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Generative AI is advancing at such a rate that by the time election season in the US comes around in 2028 (Date = 11/1/2028), we're not going to be able to tell truth from AI. There are going to be videos of (hyperbolic examples) AOC stomping on a kitten, or Rubio squeezing the biceps of a man in a Mauritania slave market. Evidence will be both everywhere and nowhere, with each side claiming the AI images of the other side are "obviously real" while claiming the images of their own side are "obviously AI".

Edit: I forgot to mention the other, possibly more sinister result of this AI boom. Real, actual footage will easily be hand waived as AI and people will believe it. Trump can just handwave the video of him saying "just grab 'em by the pussy", claiming he never said it.

Traditional flan has a thin, light, clear caramel after baking and resting in the fridge.

I've been experimenting with ways to make this caramel thicker, and I'm on like... version 10 with only minimal success.

I'm certainly not an expert, but I feel like I need to make it into a classic caramel with butter and cream. I have no idea why, but no matter how much or how little fat I add, most of the caramel turns liquidy and the classic caramel sticks to the bottom of the pan.

Can anyone think of a way to do this, or am I doomed to pour caramel sauce onto my flan after it's out of the mold?

I'm making Flan for the first time, and cooking caramel for the first time. I accidentally got a tiny bit of hot caramel on myself, and holy hell does that suck. Haven't gotten a burn this bad in years.

I'm sure it's just a badge of honor for all you candy makers, but I feel like I got a war wound. Not sure I'll be doing this again without welding gloves on lmao

Edit: won't let me change "Desert" to "Dessert". Oops!

Edit Edit: Couldn't spell "Edit", typed "Esit".

Just wanted to share this so everyone else can have a laugh at my expense...

I let my Swissy out last night and instead of just doing his business and coming inside, he dove underneath my porch.

He has a hole that he's dug under there, and it's been very hot lately so I figured he just missed his hole and wanted to check it out. I left the door open and just went back to the living room.

Not 10 minutes later, he comes swaggering into the living room with a F*CKING POSSUM in his mouth. I told him to drop it, and I wrapped it up in a blanket to bring it back outside. I couldnt tell if it was alive or dead, so I left it on the porch and closed the door.

It was gone by morning so I can only assume either A) it was just playing, or B) something else came by and grabbed it, but either way, no possum this morning.

My dog is up to date on all of his shots & flea/tick meds, but I messaged the vet to he sure everything was fine. She told me that possums dont carry any diseases that I need to worry about, but to take him in if there was anything out of the ordinary.

Just got a new miter slot dial indicator to calibrate my table saw.

After adjusting the miter bar and getting a snug fit, I was able to get the front and back of the blade square to the miter slot to within .001. Here comes the problem...

On two different blades (gently used Ridge Carbide ripping blade & Brand new Ridge Carbide crosscut blade), the center of the blade is bowing out- away from the arbor- by about .010-.011".

I figured the blade must be out of parallel to the table, but verified 90 degrees with both a Starrett machinist square and the frame from a starrett combination square.

The only thing that changed anything was backing the nut off and only finger tightening it, and that brought it back to being out .004-.005". I obviously can't run the saw with the nut only finger tight, but this has to be a clue of some kind.

In case it matters, this is on an older Grizzly G1023SL.

Does a dish of .010 in the center of the blade really matter that much? If so, how would I correct it?

I've always whipped my deviled egg filling pretty well, and the result is quite a bit of extra filling that simply won't fit into the eggs. I usually reserve a few hard boiled eggs and make a quick egg salad afterwards, but I just used it as a spread on some BTLs in place of mayo and it was delicious!! Any other creative uses out there?

Edit: not sure if all of the responses saying "what extra?" are sarcasm because it goes in the mouth hole, or if nobody really has extra. I whip my filling until it's fluffy and end up with a shit load extra filling. I know I could do it differently, but the way I make mine, it's just better if it's a little lighter. Also, I'm leaving BTL because there's no reason that can't be the name of the sandwich. It was a typo, but I'll accept it.

Here's the situation... I just finished milling some 10" 8/4 walnut that I got from a reputable hardwood dealer. This is the first time I've bought from them.

After jointing one face and one edge, I sent the boards through the table saw to get (2) 4.5" wide pieces. As they were coming off the blade, the boards were visibly bending, in some cases up to 3/4" over 8ft.

What do you do in this situation? Could these boards be just badly dried, or did they come from a bad tree? If it was a single board I might just chalk it up to bad luck, but this happened on 6 out of 6 boards.

I'm trying to figure out A- is this something I can bring back to the dealer, or B- is it something I did wrong when selecting my boards and I have to eat it.