Surface Pro owner. Can confirm - worst computer I’ve owned. Gets hot to the touch when you open Notepad.

I have a big soft spot for these LEGO games, and I might own all of them. Have never / would never pay $70 for one.

It pushes the responsibility for those drivers onto someone else. Back in the day, if your delivery car was busted you had to get a backup. Now, the franchise is unaffected. Some other DoorDash driver will take their place and the pizza place doesn’t need to lift a finger.

Did the driver get in an accident while delivering the pizza? That’s their problem. Take up the missing order with DoorDash support. Pizza place keeps chugging.

I’m not sure at what point it happened, but the big white tent quickly became an icon for the series, too. Pretty early on the bakers talk about being in awe of “the actual tent”. At this point we must ask ourselves - is it truly baking if you’re not in a tent?

Also, tangentially related - I’m a fan of having the weather play a part. No, normally you wouldn’t be baking in a thunderstorm at 40°C @ 200% humidity, buuuuuut the drama makes for some good watchin’. Yep, they’d have an easier time in a dedicated indoor space. That’s boring. Show me how an opera cake handles a summer day.

Might have an answer, as a fan of the show:

In the first season they toured around a bit instead of setting up shop in the backyard of a mansion. It was a neat idea. I wager the initial intention was to celebrate the locations many of the bakes came from as well as the food itself. Mel & Sue would wander around the town interviewing bakers and talking about the history of whatever the bakers were making.

But I imagine the logistics of moving a giant tent every episode with a dozen mini-kitchens in it wasn’t worth the hassle. Season 2 was the first time they set up behind a mansion.

I think they stuck with it because it’s relatively easy to rent some space in a field somewhere scenic and set up shop. Different locations keeps things fresh, and the gentle “nature” aesthetic matches the vibe of the show (imo).

Thing is, I remember a time when getting cosmetic surgery / Botox was the “I’d never do that” thing. Now it’s getting harder to find people in the public eye who haven’t had it.

I think all it’d take is Google/Apple/Meta/MS to normalize the requirement.

Galactus. Not good, not evil. Just a big, hungry boy.

🎵 Swinging Belleville rendezvooooouuuuus 🎶

The Triplets of Belleville

I love it. It’s definitely an artsy-fartsy kind of movie, but the animation is gorgeous, the story’s charming, and I constantly have the song stuck in my head.

Because it makes the big line go up. Anything to prove that “AI” is anything other than a dumb series of if/then statements.

Boom. That’s all I need to hear.

Florida health officials detail another incident leading to patient harm. Just two months before the fatal surgery, Dr. Shaknovsky had operated on a 58-year-old man, removing a portion of his pancreas instead of the adrenal gland during an adrenalectomy, according to Florida’s Department of Health.

Dr. Shaknovsky documented removing the left adrenal gland and later claimed the adrenal gland had “migrated.” The patient suffered permanent harm from this error, department of health officials said. The Florida Department of Health suspended Dr. Shaknovsky’s license in September 2024, according to public records.

Alright, fuck this guy.

I figure, if he were a good surgeon & made a bad mistake, that’s one thing.

because why would anybody look for justice in a court of law

Hi, yes, please work on your reading comprehension - “closure” is not “justice”. A payout and a lost license isn’t going to bring her husband back.

I’m all for admitting I misread something, but if you read the article, the real bleeding started before the mistake. Surgeon was wrist-deep in blood, can’t see what he has his hands on, and thinks the enlarged spleen is the liver. They’ve been wrestling with the bleeding for 20 minutes, so everyone is now in a panic. Then the mistake, no?

It’s an awful situation, but folks around here are acting like the guy was inept or trying to avoid responsibility or something. Seems to me like this could happen to any decent surgeon with the right conditions.

Ope. A commenter has pointed out the surgeon has a record of ineptness. Please disregard this defense of him and continue with your torches & pitchforks.

I was ready to ridicule the guy, but before the mistake the patient had been bleeding profusely:

> “It was like a overflown sink that’s clogged up, and I am looking for a fork at the bottom, trying to feel and find the bleed, and I was not able to do so,” Shaknovsky said. He added: “After 20 minutes of struggling – desperately trying – to save his life, that’s when the wrong-site event took place.

Emphasis mine. The article says there’s some debate on the size of the spleen when it was removed, too.

I didn’t see anywhere that he attempted to “cover it up”. It was mislabeled during the chaos. Afterwards he saw the mistake, has admitted to it, and is rightfully tortured by it. I hope the widow finds closure, but I doubt it’ll come from a lawsuit.

They should be represented by the humble sea cucumber. Because it eats and shits out of the same hole.

That IS a fun fact. Thanks for sharing

I love an easter egg in my docs

Again

Wrong kind of fiddler.

Don’t worry, the next movie will have an AI Carrie Fisher reprising her role.