The_v

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[–] The_v@lemmy.world 13 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

My personal theory:

First off, raw milk does taste noticably different than pasteurized and homogenized milk you find at the store.

Pasteurization: heating the milk triggers the unfolding of proteins (Denaturation). This is what kills the bacteria but can also change the flavor of the milk.

Homogenization. This process breaks up the fat into smaller segments so they stay in solution in the milk. The result is a less creamy flavor.

People instinctually associate flavor with nutritional value. They think that better flavored food = better for you. This sort-of works in tomatoes and a few other fruit/vegetables. However taste perception is a complex blend of genetics, environmental conditions, and psychology. So the results are inherently unpredictable and completely unreliable.

The unpasteurized crowd all fall for the 'it tastes better so it must be better". They then make all sorts of excuses to justify their instinct. " Big corporate milk is evil!!" Blah blah blah.

[–] The_v@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Terms and conditions are NOT copyright law. They are a separate agreement that is the companies "wishlist" of things they want the consumer to agree too. It's common for them to spell out terms in direct conflict with copyright law.

The reason that an iTunes video purchase is encrypted is because it is illegal to break the encryption in order to make a copy (DMCA). However capturing the playback and transforming it to another medium is for personal use is fair-use.

There is also no time limit to how long a person can save the copy for. As long as they had legal access to the content at the time of making the copy. For example say I recorded a football game from a streaming service. I can save that copy for personal use for the rest of my life even though I purchased a one time only streaming.

[–] The_v@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago

Not an expert, but in the U.S. making a copy of a broadcast for personal use is legal under fair-use. Anything that loads up on your computer screen you can make a copy and save it for personal use. So screen captures are by definition legal.

How exactly you copy the material on your screen gets tricky under the DMCA clusterfuck. Breaking encryption to copy the material is illegal unless there is an valid exception for fair-use. What exactly those valid exceptions are is above my paygrade.

[–] The_v@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

American pizza and Italian pizza are two different animals that share the same name. They both have good, mediocre and shitty examples. I have had all three in both countries.

As to which one I prefer? Ehhh depends on the day.

Other countries also have their unique take on Pizza that I have tried and enjoyed. I had some in Spain and Brazil that were amazing yet very different.

[–] The_v@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

The species is Cucurbita pepo .

Since the species is quite large it could be anything from a summer squash, Halloween pumpkin, to a hard shelled gourd type.

[–] The_v@lemmy.world 29 points 3 days ago

Large corporations rarely innovate and try new things. Most innovation comes from smaller players with limited market share taking risks.

Large companies buy out smaller ones who create cash cows from taking large risks. The large company then milks the cash cows until they are completely dead.

The consolidation of studios to a few megacorporations has led to this inevitable end. The solution is simple: break them up. If we have 30 or so similar sized studios competing, we will get better movies/TV again.

[–] The_v@lemmy.world 36 points 4 days ago

Drug use rates also decrease with accessible medical and mental health care. It's almost like treating the cause works better than punishing the symptoms...

[–] The_v@lemmy.world 11 points 5 days ago

After much debate over copious drinks at the bar, we finally decided to settle the argument with darts.

0 are all crossed.

1's are written as l

7's are all crossed.

And 9's... Well we got kicked out and it was never settled. How was I supposed to know the nickname Nicky sounds like the French word "Niquer" and somebody (Nicolas) got all bent out of shape over it. "Hey Nicky it's your turn!" apparently was not well received by a drunk frenchman.

[–] The_v@lemmy.world 22 points 5 days ago

Check out the vegetation zones of Washington State. Oceans and mountain ranges have a massive effect on climate zones.

[–] The_v@lemmy.world 13 points 5 days ago (7 children)

Someone that doesn't know the mamma has her head down and is contemplating murdering their dumbass.

[–] The_v@lemmy.world 13 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Some way to identify the person who wrote it is also helpful. Different cultures write numbers differently.

The French person reads the top one as 1 , 2, 3.

The American reads it as 7, 2, 3.

 

Happens on both my Nokia G50 and S23. Scrolling past a hundred plus post it becomes sluggish then crashes the app.

Perhaps something to do with memory management?

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