I think Heath Bars have corn syrup from genetically modified corn.

Ben & Jerry’s is dead to me until they bring back the original Coffee Heath Bar Crunch.

I’m mostly with you, but I think it’s about throwing chaff out there so that Republican voters say to themselves, “they just broke some campaign finance laws, who cares?” and come out strong enough to hold the House.

Humperdinck?

Well, they’ve already had an episode where she dresses up for a date and I hope I don’t come across too pervy by saying she looked amazing.

Here’s my tip for using rum: don’t buy cocktail mixes! That applies to all spirits, but especially rum, where many people succumb to buying Mai Tai mix. If you’ve already put together a serviceable home bar, the only ingredient you’re likely to not have is Orgeat syrup, so just buy some!

Like you said Hurwitz wrote the season with the restriction that most of the original cast members were only available to shoot with one or two of the others at a time. He tried to innovate around that by cutting each characters story into their own episode(s), which he thought would be a way to reward bingers and…

Everything, naturally.

That’s actually been done, but this technique would allow you to do it without sacrificing as much runtime.

Compared to the original master, the signal used to cut vinyl stampers has reduced bass (to increase run time) and boosted treble (easier for the needle to pick up). When played, this needs to be reversed by a preamp stage before amplifying to output level. Most preamps do this very well.

For really durable goods like furniture, financing makes sense, assuming the interest rate is reasonable. But you’re right on about recurrent expenses being the hidden enemy of one’s financial health.

I forgot about using the disposal since I’ve clogged my sink enough times it’s made me wary about putting anything more chunky than peels through the disposal, even if it’s been cooked under high pressure for an hour (I use an Instant Pot for making stock). It should be fine for most disposals, I just haven’t tried it.

I do that too, but the only reduction in waste is the containers of broth and stock you’re no longer buying, since the bones and vegetables don’t actually dissolve into the stock.