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A ratio is just a fraction. A relation of one number to another. The relation stays the same so long as both terms are divided or multiplied by the same amount. So 1:2 is 2:4 is 4:8 is 50:100 etc.

You can read more about it here: at Khan Academy
posted to Ask MetaFilter by dis_integration at 7:24 PM on June 7, 2018

First: some people will claim there is a distinction between "broth" and "stock". I have never been able to nail down this distinction, so I consider them conceptually the same.

Sometimes, people think broth means: the chicken cooked by itself, while stock means: the chicken broth + aromatics and herbs, but I don't believe this is a genuinely hard and fast definition.

With that out the way, boxed chicken broth is generally: a… [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by dis_integration at 8:46 AM on June 6, 2018

Ideally, your spouse should show interest in the things you're interested in, and also give you some amount of praise for things like doing chores.

If you say "I found this cool thing" wanting your partner to also say "that *is* cool!" is perfectly normal because it reaffirms your feeling and gives it reality.

For chores, I mean, yes, it's true that these are just things we have to do to keep living and we aren't children who… [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by dis_integration at 7:24 AM on May 30, 2018

I can't imagine how you would run out of interesting things to do in a city like Shanghai in a week. I'm incredibly jealous of your opportunity, it's a top 3 destination for me.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by dis_integration at 2:56 PM on May 25, 2018

I'd say the biggest trend right now in frontend dev is the "Flux architecture", typically implemented with redux, or the "State Action Model" or SAM pattern.

The idea is that UI components are conceived as functions that take state as input and return the rendered view as the output. Controls on the UI (buttons, inputs) don't manipulate state themselves, but trigger "actions" that are processed by mutators which are divorced from the view… [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by dis_integration at 9:11 AM on May 23, 2018 marked best answer

Airtable is very powerful and allows you to link different kinds of data, and also supports creating forms that you could use to easily do the data entry part, and so on. I think it *would* fit your needs, but I don't know that I would want to use it for this project myself because once you've got all your data in airtable and have everything working the way you want, you're locked in. And what if airtable disappears/is acquired and discontinued?

I think you've got a… [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by dis_integration at 8:20 AM on May 14, 2018

Yes fuck banks. But that’s a lot of debt. Definitely consider bankruptcy. If you have no chance of earning the significant amount of cash you’ll need to resolve 30k+ in cc debt then bankruptcy is probably your best option. And bankruptcy is hip! 50 cent does it all the time
posted to Ask MetaFilter by dis_integration at 5:54 AM on May 14, 2018

Do you have a stale "php.ini" file on your server that might be configured for the old php and now is telling php 7 the wrong things? Try renaming/deleting it so that you're using the default php configuration

I can think of some other ways to solve this but they would require shell access and the ability to install programs on the server.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by dis_integration at 5:45 PM on May 13, 2018

The most unexpected thing to get accustomed to in Chicago is the truly remarkable and depressing degree of segregation. Most neighborhoods are monocultures and people keep to themselves, which means you can spend years of your life there barely exposed to the incredible poverty that millions of Chicagoans live in.

Many Chicagoans do have cars and for those living in the well-serviced by transit north-side neighborhoods it's a continual bafflement to me. So you might find… [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by dis_integration at 6:35 PM on May 10, 2018

Ruby on Rails is another option that includes the kitchen sink.

Laravel is nice for getting the boilerplate out of the way for many use cases. You basically get authentication out of the box, for example, although I have huge quarrels with some major design choices, that's not really that important.

Laravel is deeply influenced by Rails, so both are good options.

Whichever "backend" option you go with, I highly… [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by dis_integration at 8:31 PM on May 8, 2018

To be clear, I have a credit history, but it could be a *better* one. The promise of these services is that they will improve your credit, but maybe that only works for people without significant credit histories?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by dis_integration at 3:42 PM on May 8, 2018

There are like 100 awesome restaurants in the West Loop, just steps from the loop. Within walking distance if that's an option, but also a cheap cab ride.

I'd get a reservation at Girl and the Goat right now since tables go fast for dinner.

A quiet place to drink and do an interview might actually be, and this might seem weird but bear with me, the bar at the Whole Foods at Halsted & Washington. Just a few blocks from the west loop's busy… [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by dis_integration at 6:50 AM on May 8, 2018

No mention yet of Deleuze & Guattari's Anti-Oedipus, perfect for continuing your French 20th century postmodernist phil journey. Accessible is a strong word, but it's good fun
posted to Ask MetaFilter by dis_integration at 6:20 AM on May 2, 2018 marked best answer

This is likely possible with some scripting. I'd start here for grabbing the certs: serverfault. Now, here's the hard part. It looks like using Windows PowerShell makes it possible to install certificates programmatically. But they have to be converted into something called a 'PfxCertificate' and I have no clue about the credentials required (it seems like installing a cert is something that should not be possible without user confirmation), my windows-fu stops around 2005 so *shrug*.… [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by dis_integration at 9:04 AM on May 1, 2018

It does not (yet) do OCR on the handwriting, but otherwise the remarkable e-paper tablet is amazing.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by dis_integration at 11:02 AM on April 20, 2018

Finding Florida is essential.

Hiassen and J.D. MacDonald have been mentioned (the latter is pretty sexist stuff in a 1970s kind of way, but it does really feel like Florida).

Little known piece of the Gulf Coast is Ybor City Chronicles, a book about the pre-Castro cuban immigrants to Tampa.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by dis_integration at 8:41 PM on April 9, 2018

Not the cheapest, but the easiest for the carless: use a storage cube of some kind, like ABF U-Pack or PODS. They pick up and deliver your stuff curbside, then once it's empty they take it away. Otherwise, I'd go with the find a friend who will drive the van.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by dis_integration at 7:15 AM on April 7, 2018

Pequod's is probably the best in the city.

If you can't get there, head out to Taylor Street, and go to Damenzo's Pizza.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by dis_integration at 7:29 AM on April 3, 2018

By the way, there's a Pequod's in Morton Grove, which is very close to Rosemont if you don't want to head all the way to west Lincoln Park. I haven't been to that one, but I imagine it's just as good
posted to Ask MetaFilter by dis_integration at 7:32 AM on April 3, 2018

All fictional characters count.

Maybe, the feeling of being at rest in a moving vehicle (or the feeling of being at rest ever). Really, with relativity, all motion is real and not real depending on the observer.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by dis_integration at 9:53 PM on March 25, 2018

A dog is a perfectly managable responsibility for a grad student. Once the puppy phase is over, and your dog is house trained, dogs are pretty low-touch. Just love them, feed them, and exercise them, and they're happy. I'd suggest some training classes early on if you can manage it, to give you some more control over the dog.

But the conflict here isn't grad school, it's your wife. If she doesn't want anything to do with the dog, then I'd be wary of bringing one on board.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by dis_integration at 12:35 PM on March 25, 2018

I used to faint every time my blood was taken, and also when I was around medical procedures, or in fact, one time I fainted just because my girlfriend at the time called me to let me know she had been in a car accident and was bleeding and going to the hospital. That time I passed right out in the living room, hit my head on the coffee table and woke up with a worse head injury than she ended up having from her crash. In the past few years, I've been much better, almost entirely, I think,… [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by dis_integration at 12:18 PM on March 24, 2018

Thanks for the advice. I was under the impression that array_map is slower than a for loop, but I will give it a try!

array_map() is implemented internally as a foreach over the array, with a small amount of extra overhead for executing the callback (the overhead is basically just the overhead of a C function call, so essentially nothing at all). It's basically the exact same thing as a normal foreach from a performance standpoint.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by dis_integration at 9:09 PM on March 21, 2018

The Johnny Greenwood scores for Paul Thomas Anderson films standout to me as examples in this genre, like the one for There Will Be Blood.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by dis_integration at 9:43 PM on March 18, 2018

That's a lot of drinking for me, and I like to drink. That's like vacation in the Virgin Islands level drinking. Makes total sense to be wary of it.

Fair warning: It's going to be tough for him to understand, since you met in a drinking environment and he probably thinks he found his match who can meet him drink for drink and make him feel unselfconscious about drinking so much. This isn't at all your fault, it's just a way I'd expect someone with a problem-drinking… [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by dis_integration at 8:29 AM on March 16, 2018

"The above graphic" sounds fine to me, although I admit "The below graphic" does sound a little strange. But I think it's grammatically fine.

In English you can place the adverb almost anywhere in the sentence (including splitting the infinitive). The consequence is a change in emphasis and sometimes meaning, but it's all valid. Some grammarians might challenge me on this, but this is a descriptivism/prescriptivism fight, I guess. There is no one true… [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by dis_integration at 11:51 AM on March 7, 2018

He didn't have to, as others have said.

He likely could not have gotten one, given his extensive foreign debts and his penchant for affairs making him extremely blackmailable and compromisable.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by dis_integration at 7:11 PM on February 27, 2018

How are you cooking them? I'd pat them very dry with paper towels. Then, if you're baking, I'd what Cook's Illustrated calls a "reverse sear": get them up to temp by baking at the normal temperature, then put them under the broiler for a few minutes to get the skin nice and crispy.

Alternatively, put some butter in a frying pan, and fry the skin at a high heat, then bake them like normal.

You'll get crispy skin with high heat, it just… [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by dis_integration at 5:34 PM on February 27, 2018 marked best answer

I'm not 100% sure what you're after, but Marlon James' A Brief History of Seven Killings might be up your alley. Anne Enright's work, maybe? John Banville certainly goes "all out" in his English. Eleanor Catton's The Luminaries has a more workshopped feel but it's an incredibly ambitious and successful and excellent piece of writing. If you're less concerned about contemporary writers, then John Barth (esp., The Sot-Weed Factor) and Robert Coover.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by dis_integration at 6:35 AM on February 24, 2018

Oh, and I don't know why I couldn't think of her right away, but: absolutely everything by Jeanette Winterson. I'd start with Gut Symmetries
posted to Ask MetaFilter by dis_integration at 6:42 AM on February 24, 2018

I would buy it once I get to Germany. You can get a prepaid one, if I remember they had places in the airport to buy one.

As to money: talk to your bank about getting a card with a very low currency conversion fee. You can also have the bank order Euros for you, but I find it more convenient to use a card (provided by my bank, PNC at the time) at the ATMs to withdraw euros.

This guide is pretty comprehensive on cell phones.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by dis_integration at 12:26 PM on February 23, 2018

If you can finish the program without taking on debt, then that's the best financial decision for two reasons: First, you won't have an employment gap, and second, you won't have debt. Debt sucks, and you can never get rid of student loan debt except by paying it off. Even if you're penniless and shaking a cup for change on the highway, they'll still be coming after you for payments. So unless you think you have really stellar employment prospects, it's always better to try and finish school… [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by dis_integration at 6:30 AM on February 19, 2018

Ropa Vieja!
posted to Ask MetaFilter by dis_integration at 11:35 AM on February 2, 2018

My understanding is a terminal master's de facto disqualifies you from most PhD programs. You're damaged goods. They don't want the investment. So finishing is not an option.

I would say that this isn't the case, especially if you want to move into a different field. If your letters of rec are good, and you know your stuff, then it won't hurt you. "Fit" matters a lot. But then, you say, "My grad school grades are shit.… [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by dis_integration at 7:24 AM on January 31, 2018

The idea that you're not supposed to fry things in olive oil at a high heat is more or less a myth. I high-heat (around 350degrees) deep fry in olive oil, and also get it super hot in the pan when searing meat or cooking eggs. It definitely smokes, but hey, I turn the fire alarm off for this. But, it does impart a unique (and I think pleasant) flavor. And quality extra-virgin olive oil is expensive. For more extended deep frying, and to get that classic fried flavor, it's canola oil for deep… [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by dis_integration at 8:18 PM on January 25, 2018

This looks like it's pretty close to the CSE Name-Year style, APA style or MLA. You could probably adapt this apa style bst to put the year in square brackets, but my LaTeX-fu is too weak these days to remember how hard that would be.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by dis_integration at 9:06 AM on January 23, 2018

Ottolenghi's Cauliflower Cake is simply scrumptuous and makes a pretty center piece if you prepare it in the springform pan (I amp it up further with soy sauce and by cooking the cauliflower with Kombu to get some natural MSG). Vegetarian status: 7 eggs and a bunch of parmesan cheese.

Once you take eggs & cheese out of the picture, it gets harder for me to imagine foods that will just knock your socks off, but mushrooms can really do the trick, and serious eats is… [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by dis_integration at 9:04 AM on December 28, 2017

It's kind of a crazy drive from Toronto (8 hours if I remember) but you could hoof it to Chicago and see the Joffrey Ballet's version of the Nutcracker. It's wicked sparkly and I guess the dancing is good but I'm no expert. I liked it.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by dis_integration at 12:40 PM on December 27, 2017

Your chromebook is an encrypted black box. Getting data off it without the password will be as hard as getting data off an iphone 7 without the password. (Unless you've done anything unusual like put it in developer mode).
posted to Ask MetaFilter by dis_integration at 10:23 AM on December 13, 2017 marked best answer

You didn't put a price limit, so I'm going to go wild and suggest the KUL ES 87. I do not know if you can get it with a UK layout with the short left shift key and the | key in the "z" position, but maybe? It meets all the other requirements (except bluetooth) and you can easily get new keycaps for it to fix up the punctuation row up top.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by dis_integration at 10:47 PM on December 8, 2017

Velázquez's Las Meninas is a painting famous for its self-commentary about itself as a painting.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by dis_integration at 8:50 AM on December 2, 2017 marked best answer

If you have a chance to snag a new one at a serious discount, I would do it. Your 2011 MBA is almost at end of life, and while it will probably continue to work for a few years, it will likely stop receiving OS updates soon, and eventually you'll need a new one. 4GB of RAM is almost unacceptably little these days, and you'll be blown away by the screen on the new "retina" macs.

Also, you can probably get at least $200 (100£?) for the Air on the used market if… [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by dis_integration at 8:13 AM on November 28, 2017

I don't think it's even remotely unethical to do so, and can't imagine what the ethical quandary would be. If it's permitted by their return policy, it's their problem to decide whether it has an overall negative effect on their balance sheet or not. The folks that work there are going to get paid the same whether they're restocking your returns or getting stuff ready to ship. You have no obligation to worry about a private corporation's profit margins.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by dis_integration at 10:45 AM on November 27, 2017

The beach things are the chief things to do. Also golf, if they golf, there's lots of golf.

I would definitely take the ferry out to Caladesi Island, something I do from time to time even as a Clearwater native. 9 out of 10 chance some dolphins will follow you there and play around in the boat's wake.

The Weeki Wachee mermaid show is legit fun.

The Oldsmar Flea Market is an endless place to buy all the weird things!… [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by dis_integration at 2:17 PM on November 24, 2017

For audio sharing, soundcloud is great. Although there was some talk this summer that they would be closing up shop, that has died down and they seem to have stabilized and apparently found more capital to burn. There is also clyp.it which looks pretty slick but does not have as big of a community as soundcloud or as nice of a mobile app (ymmv).

You can actually just upload the uncompressed files to soundcloud, although that will be a lot slower than compressing them and… [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by dis_integration at 8:29 PM on November 21, 2017

Gabriel Garcia Marquez's Love in the Time of Cholera might fit your criteria pretty well.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by dis_integration at 9:30 AM on November 13, 2017

That Dior jacket looks exactly right. It even has the zip on the upper left arm. I suspect you're not going to walk out of a boutique having dropped less than 2 grand.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by dis_integration at 6:33 AM on November 12, 2017

Chromebook is a great option. No setup, almost zero configuration.

Why not an iPad + keyboard? More apps, still possible to setup a squarespace or wix.com website with the in-browser tools. Basically headache free and also doubles as an entertainment device. I also like some of the new Android tablets like the Pixel C or the Samsung Galaxy Tab S3.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by dis_integration at 8:32 AM on November 8, 2017

SmartWool is the best if you're able/willing to spend on it. I have no problem running their products through the washer and dryer over and over again.

But $105 for a shirt is a lot.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by dis_integration at 2:08 PM on October 31, 2017

A gift is a gift is a gift is a gift. I would probably return a gift after something like this, although it might take me months to get around to it. But I'd never expect it back. Once a gift is given, it's gone.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by dis_integration at 9:17 AM on October 11, 2017