In other news (apolitical thread)...

[847badgerfan]

Sounds like a great guy.

[MikeDeTiger]

Drop scrambled.  Rougher on my tummy and the others are too delicious to get rid of.  

[FearlessF]

what are you adding to your scrambled eggs that bother your tummy?

[MikeDeTiger]

Nothing that I don't add to the others.  Don't know why that happens.  It's always been a thing since I was a kid.  Any other way to cook an egg gives me no problems. 

My stepson bought an egg-cooker, which I thought was goofy and a waste of money.  Damned if that thing doesn't produce the most perfect, best boiled eggs with perfect consistency.  Now I don't like doing boiled eggs without it and even a non-foodie like me can tell the difference. 

[betarhoalphadelta]

Nothing that I don't add to the others.  Don't know why that happens.  It's always been a thing since I was a kid.  Any other way to cook an egg gives me no problems. 

My stepson bought an egg-cooker, which I thought was goofy and a waste of money.  Damned if that thing doesn't produce the most perfect, best boiled eggs with perfect consistency.  Now I don't like doing boiled eggs without it and even a non-foodie like me can tell the difference. 

Something like this? 

If so, I agree... Perfect boiled eggs, every time, and the things peel like a dream. 

I've heard people argue over hard boiled egg methods for years. Put them in this, turn it on, wait for it to chime, toss them in the fridge, and you're done. Not only does it produce perfect eggs, but it's the easiest method I've ever used. 

[MikeDeTiger]

Yup.  Different brand, but same thing.  

[Cincydawg]

My wife has a rice cooker she adores.  She got it used from a friend who was moving, for free, decades ago.  I can pretty much make rice on my own, but she insists on using the cooker.

Then she complains about having not enough space in the kitchen.

[Cincydawg]

Question about Facebook stuff:

I'm seeing more and more totally fake "photos" of locations, usually alleged to be some tourist spot.  Someone goes to some trouble to fabricate them, and they can get "clicks", but to what end?  Who benefits from this silliness?

[FearlessF]

I guess clicks are $$$
they intentionally put up something "wrong" to get people to click and correct them.
people love to know something and correct others

[Cincydawg]

I don't see how one monetizes clicks.

I'm also seeing on FB "football" sites "BREAKING NEWS" about how X signed with Y, which are entirely fabricated of course.

It's almost as if social media is becoming a cess pool .....................................

[FearlessF]

almost

[MikeDeTiger]

It's almost as if social media is becoming a cess pool .....................................

Saw a youtube video this weekend, a "trailer" for the supposed Sequel to Forrest Gump.  I knew immediately it was AI and there is no such movie coming, but holy cow, did much of that "trailer" look and sound realistic.  It's possible the creator used some actual footage of Tom Hanks I didn't recognize, and portions of it were obviously AI generated, but if the whole thing was AI....yikes.  

If we think figuring out what's real and what's not now is hard, it's about to get exponentially worse.  

[Cincydawg]

The "photos" I see on FB are pretty clearly not real, especially if I know the area.  But a lot of respondents post "Beautiful!!!", though they may be fake also.

I still don't see how this is monetized.

[MikeDeTiger]

Ad-based revenue sharing, I'd assume.  Similar to how YouTube pays its content creators for views.  FB's primary goal is to drive up user engagement, so they're likely willing to give some $ to anyone who keeps eyeballs on screens for longer.  I don't use FB too much anymore, but it definitely has ads.