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I agree that this is ridiculous and hope the guy wins a hefy lawsuit over this. That said, you can't seriously tell me that other parts of the world don't also have corrupt, power hungry people who make it to local office here and there who do asinine stuff like this, can you? We have a lot to fix. I'm just not sure that this particular thing is what makes America ridiculous. There are so many more ridiculous things that impact so many more people.

on Hero · c/fediverse_vs_disinfo · 17 pts · 8d

Spreading awareness is better than doing nothing. It's not huge but OP is doing more than I am for this topic and I appreciate them for that.

There isn't much commercial lettuce farming in the Midwest and Canada.

This company is based in Salinas, CA and has farms and plants in Mexico. They were able to identify that the outbreak came from Taco Bell locations. They also were able to determine that the common factor was lettuce served at Taco Bell locations in five states. There may be additional locations in other states that received the contaminated lettuce. There may also be stores other than Taco Bell but they haven't identified any yet. When they looked at records, they found that the contaminated lettuce all originated from a single processing facility located in Mexico. Taylor Farms has recalled all iceberg lettuce that originated in central Mexico.

Lots of produce is produced and processed in facilities far from where it is consumed. When shipping, they don't make stops along the way to drop off small amounts. They load large amounts of produce into trucks and trains, then send it to a distribution center. This lettuce was found to have been shipped from Mexico to five states including MI.

To me it reads as a right-wing attempt at being inclusive while still saying that Christians and gun owners are being persecuted just as much as the rest of these groups.

Why the focus on Christians in particular? There are a lot more religions in the US than just Christianity.

Also, a lot fewer people would have something against Christians if Christians quit trying to infringe on everyone else's rights. Gay marriage, abortion, and unnumerable other things are only an issue because Christians make it one.

Before anyone says it, yes, I know that's not all Christians, but it is the "Christians" controlling the government right now. The kind of Christian who doesn't understand or care about the teachings of Jesus.

As someone else who works in ML but as a user for research purposes, I agree that there is no technical distinction but we're talking about public communications here. You and I both know that AI and ML are the same thing. Most people do not. If I talked with my mom about AI she would assume I mean generative AI. She wouldn't understand the nuance in your comment.

In fact, even as a researcher who uses both simple ML techniques and generative AI, I tend to make the assumption that when someone mentions AI they mean generative AI.

Common language changes based on the common understanding of society. The fact that the technical terms mean something different from the common understanding in society means that we need to be even more careful with the terms that we use, especially with something as polarizing as generative AI.

on Toothbrush heads · c/mildlyinfuriating · 11 pts · 39d

Anecdotally, after using an electric tooth brush, using a "normal" toothbrush leaves my teeth feeling fuzzy not matter how well I brush.

Also, it used to be that my teeth would feel super clean and smooth after the dentist. I barely notice the difference anymore because my electric toothbrush does such a good job.

on *Permanently Deleted* · c/politics · 12 pts · 70d

I'd argue that it is a lot easier to inform the public when the campaign doesn't have to cover as much area and that it becomes more difficult to buy every race when there are more of them.

on R(ul)ealistic rep · c/196 · 29 pts · 74d

Copied from Wikipedia

Her character stood out as a positive portrayal of a Jewish woman and at the height of her popularity, she fell in love with another woman, a witch named Tara Maclay (Amber Benson). They became one of the first lesbian couples on American television and one of the most positive relationships of the series.

This right here. My parents explained in all the ways they could. I still ended up smoking. We're a society and a society should have some responsibility to its kids. What happened to. The idea that it takes a village to raise a child? Some keep trying to heap all of the responsibility on parents when they're just being asked to forego fruity flavored cancer.

Okay, that was a pretty cool read! I had no idea these things existed. Thanks, I didn't expect to learn anything cool in a thread on Pete Hegzeth's poor hygiene.