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Using a Bernzomatic TS8000 Kitchen Torch to Sear Meat
For a company trying to sell and explain a product, a lot of this information was amazingly difficult to find so I wrote this. For the rest of this we'll assume you're cooking a steak but the same...
View ArticleTo Predict If You’ll Like a Beer, Look at the Hops
Generally if you name a food or drink, people know whether they like it or not. It is rare for someone to drink a merlot, or try pizza from a new restaurant — toasted bread, melted cheese, tomato...
View ArticleHow to Get a Human Operator on the California EDD Paid Family Leave line
Edit: If you are in a desperate situation, or getting rejected multiple days, please call your State Assemblymember. Staffers in the Legislature have access to additional resources and can help you get...
View ArticleDecline the 15 Minute Post-Vaccination Waiting Period
In very rare cases, the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines will cause the person being vaccinated to have an allergic reaction. When I say very rare, I mean it; the chances are a few in a million, or about...
View ArticleHow to Force a Recall Election for the SF School Board
It is difficult for children, especially young children, to learn over Zoom. It is more difficult to teach critical skills like learning to read and write over Zoom. As Heather Knight and others have...
View ArticleFast, Parallel Database Tests
Here are some of the different strategies you can use to write tests that read or write data from a database, and the benefits and drawbacks of each. I'm usually writing Go code, so the examples here...
View ArticleDifferent Realms, Different TLD’s
Many companies break up their internal environments into different realms. A typical setup might look like: The prod realm is where production servers live. The dev or stage realm is a live testing...
View ArticleTen years of experience, still failing phone screens
I fail phone screens pretty often, which limits my job prospects and is embarrassing for someone with ten years of industry experience, a pretty extensive Github account and a publicly available list...
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Get Urgent Care from One Medical
On Sunday morning at 1am I had a lot of stomach pain. I am a One Medical customer, had heard that they offered urgent care, and so I searched on their website for information. Unfortunately their...
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Sour Punch Strawberry changed their formula
I have a sweet tooth and one candy I really enjoy is Strawberry Sour Punch. Unfortunately after twenty years of having the same formula it seems that the company has decided to change the formula for...
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