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[–] Redacted@lemmy.world 83 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] 10_0@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Do I look like I know what a jpeg is to you?

[–] xor@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 weeks ago

It sounds hot, though

[–] superkret@feddit.org 47 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

I don't understand.
The words "too", "much" and "butter" don't make any sense in that order.

[–] KittyCat@lemmy.world 20 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Its all to taste, I always do a ton of butter when I make cookies to make them extra gooey

[–] Mac@mander.xyz 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

we're best friends now btw

[–] KittyCat@lemmy.world 19 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (4 children)

Here have some homemade Oreos I made

[–] Disgracefulone@discuss.online 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

So uh, when you boarding with me? Rent is 50 homemade Oreos per month, 55 and I'll include my German shepherd and kitty Kat snuggles.

Edit: my pup is hiding bc she dislikes thunder

[–] KittyCat@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

That's a good kitty, that deserves a bonus picture, have some spaghetti cake!

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Stop eating my spaghetti cake.

[–] xlash123@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 weeks ago

Ooo, that looks fun

[–] Mac@mander.xyz 3 points 2 weeks ago

i would cherish every nibble.

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 weeks ago

Try this simple cookie recipe

[–] nightofmichelinstars@sopuli.xyz 9 points 2 weeks ago

Ngl the butter ones look like the best cookie I've ever eaten.

[–] sanosuke001@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 2 weeks ago

I was thinking the same thing, I always drop the flour by a bit to get that effect. The only way to make chocolate chip cookies imo

[–] sundray@lemmus.org 39 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

On the plus side, the uranium-235 cookies will probably stay warm a lot longer than the others.

[–] skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

but uranium has 20 billion calories per gram

[–] sundray@lemmus.org 14 points 2 weeks ago

Hmm... better just have one, then.

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 weeks ago

+/- 3,000 years

[–] 0oWow@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

And it will sustain you for the rest of your life.

[–] mkwt@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Uranium doesn't usually glow in the dark? If you can see a blue glow, you need to get the heck out of there, or submerge it in a lot of water.

[–] sundray@lemmus.org 1 points 2 weeks ago

Water? We've got plenty of that. And it's heavy, so that should mean it's extra safe.

[–] mkwt@lemmy.world 24 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

This is missing a "just right" image for reference, and so everyone can criticize the author's cookie preferences.

[–] JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

There's no such thing as too much butter.

[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 17 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

They all look fine and tasty though? Except the egg one.

[–] stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 weeks ago

I'll take the egg one, gonna leave the uranium one to you though

[–] Adkml@hexbear.net 6 points 2 weeks ago

Was about to say the butter and egg one look great but that might just be cause I really like eggs and have had ones that looked like the too much egg and it was delicious.

[–] Poots@mander.xyz 2 points 2 weeks ago

Hear me out, the egg one but balanced with more brown sugar than white. It’s very similar to the Tate’s brand chocolate chip cookies.

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago

Fun uranium facts: during WWII, one method that the Manhattan Project used to refine uranium (i.e. separate U235 from natural uranium which is mostly non-fissile U238) relied on magnetism. A charged particle moving through a magnetic field experiences a force perpendicular to the direction of motion, which makes it follow a slightly curved path instead of a straight line. This force is the same for both U235 and U238 but since U235 weighs slightly less, its path is slightly more curved. By charging particles of natural uranium and shooting them through a powerful magnetic field, separate collectors can be set up to gather the U235 particles.

Creating the magnetic field required powerful electromagnets. Normally these would have used copper wire but copper was a valuable strategic metal needed for much of the other military hardware the US was producing, so the Manhattan Project "checked out" the United States' reserves of silver to build the magnets. For good measure, the electricity for the magnets came mostly from the hydroelectric dams built as part of the Tennessee Valley Authority projects of the 1930s (this is mainly why the Manhattan Project's uranium processing facilities were located in Oak Ridge). These dams were originally meant to power the production of aluminum, but the US had plenty of other sources for that.

[–] shadowedcross@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 weeks ago

Cookie is cookie.

[–] JohnOliver@feddit.dk 6 points 2 weeks ago

I'd eat all and any of them and not notice anything wrong with them. Except the green one maybe

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Omw to add too much butter and sugar and a little cornstarch to recreate the levain style cookie

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

In the middle there?

They all look pretty great!

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Yep. Cool chart

[–] trolololol@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Where's the example with too much yellow cake?

[–] M1k3y@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 weeks ago

Always hate when that happens

[–] dch82@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 weeks ago

Eat your greens, kids!

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah but you get a healthy green glow with uranium bumped up