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LoneLocust

@LoneLocust@mastodon.social

I am a retired government CIO. #Podcast host (Fusion Patrol.) Married, 25 years, kids at university. Citizen #Potawatomi Nation member. #Ebike enthusiast. #Atheist. SciFi & Tokusatsu Fan (Trek, Doctor Who, Blakes 7, Babylon 5, Kamen Rider, Ultraman, and many more.). Love a good crossword or #KillerSudoku. Recently published app in iOS App Store (Killer Sudoku Aide.) Probably other stuff but I wasn't expecting the Spanish Inquisition.

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This is the kind of thing that really gets my brain churning, and not in a good way. This will bug me for days.

This box of Macaroni & Beef says, “30% MORE MEAT*
*REQUIRED BY THE MACARONI & BEEF IN SAUCE STANDARD”

Who establishes the macaroni & beef in sauce standard?

Is it the United Nations? The macaroni and beef board? Who?

LoneLocust,
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@rscottjones That seems… oddly specific. Is there a standardized lasagna holotype? Has the FDA defined the exact ratio of beans to cheese in a bean burrito? Why THIS dish? Why don’t the 3 dozen other Stouffer’s frozen dishes tout their compliance? And why isn’t the standard named?

When a company complies with something, they typically identify it. EG, the organic food scam references the FDA standard because it sounds better.

This feels like there’s a story to be told about this label.

LoneLocust,
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@rscottjones FYI

https://www.ams.usda.gov/sites/default/files/media/CID%20Macaroni%20and%20Beef%20in%20Tomato%20Sauce%2C%20Frozen.pdf

scalzi, to random
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The Saga Museum in Reykjavik has an unusually large amount of murdering in it

LoneLocust,
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@scalzi if a group of crows is a “murder of crows,” what is a group of murders?

Is it a “crow of murders?”

LoneLocust, to cricket
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Finally caught up on what happened in the final.

Wish I hadn’t.

LoneLocust, to random
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Not by choice would I choose a day trip to Payson up the beeline highway (what asshole named that winding, hilly road a “bee line?”) on Memorial Day weekend but needs must.

I am absolutely exhausted after hours on that road in that traffic.

LoneLocust, to random
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I’m tempted to say that all I need AI to do for me is automate my way around Captcha.

LoneLocust, to random
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In the pines, still 27°.

LoneLocust, to random
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When I heard that vinyl records were making a comeback, at first I thought it was a collective joke (like a flash mob or something,) then I realized it was a massive practical joke being played on people.

But after seeing this news piece, which is the next “logical” step on the path back to the Edison wax cynlinder photograph, by way of the 8-track tape, I’m convinced this is far more sinister. They’re just trying to burn the word to the ground.

https://youtu.be/Vr2_CUAldjQ?si=cN11WJpxYQ2dbjbX

LoneLocust, to random
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But no matter what song you hum, it identifies it as Deutschlandlied.
https://mastodon.social/@verge/112504759976624863

jgamet, to UX
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How is having to select “no” 12 times to opt out of tracking and targeted ads acceptable? This is why ad, cookie, and tracker blockers are so popular. #UX #fail https://instagr.am/p/C7ZlpmCvB-b/

LoneLocust,
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@jgamet If they only ask once, you might accidentally click “no” and miss out on their world-class tracking service.

LoneLocust, to random
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With the boy going this Sunday to work at camp all summer we took the opportunity to go out for “fancy” pizza before he leaves.

LoneLocust, to random
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So, re-framing this story: the bug was not in iOS 17.5, but in earlier versions of iOS that never realized the database had either be corrupted by a fault in the deletion process or the database was corrupted by something else causing the deletion process to fail to do a proper deletion.

17.5 apparently cleared up the corruption, resurfacing the photos.

Believe me, I’ve seen that happen in database software before.
https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/112497014510861757

LoneLocust, to random
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These new Epinephrine Auto-Injectors come with a “trainer” injector for practice.

Is it wrong that I really want to try the trainer?

(Note: it doesn’t pierce the skin. I asked the pharmacist.)

LoneLocust, to random
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#Siri has apparently started saying, “um hum” again when I make some requests.

I thought they’d killed that.

LoneLocust, to random
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I feel cheated.

I see all these people posting the amazingly god-awful answers that gives them to questions and I keep asking myself, “how come every time I ask I just get a blank screen?“

darmato, to random
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A lil' Phoenix humor for ya.

LoneLocust,
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@darmato totally off point but… cool, is that’s what’s opening in the old Jack-in-the-Box building on Central?

LoneLocust, to random
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“…new product line will include frozen pizzas, sandwich melts, grain bowls, and pastas that are ‘portion-aligned to a weight loss medication user’s appetite.’”

So… they mean sensibly-sized portions?

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The next food marketing blitz is aimed at people on new weight-loss drugs | Ars Technica
https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/05/with-weight-loss-drugs-booming-companies-target-dieters-with-new-foods/

LoneLocust, to random
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My MacBook already doesn’t have a crease in it.
https://mastodon.social/@macrumors/112490734852701196

rscottjones, to Phoenix
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When many people think of , they think of endless suburban sprawl. And, certainly, that’s part of the story. But here’s something that many are surprised to learn:

Four of the five largest city parks are located in metro Phoenix

https://rscottjones.com/the-largest-city-parks-in-the-united-states/

[15/31] for
[17/100] for

LoneLocust, (edited )
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@rscottjones Maybe Skyline could annex another 600 acres and knock Texas off the radar?

(Edit: technical link comment removed)

LoneLocust, to cricket
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Watching USA vs Bangladesh in . Shocked that USA apparently beat Bangladesh the other day. Not going to happen today, I fear.

Match in Houston. The field looks awful. No stands. Maybe 50 people watching the match.

Still… go team USA!

LoneLocust,
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I could be wrong. The USA might pull this one out. 19th over, 9 wickets down.

glennf, to random
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The dystopian future in which humanity relegated to shining the shoes of robots (1909).

LoneLocust,
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@glennf I can’t take this ad seriously.

The very idea that robots would smoke pipes is ludicrous. Being vapers seems much more credible.

LoneLocust, to random
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My experiences with Waymo so far have been most satisfactory.

Far less scary than riding in a car with an unknown, untrusted human.
https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/112484401923377732

LoneLocust,
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@simonwood Timing is everything!

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/tesla-owner-says-cars-self-driving-mode-fsd-train-crash-video-rcna153345

LoneLocust,
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@simonwood I imagine he must’ve been one of the people who paid the $8000/$10,000 (accounts vary) fee to have the FSD product.

If you spend that much money, goddamnit, you’re gonna use it even if it fucking kills you.

I’d bet you even money he buys another Tesla, too.

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