jakwithoutac

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[–] jakwithoutac@feddit.uk 1 points 11 hours ago

This was incredibly nerdy and I loved every second of it

[–] jakwithoutac@feddit.uk 6 points 3 days ago

Ok fine, yes you are correct in that you can’t advertise a packet of staples as a frozen turkey crown, but you’re also arguing about a different scope. Apologies for speaking like a human on lemmy and not some sort of weird internet law robot.

This is a demonstration of what I’m talking about. To save you the click, this pack of ‘deli fresh’ turkey breast makes no mention of the cornstarch, dextrose or vinegar listed on the ingredients label. ‘Deli fresh’ is itself artistic license, as the product is packaged in plastic and not being served fresh from a deli.

[–] jakwithoutac@feddit.uk 8 points 3 days ago

Any reason you conveniently left out the start of the sentence you’ve quoted? Because the bit you’ve left out changes the tone pretty significantly.

In this particular situation I’d deem positive confirmation to be something like a vegan certification, as opposed to the absence of something.

Combine the absence of milk from the ingredients on something advertising itself as butter with no other distinguishing information and that adds up to suspicion for me.

[–] jakwithoutac@feddit.uk 31 points 3 days ago (7 children)

ITT: lots of people wondering why this is an issue at all when obviously butter contains milk.

It’s because the company can effectively print whatever they like for the name of the product with no regard to the actual ingredients. A consumer needs to know what they’re actually buying because of things like allergies and intolerances.

In this case, and depending on the severity of the allergy, that missing ingredient warning could cause someone a bad case of the farts or something as serious as anaphylactic shock.

This being said, I’d still agree that people not wanting to consume milk should stick to products with positive confirmation that it is milk-free.

[–] jakwithoutac@feddit.uk 4 points 3 months ago

When I make my own pizza I use the spare sauce as a dip. Bit of olive oil and fresh basil over the whole thing makes the crust pretty much as nice as the rest.

Also for the stuffed I think you have to do more of a burrito roll type thing so that the edge is trapped by the weight of the stuffing.

 
[–] jakwithoutac@feddit.uk 61 points 3 months ago (11 children)

So the answers in this post are mostly that people are downvoting the bot because it is often wrong and then others defending it by saying “it’s not wrong it’s just based on American politics”.

If the bot reported from a range of sources that reflect a number of different political perspectives I’m sure it’d be more useful outside of the scope of American politics, and therefore wouldn’t get downvoted.

As far as I’m concerned the vote system is working as intended.

The internet is not American. There are no nations on lemmy ✌️

[–] jakwithoutac@feddit.uk 6 points 3 months ago

Normally I’d whole heartedly agree, but to be accused of anything even close to CSAM means he is likely one of:

  • guilty, and not smart enough to hide it
  • innocent, and incredibly stupid (considering his position in media)
  • the victim of a very dark Wile E. Cayote frame up job

Guess we’ll all find out soon enough.

[–] jakwithoutac@feddit.uk 35 points 3 months ago (20 children)

Oh ffs is anybody on TV not a paedo?!

[–] jakwithoutac@feddit.uk 12 points 3 months ago

Man, top ranking Russian officials are hella clumsy

[–] jakwithoutac@feddit.uk 2 points 3 months ago

Generally in the UK I’ve learned that what we consider ‘high’ mileage is actually more like average or moderate mileage. This means there’s a sweet spot for cars with around 60-70k miles that are way more affordable than they’d otherwise be, and are usually just as reliable as everything else so long as they’ve been maintained. Like the other guy has said you’ll still pay out for maintenance, but this tends to be cheaper than PCP, lease, or other finance products.

Ex-fleet cars are good for this as they tend to be mostly motorway miles and have been maintained as per contract requirements, so offer a better-than-good chance of being a hidden gem.

The Jags you’ve been looking at are examples of this as a lot tend to be company cars.

From discussion about this with friends, it is felt that exceptions to this rule are things like pickups, vans and other commercial vehicles.

Obviously the usual disclaimers apply - always inspect, look up history, check the service logs and drive a vehicle before purchase. Also, with any second hand purchase there is an element of risk, but lots of dealers offer warranties to protect against the dreaded lemons.

[–] jakwithoutac@feddit.uk 3 points 1 year ago

My word, some good news! Hopefully the extension happens and all my country-boy dreams can come true

[–] jakwithoutac@feddit.uk 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We got a rice cooker that can also be a slow cooker, which is another useful strategy. Chop stuff up in the morning, chuck it all in, set it going then eat whenever you want.

 

Is there a user guide for this app anywhere? Or am I getting ahead of myself a bit?

I keep hitting obstacles like not knowing how to edit posts or search in a specific community. It would be good to be able to reference a guide of some sort so that I can find out how to do stuff or if the feature isn’t implemented yet without bugging this community.

 

Yes this has been asked and answered a million times I’m sure. There is a plethora of ‘top ten distros for Linux gaming’ lists out there and the majority of posts I can find on That Other Site seem to devolve into “every distro can do games”.

I’m interested in what you are using and your experience doing so. Any gotchas you wished you knew? Anything you tried that didn’t work, or anything that worked unexpectedly well? What would you say if your friend asked this over a few pints down the pub?

 

Came across a post while scrolling my home feed that had a screen shot of the WefWef view of a community’s posts as the image. Both my feed and the screenshot were dark theme, meaning it was nearly impossible to distinguish until I scrolled all the way to the bottom - obviously the poster had a longer phone than I do as the image took up the entirety of the screen and it just looked like WefWef was no longer displaying the community for each post. Super confusing.

I’ve added a screenshot of my own as the image for this post as an example.

I’ll go off now and find the post I’m referring to and include it with my edit.

Edit update: I can’t find the original post I’m referring to but my image does a good enough job showing the issue.

Not sure what to suggest as a fix or feature request - maybe just reduce the size of images slightly so they are little bit less than the full width of the display? All suggestions are welcome.

 

The Outlaw Empire by Nicholas Eames is supposedly releasing this year, so I need something chunky to fill the gap. I’ve gone through Abercrombie and Lawrence as you might expect, and yes I have read the hell out of The Expanse. I don’t want to start Game of Thrones until I know there is a last book :P

Anyone have any suggestions that might scratch the itch?

 

I’m learning to embrace the warmth so I’ve got the boys coming over, firing up the pizza oven and have the Peroni chilling in the fridge. Not bad for a Wednesday :)

Might even get the sprinklers out for the dog

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