No.I have a nearly full packet in the freezer, but hate throwing food out. They are truly manky.
Right, findus crispy pancakes,does anyone actually like them?
No. I've got some 3 year old mince in the freezer that I bought as a BOGOF offer.A week later my microwave died, and remembering to defrost stuff hours before I intend to eat, isn't my 'style'.
I hate defrosting things.I always forget its in the fridge, then get paranoid im going to cause myself a slow and agonising death by dodgy chicken.
You know you shouldn't eat it now,right?
Fuckin throw it out then ;) good ideaI'll do it now, while I remember
if you cook anything long and hard enoughit'll be fine
it's been in the freezer for 3 yearswhat could possibly still be growing on it? i'd eat it.
freezing it doesn't stop stuff growing on it,it just slows it down.
Well, -80°C would be pretty save,the usual -18°C is laughed at by the hard Northerner types of bacteria.
how are they at being fried though? That kills them,but you better hope it's not the kind of bastards* who produce a poison to keep other multicellular organisms like you off their munchies, because the poison will survive the frying no sweat.
*and it’s always them
*and it’s always them
the swine, i could have 'emin a fight though
Jonas, do you rember when you saidyou came up with an idiot proof way to prevent double posting.
It appears I broked it.
It appears I broked it.
Two ways to prevent double posts1] Before inserting a new post, query for the last post by the user, and if the subject and body matches, ignore it
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2] Use AJAX and disable the submit button on submit
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2] Use AJAX and disable the submit button on submit
I have an implementation of option 1 in test at the moment.Whilst it means an extra database query per post, I prefer it to the ajax option as it works even for people who disable javascript or don't have it available on their browser (phone/pdas/etc).
option 1 seems likely to be a bit hard on the server to methough I'm not particularly good at optimising sql stuff, I'm under the impression querying long strings isn't terribly efficient
Well, you're not doing the querying in the database,merely doing a simple select to get the most recent post by that user.
You then do the string comparison in your code, which should be relatively lightweight.
Admittedly, there's will be a performance hit, but I don't think it's unwarranted. The whole site and database structure is geared up to minimise impact when reading, as that's what is done most often.
You then do the string comparison in your code, which should be relatively lightweight.
Admittedly, there's will be a performance hit, but I don't think it's unwarranted. The whole site and database structure is geared up to minimise impact when reading, as that's what is done most often.
I cache my board data and invalidate it if and when a post is made or updatedThat way a simple F5 typically doesn't touch the database. I can't remember the perf increase but I think something like 10x faster in terms of fetching data. I've gone for [2] so double posts are impossible too
I haven't even begun to look seriously at caching yet.The django framework has some pretty hefty caching mechanisms in it, and I'll make use of those for some areas of the site as they're no-effort to me solutions.
For the board itself, I like your idea of invalidating the cache when a post is modified or created, and I know I can hook into the framework's cache structure to provide that sort of functionality, so it's something I'll look at.
Currently, there's a ratio of about 25:1 with reads to writes, so an approach like that should yield reasonable benefits.
For the board itself, I like your idea of invalidating the cache when a post is modified or created, and I know I can hook into the framework's cache structure to provide that sort of functionality, so it's something I'll look at.
Currently, there's a ratio of about 25:1 with reads to writes, so an approach like that should yield reasonable benefits.
Incidentally, I was comparing database performance between this codebase and the old one,and it seems like I've made things 10* times better already, which is pleasing.
*9.873 to be precise.
*9.873 to be precise.
It's just a shame you're persisting with php unless I've very much mistaken, it's phython and djangorather than php
I'm not.It's all in python now!
PHP is an abortion and should be stuck in a shallow grave.
PHP is an abortion and should be stuck in a shallow grave.
Sorry (both) I realised my mistake on the way homeI meant python of course. I did also change my mind on the way home since python is quite a sweet language. django looks alright but the whole approach is fundamentally broken I think. It does do exactly what you need, but I think you'll find it hard to expand beyond a simple web app
Basically I think it should have a service based architecture, but I've probably been reading too many WCF books
Basically I think it should have a service based architecture, but I've probably been reading too many WCF books
I've come to a similar conclusion regarding djangoas I've been considering using it for a work thing but think it's a bit limited for what I'm after
that said, it seems it's quite easy to write your own framework in python so there's no need to use django if it doesn't suit
that said, it seems it's quite easy to write your own framework in python so there's no need to use django if it doesn't suit
I'm all for doing it myself but that looks like a lot of hard work to meIt's a pity you refuse to come over to the dark side. You'll find all the best language features of python are already in C# (ie lambdas, anonymous types, closures etc), and the environment is much easier to get to grips with. Of course you could try IronPython too, which is faster than Python (which itself if a bit of a dog performance wise -- though better than Ruby)
Shame really
Shame really
ah, yesI hadn't considered using the last post by the user to check against rather.
I was imagining it checking the whole db for duplicates.
I was imagining it checking the whole db for duplicates.
Nah, that way madness lies.And certainly nothing like that was responsible for crippling the database under the old code base. Oh no.
I didn't say I'd implemented it.;-)
depends on the type of spores. true, if you had some sort of laboratory freezer or something, you might be ok. if you stored your food in the LHC, you'd be OKat 1.9 K, it'd be hard to find a bacteria that'd grow in that sort of temperature
build itand they will come
ssshhh!we almost had him eating 3 year old mince!
i don't want poots sick!you horrid meanies :(
are you calling him a poof?EAT IT! EAT IT! EAT IT! EAT IT! EAT IT! EAT IT! EAT IT! EAT IT! EAT IT! EAT IT! EAT IT! EAT IT! EAT IT! EAT IT! EAT IT! EAT IT! EAT IT! EAT IT! EAT IT! EAT IT! EAT IT! EAT IT! EAT IT! EAT IT!
hahaha,it's sounding like a dare.
i think most food started out as dareshow else would we have discovered that seafood is really nice
Imagine all the dares that went wrong . . .
Haggis Was that a failureor a lie?
uurgh look, Ug's drinking cows milkhow fucking gross is that!
see alsochicken eggs
Chuck enough chilli powder in with itand it should be fine . .
nopewell, they may have changed in the 20 odd years since I last had one, but certainly I didn't like them when I was a kid
YES!Although the only true Findus Cripsy Pancake, was the curry one, but they stopped making those years ago, the fools.
The other flavours are rubbish and don't deserve the name.
In fact, when I was a kid, when my mum was away, my dad always burned some curry findus pancakes for our tea. It has become a running joke in our family, admittedly a not very funny one to people on the outside.
The other flavours are rubbish and don't deserve the name.
In fact, when I was a kid, when my mum was away, my dad always burned some curry findus pancakes for our tea. It has become a running joke in our family, admittedly a not very funny one to people on the outside.
we had similar 'dad's cooking' related episodesbut mine latched on to the idea of the slow cooker early on and seemed convinced that anything, put in a slow cooker with a can of mushroom soup, would miraculously turn into a casserole over the course of several hours.
man i hate mushroom soup now.
man i hate mushroom soup now.
my dad wasn't much for cooking main coursesso it'd be chicken kiev, peas and chips pretty much every time.
He did make up for it by learning how to make amazingly good stodgy puddings that my mum wouldn't make as she was trying to make him diet
He did make up for it by learning how to make amazingly good stodgy puddings that my mum wouldn't make as she was trying to make him diet
lucky youi just remembered 'spam fritter month' aswell, including the experiment with oxo batter. jebus
My dad could make tomato and basil sauce for pasta,and stew. We once had dry turkey and soggy sprouts one Christmas when my mum was in hospital and wanted us to still have a normal christmas but I forgive him that because it wasn't the best of times.
My dad's only other "recipe" was fried egg and chips.The chips were made in the deep-fat fryer and were the best chips known to man. I have never had chips as good as my dad used to make them.
He doesn't do any cooking now though.
He doesn't do any cooking now though.
my dad made amazing deep fat fryer chipshe always claimed the trick was to double dunk them to get the outsides properly crispy
Did your dad ever work in a chip shop?They always double fry them too
not that I'm aware ofthough I'm pleased that his trick was based on proper professional practice
I was under the impression that you fry them once very hotto seal the outside, then reduce temperature and fry again, to get the insides nice and fluffy.
I'm pretty sure it's the other way around My dad also made superb chips,and I can honestly say that I have inherited his skillz.
it seems to be a culinary skill that dads specialise in Ah, my l33t chip skillsz must havedeveloped because of babby_jimbob. Solved!
The residents of Long Benton.My housemate loves them. I quite like them, though they should make an adult sized version.
never had onedon't think i've even seen them
i'm eating a lovely lovely pizza (parma & artichoke)
i'm eating a lovely lovely pizza (parma & artichoke)
yes i love them they rock
I coated my slippers in breadcrumbs and put them in the ovennow it looks like I'm wearing crispy pancakes around the office.
noi wanted to like them, but they were without fail, a disappointment.
I was thinking about them the other dayand was half tempted to buy some, because I did used to enjoy them
then I remembered that at that time in my life, if it couldn't be cooked in a deep fat fryer then I wasn't able to prepare it, which probably coloured my perception more than a little, so I skipped it
then I remembered that at that time in my life, if it couldn't be cooked in a deep fat fryer then I wasn't able to prepare it, which probably coloured my perception more than a little, so I skipped it
every now and then I consider getting a deep fat fryerbut I think it would make my not terribly healthy diet an order of magnitude less healthy
i was talked out of getting a fryerdue to the universally acknowledged fact that i am a forgetful fuckwit and it would more than likely lead to me burning down multiple houses
Weed + deep fat fryerdoes sound like a bad combination...
indeedthe last time i deep fried "spicy prawns" then made jam donuts the day after. the donuts were somewhat odd
this, acutally, is a fine pointespecially as the idea of chips would appeal to me upon stumbling in from a night on the sauce
I do have an old style one, but the only time I've ever seen them in use was on public safety warnings about chip pan fires, so I don't use it
I do have an old style one, but the only time I've ever seen them in use was on public safety warnings about chip pan fires, so I don't use it
they are a terrible ideaI've resolved never to have another; the stink, the mess, and the health implications are all too much to bear
they give me conflictionsthe idea is great but they burn easily, leak easily, the beef ones are like soya and the texure of the pancake is a little odd. they are howdver, often on bogof, go great on a butty and are good munchies so long as you dont burn the skin off the inside of your mouth.
7/10
not as good as the much missed "toaster pockets" though
7/10
not as good as the much missed "toaster pockets" though
we do not have them, but I see them.We have пельмени (pelmehnyeh would be english speaking) which may be the same.
where are you? Moscow :)
well from google imagesthey look roughly similar, being things with stuff in.
but imagine the pastry bit being like thin leather with orange breadcrumbs glued on, filled with napalm and gristle.
but imagine the pastry bit being like thin leather with orange breadcrumbs glued on, filled with napalm and gristle.
Do you eat themfor special reason? Or are they food for poor people? Or are they special for special day?
They do not sound good
They do not sound good
The second . . They are a prime example of what my mother called "Council House Food"
See also - anything advertised by Kerry Katona
Do government shops sell themor do they give them to the poor?
Are you saying I'm a government scrounger?! Nah, people actually spend their cash on them.
No.I am sorry.
I did not now.
I did not now.
I'm only teasing :) :) We don't have government shops, you wee scamp.they're definitely something you voluntarily purchase.
To be fair, they're a product of the late 1970's/early 1980's when we didn't know any better.
They have a certain childhood nostalgic charm to them.
To be fair, they're a product of the late 1970's/early 1980's when we didn't know any better.
They have a certain childhood nostalgic charm to them.
that's a good pointthey are like early prototype junk food.
i was trying to find a way to explain that withoutcoming over all middle class.
"council house food" does just fine though, i guess.
thing is they aren't especially cheap food, just lazy, processed food.
"council house food" does just fine though, i guess.
thing is they aren't especially cheap food, just lazy, processed food.
Junk foodlike mcdonald?
I had a bigmac one time. It was funny odd.
I had a bigmac one time. It was funny odd.
ha, are you sureyou aren't a comedy login?
I dont naturally speak englishso it maybe does not read like I think. I now it is not right total, but I try.
Sorry :(
Sorry :(
it's still much better than 90nz0 ever managedand he didn't have the excuse of it being a foreign language
hahano worries, sounds fine,
i just feel a bit silly explaining findus crispy pancakes in detail, including social commentary.
i just feel a bit silly explaining findus crispy pancakes in detail, including social commentary.
We did not have these thingsyears ago, so I do not now them. Now I do now.
If I sound bad I do not worry about being told, that will make me beter.
If I sound bad I do not worry about being told, that will make me beter.
hehok, but trust nothing anyone tells you here, without a second opinion.
Don't believe this ^ seconded /arf nothing like themпельмени are tasty and nutritious and brilliant
*makes note to go to russian restaurant in Glasgow again*
*makes note to go to russian restaurant in Glasgow again*
Have you been to Russiaor just food?
:)
:)
just food It looks traditional russian foodbut that is the best. It fills up your belly.
not even mr findus likes them I bet he doesmainly for the profit margins
As a small child I always really wanted mum to get them* but she was too middle class for that(*presumably because of some kind of clever child-targeted marketing)
consequently having never ever had them they remain the holy grail of food in my mind** so I must never ever eat them and destroy this illusion
** much like the toy/pair of trainers one never had as a child that would have made life unmeasurably better - that probably wouldn't have done
consequently having never ever had them they remain the holy grail of food in my mind** so I must never ever eat them and destroy this illusion
** much like the toy/pair of trainers one never had as a child that would have made life unmeasurably better - that probably wouldn't have done
I saw a Lamborghini Countach for the first time a few months backand it was at least as awesome as it was in my head 20 years ago
a kid at my boarding school's stepdad hired one for the day to pick him up for the weekendsadly, he didn't notice the sleeping policeman as he tore down the school drive, which promptly ripped off the front spoiler.
We didn't take the piss, not at all.
We didn't take the piss, not at all.
they've got about six on-loan lambos in the car park here at the momentit's surprising how quickly one gets used to them and stops staring
Heh, you wanted those Clarks magic key princess shoes too then? We never had pot noodles or white breadwhen I was growing up, or basically any processed food at all. This meant that as soon as I left to go to uni I indulged in all these things. This made me the "fine" figure of a woman I am today. I should have listened to my Ma.
same as mewith smack
She had technique.You just burnt your fingers.
Oh wait.I like the ones that are like little more solid triangles and have a thick slice of processed ham in them. They're lovely. I don't think they're Findus tho.
Damn, now I want some.
Damn, now I want some.
only the cheese onesand only in a nostalgic way from the days when farmer's markets sold stuff farmers had grown
i grew up in the 80sthey were a staple!
theymake awesome sandwiches with some ketchup.
Im usrhng my new nokia n95-2 8gig phone on here for the first time, my old samsung u600 put me off phone internet but this is awesome.
Im usrhng my new nokia n95-2 8gig phone on here for the first time, my old samsung u600 put me off phone internet but this is awesome.