Americans might like to hear about the current controversy down under:
McDonalds has started selling a potato cake. But they named it wrong. Potato scallop. We are livid. Except the portion of the country which thinks it’s called a potato scallop. They feel vindicated.
We’re on the brink of civil war. An American destabilises yet another democracy in search of profits.
I’m a frickin genius.
Context: my kid is mildly allergic to citric acid and citric fruit. Brings out eczema. And citric acid is in SO many things. And it’s painful checking ingredients lists for it.
This morning I wondered: can my phone OCR the ingredients list and check it?
My first thought was to make a little web app. But there doesn’t seem to be a OCR in web browsers yet.
But I KNOW my phone can get text from images.
Then…
Apple Shortcuts!!!
CHECK THIS OUT!!!
“Mr Spielberg we’re just thrilled by Schindler’s List. It’s incredible. We can’t wait to see what you do next. What’s in the works?”
“Okay so first of all, there’s baloney in their slacks.”
Possibly the most annoying UI trend of the last few years is websites changing from
[username] - [ password ] -> Login
to
[username] -> Next -> [ password ] -> Login
Underrated part of Mastodon is not seeing grifters perfectly troll the left.
Yes Kruse is funny but all he did was bring D'Souza more fame. Same for every popular account that clapped back at Cruz, Gaetz, Shapiro, etc. with their need to show off their cleverness. It did nothing to change anyone's mind, but it incentivized the worst people to be even more attention-seeking. Kinda like making mass shooters famous.
I really don't miss seeing otherwise smart people take the bait over and over.
Kevin McCarthy could use some pointers from those dogs and cats that have been mayors of various towns for a decade or so.
Maybe he should resign and let one of them try and form a majority government.