Whoa ! Nice , TIL . <| sep |> Sorry for the confusion . I am a CS freshman student , and I ' m just curious about how devices like Amazon ' s Echo , Siri , etc work . How they take voice commands and do actions . Also how could I learn to create devices like these ? <| sep |> Squash . All of the squash . <| sep |> Dude that ' s awesome ! I ' ve got my great grandpa ' s discharge papers from the black hawk war . <| sep |> My mom prepares the meals , but she puts a lot on the plate , and says she wants me to eat how ever much she gives to me . Even if your mom always does all the cooking , at your age you should be able to take a bit more responsibility and therefore control over the plating of your portions . I hope your mom wouldn ' t be offended by that . In many families , it is normal for each person to plate his or her own meal directly from the cookware andor from large serving dishes hence the term familystyle service in the few restaurants that offer this . Do the other adults in your household plate their own meals , or does your mother do it for them as well ? If your mother ' s concerns are more about the opticsemotions around wasting food , rather than a compulsive need to control your nutrition , this should help to solve your problems without anyone getting upset .