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Tested.com |OT| Lean Into It If It's Racist
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chickdigger802
Banned
i'm dumb, but wouldn't heating up the big oven for 3 slices of pizza be less power efficient than a toaster oven?
also... $1440 to keep norm on the occulus. shouldn't be too hard for the community to scrounge that. I'll pitch in a $60. haven't really donated to anything this year yet anyways.
also... $1440 to keep norm on the occulus. shouldn't be too hard for the community to scrounge that. I'll pitch in a $60. haven't really donated to anything this year yet anyways.
I'm to toaster ovens as Vinny is to microwaves. other than toasting bread (which I can't do, because I'm on a low carb diet, so I don't eat bread), I don't see the use for them.
Sure, you could heat pizza in it, but I just do it in the microwave (I know, I know... but Brazilian Pizza is different than US Pizza!)
acheron_xl
Member
They're great for doing stuff like making your own Quiznos-esque toasted sandwich. Or cooking something small at a different temperature than the larger thing in your main oven (if you're making a meal with different hot components that need to be cooked concurrently.)
shadyspace
Banned
Go on.
bodine1231
Member
This. It is completely unlistenable when Gary is gone. Doesn't matter who else is with them it sounds like a PBS talk show.
I think that's a little soon. Wait until early next week when they have all the guests posted and such.
That was the angle? Lol
I'm 37 minutes in and it hasn't come up yet. When it does I'll give you the time.
BolognaSoup
Member
Ok I watched that toaster oven bit and this may be totally misplaced, erroneous speculation on my part but it's something I've thought about for a while (basically since Gary stopped appearing regularly and it started to seem more evident). I think the reason this podcast lacks so much chemistry without Gary is that I get the impression Norm and Will don't even really get along anymore. I started getting that impression when Gary wasn't there. Like Norm doesn't even want to be there most of the time and doesn't really enjoy chatting with Will. Watch Norm's body language during that bit. I think it's pretty telling. He barely even looks at him. Very odd. Maybe I'm just looking too much into it all.
JesseEwiak
Member
So, is it a rule with anything associated with Whiskey Media that at some point somebody has to overly psychoanalyze the personal relationships between everyone? I'm sure there's some hidden reason why Sara left ComicVine too.
Want a coffee and croissant in the morning before you go to work? Pre-heat the oven for 20 minutes, then spend another 15 minutes drip brewing the coffee. Done? Good. Then put them both in a vacuum sealed bag and sous-vide for 2 hours.
Then, and only then, may you seek Will's approval.
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
Do American ovens not have grills built in?
chickdigger802
Banned
And i just eat a banana before going to work.
Duh. It was only a matter of time after Brad ended their torrid office affair.
sharkmuncher
Member
Yeah, they're called broilers and I'd be willing to bet most people don't know what they are or don't care. I'm going to go ahead and take the unpopular opinion that throwing things in the oven under a broiler is more convenient than a toaster oven for most applications.
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
This is what most British ovens are like.
The top section is just a grill. It's basically a huge toaster with the heating element at the top. It's perfect for stuff like cheese on toast or bacon.
First America doesn't do electric kettles, and now I hear they don't do ovens with grills! Come on, son!
The top section is just a grill. It's basically a huge toaster with the heating element at the top. It's perfect for stuff like cheese on toast or bacon.
First America doesn't do electric kettles, and now I hear they don't do ovens with grills! Come on, son!
I'm pretty sure that had to be some sort of contrived setup for a Mythbusters test.
It is more that electric kettles are less popular in the US than in the UK - where almost every house has one.
It is likley down to the popularity of Tea. I would wager that coffee perculators re much more common in US households than in UK ones - maybe to a lesser extent than the kettles thing.
It is likley down to the popularity of Tea. I would wager that coffee perculators re much more common in US households than in UK ones - maybe to a lesser extent than the kettles thing.
I remember when Tested first launched and Will was on the Bombcast. The first thing he brought up was they wanted nothing to with the trend of cynical tech coverage and they wanted to be excited for something they loved and used so much.
Today, as Apple announced some things. Will went against that spirit 110%.
Today, as Apple announced some things. Will went against that spirit 110%.
cuevas. PhD.
Member
Can't believe they hadn't heard of quick pay,them trying to explain that hurt
cuevas. PhD.
Member
I remember that podcast, I saved it for A drive home and was so bummed vinny and Brad weren't on
Shatner's Bassoon
Member
I know, right? It was fucking unbearable.
What happened?
He was just throwing peanuts the whole time. Stuff like "When you’re a hardware company, you can give everything away for free." or "After testing Mavericks for the last month or two, I can safely say that they nailed the price." or "Thanks to Google and Amazon for forcing Apple to roll Retina/A7 in iPad Mini this year."
This shit coming from a guy who once said he hated cynical tech coverage.
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Deleted member 17706
Unconfirmed Member
The fingerprint sensor is really fucking cool, though. No more lock screen for the iPhone pretty much. Just click the home button and leave your thumb there and you're immediately in your home screen.
jediyoshi
Member
In no other decade would people not be flipping their shit over that. If we've come to a point where that type of practical biometry is relegated to 'ugh smaller/faster', we've hit a pretty sweet spot.
Laptops have had them since the mid 2000's. Does anyone really care?
jediyoshi
Member
Made last year's thread, could do it again this year. They're taking their time with deets this time around
If you're equivocating those swipe based 'scanners' to Apple's implementation, we might as well throw out why anyone would be interested in higher PPI displays when they have perfectly good 1366x768 resolution laptops.