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Code I’m Still Ashamed Of 10 years ago

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.”

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The fishy ingredient in beer that bothers vegetarians 10 years ago

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

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Bloody Plant Burger Smells, Tastes and Sizzles Like Meat 10 years ago

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.

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Can Oregon's tiny houses be part of the solution to homelessness? 11 years ago

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.

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[dead] 12 years ago

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)

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