That’s a steak
Reverse seared - 130 for hour and half followed by 90 seconds each side at 450c
can I just say…YUK
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Is that the handle of one of those Japanese Global knives I see?
super fucking sharp - bane of my life. My fingers are keeping elastoplast in profit single handed (sic)
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Yep - we bought a set about 12 years ago
The first time I used them was to prep Xmas dinner that year - I’m not sure I had a single finger without a plaster on it
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They’re Marvellous - I’m a left hander and they do the blades ground for us normal people - and it wasn’t any more expensive than the weirdo right handed mass-market.
Didn’t realise the difference it makes or the ease that I can now lose limbs and joints.
And before anyone says it, no you can’t get left-handed screwdrivers 
It’s not often you do something which is amusing and useful in equal measure. I’ve been working on building the software interface for a real machine. I’d like to fill it with “like” data, but due to GDPR, that’s impossible.
Instead, I pulled the thorsand most popular boys names from the US, and the thousand most popular girls names, and put them somewhere I could get to them easily. For surnames, I just picked the surnames of all the people that work for us. It’s a much smaller list.
Titles were a little more complex. You’ve got male titles, female titles and professional titles that are basically unisex. You also need gender for first names.
So basic algorithm is:-
- Pick a random gender.
- Pick a “random” title based on gender.
- There’s only a 10% chance of getting a Unisex title.
- Pick a random first name based on gender.
- Pick a random surname.
- Return Title Firstname and Surname
It’s the silliest day I’ve had since I had to write a swear filter.
My new imaginary frieds Prof. Zelda Green, Father Rome Taylor and Sir Billy Jones all agree.
Same sort of “algorithm” i used to anonymise data in our test systems. What’s that about great minds?
Great minds think alike
Fools seldom differ
…apparently 
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It’s well worth the effort. I can feed basically every system I have with this. I’m programming in about five languages at the moment. C#, Python, T-SQL, Powershell and Rust.
Rust is kicking my arse, but I’m seemingly a masochist and keep on going back. It is brilliant for state machines and avoiding race conditions.
My Granson (5 & a bit) video called me tonight.
To ask for “sensible” advice regarding a girl he fancies at School & for whom he has a rival.
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Punch said rival in the face
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That is EXACTLY why he was told to call me!
Whendcussing options with his Dad h started with. I’m gonna have to punha kid at school in the face!
Bess him
Destroy his life forever by telling him that you’re keen on her as well. 
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Nah just told him to listen to the words to most Bryan Adams songs
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Miller and Carter.
I had a £25 voucher on their app that I couldn’t use before it expired because of lockdown and, post lockdown, EOTHO, Voucher expired and gone.
Talked to customer services and they’ve given me another £25 voucher that expires March 2021.
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Just had pastitio for lunch. Cooking up meatballs for tomorrow and will be lighting up the BBQ to sort out 10lbs of tomahawk steaks this evening
Tell him where to buy the blue pills.
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Mrs C_S is 21 again today and demanded rare Steak.
Mrs C_S, YoungAdult#1 and self have just finished off these bad boys (they’re pre-cooking btw)
Have sent her to the telly box with wine, while the rest of us tidy up and I can slope off to watch the footie- thank fuck for covid otherwise we’d have been up in town for the evening 
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That’s not rare, that’s not even blue…
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