Interesting Links for 09-08-2023

[andrewducker]

1. YouTuber makes viral video about why Hades' hardest playthrough is basically impossible, then a speedrunner comes along a week later and beats it for the first time in history

(tags:games video impressive viaSwampers )

2. A completely free cookbook for the zero spoons crowd.

(tags:cooking food recipe )

3. The Good Omens graphic novel is Kickstarter's number 1 comics project …ever.

(tags:neilgaiman terrypratchett kickstarter impressive )

4. Mushroom poisoning deaths: Family lunch mystery grips Australia

(tags:australia poison fungus viaDanielDWilliam )

5. Closing a coal plant drops cardio-related emergency room visits by 42% immediately and then things keep improving

(tags:coal health pollution )

6. Banks have made it impossible for sex workers to store their money. Crypto exchanges are now following suit

(tags:sexwork banking blockchain OhForFucksSake )

7. Ukraine's 21st century war on a shoestring and the tech the West is racing to copy

(tags:ukraine war Technology )

8. Do not use "Brave" browser

(tags:viaLProven browser OhForFucksSake )

Comments

[bens_dad]

2. ... but I am a good guy, not a bastard ... That title would ensure I don't pay money for it.
5. Good to have the proof.
8. Thanks; I did not know this.

[andrewducker]

Thankfully they're giving it away for free, so it won't be an issue ;⁠-⁠)

Regarding Point 2:

[dewline]

Intentionally giving the cookbook away. I can and do vouch for at least one of the authors' kind intentions here. They're foul-tongued in their kindness.

[mountainkiss]

I liked the idea of the cookbook but then I looked at it and it's got far, far too much cooking in it. I have no idea how someone does that with even as many spoons as I have, which is far more than zero.

[andrewducker]

The simplest recipe in there is:
Core Ingredients
< Pack of ramen, a.k.a. instant noodles
< Boiling water
Preparation I: Stove
< Dump the ingredients in a pot as the water is boiling, then mix it up.

With an alternative for using the microwave if boiling water isn't suitable.

I'm not sure how you can get any less cooking than that.

[mountainkiss]

This is a more or less perfect example of a recipe that I would repeatedly tell myself I could make, buy stocks for, put into food plans, then never make ever because it’s too hard.

[andrewducker]

In that case no cooking book will help you, because cooking is entirely beyond you.

Although to cater for that, there is a non-cooking recipe on page 87:
Core Ingredients
< Nut butter. Peanut butter is the cheapest nut butter, but it’s good to have alter-
natives if you’re allergic or your workplace has a peanut butter ban.
Preparation
< Eat directly out of the jar, on a spoon
(With additions for people who find themselves able to manage slightly more.)

[channelpenguin]

Out of interest, what do you eat then? Takeaway? Raw fruits and veggies? (Also delivered - by a grocery service perhaps?). I'm intrigued!

[mountainkiss]

Mostly deli food.

[channelpenguin]

Ah..ok makes sense.

When I'm "outta spoons" there is no way I want to deal with a shop and people.

[mountainkiss]

Order on line. Needs to be in the fridge.