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Bustamante? More like "Bust-A— *glarp* *thud*
posted to MetaFilter by slogger at 12:36 PM on May 29, 2024

I'm quite surprised at the lack of internal motion detectors at a big box store like that. Given how easy it would be for a person to hide in a stack of boxes while the staff closes up, I don't see how it is not mandatory.
posted to MetaFilter by slogger at 11:59 AM on May 1, 2024

I never liked Seinfeld a whole lot because the characters were so deeply unlikable. Now I realize that's because Alexander, Dreyfus and Richards are gifted actors, and Jerry Seinfeld is genuinely deeply unlikable.
posted to MetaFilter by slogger at 1:24 PM on April 30, 2024

Oh hell yeah. I knew there was a good reason I bought a 3D printer!
posted to MetaFilter by slogger at 11:45 AM on April 30, 2024

I mess around with our county's GIS maps a lot, and discovered they include soil ratings and classifications. I was shocked to see there are dozens of different soil types here in Summit County alone!
posted to MetaFilter by slogger at 11:15 AM on April 30, 2024

B-but I was told there is no Dark Side of the Moon, really!

As a matter of fact, it's all dark!
posted to MetaFilter by slogger at 10:52 AM on April 25, 2024

Enjoying this much. Thanks!
posted to MetaFilter by slogger at 11:41 AM on April 19, 2024

Capitalism and Communism are about as relevant to modern society as buggy whips are.

You can still beat the shit out of someone with a buggy whip, though. Just because the tools of the state are outmoded doesn't mean they are no longer effective measures of oppression.
posted to MetaFilter by slogger at 9:53 AM on April 11, 2024

from The loneliness cure [Financial Times

Instantly I can tell this will not wendell.
posted to MetaFilter by slogger at 6:05 AM on April 11, 2024

Renate Nyborg??

Nice try AI bots. I'm not falling for this one.
posted to MetaFilter by slogger at 7:16 AM on April 11, 2024

So on the one hand, TJ-brand Pringles are "duping" but also the companies who make them are cooperating? What, exactly, is the misdirection here? Who cares if Golden Rounds are actually Ritz? They're cheaper, which is the point.

My next door neighbor is a product manager for packaging at Smuckers. I've asked him the same question. Apparently it's a big deal for major brand name food manufacturers to not sell private label versions of their… [more]
posted to MetaFilter by slogger at 12:43 PM on April 5, 2024

I'm not a huge basketball fan, but watched the game last night, and wow, that was a great game. Iowa was down significantly in the second quarter, then slowly ate away at that deficit up to the half. Then the first shot of the third quarter, Clark dropped a devastating three-pointer and it was clear how the rest of the game was going to go.
posted to MetaFilter by slogger at 9:04 AM on April 2, 2024

Upon reading my first thought was, 200 servers for a race? What a waste of energy and computing power. Glad to see it's much more French than that.
posted to MetaFilter by slogger at 9:02 AM on March 26, 2024

Nice to see fellow Rancho Gordo Bean Clubbers so well represented in this thread!
posted to MetaFilter by slogger at 12:48 PM on March 8, 2024

Pole 2 (1998) 7 songs, 38 minutes
posted to MetaFilter by slogger at 9:45 AM on March 6, 2024

Is.... This the one with the, uh, interspecies living arrangements that got..... .....weird?

Sure is.

For clarity, we're talking about Lilly here, right? Was Bateman also included in ketamine-induced interspecies romance? Wasn't there also some connection to Sydney Gottleib as well? So many questions...
posted to MetaFilter by slogger at 11:19 AM on February 29, 2024

"How is it different from spaghetti bolognaise with a lot of chilli?"

That has spaghetti. Chili is sometimes served on macaroni, though more usually with rice. I hope this clears things up.

The latter is chili-mac. The former is huh?
posted to MetaFilter by slogger at 6:01 AM on February 29, 2024

And I legit teared up when that Eater story got to the closing of Larry's Main Entrance. Not that it was a tearjerker, but because the sauerkraut balls were that good. That place was legendary.
posted to MetaFilter by slogger at 2:17 PM on February 26, 2024

Was a student at Kent State during the 70s. Akron was the closest "Big" city. I will always remember the big fancy downtown hotel had a ballroom called the rubber room...Lots of rubber barrons in Akron in days past.
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Oh man, I think you’re referring to the Portage Hotel at the corner of Market and Main. Apparently the ballroom had murals or rubber workers and rubber factories fashioned in rubber from the… [more]
posted to MetaFilter by slogger at 9:24 PM on February 26, 2024

hippybear: I'll take a look at the frozen bag of store-bought sauerkraut balls I have at home to see if there is cream cheese in them. I'm not 100% sure about the ones I had yesterday for lunch from On Tap. Larry's definitely had it. I'm not sure I'd consider it a required ingredient. I'll get my sister's take when I talk to her tomorrow.

I think things to focus on would be the ratio of kraut to meat to cream cheese. If not using cream cheese, then some other binder… [more]
posted to MetaFilter by slogger at 2:17 PM on February 28, 2024

I use the CATGACATE constantly in SQL.
posted to MetaFilter by slogger at 1:33 PM on February 28, 2024

Oh man, sauerkraut balls are the best thing ever. EVAR. They are A Thing here in Akron. Most bars and restaurants around here have their own version, and we can buy them frozen at the local Acme. My sister and I have talked about doing a sauerkraut ball party, where everyone brings a dozen of their favorite. Maybe I should take up the mantle on that FPP?

But back on topic, my wife grew up in northern central Iowa, and yeah, I was just eating some of these while were we… [more]
posted to MetaFilter by slogger at 1:07 PM on February 26, 2024

These are amazing. One of my favorite activities is following animal trails through the woods to get to inaccessible parts of the park. I can imagine finding and following holloways like these. One of my dreams is to do a hiking tour of the British Isles.
posted to MetaFilter by slogger at 8:51 AM on February 16, 2024

Iunno, fuck that guy.
posted to MetaFilter by slogger at 2:23 PM on February 6, 2024

I've been enjoying it so far. I've had to follow tons of people to get an active timeline (and don't attract many followers with my ham-based humor). I hope it starts getting popular with the podcasts I listen to. So far, few of them or any of their hosts or producers seem to be on. I've found a few MeFites that I followed on twitter. I just added bsky to my profile if anyone wants to find me.
posted to MetaFilter by slogger at 11:44 AM on February 6, 2024

Someone has probably already made this comment, as I'm only half-way through the piece and haven't started the thread yet, but...

Winzen soon left General Mills and formed his own balloon company, Winzen Research, which manufactured plastic balloons as tall as 20-story buildings. Sometime around 1950, Moore took Winzen’s place as head of aeronautical research and development at the cereal company.

What the fuck??
posted to MetaFilter by slogger at 8:59 AM on February 6, 2024

Oh yeah, this is going on the dinner menu.
posted to MetaFilter by slogger at 7:39 AM on February 6, 2024

That was a very interesting article. I've grown so fatigued by the tech industry and SF's place in our zeitgeist that much of it rang true. Having grown up in midwest suburbia, I've since had the opportunity to live in places from small rural college towns to an apartment a few blocks off Times Square. Somehow through all this I've never been the victim of property or physical crime. I really enjoyed SF when I last visited some twenty years ago, but I couldn't imagine going there today. I think… [more]
posted to MetaFilter by slogger at 7:35 AM on February 6, 2024

I indeed identify with most of these, which, if I’m reading the tone of the article correctly, makes me the greatest poster of all time. Prove me wrong!
posted to MetaFilter by slogger at 5:31 PM on January 31, 2024

I picked a good day to bring my weed pen to work.
posted to MetaFilter by slogger at 1:27 PM on January 29, 2024

Ok, now make it porn.

More seriously, I wish I understood how impressive this is.
posted to MetaFilter by slogger at 8:43 PM on January 25, 2024

The popular support is a lot weaker than its blustering adherents The New York Times keep trying to convince themselves everyone

FTFY
posted to MetaFilter by slogger at 1:53 PM on January 22, 2024

TI-ming
tI-MING
t- t- t- Timing!
posted to MetaFilter by slogger at 3:26 PM on January 21, 2024

I watched the whole thing, I have no idea what happened, but I'm am so here for it.
posted to MetaFilter by slogger at 8:08 AM on January 18, 2024

Back in the 90's some friends in Baltimore did something similar. They missed going to shows so they built a stage in their backyard and starting hosting bands for family-friendly shows on weekend afternoons. It became quite a thing for a while.
posted to MetaFilter by slogger at 9:50 AM on January 17, 2024

Tower Records was great, but across the street was Other Music. That's where the cool kids shopped.
posted to MetaFilter by slogger at 10:07 AM on January 16, 2024

That was exhausting.
posted to MetaFilter by slogger at 10:22 AM on January 15, 2024

Wow, Amazon sure is in a quandary having to figure out how to profit off of AI as it destroys its business.
posted to MetaFilter by slogger at 10:30 AM on January 12, 2024

slogger' previously.

I KNEW there was a previously and spent a good 15 minutes looking for it. Amazing that it was my own post.
posted to MetaFilter by slogger at 10:26 PM on January 10, 2024

As far as I can tell, registering any product whatsoever (other than, possibly, software) is utterly pointless and nothing more than an indication of your willingness to be subjected to further advertising.

Counterpoint: yay, free stickers!
posted to MetaFilter by slogger at 9:58 AM on January 9, 2024

I used to work with a guy who had the last name NAMEROW. When I first saw it, I thought it was some kind of database error.

I also enjoy the stories of people with the last name NULL.
posted to MetaFilter by slogger at 7:36 AM on January 8, 2024

Reading this thread it appears I am a shoegaze fan (shoegazer?) but didn’t know it. Is Radar Bros. shoegaze?
posted to MetaFilter by slogger at 9:33 AM on December 28, 2023

We haven't made fondue at home for a couple of years, but it was making a regular appearance there for a while. I use my smaller dutch oven on a portable electric burner with one of those heat-diffuser-plate-thingies and it turns out pretty great!
posted to MetaFilter by slogger at 11:10 AM on December 21, 2023

This is quite lovely! I really enjoy a good train video as background, and I'm currently under the weather at the moment so this is perfect. The scenery is quite nice once you get out of the urban area. (We are currently pulling into Winchelsea.)
posted to MetaFilter by slogger at 7:47 PM on December 18, 2023

Awesome, that was my AskMe! I do love me some good tinned fish. There's usually a stack of cans in my pantry!
posted to MetaFilter by slogger at 10:12 AM on December 18, 2023

I love this so much. The first I learned about NIST and the world of standards and measurements was in the mid 90s after I had just moved to DC. I was having beers at the Big Hunt right off DuPont Circle when I struck up a random conversation at the bar with a physicist who worked there. I’m still blown away by the concept.
posted to MetaFilter by slogger at 5:13 AM on December 12, 2023

"Real housewives of Parma." lol.gif

If you knew what Parma is really like, this is much much funnier.
posted to MetaFilter by slogger at 5:47 AM on December 7, 2023

Clicking those links is gonna fuck me youtube algorithm for a good long while now.
posted to MetaFilter by slogger at 7:51 PM on December 1, 2023

I have used Evernote for years and hate it. Only reason I haven’t switched is that I barely use it, mainly to share grocery lists, and it can’t even do that very well. Maybe this is the impetus I need to final get off that shit.
posted to MetaFilter by slogger at 7:40 PM on December 1, 2023

Amazing. The first few minutes of that video, the time signature is so flippin out there that I can barely parse a rhythm. Then he drops into a 4/4 but the fills are just whackadoodle.

But, TBH, I got bored after about four minutes, like most drum solos.
posted to MetaFilter by slogger at 12:50 PM on November 29, 2023