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Boar taint (en.wikipedia.org)

"Boar taint is the offensive odor or taste that can be evident during the cooking or eating of pork or pork products derived from non-castrated male pigs once they reach puberty. Boar taint is found in around 20% of entire male finishing pigs. … Studies show that about 75% of consumers are sensitive to boar taint, leading pork producers to control this in order to maximize profits. …

Boar taint is caused by the accumulation of two compounds – androstenone and skatole – in the fat of male pigs. Androstenone (a male pheromone) is produced in the testes as male pigs reach puberty and gives the meat a urine or sweat flavour, while skatole (a byproduct of intestinal bacteria, or bacterial metabolite of the amino acid tryptophan) is produced in both male and female pigs and gives the meat a 'fecal' flavour. …"

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I err on the side of thoroughness, but I use so much more time & water than others I see. I think I’m doing a better job… does it matter?

I want to watch an in-depth video of the minimum required washing. If you know or are a science educator (microbiologist? Epidemiologist?), maybe you can help :D

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Bringing a big photo of soybean oil and whole eggs to your feed

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Wrote books on Apple software. Bought five figures of gear over decades. Then bought an Apple giftcard, & suddenly permabanned in spite of raising issue with internal contacts.

932 comments: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46252114

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The baby seal is A-OK! But perhaps thirsty (wasn’t even served a sip of seltzer)…

A seal walked into a bar. Or to use a technical term, it galumphed. ... It was a wet, lazy Sunday evening when the baby fur seal waddled into the Sprig + Fern The Meadows craft beer bar in Richmond, at the top of New Zealand's South Island. ... "Everyone was in shock," Evans said. ... Evading its pursuers, the creature dashed into a restroom and then hid under the dishwasher, which was swiftly unplugged. ... "I just went to my fiancé, I said, grab the salmon! Grab the salmon!" Then it was a brief wait for conservation rangers to arrive. It turned out they were already tracking the wandering seal. "It was their fourth call for the day," Evans said. ... The seal was released on nearby Rabbit Island, considered a safe location because of its dog-free status, Otley said. It's not unusual for curious young seals to show up in unexpected places at this time of year, she added. ... "They can turn up in unusual places, like this pub, but this is normal exploratory behavior," Otley said.

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submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by brbposting@sh.itjust.works to c/apple_enthusiast@lemmy.world

I don’t care how they do it but I want to be able to press and hold the flashlight icon and, without lifting my finger, immediately begin to slide my finger up and down to adjust flashlight brightness.

Boo form over function. Very minor nod to the increased granularity.

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submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by brbposting@sh.itjust.works to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

A lotta vapes are reportedly chock full of lead, so kids probably shouldn't be puffing clouds in the bathroom stall, but was there any reason to design the most exploitable version of a product to alert school administrators about it?
The manufacturer was happy to expand to Section 8 (USA, subsidized) housing in spite of script kiddies, rogue employees, or legit employees working under new guidelines being able to root into the Motorola Halo 3C and use its fully-functioning microphones to invade privacy.
The frog is boiling slowly: pay more for your car insurance when your insurer buys your driving data today; risk your home insurance when you don't install this "fire prevention" spyware tomorrow.

DEF CON 33 - Unmasking the Snitch Puck: IoT surveillance tech in the school bathroom - Reynaldo, nyx: YouTube
83,126 views, Oct 10, 2025

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The song might be goofy but there’s good stuff in there too

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Are the available sources undocumented so Apple can change them up as needed?

CNN & BBC also work, though longer form / daily as opposed to quick ~hourly updates. (CNBC isn’t too frequent either, and no weekend updates.)

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cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/65915774

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[-] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 154 points 2 years ago

A connection I may be inventing comes to mind: all the CEOs making million dollar donations to the new administration in the US.

Basically, show you’re on the side of “law and order” and hope you’re not caught up in any purges.

[-] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 204 points 2 years ago

Fortunately, Lifeward eventually capitulated and Straight was able to get his exoskeleton repaired — but that was only after an intense campaign in which he went on local TV, got highlighted in a horse industry publication, and gained steam on social media. If it weren't for that, he could still be struggling to find a way to get his mobility back again.

Uhg, needed bad PR before they changed their mind

[-] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 119 points 2 years ago

Incredible.

Do the right thing, courts.

[-] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 133 points 2 years ago

Imagine the level of training to attain such a perspective:

Hoist with his own Google review:

Ouch, the stupid:

approximately 4,359 posts/replies

Give or take

Good job FBI, who knows whether he was serious but there’s a reason there’s an exact statute for this and he actually had weapons - not a good look buddy.

[-] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 194 points 2 years ago

I feel sheepish saying it but I wish even these obvious fakes were marked as parody in tiny little font somewhere

[-] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 147 points 2 years ago

Or as I’ve recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux + Dogpile + AltaVista + AOL

[-] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 115 points 2 years ago

We have trouble fitting all our freedom on your kooky, internationally-recognized sizes

Here’s a comparison using the most sensible units possible:

[-] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 138 points 2 years ago

One of the most useful concepts ever:

the Curse of Knowledge.

Explaining something to someone? Zoom out. Back up. What if that person were an alien, how much more context would you need to explain?

The curse of knowledge is a cognitive bias that occurs when an individual, who is communicating with others, assumes that others have information that is only available to themselves, assuming they all share a background and understanding. This bias is also called by some authors the curse of expertise.

[-] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 167 points 2 years ago

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