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I just realized as a middle age foodie in the diaspora that translating bah-chang to zongzi may not be accurate

In my family, we always used TaiGi (with some Mandarin inflection) to refer to it in Mandarin sentences. Which avoids cognitive dissonance since there is no translation needed.

Are you supposed to use a more nuanced translation when going from zongzi in Standard Mandarin to Taiwanese Mandarin/TaiGi (or other southern dialects/topolects)?

Especially since zongzi may be sweet, filled with exotic items like jujube, vegetarian, …

New theory for speaking to someone in Taiwan
本省 / domestic meat one - bah-chang
外省/ foreign one - best to use Mandarin zongzi

When asking for one in northern provinces: 肉粽子 if you want something normal / avoid surprises

I need some Type-X sheetrock to improve fire sealing on one part of my garage.

I saw some photos of trimmed down sheetrock in Ioniq5 in previous posts. What dimensions of a haircut is needed? Like cutting it down to 3x7? Would it fit as 4x6?

Somehow the algorithm hid from me how they were in end users’ hands 4 weeks ago!?

I’ve been eyeing this one. Looking for the following information to make a token attempt at due diligence before ordering one.

- (most important) how flat is it? I will use it on temperature controlled induction and want to make sure it doesn’t slide around (IE, I probably can’t use a silicone sheet to add friction)

- how well does it take 3.5kW+ of induction?

- what is the thickness?

- (I know there are reviews talking about this, just for completeness of my checklist): how does it compare with the (thin) nitrided woks available for a long time on the market. The one I have is too un-flat for me to use on induction.

Recently saw roasting pans used on induction on a few recent videos (Adam Byatt for one)

Wondering what experience people have with one, and what dimensions I should be looking for for the impulse cooktop specifically

If you have recommended ones for US purchase, that would be great too. I prefer more around Misen or Tramontina type price point for my SS

Are these all multi-ply or are there some “disc” (or rectangle) ones?

Recently saw roasting pans used on induction on a few recent videos (Adam Byatt for one)

Wondering what experience people have with one, and what dimensions I should be looking for for the impulse cooktop specifically

If you have recommended ones for US purchase, that would be great too. I prefer more around Misen or Tramontina type price point for my SS

Are these all multi-ply or are there some “disc” (or rectangle) ones?

EDIT: looking for both headlight and flashlight options

Want to start leaving a decent flashlight in my car. I was originally going to put a 20 year old Black Diamond in the car, but decided Skilhunt M150 with a NiMH AA was more functional.

That doesn't seem to be the ultimate setup.

I'd like more output power than the M150 in NiMH mode can provide. However, I'm loathe to leave Li-ion batteries unattended in a car, even if the car does already have 77 kWh of NMC cells in the undercarriage.

Also want to leave a decent battery charger in the car. Must be compact and USB. I bought a UMS2 a while back as a simple travel charger compared to a 4 cell one, but that one is way too chonky. I doubt I will ever need to charge 21700 while on the go. I know there are some super compact AA USB-C chargers out there that deliver a scary amount of power (though, I've also seen them Sudoku themselves).

I am planning a small server rack UPS.

This UPS only needs to bridge across my whole house battery glitching, which causes my servers to go offline. Like 5 min at a time. After that, the rack can use the 20kWh house batteries.

Rack needs 50W now, maybe I spec for 100W.

I'm at a loss as to how to buy a reputable compact 12VDC LFP. For the house batteries, I can look for UL1973 and UL9540. Not sure that exists for this form factor.

I live close to Illumn's store and can drive down to pick up 18650 or 21700. Are there 4s carriers with reliable balancing BMSes (of course FET based is OK) I should consider?

How does going this route compare with a pre-built? How do I shop for a pre-built?

Should I just get a random AGM from Costco battery center?