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Cake day: July 10th, 2023

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  • Absolutely! I am not pro-dairy; its production is definitely an immoral practice. I am not in favor of this decision because it is pro-dairy, but because it is pro-consumer. For me, the consumer protections that prevent me from buying vegan cheese when I mean to buy dairy cheese are the same consumer protections that prevent me from buying cheez-whiz when I mean to buy dairy cheese. The consumer protections that allow people to make informed decisions that I find morally reprehensible are the same consumer protections that allow me to make informed decisions that I find morally superior. I like this decision because I feel like I won, even though the evil dairies also won.



  • For those of you who, like me, have a knee-jerk negative reaction to the word “AI,” from my reading of the paper, the ai in this research is much more in the lineage of Alpha Go than it is in the lineage of ChatGPT (which I know is a strange sentence to write because ChatGPT is in the lineage of Alpha Go, but here we are). I think CBS is over-indexing on the researchers’ use of the term “identified” here — I think based on my understanding of the paper it would be strictly more accurate to say the researchers identified the likely rules by comparing ai playthrough data to wear patterns, and that when the researchers say the ai “identified” the ruleset, they mean it more loosely, but I may be mistaken.


  • “This change is part of a broader, ongoing effort to align all of Gallup’s public work with its mission,” a spokesperson for Gallup said. “We look forward to continuing to offer independent research that adheres to the highest standards of social science.”

    Here’s what Gallup’s About Page:

    We use that knowledge to make our clients stronger.

    We help our clients create exceptional workplaces and engaged customers.

    We help them understand what the world’s citizens need and want.

    Whatever their mission and purpose, we help them achieve what’s possible.

    I don’t see how you can expect a reasonable person to believe that discontinuing your US presidential approval rating brings you closer to your stated mission — this is manifestly not the case.






  • Because for many people, an alt milk is a new product — even if a product has existed for hundreds of years, you may be one of today’s lucky 10,000. It doesn’t much matter how long dolmas, or samosas, or arepas, or lumpia have existed, if you’ve never encountered it. What you and I, who are familiar with the production of alt milks, call them informally amongst ourselves is not what is at issue. I just don’t think it’s unreasonable to say that the word “milk” has a formal, legal definition, and that alt milks don’t fulfill it. I would take objection to courts saying that latex isn’t milk, for instance, because to my mind, the product of p somniferum is produced using a milking process, while an almond milk is an emulsion.


  • For me, home production for personal use is different than commercial production because you don’t see the product under production. When you take something to market, the consumer no longer has any relation to the production process — they never looked at the cookbook, or saw an almond. You’re exposing whole classes of people to something that they do not have the kind of intimate experience with a food you’re describing. Instead, almond milk is the result of some mysterious industrial process, rather than something that comes from a cheesecloth in your kitchen. I think, experientially, buying a carton of almond milk at a store is very different than making it at home.