*banned 4 MarkDown love* @design_RG@qoto.org

@Sphinx What programme required that? Mine here, the best one I have, is just a bit under. Quad core i7, 2 GHz max. Got 8 GB ram though.

Ram made a big difference when running BlueStacks Android emulator, it runs smooth here; on my Thinkpad, a test install, it ran after complaining, 4 GB too low, blah blah blah, and it was slow and not fun.

A nice Android environment for testing or running any android apps in a Windows machine though. Very easy install.

@Sphinx
Yes, it's salted cod, prepared in the oven. With a lot of fresh virgin olive oil and garlic, not much else required.

This style of preparing it originated when people took their olives to the Lagar (the place with the equipment to press them), extracted them and had this rich, rich olive oil - which you waited a full year for, there's only one crop per year.

That is basically Olive juice, and the freshest the better. Can't get any fresher than just after pressing it. 😜

so people devised this style, recipe, to taste the oil and prepare a meal. It goes in the oven, and the olive oil gets infused by the garlic, and then penetrates the potatoes, which have been hit by a hand blow to crack them (Batatas ao Murro is the local name, Potatoes Smacked in a free translation).

This takes a while to prepare, time in the oven. but it's worth the wait.

Accompany ANY Cod dish with RED wine, not white. The fish is tangy with concentrated flavour, and white just is not robust enough.

@11112011 Knows this style for sure. 😉 🍷

@mngrif @Rovine

@dayvancowboy Funny that you should mention Relayer, a wondeful image. I have it open since a day or so ago, in one of zillion tabs here, lol.

Here's a line, full quailty image.

http://popdose.com/wp-content/uploads/roger-dean-yes-relayer-album-cover.jpg

@Sphinx @mngrif @Rovine
Not my photo, but to prove food pics don't have to be nasty.

Bacalhau à Lagareiro, aka Cod Lagar style. Best way to prepare it in my opinion. Glorious food of Portugal. 🇵🇹

I will even throw in the desert, Pastéis de Nata, Custard Tarte in UK speak.

@mngrif Nah, gotta have a pic to claim excellence and ++reputation. 😛

@mngrif It's spreading out too, they have it in Brazil.

Preceded by prices been raised, so they can be discounted for the sale! 😛

@Rovine @freemo @ragnar

Here's the wiki page about the novels and TV series :

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Discovery_of_Witches

@Rovine
Yes, the book I mentioned above, a recent novel series, is based on an English publication of the 1600's, which was an actual witch hunting manual. Many times these could be aimed at acquiring the victim's property, which the appointed judge (hugely profitable job) could dispose at their discretion.
@ragnar @freemo
Very interesting that you have those interests. Must be wonderful reading.

I like Alchemy a lot too.

@Rovine
Uhm... Remember the Salem Trials?

And Holly Inquisition in Europe?

Hundreds died.

"A Discovery of Witches" is a nice series of books that I really enjoyed reading. There's a TV series by Sky TV too, very well made.
@ragnar @freemo

@Rovine @ragnar @freemo
Intersting that the #3 instance on the list is a small one - they must have been having BIG growth to make it up that spot.

The exposure at the top spots, along with the bigger images for it also help the incumbents.

@Rovine
I like wizardry too, but real ones don't go out advertising like that. 😉
@ragnar @freemo

@ragnar @freemo

STEM beating the Witches to the first spot!

https://joinmastodon.org/#getting-started

@freemo That's a beautiful quote. TY! 🤔

@biologyshyology Ooooh. 😟

That is a LOT on your plate. Hope it all goes well.

@Iambharani The bottom center one, right? Looks nice!

@biologyshyology Great fun, to discover something or create something from scratch.

@freemo Oh, amazing!

The gas is totally vented and lost, everytime then? Nice to learn something new, TY.
@Karthikdeva

@peterdrake That is indeed perplexing. 😟

I visited the wiki page you posted the other day, and it's very nice. Well done, sir.