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What's was your favourite fast food product that unfortunately got retired and never came back?

Here, for a while at McDonald’s there was a 🍔 called “the 1955” and it was the best, big pieces of onion, an special sauce, buns and big piece of beef with bacon (for Europe standards anyways) it disappeared once and came back for an encore only to be removed again and never return.

tiredofsametab ,

McDonald's pizza. Technically like 1 location still makes it. It's mostly just a big nostalgia hit for me.

A Rax roast beef sandwich.

Wendy's pitas. When I worked there in the mid-90s, they had pitas that I quite liked.

Now I want fast food, but it's not worth the hour to get to McD's and back.

tiredofsametab ,

I live in rural Japan, so that may take a while, heh. Thanks, though!

tiredofsametab ,

They didn't have trouble recognizing blue. How would that even work? Blue things were and are blue. The article includes lots of bullshit which is to be expected for a site that has all kinds of pseudoscientific bullshit and pseudoarchaeology.

tiredofsametab ,

I don't actually care about the linguistic side of it; we call a green traffic signal a blue light here in Japan (and the new ones are more blueish, but the old ones were much more green). I think Vietnamese and other languages do that.

When I skimmed the article, it was arguing that people literally could not see the blue, or at least was worded thusly where I looked before noping out of there. The literal title is "Hidden Hue: Why Ancient Civilizations Failed to See the Color Blue?" Not "failed to give it its own name" but "failed to see".

Edit: punctuation.

tiredofsametab ,

Yeah, there are definitely interesting conversations to be had. I actually saw an interesting video on the vision/linguistic side. I was just trying to find it to share but, speaking of enshitification, yoube's search is ass. Why can't I search in my subscriptions?!

tiredofsametab ,

As a software developer who started a farm this year, I'm getting a kick...

/ Still keeping my day job, though.

tiredofsametab ,

I think that really depends on both the IT role as well as the type and scale of farm. If someone has a really stressful workplace in IT but makes enough money to buy a farm and semi-retire, it could just be that having the farm supplements their food and doesn't need to turn a profit. It's very different to, say, a subsistence farmer or one who has to make a lot to pay for mortgage, retirement, etc.

tiredofsametab ,

Simple, repetitive work that doesn't follow any predictable schedule

I have multiple spreadsheets, have to monitor and adjust to a lot of different conditions, have to actively monitor pests and plant growth and react to those (and predict for the next year and be proactive), and a bunch of other stuff. Farming tends to very much follow a predictable schedule insofaras you know in any given season what you will be doing and what you need to be getting ready for.

tiredofsametab ,

I mean, a lot of people do jump in with little or no research and try to spend their way out of problems. That is definitely not good, particularly when animals and animal welfare is involved.

It's really an acreage with a garden and some animals, but they call it a farm, and aren't really interested in the actual farms.

I mean... are we gatekeeping farms now? I'm trying to feed my family and hopefully have enough to sell (starting next year, anyway; we moved here too late this year and I'm still learning my land). In my case, no animals for now (though chickens are in the cards for next year and maybe we'll do something else the following year).

I do plan to commercially farm, though I also plan to keep my day job for the foreseeable future. Market gardeners with a good market can make quite a lot off of the ~5000sqm of farmland like I have, but there's no market that's going to be good for that in rural Japan. The best case scenario for being commercially successful in that way would be to network with chefs in the bigger cities, but I have neither the talent nor reputation for that (nor would I want to commit to that until at least another year or two when I can confirm stability). I do have friends who run a restaurant who are willing to pay for some of what I am growing if it works out, and another lead in the nearest big city (~1 hour away), but that's it.

I'm outside nearly every single day preparing, cultivating, sowing, harvesting, etc. and treat it like a job. I just harvested ~15kg of potatoes this morning (literally one of the first things I did when moving here was get those in the ground) and a few kilos of green onions. Am I not at least a part-time farmer? The local government says I am, in any case (buying registered farmland in Japan is a process, lemme tell ya).

tiredofsametab ,

Pho is just animal oil/juice suspended. Everything else is like milk, honey, lemon, sugar, etc. that people do consume in tea.

tiredofsametab ,

As the other person mentioned, the base of pho is the stock which includes steeped plants. So it's tea with some other things thrown in it.

tiredofsametab ,

JapanLife and JapanFinance. Tons of knowledge for people living in Japan where language, the legal system, etc. all are much easier to navigate with the help of people who have been here. They never really got off the ground in the fediverse and are the only reason I still go to reddit.

tiredofsametab ,

I imagine data security and what the government would know is putting some off. It is part of the reason the national ID (My Number) faltered.

Off the top of my head, and I'm sure there are more, people use: tinder, bumble, Pairs, Zwei, Zekushi, and probably more. Pairs and Zwei, at least, are geared toward long-term and marriage. Pairs had a very bad UX and, of course, a cost. I did meet some people on there, but nothing lasted (one nearly did, but I wasn't doing another LTR with a barely-functional alcoholic that otherwise was a great match).

tiredofsametab ,

The japanese article mentions some of it is sent to recycling companies with the one example using it for pig feed. The numbers are also probably higher because some had been thrown away before the volunteers/workers did their survey

tiredofsametab ,

My gut is that food safety rules here probably make that difficult (though I don't know for sure). They have a pretty short shelf life being raw seafood (in many cases) and are already steadily discounted as the day goes on before being tossed.

Edit: the article also mentioned things like Christmas cake that do last longer but can't really be turned into anything else. I bought a Christmas cake a day or two after once

tiredofsametab ,

In principal, I 100% agree. We do have food banks here, especially as the yen has dropped against the dollar making imports more expensive (and tons of things here are hit with that even secondarily as fuel and such is largely an import), inflation, and the economic shake-up during and after corona.

The issue specific with ehonmaki/sushi is the raw fish component and the way they're held during the day (not in closed coolers for the most part, but the open type which can be much more variable in temperature). I don't think they should give away potentially dangerous food. The other stuff, yeah, 100%

tiredofsametab ,

As a programmer, I don't even know what we're looking at. A switch, I would guess, but I haven't seen hardware in years. In any case wouldn't "port 21 <bottom|top>" been better?

tiredofsametab ,

Yeah, I had never seen a connector that looks anything like that, but I figured I was just behind the times (since it didn't look like Ethernet plugged into it to me)

tiredofsametab ,

Thanks for explaining! I haven't set foot in a datacenter since probably 2008ish, heh.

tiredofsametab ,

I moved from social to run a few months ago after being fed up. I like it.

tiredofsametab ,

Could you also please allow those of us overseas to use silly things like retirement accounts without having it all be considered PFICs? I just wanna contribute to my current country's equivalent of an ISA/401K type of thing.

tiredofsametab ,

Can confirm as someone who lives in Japan. It's an oft-dis used thing in foreigner groups when the new arrivals show up and notice

tiredofsametab ,

Assuming it's an actual old tool, my bet would be more scraper than knife. However, taking things out of their archaeological context and stratigraphic placement and/or manufacturing fakes kinda ruins all of the everything.

tiredofsametab ,
  • Rust has safety and efficiency close to C
  • Perl is processing most of your healthcare records
  • Ada is doing space stuff
  • Go is going places
tiredofsametab ,

Because I don't use apple products and don't keep up with the news? My work laptop is Mac, but that's work's problem (I hate that thing)

tiredofsametab ,

I could also imagine the missionaries that were coming over described the American Indians in such a way and it just kinda went from there in collective memory.

tiredofsametab ,

https://genius.com/Mrs-green-apple-columbus-lyrics with google translate should get you there. I tried to listen to the song to verify but it's awful and I'm not subjecting myself to that.

tiredofsametab ,

Are refills free? If so, I'm fine at $1 most days.

Also, where are: plain pancakes, sausage gravy, waffles, and anything remotely resembling something other than "northern US white people food" for lack of a better term.

tiredofsametab ,

I'll make up for it since I'm usually 3x/day.

tiredofsametab ,

Two to three meals a day, almost no snacks, generally a decent amount of fiber. Mom's basically the same and I think grandmother was. Mom has been diagnosed with various forms of IBS. Dad has Celiac's and a DNA test I took said increased risk.

If I go keto, almost all the issues disappear. Trying to do that is basically impossible whilst living with my wife because I can't just not make food and not keep anything I shouldn't eat in the house (my willpower eventually crumbles when I'm busy or stressed).

How are you parsing JSON on the command line?

I want to extract and process the metadata from PNG images and the first line of .safetensors files for LLM’s and LoRA’s. I could spend ages farting around with sed or awk but formats of files are constantly changing. I’d like a faster way to see a summary of training and a few other details when they are available.

tiredofsametab ,

Previously, I coded something in Rust real quick to spit out and manipulate some JSON, but it looks like the jq/yq below would work fine.

tiredofsametab ,

It's almost as though they label all rooms so people know what they are and don't go in the wrong one.

tiredofsametab ,

I am now picturing someone flying a plane in the form of window blinds.

tiredofsametab ,

I don't know why, but every time I see someone streaming with an avatar moving, emoting, and talking rather than either a person or nothing, it's really uncanny valley to me. I don't know why, but it creeps me out and I can't watch it.

tiredofsametab ,

Oh yeah, I wouldn't want to ban it or anything; people should enjoy what they enjoy. I was just wondering if it had the same effect on anyone else.

tiredofsametab ,

I didn't read it that way personally, but it is definitely not as clear as it could be.

tiredofsametab ,

Is this in USD? Where would I be located?

tiredofsametab ,

Generic answer would be food and a beer. Depending upon where in Viet Nam, there might be other things I want to do.

I was supposed to go there, reserved hotels, transport, etc. and then corona killed it. Would still love to go.

tiredofsametab ,

I haven't been to SF in more than a decade at this point and I've never been to Boulder (I've only ever been to Colorado for a layover). I'm afraid I'll have to pass on that one.

tiredofsametab ,

I'll also generally say 'none'. I'm generally playing a game to explore its world or be part of its story and having difficulty for the sake of difficulty (which resulted in grinding in old RPGs, for example) is just not welcome.

tiredofsametab ,

I heard it last night in a movie. From an actual phone, it's been a few years, but less than 10. EDIT: actually, less than 3 years as I had to fax paperwork to get my internet. Japan!

tiredofsametab ,

I liked it (well, after the Duct Tape mod, anyway) and enjoyed having more lore and info. It definitely doesn't feel like a normal doom game, though, so I'll give it that.

tiredofsametab ,

I will very slightly disagree. You can live without a car in Houston in some areas so long as you work in the same area (or from home) or one nearby with bus service. I lived in the Montrose and could mostly walk/cycle to anything I needed.

That said, most places in Houston are going to be a lot more difficult for that or impossible. Had I lived that close to the job that moved me to Houston, it would have been in one of the higher-crime-rate areas and not good for walking.

tiredofsametab ,

With xkcd attributed at the bottom of the image <3

Here's the XKCD: https://xkcd.com/327/

tiredofsametab ,

Yep, this is why all the buildings spontaneously exploded in places that changed to metric. /s

Things get phased out. Certain buildings will adhere to old code and new ones would adhere to new codes in metric.

tiredofsametab ,

How would you even measure "They are more intuitive and closer to the 'feeling'". It's not. You're used to it. No one else in the world that grew up with C is going to find F more intuitive. Neither miles.

tiredofsametab ,

I have some chronic pain issues as well, some of which were solved and some are managed. I'm sorry you're going through this. Have you tried getting a second opinion or maybe a different type of medical provider? I had headaches as well that turned out to be largely brought on by stress and also some bad posture. I did get an MRI+MRA just to be sure nothing was actually wrong in the brain itself, but techniques to reduce the causes were helpful to me. Good luck!

tiredofsametab ,

Nothing in particular that we didn't already do for covid. I have various PPE and we already only leave the house once every couple weeks on average. The only two things I think I could prepare better are: more canned/frozen veg in case we need to stay in longer, and more farm supplies for the same reason (this is my first year actually farming in land (not in my parking space/balcony), so there's a bit of a learning curve and I'm not good at it yet). We live in a very small town so health resources are scarce but, on the plus side, we live in a really small town and there aren't many people.

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