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I started making omelettes because a) I thought it would be funny to take sasha Chapin's tweet literally as well as seriously b) actually follow through a la visas do 100 thing c) wanted a source of protein to bulk with d) I like omelettes and I'm frustrated by the brown ones. Halfway through, I'm not really sure what I've learned. I suspect I haven't really gone deep enough to actually gain the expertise sasha promised. Most of my omelettes are copies of each other. But I have actually gotten better and faster at making tasty omelettes. Let's see what I've learned. Coriander is magical. It is the perfect herb for flavouring an omelette. I tried basil and celery. Celery gives you an interesting sharp flavour. Basil doesn't quite work. Salt is important. Be careful to balance the salt against the number of eggs and whether or not you're adding salted cheese. Too much oil is not pleasant. Under oiling a non stick pan is relatively okay unless you'r...

There is a slightly weird hack I use when I suspect I may be about to start stressing about a problem I have. I can't recall seeing like this online, and it might be helpful to people other than me. When confronted with a problem I'm stressed about, I think, "Finite problems, bitch! Oo la la"  Technically I sing this in my head. What it means is something like this.  1. The problem is finite in the sense that it is not existential. This means that if I failed to solve it I would still be alive. Most probably I would also still be housed, clothed, fed etc.  And if not, where there's life there's hope (this is something I believe very strongly and may or may not be an important building block). So no biggie. The point is to keep the right perspective on what a biggie is. 2. If I really really needed to solve the problem I could just throw an unreasonable amount of resources at it. For example (this is partway between 1 and 2) I could change my name, move to anot...