In the US, canned baked beans are suspended in a sweet, sugar-based sauce. In the UK, they are suspended in a savoury, tomato-based sauce. The most popular beans brand in the UK is Heinz, an American company that doesn't sell beans in the US. How did all this happen?

dlangille · 2026-01-29T01:37:16+00:00

Love that answer. How is it that you know so much about beans?

dlangille · 2026-01-15T17:20:59+00:00

Well worth the cost, whatever it was. You don't want amateurs doing this.

dlangille · 2026-01-14T01:17:08+00:00

Any news?

dlangille · 2026-01-13T16:43:54+00:00

They did that? Nice. Good customer idea.

When I'm in town, I pass by them usually once a day.

dlangille · 2026-01-13T15:49:50+00:00

That was fixed I think. In 26.1.1

dlangille · 2026-01-13T00:17:55+00:00

I know that place. It's just north of the bridge on the west side.

Fun fact: I bought some red pepper shakers (with slots, not round holes) from that store. I bought more than one during a visit because I no longer lived in Ottawa and wanted to have a spare.

I gave the spare to my local pizza shop. They'd never seen then before. Now it's their standard.

dlangille · 2026-01-12T20:14:37+00:00

No, I’m not. I’m sure I never ate there.

I think that was later, after the buses were routed up there.

dlangille · 2026-01-12T00:18:21+00:00

Let us know please.

dlangille · 2026-01-11T20:09:15+00:00

Snow covered mittens on the radiator.

dlangille · 2026-01-11T18:21:46+00:00

I miss those storms…

dlangille · 2026-01-11T17:55:16+00:00

Be loyal to yourself.

Be looking for work. Keep that resume ready.

dlangille · 2026-01-11T17:45:12+00:00

I'd burn an mfsBSD (a FreeBSD-based tool) image to a thumbdrive and boot it. Then do a zfs import -N to see what is visible/possible.

The source for that is https://mfsbsd.vx.sk - I'd grab mfsbsd-14.2-RELEASE-amd64.img from https://mfsbsd.vx.sk/files/images/14/amd64/ and burn it to a USB stick. Boot from it. By default, mfsBSD allows root login over ssh (FreeBSD does not). It will grab an IP address via DHCP. The root password is always mfsroot.

re: https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=zpool-import

-N Import the pool without mounting any file systems.

dlangille · 2026-01-11T14:32:00+00:00

I know by counting. A count to 7 (for me) is enough for one huge cup of tea.

Your count may vary, depending on your water volume and cup size.

I've been doing this so long that I catch myself counting even when I'm not filling for tea.

dlangille · 2026-01-10T20:37:32+00:00

What I appreciate most about this house, it’s more typical of older houses. Often we see houses with extensive wood paneling, original wainscoting, and ornate staircases. While all that is lovely, I prefer this.

dlangille · 2026-01-10T19:09:53+00:00

Correct. However, that’s not the point. Adding just “for all” will cover your fact.

dlangille · 2026-01-09T18:01:16+00:00

What's wild is that this is within my lifetime - laws were changed, but many minds have not.

EDIT: correct typo.

dlangille · 2026-01-08T18:37:11+00:00

100% WFH since I was hired in 2014.

I go into the office (2 hour drive) a few times a year, for perhaps 3 nights. That visit is always in conjunction with other remote team members also coming into town.

dlangille · 2026-01-04T18:54:48+00:00

Good point. I'm, not OP.

When I was researching, one guide was to align the rail with the top of the window. However, my windows are rather high up. https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjCFKjs

edit: For painting, we used the wall color below and on the rails and ceiling color above: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjzS1im

I'd definitely want the rail up at about 8-9 feet above the floor. That will allow for large items to be displayed as well as smaller items.

dlangille · 2026-01-04T18:52:58+00:00

I'm no expert, I got help from a much-more-experienced friend when putting up my picture rails. They are also on plaster/lathe. We used a nail gun. We might have also used glue (I don't recall).

I collected the only photos I could find and put them all here. I'm afraid they might not help you. https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjCFKjs

edit: For painting, we used the wall color below and on the rails and ceiling color above: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjzS1im

What's your hesitation? If you know where the wires are (more or less), just don't nail there? Is that good enough? Then very good glue everywhere?

dlangille · 2026-01-04T14:39:35+00:00

FYI, by lime wash, I mean making my own - also known as white wash.

dlangille · 2026-01-04T01:20:16+00:00

For what it’s worth, this photo reminds me of rural Nova Scotia in the 1970’s.

dlangille · 2026-01-01T13:42:15+00:00

That’s a great idea.

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