Seems like when music labels tried to force people to buy CDs by banning Napster, likely not to that scale, but I don't think it's going to workout for netflix

Check out the "Primary Location" feature for Costa Rica, at the moment it does not apply to Canada or USA. But it will give you an idea of what types of measures they have implemented in other countries.

https://help.netflix.com/en/node/128339/cr

EDIT: added a snippet of the link above

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I agree with this, I think at best it'll fizzle out to nothing, at worst it'll backfire and lose them even more subs.

24/7 AI generated Seinfeld episodes.

https://www.twitch.tv/watchmeforever

https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/02/polit...oon/index.html

Shoot the fucking thing down when it flies over buttock nowhere. The government should be more worried about Tok Tok spying on people than some lame balloon the size of three busses. Probably seeding the clouds with Borg Nanoprobes, gulolol. chinar........... so chaotic. Reminds me of Chaotica from Captain Proton, hee hee.


The excuse given by china is totally plausible............The ballon is, after all, made in china. Made with chinesium, equipped with chi fi and other stolen and not-so-well-cloned, technology ............ nuff said.

Old school toaster oven is toast. Looking to get an air fryer. Suggestions?

One with dehydration feature would be nice. I have a gas range, but it doesn't make sense to use it to heat up little things.

I also have a deep fryer I rarely use. Not sure how fries would turn out with an air fryer. Any experiences?

I feel like convection toaster ovens and "air fryers" are functionally the same thing (they blow hot air around to cook food) just in different shapes. You'll never get the same quality of "Frying" as a true deep fryer with oil though, not even close.

A convection toaster over would certainly be more versatile.

Dehydrating: Dehydrating things on a sheet pan rather than a "fry bucket" would certainly easier to deal with IMO.

Yes China’s excuse is that it floated away and has limited self propulsion ability after being caught by the westerlies. Makes sense. I mean they have orbital satellites that could do a way better job at spying than this lame ass weather balloon.

Must be a slow news days and Americans love stoking fears of an aggressive China.

Maybe not with raw potatoes but packaged fries would be decent. You just can’t do a lot of them.

I’d put my air fryer chicken wings against any done in oil. Do them every Sunday!

Wings meet at punkwax's house

I mean the entire premise of why frying in oil tastes so good is that it has the thermal capacity to transfer so much heat so fast it quickly crusts the outside and keeps steam/moisture inside.
From a physical aspect this process is impossible to be recreated with air as the medium. I have a convection oven, so I've "air fried" food (both pre-packaged and from raw). It's palatable, yes, good in a pinch when I'm not bringing out my cast iron pot and heating 4L of oil.

But not ever close. I'm sorry

/end of food snob rant :P

What he said.

Our new stove has an air fryer functionality. It's disappointing tbh. An air fryer oven is just a convection oven with a mesh rack. You can buy an old convection oven, get a mesh rack and achieve the same effect.

And yes, can't beat actual oil, especially when it comes to frying meat.

I use the air fryer as I'm avoiding as much oil as I can. they are awesome though.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CYabjUKr...d=Yzg5MTU1MDY=

Maybe completely anecdotally, but it seems like people who actually know techniques and the fundamentals behind cooking don't own air fryers.

Possibly also instant pots?

I don't own either myself (I do have a stovetop pressure cooker tho) and agree air fryer is simply a repackaged convection oven.

I was one who was skeptical of another appliance when it came to air fryer but I'm a convert. Use it quite often, food turns out great, and oil is generally separated and very tasty!

Preheating is your friend. My wings come out super crispy and juicy every time.

Instant Pot introduced a lot of people to pressure cooking, because of its ease of use and automation. Can't hate on that at all! It's a super convenient way to cook

Not snob, just science. You can't fry something in air, that's called roasting.

I also have an Instant pot. Made the best batch of Asian shredded beef to date the other night. Marinaded overnight and then seared hard in the pot before pressure cooking for an hour and 20 mins. Grabbed some butter lettuce and made cups with homemade pickled red onion, used a potato peeler to thinly slice carrot, toasted some sesame seeds and topped with cilantro. The adults add sriracha and the kids pour on probably too much hoisin :lol

So simple yet so delicious.

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I use an air fryer and instant pot on occasion, not due to it being a "superior" way of cooking but rather out of convenience (time saving).

My wife does ribs in the instant pot, or soups and they are really good, but when she does them properly they are spectacular. If the fast way was the best way it would just be the way.

Oh ya for soups I always boil way more bones/carcasses and aromatics to ever fit into an Instant Pot. Cool the broth overnight, remove the hardened fat that rises and solidifies at the top the next day and end up with a gelatinous amazing base to work with.

Too bad prime rib is so obscenely expensive these days. I’ve only made chicken broths this fall/winter and used to regularly have beef bones in the freezer for stock. That was when I could find it on sale for $7 or $8/lb and stock up though.

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/...AC_SL1500_.jpg
https://www.ninjakitchen.ca/products...gray-zidSF300C

As a complete noob at cooking, the Ninja Speedi has been a godsend in whipping up a variety of meals without a ton of input. It steams, it air fries, bakes, and apparently sous-vides as well (haven't tried it yet).

I've air-fried 3 whole chickens in the machine and it turns out delicious every time where it's roasted on the outside with completely tender meat. It cooks faster, uses less energy, and more versatile than a conventional oven that makes cooking more approachable for someone like me with no skill

Costco roast chicken got you beat though bro. The price. The taste. It’s unmatched. Especially their garlic chicken legs. Oh maaaa gaaawd I got a food erection just thinking about it.

When I use the convection mode on my oven, what I'll do is take one of those aerosol pumps with cooking oil and spray the food with a light coating of oil.
When I've done a Panko crusted 'fried' chicken this way, the skin crisps up really nicely.