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The UX on this small child is terrible

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Re: The UX on this small child is terrible

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Post by medstrom »

Jenk wrote: post #114
Karupan wrote: post #102

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Genuinely curious as a vegetarian: aren't vegetables considered a part of daily meals in your household? I've been asked this question by a couple of friends and in my experience, it depends on how the veggies are cooked (there are a million ways to make them tasty), and if the kids actually see adults eat veggies regularly.

Typically "vegetables" are synonymous with "the boring vegetables" when it comes to convincing kids to eat them. They'll jam in the mash potato like it's going out of fashion, but the kale/cabbage gets funny looks and derision. I try to get creative with my vegetables so that not only my kids eat them more, but so do I. and by creative I mean "add lots of different flavours, herbs, and spices to mask their otherwise…

Using the adjective "dullness" is unimaginable to me. All the vegs I've ever fried were delicious. No spices, all I need is butter and salt. How are you folks preparing those vegs?

Re: The UX on this small child is terrible

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Post by User23 »

mithr wrote: post #73
cameldrv wrote: post #49

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I've heard some speculation that this can be related to breast vs. formula feeding. If the mom eats a lot of vegetables, some of the tastes will come out in the milk and get the baby accustomed to those tastes.

This is highly unlikely, similarly to claims that eating cruciferous vegetables will lead to gassy breast-fed babies. Breast milk isn't the distilled contents of the parent's stomach. In contrast, alcohol (for example) is a problem because it affects the parent's bloodstream , not because it fills their stomach.

The percentage of alcohol that makes it into breast milk, which is the mother’s blood alcohol content, is less than the percentage in a typical slice of yeast leavened bread[1]. Coma level alcohol abuse is a BAC of 0.4%, which is the around the minimum found in bread. It’s very important to remember that this intake is going through baby’s gut and liver. On the other hand drinking while pregnant is essentially putting baby on an alcohol IV and is extremely harmful.

The real danger of alcohol for breastfeeding is that it can impair the mother’s ability to properly hold the child, among other things.

Obviously I don’t advocate drinking and nursing, but if mom does have a couple glasses of wine with dinner she shouldn’t be wracked with guilt if she has to nurse.

[1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1709087/?page=1

Re: The UX on this small child is terrible

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Post by hluska »

dgivney wrote: post #112
hluska wrote: post #107

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My parents tried that when I was the model in question. They discovered that at best, forcing a reboot triggers unpredictable output from the model's emotional processing unit. At worst, the sneak process starts running with full privileges over the system.

Ah yes, I can see the regression tests are failing so it's likely a developer error.

No, that was my sister. I was the proof of concept. Management didn't accept that my test results were typical so they kept resourcing development.

Re: The UX on this small child is terrible

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Post by frereubu »

hluska wrote: post #118
Karupan wrote: post #102

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Genuinely curious as a vegetarian: aren't vegetables considered a part of daily meals in your household? I've been asked this question by a couple of friends and in my experience, it depends on how the veggies are cooked (there are a million ways to make them tasty), and if the kids actually see adults eat veggies regularly.

I'm almost entirely plant based and despite this, my child will not go near a vegetable. It's reached a point where I use extra vegetables when I make stocks because she will eat soup, but only if it has meat and no visible vegetables. Putting extra vegetables in the stock likely accomplishes nothing but it makes me feel a little bit better. I've gone so far as to watch exotic cooking shows on YouTube with her to see…

You can hide a multitude of vegetables in a blended tomato sauce with paste, or on top of a pizza.

Re: The UX on this small child is terrible

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Post by aidenn0 »

hathawsh wrote: post #97
munificent wrote: post #81

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Shout-out to Adams peanut butter which is delicious and has zero sugar.

Some Adams trivia: - It's owned by Smucker's. I normally dislike anything from Smucker's, but Adams is a nice exception. - If you get the giant jar from Costco, the oil separation is a significant issue. There's a simple solution: dump it all into a big mixing bowl (with the help of a silicone spatula), mix it, and pour it back into the jar. I did it last time I bought it and it was worth the 10 minutes I spent. - On…

Just because this has been bugging me for years:

Why are all zero-sugar-added PBs not homogenized? It seems unlikely to me that sugar is the primary homogenizing agent in e.g. Skippy. I dread opening a new jar of peanut butter to the point where I will look for other things...

Re: The UX on this small child is terrible

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Post by quartesixte »

acdha wrote: post #133
cpursley wrote: post #28

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Can somebody explain the "won't eat vegetables" thing? The only place I've heard about this being in issue is in America.

It's a combination of several factors: American kids foods tend to be heavily processed and run to sweet, which will set the baseline if you let it, and there's this widespread belief that children won't eat grownup food so you should offer something else. We only offer what we're eating and, unsurprisingly, he has learned that as normal. That doesn't mean he eats everything — bitter flavors really are a learned tast…

> children won't eat grownup food so you should offer something else.

Having grown up in an immigrant household where the children’s plate is just a smaller version of the adult plate, is this a thing in American households? The kids eat an entirely separate meal-course from the adults?

I know baby food is processed but once a kid gets teeth, they’re just given what the adults eat.

My grandmother would have banish from the table if I had ever even dared to ask to eat something separate.

Re: The UX on this small child is terrible

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Post by Karupan »

hluska wrote: post #118
Karupan wrote: post #102

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Genuinely curious as a vegetarian: aren't vegetables considered a part of daily meals in your household? I've been asked this question by a couple of friends and in my experience, it depends on how the veggies are cooked (there are a million ways to make them tasty), and if the kids actually see adults eat veggies regularly.

I'm almost entirely plant based and despite this, my child will not go near a vegetable. It's reached a point where I use extra vegetables when I make stocks because she will eat soup, but only if it has meat and no visible vegetables. Putting extra vegetables in the stock likely accomplishes nothing but it makes me feel a little bit better. I've gone so far as to watch exotic cooking shows on YouTube with her to see…

I’m sure social pressure is a major contributor. If she doesn’t see her friends enjoy veggies or eat them daily, I’m sure she will resist as well.

Re: The UX on this small child is terrible

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Post by hluska »

frereubu wrote: post #145
hluska wrote: post #118

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I'm almost entirely plant based and despite this, my child will not go near a vegetable. It's reached a point where I use extra vegetables when I make stocks because she will eat soup, but only if it has meat and no visible vegetables. Putting extra vegetables in the stock likely accomplishes nothing but it makes me feel a little bit better. I've gone so far as to watch exotic cooking shows on YouTube with her to see…

You can hide a multitude of vegetables in a blended tomato sauce with paste, or on top of a pizza.

You know, you'd think so. Unfortunately, she embodies everything I love(d) about hacker culture in her pursuit of a vegetable free existence. It would be admirable if I didn't really want to feed her a damned vegetable. :)

Re: The UX on this small child is terrible

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Post by stavros »

coldtea wrote: post #140
stavros wrote: post #83

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This is a very good summary of my culinary experience visiting the US. This is not to say that good restaurants don't exist, it's just that cheap/everyday restaurants had everything cranked up to 11. The Cheesecake Factory menu was basically butter and sugar in different ratios.

With that kind of cuisine how would they ever appreciate the finer taste of splinanetero and arnisia ameletita?

Oh man, don't give me an appetite.
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