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Seleni , to til in TIL almost all vanilla plants are pollinated by hand.

Created the entire vanilla industry pretty much single-handedly and died in poverty. Sounds about right.

FlyingSquid OP ,
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Horrible that he died in poverty, but he did die a free man, which is a lot more than you can say for most black people on Réunion.

usualsuspect191 , to til in TIL almost all vanilla plants are pollinated by hand.

Man, the word “vanilla” has become so ubiquitous with “plain, unaltered, default” that I was really confused at first.

ThePantser , to til in TIL: There is a sculpture with four cryptic passages in it that stands outside the CIA's George Bush Center for Intelligence in Virginia
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George Bush Center for Intelligence, that’s funny

Plopp ,

It’s next door to the Trump Center for Humility.

Aurenkin ,

Up the road from the Biden youth centre

RealFknNito ,
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Adjacent to the Raegan center for racial tolerance.

MojoMcJojo ,

Beside the Kennedy School of Driver’s Education

Igloojoe ,

John Quincy Adams Native American Museum.

model_tar_gz ,

The Bill Clinton Marijuana Museum.

BackOnMyBS ,
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The Andrew Jackson Museum for the Appreciation of Native American Culture

squiblet ,
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It’s named after the elder George Bush, GHWB.

Cheradenine ,

Yes it is. If it was named after dubya it would be funnier. Still the worst levels of the old testament, but funny, in an ironic, we are all doomed way.

Mr_Blott ,
towerful ,

Damn, thats a callback

HootinNHollerin ,

Who was CIA Director before VP, President

squiblet ,
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Yeah. Only for one year though. I had previously thought his CIA involvement was more extensive.

Aussiemandeus ,
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When i was 14 i won a scholarship for school and was able to travel to Canberra and do some random crap.

Ontop of that we were able to put on a play for some high up generals and MP’s.

I put in one joke that was basically “we have received intelligence from he USA… then someone intergects America has intelligence?”

Had the crowed in stitches.

GBU_28 ,

It’s fun to think you’re political opposites are dumb. But in reality the dude did exactly what he and his squad wanted, changing the course of history for decades to come. Yes rove and Cheney did lots but ultimately they all played their role and achieved (terrible) greatness

Nurgle ,

Right, this is named after George H Bush.

PhlubbaDubba , to til in TIL: There is a sculpture with four cryptic passages in it that stands outside the CIA's George Bush Center for Intelligence in Virginia

It looks like they already have two plaintext samples, would they be able to try Vignere keys that result in both plain texts simultaneously? Every other panel was solved with Vignere

Cheradenine , to til in TIL: There is a sculpture with four cryptic passages in it that stands outside the CIA's George Bush Center for Intelligence in Virginia

Wired did a series of articles about this (before they turned into a shopping site) here is one from 2009. They’re pretty fun to read, including how the NSA may have solved the first three before the CIA. I’m sure that went down well.

www.wired.com/2009/04/ff-kryptos/

eek2121 ,

Wired isn’t a shopping site?

ggppjj ,

No?

eek2121 ,

(OP implied it was for some reason)

ggppjj ,

Oh, huh

TrickDacy ,

The reason is that they are a lying weirdo

Cheradenine ,

I just looked at their homepage for the first time in years. I only counted 8 ‘the best sex toys for every body’ articles (that’s an actual title). So, it seems they are better, not Chris Anderson better though.

TrickDacy ,

Why are you lying? The closest thing to what you are talking about is an article called “What Should Your Sex Toys Be Made of?”.

Then toward the bottom there is a buying guide, something people want to know: What products are worth buying.

But sure, paint them as some piece of shit doing nothing but hocking products.

Cheradenine ,

www.wired.com/gallery/best-sex-toys-and-tech/

The title on the homepage is ‘The Best Sex Toys for Every Body’ just like I said. Wired used to be much better.

TrickDacy ,

That’s not what you said. Lying again.

shea ,

what is wrong with you you little angry nerd

TrickDacy ,

yeah liars are only annoying to nerds, great point weirdo

TheBat ,
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Personalized ads…

TrickDacy ,

Sure aren’t. This person’s response to you is a string of weird lies.

M137 ,
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Isn’t*

TrickDacy ,

I just omitted the “they” of “they sure aren’t [a shopping site]”

BackOnMyBS ,
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freaking paywalled

Cheradenine ,

Wired is a soft paywall, clear your cookies, or use a different browser and you should be ok

BackOnMyBS ,
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ah, I was on my phone. I can see it now on my desktop.

Beardedsausag3 , to til in TIL: There is a sculpture with four cryptic passages in it that stands outside the CIA's George Bush Center for Intelligence in Virginia
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The 4th is the colonels secret recipe and a list of the 13 different herbs and spices.

Steveanonymous ,
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Ooooo 2 extra herbs and or spices!?!?!

ZapBeebz_ ,

Not even the Colonel knows what those two bonus herbs and spices are.

I’m betting whimsy and wonder

thesporkeffect ,

The secret ingredient is Wuv

flicker ,

Surely you mean “love.”

thesporkeffect ,

Who’s been screwing with this thing!!?

glitch1985 ,

I belive one of them is shame.

SupraMario ,

Chicken

Grease

Salt.

JustZ ,
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It’s not secret anymore. The Colonel’s great grand nephew or something posted the recipe online.

technohacker ,
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Nobody , to til in TIL: There is a sculpture with four cryptic passages in it that stands outside the CIA's George Bush Center for Intelligence in Virginia

I’ve solved the fourth one. It says, “We killed JFK. There, I said it.”

3ntranced , to til in TIL: There is a sculpture with four cryptic passages in it that stands outside the CIA's George Bush Center for Intelligence in Virginia

The creator said at some point that there is a typo that makes the 4th unsolvable or something.

wahming ,

Source? There are typos in all 4 puzzles, but they’re intentional and clues to a further riddle.

arymandias , to til in TIL: There is a sculpture with four cryptic passages in it that stands outside the CIA's George Bush Center for Intelligence in Virginia

Does it say what he was doing in Dallas November the 22nd 1963?

teft , to til in TIL that the white stuff that sometimes appears on chocolate is called "chocolate bloom".
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Chocolate bloom can be repaired by melting the chocolate down, stirring it, then pouring it into a mould and allowing it to cool, bringing the sugar or fat back into the solution.

Yeah, ain’t nobody got time for that. It’ll melt while i eat it anyways.

lvxferre ,
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It’s mostly a concern if you’re going to sell or gift them. I did this for some time, considering to do it again this Easter - it’s laborious but a nice way to get some quick cash.

GustavoFring ,

Wait, what are you selling?

unreachable ,
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yes

Usually_Lurker ,
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I’ll take 3, please.

lvxferre ,
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Chocolate Easter eggs.

Or at least I’m planning to sell some when Easter kicks in.

Duranie ,

There’s always the “aw fuck it, roll it in cocoa powder” approach lol.

lvxferre ,
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I… may or may not have done this with bonbons in the past, and then sold the failures as “gourmet chocolate”. It doesn’t work for chocolate eggs because people want them glossy.

Then the ones that I’m planning for my family will get some drawings in white chocolate, so if those get some bloom I’m leaving them as is.

Pat_Riot ,
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I read that as bonobos at first and was very confused. I need to finish my coffee.

Empricorn ,

Choc-rings.

FiskFisk33 ,

chocking

StopSpazzing ,
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Choking on chocking chocrings

nilloc ,

So you sell last years (or older???) chocolate eggs somewhere?

lvxferre ,
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No, I usually make them a week or so before Easter. However if you screw the tempering up it blooms just like if you stored it for years, and given my humid city it’s really easy to screw it up with condensation water due to the double boiler. (You don’t want to heat the chocolate directly. Seriously. Burnt chocolate is as awful as non-burnt chocolate is delicious.)

yemmly , to til in TIL that the white stuff that sometimes appears on chocolate is called "chocolate bloom".
Emerald OP ,

Thanks

anubis119 , to til in TIL that the white stuff that sometimes appears on chocolate is called "chocolate bloom".

Alright, well let’s get this out onto a tray; nice, mkay…

Stopher ,
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Nice hiss!

livus , to til in TIL that the white stuff that sometimes appears on chocolate is called "chocolate bloom".
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@Emerald yeah people think it's gone off but it totally hasn't.

Kolanaki ,
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It does affect the taste a bit though, and it’s not really good. Like stale bread. Edible; but not particularly pleasant.

state_electrician , to til in TIL that the white stuff that sometimes appears on chocolate is called "chocolate bloom".

tl;dr: There are two types of bloom, sugar and fat. Both result from storing the chocolate wrong, leading to either fat or sugar crystallizing on the surface of the chocolate. And both types influence the texture and taste somewhat but are completely harmless from a health perspective.

Personally I don’t understand how this can happen. Who stores their chocolate long enough?

Ansis ,

My grandma

AI_toothbrush ,

Me

Delphia ,

My wife.

Buy her any kind of fancy stuff from a gourmet chocolatier and its guaranteed to go in the bin in 18 months.

c10l ,

Alternatively, don’t chuck it. Eat it or give it to someone who will.

Delphia ,

You dont understand, she is saving it for a special occasion.

ShepherdPie ,

The special occasion when someone finally gets to use the guest towels?

Delphia ,

You should come over, then we can eat some chocolate and wash our hands.

ShepherdPie ,

Hell yeah brother. It’d be glorious wouldn’t it?

c10l ,

lol I get it. But really, she isn’t saving it for a special occasion, unless the special occasion is the chucking.

cashews_best_nut ,

That’s not a divorce-level crime. It’s execution-level.

SoleInvictus ,
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Same here. We have about 10 pounds of chocolate in a storage bin that’s slowly growing stale.

arefx ,

Give her the chocolate then send it to me. :D

LemmyKnowsBest ,

does she not like it? or is she saving it because she thinks it’s too precious?

Delphia ,

Its too good to just eat because she wants some chocolate, so it sits there… and sits there… and sits there… while we throw a family block in the trolley each week when we do groceries.

Rodeo ,

There is also salt bloom! But that happens on smoked sausage like pepperoni or smokies.

Pat_Riot ,
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Cigars can also develop a bloom.

onTerryO ,
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Call it bloom if you want, but it is really mold.

Pat_Riot ,
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You are wrong. It’s ok. At least you are confident!

kholby ,
BadEngineering ,

Sitting in a poorly climate controlled warehouse, or spending too long in a truck/shipping container are probably the most common cases I would think.

wrekone ,

We get so much chocolate at Halloween. I’m not a big candy guy (pastries for me, thank you), and I’m sure as hell not letting my kids have unrestricted access to caffeine and sugar. We almost always have some left when the next Halloween rolls around. If I have a piece in September it will likely have bloom on it.

SocialMediaRefugee , to til in TIL that the white stuff that sometimes appears on chocolate is called "chocolate bloom".

I’ve been able to “repair” bloomed chocolate by melting it and mixing it back together

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