Must have been all those “waving American flags” animations. Oh, and that eagle.

while ($care < 0) {$care–}

Granny smith slices are heavenly with a dab of brown mustard. Has to be Granny smith though.

And Nathan Fielder for our transportation secretary

They probably enjoy it too, sick fucks

It must really suck right now for all the regular dudes whose name is Sam Sung just trying to go about their lives

It’s not done fattening us up yet, silly!

I’ve fantasized a few times about having a fridge that knows its contents and adds items to a shopping list as they get low. maybe it could check prices at local stores or help combat waste by suggesting recipes based on what we already have at home.

Would I trust any company currently making smart-fridges to deliver on all that, and then willingly invite that product with its attendant surveillance apparatus into my home? Absolutely not.

If we ever have a fridge like that, I will have built it myself.

You expect me to just stare into space while I’m grabbing my verification can?

I agree with most of that, but there are loads of embedded systems still running the equivalent of Windows XP and they’re chugging along just fine. That OS still receives updates and ending that would break a lot of backend stuff. Mostly banking.

Boeing just started making planes which don’t rely on floppy disks for updates. That will continue on the older part of the fleet until it’s no longer feasible to procure the disks or the planes are no longer airworthy. I mean, why not? If you only need to store a few mbs for something critical, it’s not a bad choice of medium.

If a system is secure, reliable and works for decades without complaint, there’s no need to fix that.

I’ll bring the popcorn

Couldn’t you theoretically swap out the tpm chip? Or spoof/emulate it? If not, how do VMs run Win11, do they just inherit the host tpm chip and that’s that? I feel like this was the same goal of having a mac address on each device, and it became irrelevant in short order.

Upgrades are more seamless as well, it’s definitely a bit more blurry of a process. Plus Ubuntu releases twice a year, so their versions are more like the equivalent of Microsoft’s service packs (or whatever they call them now) but on a rolling basis.

We need to build… a wall

/s

Anyone else find it really jarring that MTG has some good takes here and there lately? First Gaza, now this? I mean, she’s still clearly the same awful hag as always, but the cynic in me wonders if she’s trying to rehab her image or something after all the heinous shenanigans.

wdym? They would definitely send a welcoming party

I can break these cuffs!

Be careful with cheap spices. If it’s from a trusted brand, sure, go for it. Whole spices tend to be more trustworthy than powders (and sometimes cheaper). But there have been some instances of heavy metal contamination of cheap powdered spices. Especially the imported powders you’ll see a lot in international grocery stores. Even if it is safe, you don’t know how long it’s been sitting in the store or waiting in a far away warehouse.

If you see super-cheap cinnamon, it’s usually Cassia cinnamon, which contains high levels of coumarin, a blood thinner. “Real” cinnamon is Ceylon. It’s more expensive, but has much lower levels of coumarin, and most prefer its more delicate flavor. Afaik labels aren’t required to disclose what kind of cinnamon you’re buying, but the more reputable brands sell the Ceylon variety and label it as such. You can also get whole cinnamon, and the two varieties are easy to tell apart.

I like getting spices from stores with a bulk spices section. e.g., if you need a tbsp of cinnamon, or a single star anise, a very specific amount of something you’ll only use once, etc… you put only what you need in a little container and purchase it by weight. It will be super cheap compared to a whole prepackaged container and you’ll always have a fresh product with no waste. You can even bring/reuse your own containers! A lot of local food co-ops have a bulk area with spices. “Frontier Co-op” is a popular vendor for bulk sets, and their stuff is vetted and super high quality. Best of both worlds IMO.

It is harvest time for fruit trees in many areas. My area has apple trees and a lot have fallen due to a drought. I can look on the ground within a 100yd radius of my place and probably rustle up a pie’s worth of decent fruits. Further south the paw paws are coming in. And later in the season, walnuts and hickory nuts will come in. I know not everyone is so lucky to live in a forageable area, but you also might be surprised what’s around.

fallingfruit.org is a fantastic resource if you’re looking for sources of free food. They have mobile apps as well.

He’s had the same roll of one-ply all summer