toothrot (u/toothrot)

toothrot commented on The inventor of the automatic rice cooker spectrum.ieee.org/toshiba... · Posted by u/jnord

Is it necessary to heat it to 80c, can one heat it to 50c only, instead? Also, do you use a thermometer to measure the temps?

toothrot · a year ago

80c is a convenient temperature for activating naturally occuring enzimes in food for breaking down complex sugars. Similar, but food specific, holding temperatures are used for beer brewing, french fries, and other foods with complex sugars.

toothrot commented on An open source initiative to share and compare heat pump performance data heatpumpmonitor.org/... · Posted by u/protontypes

belter · 2 years ago

Uhmm...I see a problem for countries where you have wall to wall connected urban environments...If all 60 connected houses on a street, install external heat pumps, it will add up.

toothrot · 2 years ago

Turns out cities are loud! In NYC, at least, heat pumps are far more quiet than the endless window unit A/C's, or larger traditional A/C's, in my experience.

Outdoor noise is less of an issue in the winter in big cities because windows are closed.

toothrot commented on True Name – Mastercard (2022) mastercard.com/news/persp... · Posted by u/popcalc

xdennis · 2 years ago

Because it's a bad hack. If you want to change your name you should change it with the government, not each individual company.

toothrot · 2 years ago

That's unfortunately not possible everywhere, but purchasing things daily is necessary.

toothrot commented on True Name – Mastercard (2022) mastercard.com/news/persp... · Posted by u/popcalc

toothrot · 2 years ago

It can be procedurally very long and drawn out, especially in less welcoming states.

To your point, transitioning is a massive process. Making something bureaucratically painful significantly easier is very welcome to an overwhelming process.

toothrot commented on True Name – Mastercard (2022) mastercard.com/news/persp... · Posted by u/popcalc

toothrot · 2 years ago

It seems like people in this thread are unaware of the very real threats, harassment, and assaults that happen as a trans person in public. Using a name that matches your gender identity is important for both psychological safety, as well as avoiding being outed and threatened by others in public.

Laws in different states can make changing your legal name incredibly complicated and time consuming. Having an easy process to avoid some daily danger is wonderful for trans people, regardless of the motivation from MasterCard.

toothrot commented on True Name – Mastercard (2022) mastercard.com/news/persp... · Posted by u/popcalc

blairbeckwith · 2 years ago

> New research by Mastercard across 16 countries in North America and Europe revealed that 59% of people who identity as nonbinary say they feel unsafe while shopping

We should do what we can to make life easier for everyone, but we should stop encouraging and accommodating this “everything makes me feel unsafe” attitude. It harms everyone when we redefine safety to include awkwardness or very minor psychological discomfort.

toothrot · 2 years ago

If it were only a very minor psychological discomfort, you'd be right. Unfortunately, other clientele in the store may harass you and follow you out of the store.

As someone who has been on the receiving end of incredibly violent threats, being able to not be outed publicly is critical to everyday safety for trans people.

toothrot commented on She lived in a New York hotel for more than 40 years, but her life was a mystery npr.org/2023/11/15/121300... · Posted by u/wallflower

colonwqbang · 2 years ago

I wonder how a rent-stabilised hotel room works and how they came to be. Maybe it's obvious to an American person what it means?

toothrot · 2 years ago

The article briefly mentions the definition, but not in detail. They're part of Single Room Occupancy (SRO) programs for affordable housing in big cities. SROs have fallen out of favor with no good alternative, but they've been a lifeline for friends of mine.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_room_occupancy

toothrot commented on Call yourself titles josem.co/call-yourself-ti... · Posted by u/josem

toothrot · 3 years ago

Eschew labels, be yourself, be free.

toothrot commented on Review of 17α-ethynylestradiol in water across 32 countries: Estrogenic effects pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3... · Posted by u/JPLeRouzic

toothrot · 3 years ago

It's not taboo.

toothrot commented on The ACLU Has Lost Its Way theatlantic.com/ideas/arc... · Posted by u/tysone

toothrot · 4 years ago

It's interesting that the author refers to unspecified "partisan stances". Many of the political positions of the last year that have been described as partisan are actually globally regarded as human rights.

Human rights are nonpartisan. The ACLU has stuck to it's guns on that, despite the the overwhelmingly biased political climate.

I think it's silly that this thinly sourced hit-piece is on the front page of hacker news.

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KarmaCake day125March 13, 2009View Original