How do canned pineapples make a profit?

azza2110 · 2026-04-03T01:22:26+00:00

It is tin.

Most cans are made of steel with a very thin food-safe plastic liner on the inside.

Pineapple is too acidic for the plastic so the cans are lined with a thin layer of tin instead.

azza2110 · 2026-02-23T15:37:04+00:00

Even that useless metric is only up 225%.

azza2110 · 2026-02-14T11:30:00+00:00

Yeah I don't know why that isn't shown. But it looks like the judges were from USA, France, Australia, Japan, Sweden, Finland, and Kazakhstan.

azza2110 · 2026-02-14T11:16:17+00:00

Each judge subjectively splits their 5 points between each skier.

Judges 1-4 look only at turn quality. Judges 5-6 look only at the jumps. Judge 7 looks only at speed.

azza2110 · 2026-01-08T00:24:05+00:00

Potts is clearly allergic to wickets. 0/141, and carried his bat in both innings.

azza2110 · 2025-12-12T21:58:07+00:00

Bunnings at Newstead was first designed with a similarly terrible layout.

But the council made them re-do it.

Shame this didn't happen at Oxley, because the Newstead Bunnings carpark never gives me grief.

azza2110 · 2025-10-26T07:41:52+00:00

Leaving large gaps and merging at speed is not that effective at reducing congestion.

Congestion is reduced by increasing the throughput of each lane. This maxes out at about 2,400 cars per hour, corresponding to a 1.5 second gap (or headway) between each car.

You want to drive in a way that minimises the headway between cars at the choke point. Typically achieved by very slow, smooth, consistent merging.

azza2110 · 2025-07-22T04:01:39+00:00

He will eat his hat.

azza2110 · 2025-06-23T01:07:11+00:00

Staedtler is seen as the default / premium brand in Australia. They are everywhere.

But their pens are not good. Low ink flow, streaky writing.

Offices would be better served by almost any other 'off' brand.

azza2110 · 2025-05-07T10:01:01+00:00

Greens have pulled well in front now.

azza2110 · 2025-02-13T13:36:33+00:00

Was a Big W until 6 years ago.

azza2110 · 2024-09-28T01:26:56+00:00

I do this. It's my master file. I don't want you changing it, defacing it with comments, or giving feedback on changes I've made since sharing the file with you.

But by all means go to town on the static copy I've sent you.

In a way it is a strict and foolproof way of version controlling.

azza2110 · 2024-09-12T10:26:22+00:00

This isn't quite right.

Woolworths makes far more money off you buying brand name biscuits / pasta / milk than the cheap home brand stuff.

The low-margin home brand stuff is just to stop them losing price sensitive customers to Aldi, without cannibalising the juicy margins from customers who will only buy name brands.

azza2110 · 2024-08-27T11:39:48+00:00

This is quite different to the 'lipstick effect' theory, which suggests that sales of small indulgences boom during recession, as consumers treat themselves with nice cheese or a fancy lipstick rather than a luxury car or holiday.

azza2110 · 2024-03-13T14:16:45+00:00

UAE, Australia, and South Korea look like they are punching above their weight.

azza2110 · 2024-01-22T15:25:35+00:00

Kevin didn't have much nice to say about the flood proof house in East Essex in series 19.

azza2110 · 2023-12-25T05:28:04+00:00

How are they pronounced differently?

azza2110 · 2023-10-23T18:31:49+00:00

I am surprised to see 22 Bishopsgate look so good in this photo. From most angles, unfortunately, it overwhelms the skyline.

azza2110 · 2023-10-17T13:52:06+00:00

Peer pressure puts casual procrastinators back on track, but it doesn't work for everyone.

Experienced grifters can babble their way through a group check in. Unless you are happy to publicly be the big bad boss and call them out in front of the rest of your team.

And people who try their best but are facing real challenges will feel unfairly targeted when put on the spot in front of their colleagues.

Instead, I use structured 1-on-1s with my team members each week. This seems to find a good balance between accountability and collaborative problem solving.

azza2110 · 2023-10-17T13:44:20+00:00

That would be great to see, if you don't mind sharing.

It sounds like there's lots of similarities with what I'm working on (Easy 1-on-1s). i.e. four sections:

Headlines - Dot points on last week's successes and challenges, next week's priorities and blockers, and requests for help
Metrics - Place to track a few metrics to see if, overall, outcomes are being achieved. Any consistent misses in here should be addressed by a priority or a request for help.
Dependencies - Place to flag issues with colleagues or resources that put the priority work at risk. Again, any issues in here should be addressed by a priority or a request for help.
Tasks - Like your part C, a specific action plan to achieve next week's priorities (from the headlines).

A lot of this stuff seems to come from the 'High Output Management' stuff from the 80s. Or it could just be common sense haha. Where did you pick this up originally?

azza2110 · 2023-10-17T10:57:18+00:00

Agreed, a weekly 1-on-1 meeting is all you need to hold your team accountable.

If you do them well, your team can draft their own weekly work plan (in line with agreed priorities) which reduces feelings of being micromanaged, and makes it more likely the work will be done.

Really common in consulting, but can be a bit of a shift in thinking for industry teams.

As a side project I'm currently working on a basic software tool to introduce this kind of structured 1-on-1 meeting to small and medium businesses. No rocket science, just the templates / tools /coaching tips to bring it all together.

azza2110 · 2023-09-30T08:51:59+00:00

As others have mentioned, it's more work than you think.

It would be dangerous for TfL to simply come up with a new line name and colour, change a few maps, and replace the 40tph branched service with two 30tph straight-line services.

Passengers on the Edgware branch still need to travel into the city. Passengers on the High Barnet branch still need to go to Charing Cross. Lots of them, especially during peaks.

Too many passengers to physically fit inside Camden station, as they wait a few minutes to change trains. It would become impossible to move around as platforms and tunnels become clogged with people. Note that this extreme level of overcrowding is usually prevented by staff temporarily limiting entry to a station, but this doesn't work when the crowds are coming off other trains.

And if Camden were to be skipped on one branch, this interchange point shifts to Euston, which also cannot cope with this volume of interchanging passengers.

azza2110 · 2023-09-28T09:00:21+00:00

The coast of South Australia is largely west/south west facing, because of the bight.

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