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Hey Lemmy, do you think COVID is/has caused a brain drain and if so from what countries to where?

My mother is a teacher at a private middle/high school. She has noticed, and her colleagues agree, that the new class of freshmen this year were noticeably less well behaved compared to previous years. She said they are also way less able to pick up on social cues. Keep in mind this is an expensive private school with kids that had every advantage and ability to mitigate the effects of remote schooling.

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What do you use your Action Button for?

I have long used the double back tap to run a shortcut to set the media volume to 0 and switched it to the action button. I work in video production which involves long hours of sitting around and moments where absolute silence is crucial. This was I confirm a video isn’t going to loudly announce itself in the middle of a take. It’s also just generally useful in public.

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What meals do you know which aren't too time consuming to prepare (or if they are last for a very long time), are cheap and whose ingredients are easy to acquire?

When I first started cooking I was a big fan of 2 chicken and rice dishes my mom would make me as a kid. Both use very few ingredients that all last a while:

Chicken Provincial 2 chicken breasts (I usually cut them lengthwise, parallel to the cutting board so they’re thinner and make 4 portions, you could also pound them, too thick and they dry out and don’t get the flavor of the sauce ) ¼ cup butter ¼ lb mushrooms 1 tbsp dried onion flakes 1 bay leaf 8 oz can tomato sauce 1 tsp thyme ⅓ cup orange juice 1 cup white rice salt pepper

Make white rice per package instructions (I use an instant pot with equal parts rice/water)

Brown the chicken on both sides in the butter, remove the chicken and cook mushrooms, onions, and thyme. Add orange juice and tomato sauce and stir until homogeneous. Add chicken and cook until 165 inside (if you don’t have a digital meat thermometer I highly recommend them, thermapen is best but there are plenty of cheaper ones on Amazon)

Plate the rice, add the chicken on top and pour the sauce over. I usually serve with an Israeli salad. Skip the mushrooms if you’re not into them.

Honey chicken ½ cup honey ¼ cup mu. stard (grey poupon) 1 tsp curry powder ¼ cup butter 2 chicken breasts cut lengthwise into 4 portions pinch salt 1 cup white rice

Cook rice per package

Melt butter in a large high-walled baking pan in the oven at 350° (I use a 13x9 glass baking dish)

Add honey, mustard, salt, and curry powder to the butter and stir to combine. Add chicken and spoon sauce over until totally covered.

Bake for 15-25 minutes depending upon chicken thickness

Serve over rice. Again goes well with Israeli salad or any cool vegetables.

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What do you use your Action Button for?

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Yeah occasionally, not super often, I wouldn’t set it to something you aren’t ok with triggering accidentally like turning on all the lights in the house or something. The back tap also doesn’t work all the time either so I’m glad for a action button as a more reliable replacement. But yeah it’s nice to have.

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What meals do you know which aren't too time consuming to prepare (or if they are last for a very long time), are cheap and whose ingredients are easy to acquire?

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If you feel like branching out to your own or other recipes try the app Paprika Recipe Manager.

You can meal plan for the week and then add the week to your grocery list. It even stacks identical ingredients (like if you have 1 red pepper in 3 recipes that week it says 3 red peppers). It also lets you scrape data from websites to build a recipe. Just paste the link in the in-app browser and hit save.

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