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Re:Code I’m Still Ashamed Of on Wednesday November 16, 2016 @08:57AM (#12966835)
True, the author is no doctor, but in this case this is not the only drug available.

In the article:

“The quiz doesn’t work,” she said.

“Oh. What’s broken?” I asked.

“Well, it seems that no matter what I do, the quiz recommends the client’s drug as the best possible treatment. The only exception is if I say I’m allergic. Or if I say I am already taking it.”

Yikes. Reminds me of this https://www.theguardian.com/money/2014/aug/29/london-renters...

I guess in this case "luxury" => "doesn't contain second-hand furniture".

Also http://www.independent.co.uk/property/studio-flat-with-bedro... (clearly they should of opted for a single bed too facepalm)

Re:The Real Lolita on Sunday September 18, 2016 @11:30AM (#12525682)
Re:The fishy ingredient in beer that bothers vegetarians on Thursday September 15, 2016 @07:48AM (#12505216)
For a long time, in the UK at least, clarity just is more visually appealing. In the past the role of the cellarman was much more hands-on; there was a time where beer was unfined leaving the brewery and fined on delivery once casks were put in place. Much of this art is disappearing, but it has been a while that the beer has been designed to be clear. With that, the bottom of casks are murky with yeast (since filtering is uncommon) and isinglass - which may make you ill (it tastes bad too) so cloudy beer has been associated with off beer or the end-of-cask.

I've tried serving a cask wheat beer which was rejected purely by appearance in the past.

Mind you, things have been changing rapidly in 5/6 years and many breweries make their tasty products without isinglass (or vegan-friendly alternatives+). Some choose to be fairly close to pin bright and others less so - depends on many things like more flocculant house yeast, etc.

I can say that around 5 years ago, a brewery made the decision to switch to being unfined for flavour - and their products were cloudy then onwards. It was difficult to 'sell' then, but now it's a commonplace. And yes, a pub did an informal experiement: flavours were altered with the addition of isinglass but from a general public opinion was divided in which they preferred (almost 50/50)

+ not necessarily equivalent. Some products are introduced during the brewing process, not after

Re:Bloody Plant Burger Smells, Tastes and Sizzles Like Meat on Wednesday June 22, 2016 @06:57AM (#11952779)
There are generally 2 reasons to avoid garlic and onions - 1) they are considered 'stimulating' (eg: Krishna) and/or more likely: 2) onions and garlic are bulbs - if you uproot them you effectively kill the plant whereas other vegetables you harvest their fruits/leaves/etc and the plant lives on.
8) Better beer
I hope this "developer" never touches any critical software.

I wonder why it reminds me of http://dilbert.com/strip/1996-01-31

> there's plenty of immigrants from Asia who'll happily rent and buy up with funds they earnt via questionable means in their home countries

Way to go there - all immigrants are rich and earned their riches via questionable means!

This kind of "blame the immigrants" is spreading; a shame since I thought Australia was on top of that.

Re:List of April Fools' Day Announcements on Wednesday April 01, 2015 @11:00AM (#9304132)
Gee, thanks for that. Next time I'm scooping cooked rice out for dinner I would hope that the other occupants of the house have not used it as a spank paddle.
Re:If Britain were a U.S. state, it would be the second-poorest on Wednesday August 27, 2014 @10:24AM (#8232247)
Yay, another linkbaity apples vs oranges comparison. As per the comments mention, no accounting for social services like health care.

(I'd love to downvote but I don't have the karma)

Re:101 Blogging Tip for Newbie and Experienced Bloggers on Thursday July 24, 2014 @08:29AM (#8079217)
facepalm

101 items indicate a plurality. 1 tip, 21 tips, 101 tips...

Re:Call me maybe: Elasticsearch on Friday June 20, 2014 @05:06AM (#7920017)
When the CERN scientists presented their Higgs boson findings in Comic Sans did you dismiss them because, Comic Sans\?

The gifs aren't necessary, but I found them refreshingly amusing. This article isn't for a professional press release for a scientific journal, it's aphyr's blog.

Why so serious?

http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2012/jul/04/higgs-bo...