simpletailor

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[–] simpletailor@hexbear.net 19 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I don't remember recipes off the top of my head, so no measurements:

Parmigiano: Mince some cashews and Nutritional Yeast. Nutritional yeast by itself is often suggested, but the cashews add a new layer. This is more expensive than knock-off "parmesans" but not far off from an artisan Parmigiano.

Ricotta: silken tofu is the key here. Again, cashews and Nutritional yeast. Blitz everything in a food processor, takes like 2 minutes. Great in lasagne.

Mozzarella: heat up cashew milk in a saucepan, add a thickener (usually xanthan gum and tapioca starch). Tbh this was annoying and I never got it right, so I just buy vegan mozzarellas.

-- When buying vegan cheeses, note that they don't really melt like dairy cheese, especially the "shreds". Look for a liquid vegan cheese, or introducing an oil can make it meltier. The shreds work pretty well for quesadillas

[–] simpletailor@hexbear.net 47 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Absolutely bizarre and inexplicable. Texas splits, Oklahoma gets subsumed into nearby states, West Virginia takes Pittsburgh, US invades Cuba and la Republica Dominicana but not Haïti, and part of Sicilia? Internationally and domestically incomprehensible.

[–] simpletailor@hexbear.net 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Can you direct me to more information? I'd like to know more.

[–] simpletailor@hexbear.net 10 points 5 months ago

Allonormativity is what you're talking about. Amatonormativity is the assumptions related to romantic attraction/relationships.

See Chen's book Ace for a primer on asexuality https://www.angelachen.org/ace

[–] simpletailor@hexbear.net 9 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

That stood out to me too. If I'm thinking of the same Star Trek context you are, it was a character in Discovery whom we're not supposed to like because

SpoilerHe turns out to be a power-hungry, mirror universe Terran Empire shitbag

[–] simpletailor@hexbear.net 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

For those going on to grad school, they would need to submit official transcripts indicating they have been awarded their degrees.

[–] simpletailor@hexbear.net 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

LLMs are okay if you already know the answer, because they don't have a basis for truth or a bias for source; they prioritize frequency of co-occurrence of words in the training data. They can produce very convincing and completely made-up text, or propagate "common wisdom" that isn't actually correct.

Using ChatGPT is pretty much the same as trusting one of the random AI-generated blogs poisoning the search results--which other people in this thread are complaining about the uselessness of.