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Pounds of butter should be packaged with 2 sticks salted and 2 sticks unsalted: cooking butter _and_ eating butter, in a single package. Thanks for coming to my TED talk

@maxdubler 1.5 million

San Francisco should have at least a million residents.

@MikeHotDogMayor still thinking about the bread:filling ratio also about the texture of kaiser rolls

@MikeHotDogMayor As someone from NJ: hard agree. The bread:filling ratio is completely wrong here

I wish Oakland or SF had a proper Hoagie spot. Not a cheesesteak but a Hoagie. Don't get me wrong we have some bomb sandwich spots, but sometimes I just want a Hoagie. Something about the construction and the roll just hits differnernt that just a standard Deli sandwich.

@maxdubler A modest proposal: five-over-twos on at least 50% of the blocks in the Sunset that are SFRs. 21-story towers in all empty lots and parking lots.

The price of housing is set by supply and demand. San Francisco creates tons of new high paying jobs and barely builds any housing for the people who move here to take them; so they bid up the price of existing homes. If we want this to stop, we need to let people build homes.

@HowIMineFish @JacobAShell hard same. One of the standouts: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moratinos…

@JacobAShell Maybe I'm weird, but I can reliably get 1.5 days out of absolute cow towns in the middle of nowhere.

If you look at world cities in terms of "as a tourist there, how many days could I fill with interesting things to do before I got a little bored?" (London and Rome are 7 days each, NYC and Paris are 6, and so forth), the fact is no Asian megacity is better than 2.5 days.

@MikeHotDogMayor hard agree. am currently in Boston. Had at least half a dozen micro-interactions that affirmed my faith in humanity yesterday. Me (to the kid): "I don't know if this is the Paul Revere house" Random stranger in passing: "I do know and it is"

this region is too anti-social and it constantly shows

It's so wild to me that Cabo Verde is still in the World Cup. It's as if the City of Oakland and City of Alameda had a joint team, and that team just kept on trucking against teams from countries of many millions of people.

@maxdubler $5/hour in Manhattan

Parking your car on the street in New York City should cost at least $5/day.

@MikeHotDogMayor yes and moreso!

This is what the West Side of San Francisco should look like

@cojobrien Not unhinged but petty: pedestrian beg buttons should speed up ability for peds to cross; pressing them should not be the only means through which one is permitted to cross

What slightly-unhinged views on urbanism/cities do you hold dearly? Hobby horses and petty beefs?

@aelfred_D Upon reconsideration, though: all expenses paid would be a great reason for A, where I believe everything costs far more than I could imagine.

@aelfred_D Southern Spain, the Algarve, northern Morocco, Tunis, Sicily, Athens, and some islands? Amazing weather and amazing food.

Thinking about the lunatic who picks F

@CDTEliot @Miles_Brundage hard same

@Miles_Brundage this whole time i thought it was wireless bars and not the golden gate bridge

Omg wait does Cisco refer to San Francisco

@samtayyari @odionemorinken @Freyy_is hard same. The fresh adds the flavor; the powder kicks up the umami.

@odionemorinken @Freyy_is I prefer both. One for depth (fresh) and one for breadth (powder).

there are people out here cooking without garlic powder and onion powder and i genuinely need to understand the why?

@sapphyreblayze I think it depends on where? Like maybe somewhere with an HOA?

@FANGmiddlmanagr @SR_eth @realEstateTrent I'm in one of those neighborhoods in Oakland—well: the 2 closest supermarkets are a 15-minute walk away, in different directions—and it's really great. My dentist is a little farther, but that's by choice.

@SR_eth @realEstateTrent TBF to this poor guy, the only place close this in CA is a few neighborhoods in SF or Oakland

Been living in New York City for around five years now. Yes, it’s expensive, taxes are high, and there are some interesting characters walking around. Those are some of the costs. Here’s what we get: Access to the best restaurants in America, no matter what type of food you’re in the mood for. Everything our family needs is just a short walk away. You constantly get to see friends in person, as they’re always passing through. Some of the best public and private schools in America. The network you build here, just by going about your day-to-day life, is incredible. You run into some of the most interesting people doing the most amazing things at the highest level. Access to the best doctors in the world. The career opportunities here are immense, no matter what you do. Central Park – my go-to spot – never gets old. If you’re a shopper, there’s nowhere better in America. If you’re an entrepreneur, this city forces you to think bigger on a daily basis. Broadway, sports, concerts, comedy – the highest level of entertainment, right in your backyard. The subway. Yes, the subway – and yes, millions of normal people take it every day – gets you around this place like a time machine. It’s a wonderful place to raise kids. Every kids' activity you can think of is just blocks away. Our son loves the Natural History Museum, and endless playdates are available either in our building or within a three-minute walk. Maybe all those folks who can afford to live anywhere in the world but choose to raise their families here aren’t so crazy after all.

@MikeHotDogMayor I initially thought the one that looks like a guy wearing the Oski mascot was human scale, and that the stuffie was enormous ...

The Oskis are multiplying

@big_pedestrian The automobile-refrigerator complex I honestly think that if we had much smaller fridges by default, we'd have more corner stores/small markets and people would buy for a couple of days at a time

One of the greatest tragedies of automobile dependence is that people believe they can only buy two weeks worth of food at a time. It’s literally called THE STORE. In a real civilization, walk there and buy what you need for the next couple of days.

@svgmzr @HistoryBoomer jarlic! what a fun neologism

@HistoryBoomer every meal I make starts with dicing onion so you need a sharp knife, certain level of skill and indifference to onion fumes. I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone who is struggling with DoorDash addiction. Use jarlic, spice mixes, store-bought everything

You can boil pasta, add Classico, Newman's Own, or Trader Joe's sauce, and then pre-grated cheese. "NO! MAKING PASTA SAUCE FROM SCRATCH IS EASY AND MUCH BETTER!" Stop. You're part of the problem. Don't scare them. Let them work up to sauce from scratch later. Classico is fine.

@devahaz I cannot imagine buying a $14 jar of mayo, let alone not using it to the bottom scraping

It’s funny to imagine people making a sandwich and throwing out a whole jar of fancy mayonnaise every time

@mattyglesias I always figured they were making soup