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Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Ok, honestly, is cast-iron really any better than a non-stick, stainless, copper (anything else?) pan?
5·13 days agoAs someone who learned way more about pans than I really want to know, let me say that a good cook can make good food in any pan, however some pans are more suited to tasks than others.
First off, searing meat in a non-stick pan (traditionally Teflon) is a bad idea, the pan can reach temperatures that produce toxic gases, and are known to kill birds that are more sensitive to them than we are. The coating that makes them nonstick isn’t very durable and will at most last a few years before being useless. While other kinds of pans are likely to outlive you.
Other common pans include cast iron, stainless steel, carbon steel, and ceramic non-stick (non-toxic, but are delicate)
Specifically for searing meets, my favorite is stainless steel. It holds heat similar to cast iron, but is slightly more conductive and can transfer a lot of heat to sear meat. Meat also literally bonds to pan and can be used to make great flavorful sauces with deglazing. Cleanup is easy, if anything is really stuck just boil water in it to loosen. Alternatively stainless steel holds up decent in a dishwasher. Cleanup can’t be easier than automatic. However, stainless steel is still quite heavy.
For general purpose cooking my personal favorite is carbon steel. It’s seasoned like cast iron and can be quite nonstick, but is much lighter making it feel very similar to nonstick pans, which are made with aluminum.
I won’t lie, seasoning has a learning curve. Seasoning is very tough under some circumstances, and very delicate under others. Notably acid will eat the seasoning away.Cast iron is great, but it is so heavy that it is inconvenient to use.
All will work with induction, except for cheap aluminum nonstick pans
magiccupcake@lemmy.worldto
Astronomy@mander.xyz•Giant Mirrors in Space Could Bring Sunlight After Dark, One Startup Says—and Astronomers Are Concerned
3·13 days agoWe already have superweapons In the form of nukes, this is a lot harder
magiccupcake@lemmy.worldto
science@lemmy.world•Study claims to provide first direct evidence of dark matterEnglish
1·22 days agoThey’re human like everyone else, and try to use language that is specific and descriptive. In this case the word direct observation has become to mean something very specific In the field of astrophysics. It’s not out of malice or anything, just results from the difficulty of scientific writing, so you use words that already have established meaning.
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Space@mander.xyz•Scientists have finally ‘seen’ dark matter for the first time
2·23 days agoIn the field this is actually refered to as direct observation. It’s confusing for someone not familiar with the jargon as it is very similar to direct detection.
magiccupcake@lemmy.worldto
science@lemmy.world•Scientists have finally ‘seen’ dark matter for the first timeEnglish
11·23 days agoDirect observation ≠ direct detection
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science@lemmy.world•Study claims to provide first direct evidence of dark matterEnglish
2·23 days agoI would argue that dark matter is much more based on indirect observation, things like rotation curves and baryonic acoustic oscillations.
magiccupcake@lemmy.worldto
science@lemmy.world•Study claims to provide first direct evidence of dark matterEnglish
2·23 days agoConfusingly, direct observation does not mean the same thing as direct detection.
This study “directly observes” a hypothetical dark matter signal. However this is distinct from direct detection experiments, where a dark matter particle is found in a collider.
magiccupcake@lemmy.worldto
science@lemmy.world•Study claims to provide first direct evidence of dark matterEnglish
13·23 days agoI am a physicist, studying dark matter.
Firstly, It would be nearly impossible to prove that dark matter definitely does not exist.
And secondly, there are no alternatives to dark matter that come even close to explain our universe as successfully as dark matter.
That doesn’t mean it’s right, but any explanation without dark matter is not favored IMO.
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Privacy@lemmy.ml•Most, if not all car companies collect and profile your data, how can I improve my privacy when buying a modern car?
2·1 month agoAlternatively, if you can’t remove the modem, find and remove the antenna. And if you can’t remove the antenna try and surround it with a metal, like aluminum foil.
Well I’m probably wrong then, framework said they couldn’t get good performance and maintain signal integrity with upgradable memory for the Ryzen Max cpus, so this is likely discrete Cpu and GPU. Probably all soldered in the same mainboard though.
This seems to blur the lines between desktop and mobile APU’s, but I would bet that’s it’s closer to a higher clocked mobile chip, than it is to desktop. The only reason I think this is the case is due to the similarity spec wise with the Max 385, and that it’s semi-custom.
If it was just a 7600x CPU + 7600 GPU I think they would have just said so. It could be separate CPU+GPU, but I think it might be possible that it is built more like a SOC, where the GPU is just given its own dedicated VRAM.
Looking at the hardware of say a PS5, it has 16 GB of GDRR6, the same as the Steam Machine’s VRAM.
If everything is soldered anyway, there is no reason to have separate chips for CPU+GPU, especially if that hardware already exists like the AMD Ryzen AI Max line.
This thing has pretty interesting hardware:
The chip almost looks like a cut down AMD Ryzen AI Max 385, but with fewer CPU cores and GPU CUs, but the GPU gets its own dedicated VRAM, rather than sharing it, like it does in something like a Framework Desktop.
It also seems like it gets a decent amount of power, so likely at higher clock speeds, performance should be pretty good for not that much money. If this is supposed to be a console then it can’t be much more than a PS5 at $550 or PS5 Pro at $750.
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science@lemmy.world•The light of 10 trillion suns: Scientists report the biggest black hole flare ever recordedEnglish
33·2 months agoThe universe was only 3 billion years old at the time, and that time period is very anti-life for the universe.
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science@lemmy.world•The light of 10 trillion suns: Scientists report the biggest black hole flare ever recordedEnglish
1·2 months agodeleted by creator
I think i would love this phone, but unfortunately for me does not support many US phone bands
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Politics@sh.itjust.works•Senate Democrats are ready to reject government funding bill again over health careEnglish
51·2 months agoOur healthcare system is shit, but that doesn’t mean we should gut it and replace it with nothing, which would only make it worse.
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British Columbia@lemmy.ca•As California moves to ban non-stick pans, culinary experts say British Columbians should consider the same
1·2 months agoI think they are only manning those that contain PFAS
California’s legislature has approved a bill that would ban the sale of cookware made with PFAS.





There’s still different levels of portability? The Steamdeck is portable, but not nearly as much as say a smartphone which can fit in pockets.