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Jessie Char
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obsessed w everything
This is kind of how transit passes work in NYC now. Tap to pay (mindless) with the same card and you never pay for more than 12 rides in a 7-day period. I think it works great and any failure of micropayments is the fault of vendor greed, bad design, dark patterns, etc
November 10, 2025 at 9:40 PM
I feel like raw with seeds removed makes a huge difference (like quartered with all the gooey stuff scooped out). Less watery, less bitter.

The move with sliced is good mayonnaise + salt
August 10, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Have you made corn bread? I’m very curious about it but can’t get cornbread out of my head when I try to imagine what it’d taste like.
August 9, 2025 at 11:23 PM
I don’t think it’s fair to compare Tim Cook’s ring-kissing to local businesses. Apple is one of the most valuable companies in *world*, and Tim Cook is participating in anticipatory obedience.
August 9, 2025 at 3:10 AM
A better Tim (Snyder) wrote,
“Most of the power of authoritarianism is freely given. In times like these, individuals think ahead about what a more repressive government will want, and then offer themselves without being asked. A citizen who adapts in this way is teaching power what it can do.”
August 9, 2025 at 3:01 AM
I get that but Christian Siriano’s “mentorship” is so offensive to me I can’t make it through a full episode 🫣
August 3, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Have you been to Hikari in Japantown? Bullet train sushi 🚄 it was my favorite casual meeting spot in SF and also seems to have survived pandemmy!
August 3, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Having said that, even using it for scoring I didn’t love that a single workspace could only take up to 50% of my total screen real estate. What I’d ultimately prefer is one big monitor, one tiny monitor (like a more permanent version of iPad desktop extension).
August 3, 2025 at 5:45 AM
I did two 24” LG’s for a couple years, with the idea that one side would be the work/focus side and the other would be for calendar, music player, videos, reference docs, etc. It was really useful for scoring films, but an annoyance for more typical computer work.
August 3, 2025 at 5:38 AM
WHY HAVE I NEVER THOUGHT TO REDUCE THE WHEY
July 29, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Most of them are on YouTube, there was a gap year for videos as the venue wanted an insane recording fee that year (something like $20k just to allow us to capture footage 🙄)
July 28, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I think it’s ok as long as there’s a tinge of irony, but not in an attention-seeking way
July 28, 2025 at 2:50 PM