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So tired remote cooking for the first time today. I did pork chops and froze it in the freezer over night. When I took it out of the freezer it when immediately into the bag to minimize any chance of contamination. Then before heading out the door, put a lot of ice into the pot. I started dinner from my cell phone while at work. Got home. It was good, and something I would not have had the energy to do after a work day. Cooked it for an extra 30 min, might dial that back next time. From this experience. I agree with the idea of putting the water pot in the refrigerator over night to cool it down further. Second is get a larger pot to increase the thermal mass of the water, so it to warm more slowly. I'll post some more details for those interested, later.

I can tell you for certain the remote start option works great the ChefStep Joule . I was at work and started it from there no problem. I didn't get the ANova with WiFi because I couldn't see it in person and couldn't verify that repose start would work for that. The real test is after work tomorrow. I'm going to try to start a real meal steak or chicken tomorrow. Freeze it tonight and start it on a 4 hour cook tomorrow from work.

The poached egg turned out perfect. I use to try to float the eggs in a cup in boiling water, but that was hit or miss. And better yet today, I was at work and started it up on with my cell phone before the commute home. (I got the ChefStep Joule just for this feature). Having a main dish finished when I get home from work. I'm looking forward to that. This is the one I got. https://www.amazon.com/ChefSteps-CS10001-Joule-White-Stainless/dp/B01M8MMLBI/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1485923507&sr=8-1&keywords=ChefStep+Joule

This year I wrote in "Elon Musk" for President. I could never vote for Trump at any level, ever. To me he is a text book narcissist and I'm worried what someone like that will do with power. When he won I withheld judgement and hoped for the best, but my worst fears are playing out right now. I also couldn't vote for Hillary Clinton. Because I think it is a fundamental mistake for a democracy (or republic) to have dynastic families. We shouldn't allow power to gather with too few people/families. Bush, Clinton, even Kennedy. It doesn't matter if you agree/disagree with them a fundamental principle of our society should be keep power decentralized. We have three branches of government with separation of power for a reason. We don't have kings/ruling families and we shouldn't have dynasties where political power depends on your blood line. Since I couldn't vote for either candidate, I decided for the first time to do a "write-in" and this freed me to select whoever I wanted. (It is my vote and I'll do what I want with it). Elon Musk is an entrepreneur that started PayPal (with several other), and took that money to run Tesla and SpaceX. Both Tesla and SpaceX are risky, so he wasn't just trying to make more money, he was with a clear vision of the future trying to solve real problems that I think need to be solved. These problems being getting off fossil fuel which will in several hundred or perhaps a thousand years time ruin the ecology and climate of our only home. And also better access to space. (I'm a big believer in the space program) Also he had a degree in physics and business. So isn't prone to "Alt Facts/Reality distortion fields" like so many politicians with flawed personalities. I do think our presidential selection process is deeply flawed, and our choices this year reflected that. I would have preferred different candidates on both sides. On the democratic side, I'm still confused by "super delegates" and how it distorts an honest selection process. Would Sander's have won without a "super delegate" rule? We will never know. Democracies need to be "transparent", and "super delegates" are the opposite. On the republican side it seems like too many acceptable candidates diluted the vote and they got the worst possible candidate. I think it shows that during the primaries we need to be able to select a "top three" candidates list, and stop this state-by-state process where one small unrepresentative state like Iowa has disproportionate power in weeding out the early candidates. I'm still hoping for the best, but am very worried about the next four years. Buckle up it is going to be a bumpy ride. (And to anyone that wants to inform me that I "wasted my vote" because Elon Musk is an immigrant and not eligible to be President. Yes I am aware of that. I think Elon Musk is an example of why an open immigration policy is good and he is the person I would want to be President over who we currently have).

I did my research over the weekend and bought the ChefStep Joule. The ANova (WiFi) was also on my list, but I couldn't find any in the store and none of the store employees know how they worked. I began to suspect the WiFi in the Anova and as useless as the Bluetooth, so went with the #2 that had the feature I wanted. It is now 11 PM at night, and I'm trying it out for the first time. The ChefStep iPone app is working fine. I'm going to try to poach an egg with it. (Not that I need one just before bed time, but I want to see this working). https://www.amazon.com/ChefSteps-CS10001-Joule-White-Stainless/dp/B01M8MMLBI/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1485846759&sr=8-1&keywords=ChefStep+Joule One think I can see already is I'm going to need to buy large pots. It will increase the thermal mass, but also need to fit a steak into it.

Detained, interrogated and released. The horror. And this....

Detained, interrogated and released. The horror. You'd think we could be smarter than this. Just some blanket ban based on country of origin doesn't seem effective to me. Plus if you think it is a good idea(which I don't), how is Saudi Arabia not on that list? Even Dick Chaney thinks this is a bad idea. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/12/08/dick-cheney-slams-trumps-muslim-entry-ban-and-suggests-u-s-re-invade-middle-east/?utm_term=.80dc1759a848

This is just wrong. Stanford PhD Student detained at JFK airport. See link. http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Stanford-PhD-Student-Nisrin-Elamin-Abdelrahman-JFK-Trump-Immigration-412073863.html Nisrin Elamin is a Stanford PhD Student, Harvard graduate and a permeant resident of the US. But because she is a citizen of Sudan she was detained at JFK.

Well it is more dangerous than spending our entire life sitting on the couch. Does your mom think scuba diving is dangerous? Tell her about the concept of "miromorts" and that according to recent stats collected on this one skydive, is equal to two scuba dives. The reality is a bit more complicated, but if she is OK with your chances of surviving a scuba dive, she should be OK with skydiving too. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micromort Like others have said cut-away stats might not be a good measure of risk. For example someone that mentally freezes in an emergency and fails to cut-away might be at higher risk of death than someone that doesn't seize-up in that situation and can cut-away. Here are my stats. Short answer: 1 for 304. Details. 304 jumps. - One high speed malfunction. (main stayed in container and I had to deploy reserve). - One scary plane ride, that could have had a very bad ending if few details were different. - One sprained ankle when I stepped in a hole while trying to run out a landing.

This Fresh Air story is partially relevant to this thread. Part of the "Alt Fact" problem is self inflicted by selecting the wrong leaders, but part of it comes from leaders of other countries. Putin in particular, but really any authoritarian leader that wants to control a population will do this. The story below is about how and why Putin would wants to interfere in the western liberal order by manipulating media/social media, and what he and his has to gain from it. NPR Fresh Air Journalist: Russians Interference is an Assault on the Western Liberal Order http://www.npr.org/2017/01/26/511786803/journalist-russias-interference-is-an-assault-on-the-western-liberal-order

Well my arrival time varies due to a long commute. Some days I want to stop by the gym or go swimming before going home, and I've had days when I worked so late that i just slept in a conference room to avoid the commute. (Luckily those days are now in the past) Being able to control this device from my phone like I can with the NEST thermostat is a huge feature.

Hmm... I'm mostly about fish and chicken, which is generally considered healthier than red meats. But I do love steak and BBQ. I try to be scientific about nutrition, so I'm not traditional. Instead I'm looking for cooking methods that best preserves the nutritions in the food. It seems logical that sous vide would be good at keeping the nutritional value of the food. In general preserving nutrition means microwaving, steaming or boiling food, but generally not frying. Grilling is OK for lean meats. Also the Vitamix for smoothies. I'd generally use a microwave to cook scrambled eggs rather than a stove. Alternate microwave recipe. Recipe: Two eggs and a little milk. Stir. In microwave for 45 seconds. Stir. In microwave for 45 more seconds. Add an vegetables/meat (cooked separately), light amount of cheese and salsa cook maybe another 20 seconds. Wrap in tortilla or lettuce. I also like recipes that work well on a camping store or in fire. Fish with spices works nicely wrapped in foil. And if you catch your own fish on the trip, even better.

According to their website, Anova has a wifi one now. Released early last year sometime. It would be handy to start a 2 hour cook 1.5 hours before you got home. Yes, I thought I saw WiFi somewhere!! ANova is back on this list.

No more than 30 minutes for fish. Pork chops and steaks no more than two hours. Sous vide and sear, best steaks and pork chops ever. Great to know, I've got some trout waiting. I'm going to try sous vide. Just need to figure out which product to buy.

A few months ago I bought a NEST Thermostat. The best thing about it is controlling the temperature with my phone. During the day I can check the setting and adjust it as needed. But best of all is I can turn the temperature back up while on the commute home. I love that feature. It would be great if I could have dinner cooked when I got home too. Your right bluetooth is useless on the ANova, it needs to be WiFi. Looks like that leaves ChefStep as having that option. It says... "Controlled by a free mobile app, or you can use your voice with Amazon Alexa. Guided recipes and exclusive features like Visual Doneness guarantee great results." I don't see the point of Alexa controlling it, but a phone to start it before my drive home would be great. Has anyone tried that? If that really works, that is a great feature.

Yes, yes and yes. If you Google sous vide recipes, a lot of them are for fish Nice.... I'm in. Now the next question is which model to get. From my preliminary research it looks like these two are good options. #1) Anova Culinary #2) ChefSteps CS10001 Joule Sous Vide, White/Stainless And I was floored when these model said they have WiFi. So that leads to my next question. Is it possible to control this from a phone app while at work? My biggest issue is after work I'm just too tired to make something, but if I could control this with my phone and perhaps start it right before I start my commute home, that would be awesome. So to those that have this, is that possible?

I've always been interested in trying this, but don't have patients for anything that takes more than 30 min to make. My question is how does this work with fish? Salmon, Trout, etc... Any recommendations there? Is it possible to put something in in the morning, and via automation have it done when you get back from work 10 or 12 hours later?

I'm one of those rare Americans that love soccer and play it avidly. I haven't torn an ALC yet, but have a meniscus tear in my left knee, bone spurs on my right heal, and recently found that a fractured ankle from several years ago was still visible on x-rays when I went in for a skydiving related sprain. None of these injuries stops me from doing anything I want to do, but they are always there. For skydiving the only time they are an issue is when the ground is dry and compact. To mitigate them I just wear running shoes with full support around the heal and when at a new drop-zone check out the landing area to see if the soil is hard or soft. Ever soccer season I start, I'm alway asking "Is this the year I tear an ACL". Hasn't happened yet.

That is a given. In my working life I've seen business leaders CEO/Execs/VP that that had "relationship with the truth" issues and they never ended well. I'm very worried.

North Korea's nuclear weapons. We kicked the can down the road on this issue for 16 years through two complete administrations(both Democrat and Republican), and the result is a North Korea that is miniaturizing a working nuclear weapon design (apparently with the help of someone) and a rocket program to put them on a course for Japan or the west coast of the US. Mutually Assured Destruction MAD the policy that kept the balance between the US and USSR though the cold war, does not work for an unstable regime like North Korea that is so unstable it could unravel at any moment. It seems something is about to burst here. http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/dprk/nuke-miniature.htm

Except "One-time Pad". That cannot be broken. And quantum key distribution guarantees that there isn't a man-in-the-middle listening, so that can be used for key distribution. In most cases it isn't worth the hassle, and encryption keys are fine and like you said the real weakness is usually in the people any way.

I just got a second jump-suit and would like to compare the fall-rate of this suit with my current suit. Best way I can think of doing it is try to go to the tunnel with both suits and ask the operator to put the tunnel at the same speed for both, and see how it feels. Are there any better ways? Has anyone else done this? Any thoughts or suggestions?

One of my cousins is a traveling nurse. She has been all over the US and Central America. Her passion is volleyball rather than skydiving, but I suspect her motivation for being a traveling nurse is the same. I can try to get you two in touch if you want. PM me for details.

So you wouldn't go up in Virgin Galactic's Spaceship even if you won a seat, because suborbital doesn't cut it for you? So your looking for the name Alan Shepard, which I forgot to include. Alan Shepard ... there you go.

And as someone that grew up in Ohio I'm bemused by that license plate as well. Two guys with a bicycle shop in Ohio did what many failed to accomplish and a state with a windy hill tries to take credit for. Other people from Ohio. First American is space... John Glenn. First man on the moon... Neil Armstrong. A lot of "the right stuff" but also humility in those two people.