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  • It's the many tiny air bubbles trapped in low quality ceramics that vibrate and heat it up.

  • No, porcelain is usually glazed, just often with clear glaze, since it is already white to begin with. If the porcelain is shiny, then it is glazed.

  • If you have a poor quality, low density (often mass produced), ceramic plate, there are tiny air bubbles inside it. These vibrate when the microwave runs, heating the plate faster/more than the food. This is the same reason why some mug handles get hot enough for 2nd or 3rd degree burns in the microwave while others never get the "microwave handle of death". Better made ceramics will have far fewer (or none) of these bubbles. This is why usually hand made pottery will not heat up like this, while factory stuff that was quickly poured into molds often will.

  • Recall that YouTube is Google. Since they are scraping massive amounts of data about users from browser and phone apps, I feel like they should be paying me, really. Google profits off of the content we create for them, and then profits off of tracking us both online and offline, and then they have the gall to charge us money for it and show us ever more obnoxious advertisements. They've trained their AI products off of every gmail ever written and every Google Voice call every made, every YouTube video ever uploaded, and I absolutely refuse to feel any sympathy for them trying to bleed more money from the public.

  • Time to make a second Google account just to use for YouTube viewing.

  • I know two, plus one other who only reviews when it is very bad. Just always look at middle and low end reviews, and be very extremely choosy about sellers, and roll the dice.

  • I also get a button along with those to continue in my browser (on mobile). I just tap to continue on Firefox, and it works (at least on any subs that are not NSFW).

  • Call them on the telephone, and tell a human you would like to make a reservation. Telephone voice calls still work at every restaurant in my region. Also, get this, you can place take out orders that way at most places! It's an amazing technology!

  • This is a good point, as long as people make sure to buy versions with unlocked bootloaders.

  • Perdido Street Station is SO not one of his better books. I think it only gets recommended because it is so very weird.

  • Oh, yes, the world was pretty, but the characters were all so shallow and undeveloped that I didn't care what happened to them. Even the intelligent semi divine dragons were just flat powerful placeholders with no character. It was also transparent to see plot points, such as they were, from a mile away.

  • If you like lots of customization options out of the box, then Samsung. If you like using a pen to write (or convert handwriting to text) or draw, then Samsung. If you want barebones Google and don't want extra features or customizations, then Pixel. It depends what you like.

    You should try both in person before deciding.

  • The political/sociological climate tends to affect these things. Combine that with the super easy access to porn and other online options, along with financial strain, and it begins to look like a compelling set of sociological pressures. I haven't gone out an done a research study, but it seems like a possible train of thought.

  • No matter how good it smells, the second-hand vape makes my nose and throat burn, and makes me cough.

  • No, some people have a complete third set. Some people only have a partial third set, or even have third teeth in just a few positions within the mouth. A dentist who told me about this said it's a little rare, but not super rare.

  • Without getting a signed legal consent document in advance, how do you as a young person prove that any sex act was consensual? You can't, usually. This can breed crippling fear of real life encounters.

  • They are either working for a vape company or so hopelessly addicted they can't admit negatives.