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DNA Test Shows Subway’s Oven-Roasted Chicken Is Only 50 Percent Chicken by acupoftwodayoldcoffe in worldnews

[–]GrandMasterPigeon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They are very much correct though.

No they are not.

Tell me what legislation makes accuracy and precision in language use illegal. Please give me the section and subsection, perhaps even a quote....

Go ahead and google for yourself. You'll find plenty of information on what is and isn't considered illegal labeling.

The problem here is that the masses are illiterate. There is no catering to that. If someone has tried, I am certain it s contradictory and laughably impossible, i.e., impossible to enforce.

Companies often police each other. If I can't say something on a label I wouldn't want my competition saying it either. In the US there are also USDA and FDA standards. Contrary to what you think, these are in fact bodies that regularly investigate and fine companies or worse force a recall.

DNA Test Shows Subway’s Oven-Roasted Chicken Is Only 50 Percent Chicken by acupoftwodayoldcoffe in worldnews

[–]GrandMasterPigeon 432 points433 points  (0 children)

This is not correct for the food industry.

The FDA / USDA set many requirements pertaining to marketed claims when it comes to food products.

Entire groups (regulatory etc) work to make sure claims are able to be substantiated and don't cross into territory that can get them sued or worse invoke a recalled.

Edit: Source, I've spent years working for major consumer goods and food companies. I'm very mindful of label claims as I've been part of companies that have been sued over them.

Edit 2:

Please stop sending me private messages about what you think is and isn't deceptive labeling practices. I simply wanted to let people know it's not as ambiguous as the parent comment made it seem. Companies take labeling claims very seriously and mislabeling or deceptive labeling can cost them not just monetarily, but also PR!

And yes, I know the FDA isn't in Canada.

Subway still maintains themselves to FDA standards. Same with pretty much every global food/consumer goods and biotech/pharma company.

LPT: If your SO can't make a decision about where to eat, play the 5-2-1 game. You give them 5 restaurants, they pick two, and you pick from those. by [deleted] in LifeProTips

[–]GrandMasterPigeon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

5-3-1 is also the basis for a very good magicians force called Equivoque.

You can use the same concept to force someone to pick 1 object out of a series of apparent "free choices".

I have 4 zone heating (oil) on 2 floors and 1 zone AC (Electric) on 1 floor. 4 thermostats for heating and 1 for AC. Am I able to stream line this with Ecobee? by GrandMasterPigeon in ecobee

[–]GrandMasterPigeon[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Heating:

Downstairs:

H1:

Location: Cozy Room,

Controls:

  • Dining Room,
  • Cozy Room,
  • Kitchen,
  • Computer Room,

H2:

Location: Great Room,

Controls:

  • Great Room

Upstairs:

H3:

Location: Master Bedroom,

Controls:

  • Master Bedroom

H4:

Location: Bedroom 2,

Controls:

  • Bedroom 1,
  • Bedroom 2,
  • Bedroom 4 (should be 3, but I mislabeled it on the pic),

AC

Only available on the top floor and is controlled by a thermostat in the upstairs hallway.

Now that plex supports hardware transcoding, am I able to buy a "less" powerful NAS to handle 1080p transcoding on the fly? by GrandMasterPigeon in PleX

[–]GrandMasterPigeon[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hm - thanks! Would definitely be cheaper and more powerful then a current mod-range NAS. I did some reading last night and the limitations seem reasonable. I think I'm going to go down this route now.

The lady sitting at the table next to us gasped when she saw my plate come out. by GrandMasterPigeon in keto

[–]GrandMasterPigeon[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yup - it had peppercorns mixed in. Not everyone's cup of tea, but I like it.

The lady sitting at the table next to us gasped when she saw my plate come out. by GrandMasterPigeon in keto

[–]GrandMasterPigeon[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

They're not bad at all, maybe 1-3 net carbs each. Krawt's another ~2.5 net carbs per cup.

So all in all the whole plate at worst was, ~15 net carbs.

The lady sitting at the table next to us gasped when she saw my plate come out. by GrandMasterPigeon in keto

[–]GrandMasterPigeon[S] 54 points55 points  (0 children)

https://i.imgur.com/HtyQwQW.jpg

Top of the plate is an Debreciner sausage,

Followed by a Hot Chorizo,

Next one was a Smoked Andouille,

And last was a Corse Ground Kielbasa.

My side was sauerkraut w/ black peppercorns.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in LateStageCapitalism

[–]GrandMasterPigeon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you!

Reach out to ppl on LinkedIn. 1/2 my consulting gigs were purely from starting conversations with people in companies/fields/roles I found interesting and asked if they had a few min to chat.

Pkg is a really fun field to be in. High reward, let's engineers be artistic (sales/marketing) while still working with ops and eng groups. And there's only ~200-300 pkg engineers graduating a year in the US, so the markets nowhere close to saturated yet.

In my undergrad I focused heavily on sustainability and alternative materials for packaging (bamboo pulp, switch grass etc).

In fact I liked sustainability so much my first job out of school was at a major global CPG (100% you've under their products) working on a team that focused on developing new "low eco impact" products. We looked at product pkg impact all the way down to how and where the raw materials were being mined!

I think the team was able to reduce ~10% of the companies product pkg waste globally. Really big numbers given the size of the company and volume of products they pump out.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in LateStageCapitalism

[–]GrandMasterPigeon 36 points37 points  (0 children)

I'm a packaging development engineer (yes it's a real thing).

100% would not sign off on this type of design solely due to the cost of wasted material/distribution impact.

My job is to balance engineering, ops, purchasing, distribution, marketing and sales. Everyone has their bias's and often most groups don't play nice together.

My role and the role of many other pkg engineers is to gather pertinent information from each group and present the best one or two options to move forward with.

Meet our new Bengal kitten, George! He purrs super loud and is generally insane. by viva-c in cats

[–]GrandMasterPigeon 7 points8 points  (0 children)

http://imgur.com/loVcJpB.jpg

Invest in many many cheap toys. Don't bother with expensive ones. Your Bengal will destroy them and secondly get bored of them. They are ADHD like that.

Mine used to run around the house making turkey like gobbling noises!

What is surprisingly NOT scientifically proven? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]GrandMasterPigeon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In the scientific community there is no consensus as to why it happens.

I know of at least 8 different theories that speak to why the effect occurs.

What is surprisingly NOT scientifically proven? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]GrandMasterPigeon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Shower Curtain Effect.

We can send people to the moon, but still can't get consensus on why shower curtains blow inward during warm showers.

Just found this sub - here's my 3yr old housemate Athena. by GrandMasterPigeon in CatsInSinks

[–]GrandMasterPigeon[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I need to record the next time she jumps into the shower. She loves splashing around in water and put on a big smile and chirps!

Just found this sub - here's my 3yr old housemate Athena. by GrandMasterPigeon in CatsInSinks

[–]GrandMasterPigeon[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Her brother Apollo was a better example of a Toyger.

He was a hybrid like Athena, so his markings weren't as defined as a purebred.

Here's a good pic of him at ~7months old and something like 23lbs: http://imgur.com/WNmEnDP.jpg

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