Salt: Not just for passwords
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@Lorne_Kates said:
You now what salt is good for? Melting ice.
Like when you have some beer and want to cool it down really fast.
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@accalia said:
.... of the two off topic discussions i've been in today it's the one that's still tangentially related to the discussion at hand that gets jeffed? really?!
It was explicitly requested (nicely!) by the OP.
eeh, it's okay.
i was laughing as i wrote that.
i still find it hilarious....
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@Lorne_Kates said:
You now what salt is good for? Melting ice. So you don't need 4WD.
You know what's good for melting ice? Not living on a glacier.
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@Lorne_Kates said:
You now what salt is good for? Melting ice. So you don't need 4WD.
You know what's good for melting ice? Not living on a glacier.
Actually, living on a glacier is GREAT if you like melting ice. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to enjoy my evening hairspray-and-lighter melty fun times!
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@Lorne_Kates said:
Actually, living on a glacier is GREAT if you like melting ice.
Yeah, what I meant was that if you only like ice in your drinks, you stay off the glacier.
What caliber for polar bear?
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Maybe it's Kelvinheits, that would probably make it a mild summer day.
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743° Rankine are still over 100°C
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@Lorne_Kates said:
Fun side rank: sports drinks. Surely a billion dollar industry based around making people believe they need sugar water would lie or mislead people, right?
So. Yes. If you're MILDLY dehydrated, Powerade, MAY be used to replace some salts lost during heavy sweating during exercise. (If you've lost quite a bit of fluid/your electrolyte balance is way off however I'd suggest you visit a doctor/hospital rather than drink this as a treatement.)
Or you could just drink water and, possibly, eat a packet of salt and vinegar crisps. Doing both, of course will also "hydrate you better than water (alone.)"
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I drink that stuff when I'm hung over in an attempt to feel better more quickly.
No idea if it actually does help, or I just think it does, but the result's the same.Tastes horrid though.
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anybody knows if this works on bugs?
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anybody knows if this works on bugs?
Nothing works on Discobugs. Especially not Discodevs.
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@Lorne_Kates said:
Fun side rank: sports drinks. Surely a billion dollar industry based around making people believe they need sugar water would lie or mislead people, right?
The important ingredient in a sports drink is not the sugar, it's the electrolytes. Which is a fancy way of saying salt. Yes, you don't need them if you just run around the block, but they're still the best thing you can drink while doing sports.
No, that's chocolate milk, because low-fat chocolate milk consists of a 4:1 carbohydrate:protein ratio (similar to many commercial recovery beverages) and provides fluids and sodium to aid in post-workout recovery.
Make sure it's low-fat though
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I actually like Alpro Soya Chocolate flavour.
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I actually like Alpro Soya Chocolate flavour.
I like the Alpro soya milk (or their hazelnut stuff) over cow milk in breakfast cereal. It's truly hideous in tea though.
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It's truly hideous in tea though
Yeah. I used to have it in coffee but it's a no go in tea.
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I like the Alpro soya milk (or their hazelnut stuff) over cow milk in breakfast cereal. It's truly hideous in tea though.Soy (preferably without added sugar or vanilla) or hazelnut milk in coffee tastes good though. Rice milk in coffee is meh.
I haven't tried it in breakfast cereal.
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@loopback0 said:
Although that's simply because ~67% of the sodium is replaced with potassium.
That is a fucking terrible idea. Instead of outstripping your daily recommended intake of salt, you can overdose on potassium, which is much worse.
The RDA for potassium is around 5 grams, and as far as I know there's no maximum recommended dose. As long as your kidneys are working properly they'll remove any excess potassium you eat; you'll only get potassium toxicity if you eat a ton of potassium quickly and your kidneys are unable to remove it as fast as you ate it.
If you're worried about your level being too high, go to the doctor and have the blood work done; most people however get too little, not too much. Unless you plan on eating it by the teaspoonful and/or have kidney disease, you basically just have to worry about getting enough potassium.
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you basically just have to worry about getting enough potassium.
You can get potassium easily from bananas.
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bananas
You can. I won't. I'd rather drink the snot of an Asian sex slave than eat bananas.
I hear potatoes are good sources of potassium, though. A medium serving of fast-food french fries contains more potassium than a medium-sized banana. So I'm all good.
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A medium serving of fast-food french fries
If that's from Five Guys, it will also feed a family of six for a week.
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The serving listed as "medium" was a 117g portion. Based on the respective amounts of carbs a regular fries from Five Guys is around 2.7x of those servings.
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It was explicitly requested (nicely!) by the OP.
And when the topic drifted to 4WD/AWD I gave up. It did get back on topic eventually, so it's all good.
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http://i.imgur.com/9JzX3.gif
i'm not kinematic expert but i think that VW was moving rather fater than the other car, and seemed to be already sliding as it entered the shot.... almost as if it was deliberately sliding out....
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Well it's Top Gear, so go figure. The whole point of drifting is sliding deliberately.
IIRC the Audi (the car in front) was 4WD and the Porsche was RWD.
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Well it's Top Gear, so go figure.
ah.... "fair" and "balanced"
...and i'm the Easter Bunny
IIRC the Audi (the car in front) was 4WD and the Porsche was RWD.
what porsche? that second car is clearly a VW beatle.
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what porsche? that second car is clearly a VW beatle.
It's a Porsche NoOneCaresBecauseTheyAllLookTheSame GT.
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It's a Porsche NoOneCaresBecauseTheyAllLookTheSame GT
really? because if i saw it on the road i would call "punch buggy" for legit.
that looks exactly like a beatle.
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that looks exactly like a beatle.
For a limited definition of exactly.
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that looks exactly like a beatle.
You know that other thread, where you asked if you should believe your lying eyes? You shouldn't.
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For a limited definition of exactly.
well my eyes see beatle,
they still do.... if porsche looks that much like VW they need to sort out their image.
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You know that other thread, where you asked if you should believe your lying eyes? You shouldn't.
oh my eyes are lying bastards, but i don't have admin rights to install an antivirus on them to clean out the viruses.... and my right paw won't let me sign the requisition form for a new set of eyes.
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oh my eyes are lying bastards, but i don't have admin rights to install an antivirus on them to clean out the viruses.... and my right paw won't let me sign the requisition form for a new set of eyes.
I didn't suggest replacing them, just not trusting them.
Larry Correia'd probably let you borrow his tactical melon baller to do the job, though.
He has further tacticalized it:
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if porsche looks that much like VW they need to sort out their image.
Porsche were founded by the man who designed the original Beetle, and they're owned by VW, who are in turned owned by a different bit of Porsche.
But:
Some similar features? Maybe. Exactly the same? No.
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Some similar features? Maybe. Exactly the same? No.
from that angle.... yeah i can see it, but in that clip....
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You mean a fraction of a 100 pixel tall animated gif has less detail than a full size photo? Shocking!
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You mean a fraction of a 100 pixel tall animated gif has less detail than a full size photo? Shocking!
CALL CNN! WE HAVE BREAKING NEWS HERE!
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Have you tried ABS brakes in breakfast cereal? See if they work better on 4-wheel-drive breakfast cereals.
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From the front, they do look really similar, but not quite.