Vaniver comments on Harper's Magazine article on LW/MIRI/CFAR and Ethereum - Less Wrong

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Comment author: gwillen 13 December 2014 02:41:03AM 3 points [-]

Can you try to summarize your rules of thumb on consumption of leftovers, and describe to what extent you think they've got a rational basis?

(I discovered last year that I'm actually more lax about it than some people I know, so I'm interested in what you and others think is risky versus safe behavior in this regard, and what that's based on. I guess when I was growing up we tended not to have a lot of leftovers, so it never came up, and I think I may lack an adequate fear of food poisoning as a result.)

Comment author: Vaniver 13 December 2014 02:53:41AM 3 points [-]

Can you try to summarize your rules of thumb on consumption of leftovers, and describe to what extent you think they've got a rational basis?

The primary things that come to mind are "if you notice anything off, dispose of it" and "store things in sealed containers with dates on post-it notes or written with dry erase markers," but most of the stuff I pay attention to these days are food prep rules (since I very rarely have leftovers, and most of the things I consume take a long time to go bad).