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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:admin="http://webns.net/mvcb/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:xCal="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:xcal" xmlns:geo="https://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos#"> <channel> <title>Ask MetaFilter</title> <link>https://ask.metafilter.com/</link> <description>The past 24 hours of questions at Ask MetaFilter</description> <pubDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2025 14:27:41 GMT</pubDate> <lastBuildDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2025 14:27:41 GMT</lastBuildDate> <language>en-us</language> <docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs> <ttl>60</ttl> <atom:link href="https://rss.metafilter.com/ask.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /> <item> <title>Suggest to me famous dancers with good names for a sheep pedigree?</title> <description><![CDATA[This will require a fair bit of explanation so I'm going straight to below the cut.<br/><br/>So, I breed pedigree sheep, and the usual practice is to assign pedigree names that start with 'A' the first year, 'B' the second year, and so on. I found that boring, and because I came from science/tech, I decided to amuse myself by instead assigning names from branches of the sciences in alphabetical order. So the first year all my lambs were named for famous astronomers, the second year for famous botanists, and so on. When there isn't a good branch of the sciences for a letter, I expand to the arts.<br><br>I have now reached the 'K' year and am using Kinaesthetics and famous dancers. I've picked through the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_dancers">Wikipedia list of dancers</a> but it's pretty short (last year I used Jazz musicians and there was a lot more to choose from), especially for names for rams. I expect I'll use Astaire and Duncan and maybe Graham, but some more good choices would be great. Any suggestions for famous dancers with cool names (first or last) from any culture or dance tradition?]]></description> <link>https://ask.metafilter.com/385100/Suggest-to-me-famous-dancers-with-good-names-for-a-sheep-pedigree</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">tag:ask.metafilter.com,2025:site.385100</guid> <pubDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2025 14:27:41 GMT</pubDate> <dc:creator>Rhedyn</dc:creator> <category>dance</category> <category>dancers</category> <wfw:commentRss>https://ask.metafilter.com/385100/Suggest-to-me-famous-dancers-with-good-names-for-a-sheep-pedigree/rss</wfw:commentRss> </item> <item> <title>Weigh Me Down</title> <description><![CDATA[My weighted blanket suddenly doesn't feel heavy anymore. What is happening?<br/><br/>I changed the sheets on my bed last night, and when I went to sleep, my weighted blanket (4 or 5 kilograms, can't remember) suddenly felt like nothing, to the point where I wondered if my husband put something else in the duvet cover.<br><br>I got up to get my old, heavier blanket (8kg) that I stopped using because it was too heavy, and that felt like almost nothing as well. <br><br>I rely on a weighted blanket to help me sleep (thanks, PTSD), and this is really strange. 8kg should be really heavy since it's within the 8-15% of your body weight rule, and usually I get really sore and stiff if I use that one these days, since I can't move well under it. It felt like nothing last night, and I had trouble sleeping.<br><br>Can anyone help me figure this out?]]></description> <link>https://ask.metafilter.com/385099/Weigh-Me-Down</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">tag:ask.metafilter.com,2025:site.385099</guid> <pubDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2025 09:30:24 GMT</pubDate> <dc:creator>LoonyLovegood</dc:creator> <category>sleep</category> <category>weightedblanket</category> <wfw:commentRss>https://ask.metafilter.com/385099/Weigh-Me-Down/rss</wfw:commentRss> </item> <item> <title>Jerusalem in a minor key?</title> <description><![CDATA[I'd like to hear a version of Jerusalem in a minor key. Bonus for other important songs transposed major to minor or vice versa.<br/><br/>I watched <a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ob5n_TzZjX4">this clip by Bill Bailey</a>. <br><br>If you go later in the clip to when he actually gets funny (I tend to dislike the mocking of getting above your station aspect of British humor), he starts to talk about major and minor keys and does some transposition. He puts the US national anthem in a minor key, which is great. But he then plays Jerusalem in what to my untrained ear, is the regular major key. (He's playing for the then crown prince, so I understand why he didn't mock the unofficial anthem of England) But it made me want to hear what Jerusalem would sound like in a minor key. So are there any recordings? Using "ai" is something I'd like to avoid like the plague that it is, if there are (non ai) online tools that can transpose songs, that'd be great as well.]]></description> <link>https://ask.metafilter.com/385098/Jerusalem-in-a-minor-key</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">tag:ask.metafilter.com,2025:site.385098</guid> <pubDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2025 07:41:27 GMT</pubDate> <dc:creator>Hactar</dc:creator> <category>JerusalemSong</category> <category>MinorKey</category> <category>MusicalTransposition</category> <wfw:commentRss>https://ask.metafilter.com/385098/Jerusalem-in-a-minor-key/rss</wfw:commentRss> </item> <item> <title>iCloud frozen in file upload for weeks</title> <description><![CDATA[Recently, I noticed that the little pie indicator for iCloud in my sidebar was sitting with a mere sliver for days on end. It claims to be uploading four files. I can't get it to either finish, or stop. Help.<br/><br/>I've searched for answers online, and lots of people seem to have this problem, and some of them have solved it, but people are not great at explaining things, so their solutions haven't helped me. If you have a solution, explain it to me like I've never seen a computer before.<br><br>There doesn't seem to be any way to figure out what files it thinks it's trying to upload. If I'm wrong about this, point me in the right direction.<br><br>I've tried restarting the computer; I've made sure I have plenty of storage in my iCloud account. I've futzed around with the iCloud settings, and toggled iCloud backups off and then on again. Nothing.<br><br>I have a 2022 MacBook Air with an M2 chip, running Sequois 15.3.2.]]></description> <link>https://ask.metafilter.com/385097/iCloud-frozen-in-file-upload-for-weeks</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">tag:ask.metafilter.com,2025:site.385097</guid> <pubDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2025 05:52:31 GMT</pubDate> <dc:creator>Well I never</dc:creator> <category>apple</category> <category>iCloud</category> <category>mac</category> <category>MacbBook</category> <wfw:commentRss>https://ask.metafilter.com/385097/iCloud-frozen-in-file-upload-for-weeks/rss</wfw:commentRss> </item> <item> <title>Bath and home spa gift ideas?</title> <description><![CDATA[I plan to give a gift to my sister of items for the bath or a home spa treatment, that type of thing. Do you have any suggestions? One thing she has been interested in in the past is a foot mask, but I am open to any thing related. We live in the USA, she in the Northwest and I in the Southwest.]]></description> <link>https://ask.metafilter.com/385096/Bath-and-home-spa-gift-ideas</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">tag:ask.metafilter.com,2025:site.385096</guid> <pubDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2025 05:45:08 GMT</pubDate> <dc:creator>NotLost</dc:creator> <category>bathgifts</category> <category>homespagifts</category> <wfw:commentRss>https://ask.metafilter.com/385096/Bath-and-home-spa-gift-ideas/rss</wfw:commentRss> </item> <item> <title>memoirs or novels about mid-life (40s)?</title> <description><![CDATA[Looking for engrossing, moving memoirs and novels about becoming middle-aged, but <strong><em>not</em></strong> about marriage or parenting/children. What's your favorite?<br/><br/>Parameters: 20th-21st century, American or British. Protagonist of any gender and race. Prefer urban/city settings. I love work with a strong sense of place/region. <br><br>Looking for themes that include aging, nostalgia for the past, pursuing the life of an artist, the passage of time, self-discovery, and/or the evolution of friendships. I also like books about grief/loss and loneliness. <br><br>In the past I've liked Miranda July but her recent work is a bit too heavy on romantic relationships for me.]]></description> <link>https://ask.metafilter.com/385095/memoirs-or-novels-about-mid-life-40s</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">tag:ask.metafilter.com,2025:site.385095</guid> <pubDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2025 05:34:25 GMT</pubDate> <dc:creator>cboggs</dc:creator> <category>books</category> <category>fiction</category> <category>literature</category> <category>memoirs</category> <category>novels</category> <wfw:commentRss>https://ask.metafilter.com/385095/memoirs-or-novels-about-mid-life-40s/rss</wfw:commentRss> </item> <item> <title>Mold in my window AC</title> <description><![CDATA[There is mold growing in my window AC unit (GE Profile PHC06/PHC08). It is definitely mold, not just dirt or dust. What should I do?<br/><br/>Ideas for what to do:<br>1. Take it apart and clean it. If mine is like other units, I saw a YouTube video about how you can take off the outer case. Then there seems to be disagreement about how to clean it, but I figure I can at least vacuum the mold off. I was able to wipe the part that I was able to reach pretty easily (the external plastic vent part that you can change the direction of). But will it just come back? And is it too dangerous?<br>2. Hire someone to clean it. But most contractors are bad where I live (DC), I would be worried they would break the refrigerant tubing.<br>3. Get a new one. But what if that one gets mold? I have only had this one since Sep. 2021.<br>4. Nothing. I had it on fan all last night and I didn't get any allergy symptoms.]]></description> <link>https://ask.metafilter.com/385094/Mold-in-my-window-AC</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">tag:ask.metafilter.com,2025:site.385094</guid> <pubDate>Sat, 29 Mar 2025 22:26:49 GMT</pubDate> <dc:creator>catquas</dc:creator> <category>ac</category> <category>AirConditioning</category> <category>appliance</category> <category>clean</category> <category>mold</category> <wfw:commentRss>https://ask.metafilter.com/385094/Mold-in-my-window-AC/rss</wfw:commentRss> </item> <item> <title>What was this 1970's book about a European man in Africa?</title> <description><![CDATA[I would love to find a memoir I read in the late 70's written by a European man in Africa who became known for being able to rid villages of black mamba snakes. There was much more to the book, but the snake wrangling was memorable. Or maybe I'm conflating more than one book? Thank you.]]></description> <link>https://ask.metafilter.com/385093/What-was-this-1970s-book-about-a-European-man-in-Africa</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">tag:ask.metafilter.com,2025:site.385093</guid> <pubDate>Sat, 29 Mar 2025 22:11:09 GMT</pubDate> <dc:creator>Gusaroo</dc:creator> <category>Africa</category> <category>blackmamba</category> <category>Memoir</category> <wfw:commentRss>https://ask.metafilter.com/385093/What-was-this-1970s-book-about-a-European-man-in-Africa/rss</wfw:commentRss> </item> <item> <title>Kale tonight - how?</title> <description><![CDATA[I have a giant pile of kale from a farm stand. So, picked literally this morning. Tonight for dinner we are having the tomato feta pasta that went viral during Covid. How should I cook this kale to complement that?<br/><br/>That's it, that's the question. Is it as simple as just sautéing it slowly with some olive oil and salt until it gets tender? Cooks of Metafilter, help me, please!]]></description> <link>https://ask.metafilter.com/385092/Kale-tonight-how</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">tag:ask.metafilter.com,2025:site.385092</guid> <pubDate>Sat, 29 Mar 2025 21:44:17 GMT</pubDate> <dc:creator>BlahLaLa</dc:creator> <category>Kale</category> <category>resolved</category> <wfw:commentRss>https://ask.metafilter.com/385092/Kale-tonight-how/rss</wfw:commentRss> </item> <item> <title>Why are American egg cooking times so long?</title> <description><![CDATA[<a href="https://ask.metafilter.com/385087/Foolproof-scrambled-eggs-for-an-egg-fool">This question</a> has confused me utterly. I even timed myself scrambling eggs today - it takes me less than 35 seconds at just-over-lowest heat for fairly dry eggs. Yet all the recipes described and linked in that thread refer to from 5 minutes at medium heat to <strong>40</strong> minutes at low heat.<br/><br/>I have only been in a couple of US hotels, but the scrambled eggs at breakfast had a similar texture to those I make, same for multiple European hotels catering to American tourists. I've also watched (European) cooks make eggs to order on portable cookers during hotel breakfasts and they were maybe a little slower than my gas stove, but nowhere like 5 minutes - three, tops, at very low heat. And recipes on Polish and German sites refer to a "couple" minutes at low heat, which is my experience on electric burners in Europe.<br><br>Are American and/or UK stoves just different? Are the eggs? Is it a question of whether you're making more than a single serving (2-3 eggs at once) or pan size?<br><br>(The one time it did take me ages, like 15 minutes to cook scrambled eggs was when I had a very old and weak stove in a rental in Iceland, and I was making 8 eggs at once in the same size of pan I usually use for three. I purposefully used very low heat because it was like an inch thick layer of eggs.)]]></description> <link>https://ask.metafilter.com/385091/Why-are-American-egg-cooking-times-so-long</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">tag:ask.metafilter.com,2025:site.385091</guid> <pubDate>Sat, 29 Mar 2025 18:24:36 GMT</pubDate> <dc:creator>I claim sanctuary</dc:creator> <category>egg</category> <category>scrambledeggs</category> <wfw:commentRss>https://ask.metafilter.com/385091/Why-are-American-egg-cooking-times-so-long/rss</wfw:commentRss> </item> <item> <title>Tomato abundance</title> <description><![CDATA[I have about three cups of cherry tomatoes. What should I make with these?<br/><br/>Restrictions: No eggs, mushrooms, peas or canning.]]></description> <link>https://ask.metafilter.com/385089/Tomato-abundance</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">tag:ask.metafilter.com,2025:site.385089</guid> <pubDate>Sat, 29 Mar 2025 17:21:53 GMT</pubDate> <dc:creator>NotLost</dc:creator> <category>cherrytomatoes</category> <category>tomatoes</category> <wfw:commentRss>https://ask.metafilter.com/385089/Tomato-abundance/rss</wfw:commentRss> </item> </channel></rss> If you would like to create a banner that links to this page (i.e. this validation result), do the following:
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