I’m shocked, shocked that outsourcing public sector contracts to the lowest bidder results in this scenario.

I mean, it would have been better if they had dropped their ties with the weapons companies.

Me. I work in video games, and I have kids.

Correct. Avocado ≠ Onion

Let me guess. These are the same people who refuse vaccines with miniscule mortality rates, but are demanding milk infected with a virus that has more than a 50% mortality rate in humans? 🤔

Also, how is intentional getting infected to aquire immunity better than doing nothing at all? I mean, just don’t worry about it. If you get infected then you’re either dead or immune, and if you don’t get infected you didn’t need that immunity anyway. Plus, you’ve saved money by not buying your weirdo raw cow juice.

The whole Internet?

Is this an AI written story? At different points in the article it says in the UK, or Sacramento, or Delhi 🤔

The AAAAA stands for “AAAAA, it’s fucked”

No PETSCII?!

https://www.thepoke.com/2017/09/25/someones-watching-kim-jong-uns-trousers-now-will/

Iconic David Fincher video. So very much of its time. RIP Tatjana Patitz.

I used to have a bean to cup machine and this is basically the only way I could do it with a single hopper. I didn’t weigh it. I just used a scoop and got it down so I could eyeball the amount of beans per serving. It’s not too onerous. The thing to keep in mind is that most of these machines use a timer to dose the beans, so it’s not by weight. It also varies by beans, roast etc. Some beans will take longer to grinder than others. Finally I’d always aim to put slightly less beans in the hopper than the machines timer called for, to make sure there wouldn’t be any left for the next cup.

Oat milk is probably the best, imho. Although don’t dismiss soya milk, especially the barista versions. Personally I went cold turkey on milk in coffee years ago and never looked back. If it’s lacking something without milk, try different coffee! 20 years ago I was a 100% grande latte drinker, but now I’m a freshly ground double espresso every morning.

Sure. “The Rats”.

Wait, this Sony?

Sony’s profits up thanks to rising sales of music, games, movies and sensors. https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/national/sony-s-profits-up-thanks-to-rising-sales-of-music-games-movies-and-sensors/ar-BB1ifEUl

Personally I wish they just made a bunch more Steamworld Digs. They could keep churning those out and I would lap them up.

The book is originally from the 80s, and if I remember correctly part of the conceit is that none of the family know what this strange “avocado pear” is (because in Britain of the 1980s no-one did). I don’t think the financial ramifications are really discussed, and the family keep feeding the little blighter avocados until he gets strong enough to beat up a burglar or something.

Just be thankful I didn’t open up a can of bread rolls/buns/baps.

Ah, the post holiday email catch-up. I don’t have to deal with this any more because I’m self employed, but when I worked for a company my caffeine intake always increased considerably in those first couple of days back at work.