2025-10-05 08:11:06
What is "good taste" in software engineering?
https://www.seangoedecke.com/taste/
What is "good taste" in software engineering?
https://www.seangoedecke.com/taste/
During a recent visit to Yale, Buddhist nun and chef Jeong Kwan shared her philosophy of mindful, plant-based cuisine and treated community members to an unforgettable meal.
https://news.yale.edu/2025/10/31/mountain-temple-ya…
I've been eating these oven-roasted Korean sweet potatoes all week, and it’s genuinely one of the best things I've eaten all year.
Just regular-ass potatoes roasted in the oven in their skin. No prep work, no seasoning, no nothing.
They taste like potato, chestnut, and maple syrup in one magical bite.
You may remember a few weeks ago I was at the live @… show in London.
My opinions are all so very great that I won the top prize, the first ever awarded. As you would expect and is only correct.
I took the jar to the party but nobody there even heard of B3ta or Fesshole or AnonOpinion or @…
So nobody was very impressed and seemed to prefer to concentrate on the cheese and the marmalade made by their friend with his own oranges grown on his trees.
No accounting for taste.
So I got to bring most of it home and finish it off this week.
Sweet sticky delicious and orangy. Thank you maam.
#anonOpin #liveShow #marmalade
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #SoundsOfSurvivance
Tee Vee Repairmann:
🎵 Bad Taste
#TeeVeeRepairmann
https://teeveerepairman.bandcamp.com/track/bad-taste
https://open.spotify.com/track/4T9gcmWdRBpK2fP5xNO2QB
I'm gonna eat more salt in 2026. It makes food taste awesome!
@… hi, it's really not good taste, I doubt that the copyright holder would approve.
#WritersCoffeeClub December 2025
1. From where did the inspiration for your current WIP come?
2. What do you dislike as reader and thus avoid in your own work?
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Postponing Nov30 as I'm answering while in transit.
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1. It didn't.
2. A number of things, hard to describe in the moment. It's a kneejerk. Two categories - a) bad taste, and b) not…
🍯 Changing sweet taste in diet does not affect sugar cravings or health, study suggests
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-sweet-diet-affect-sugar-cravings.html
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Sunflower Bean:
🎵 Champagne Taste
#SunflowerBean
https://sunflowerbean.bandcamp.com/track/champagne-taste
https://open.spotify.com/track/3CWIBLKz5S0nTCTP2fXqJN
Kid2 had pizza day yesterday. The school decided to order from a new place that offers "healthy pizza." The kids apparently poured onto the playground after lunch, having barely touched the stuff, chanting "We want [corporate pizza chain]!" While I may not agree with their taste in pizza, I'll take collective action any day. And the kids won! The school sent around an email last night saying they were going back to the old place and that they'd pay for a pizza par…
Tipp: Bildschirmsperre per Touch ID auf MacBook Pro und Air deaktivieren
Die Touch-ID-Taste der MacBook-Tastaturen sperrt beim Drücken direkt den Bildschirm, das passiert schnell ungewollt. Die Funktion lässt sich aber abschalten.
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Sunflower Bean:
🎵 Champagne Taste
#SunflowerBean
https://sunflowerbean.bandcamp.com/track/champagne-taste
https://open.spotify.com/track/3CWIBLKz5S0nTCTP2fXqJN
Today went bust on the first attempt = I poured water for six cups of coffee in the brewer but only four scoops of coffee in the filter. That's tea with a hint of coffee taste. So I guess I'll have to accept that glasses are mandatory for making drinkable coffee from here on.
It's very rare that I can actually taste a specific note in wine, but tonight, I can definitely taste Grapefruit in the Sicilian wine that I bought 🤔
The Ackermann family claims to be descended from French kings, posts QAnon type screeds, and has fascinatingly bad taste in just about every aspect of life there is.
http://famille-ackermann.com/
'Give Republicans a taste': Legal experts propose next Democratic president's Day 1 agenda - Alternet.org
https://www.alternet.org/next-democratic-president-agenda/
This Soft Robot Is 100% Edible, Including the Battery
It’s designed to feed medication to wild boars, but you can eat it too
https://spectrum.ieee.org/soft-edible-robot
Now you've done it, @…. This piece is about to make the Sunset Dunes/Great Highway debate look tame in comparison
https://missionlocal.org/2025/10/sf-be
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Sophie Ellis-Bextor:
🎵 Taste
#SophieEllisBextor
https://petamusic.bandcamp.com/track/sophie-ellis-bextor-taste-extended-mix
https://open.spotify.com/track/5pe8674S8FnKW8tNpHFjAZ
Weil ich sie grade in der Hand hatte: Eine Alpha #G4M3R #Tastatur von #WorldSpawnsKeebs:
Willst Du #Windgeräusche bei Deinen Outdoor-Aufnahmen minimieren?
Für solche Zwecke gibt es verschiedene #Windschutz-Aufsätze, mit denen man #Mikrofone nachrüsten kann. Auch für me…
"The hidden carbon cost of reality TV shows like The Traitors"
#TV #Media #Emissions
Really funny how CNN set up this very fun interactive site to show how ranked-choice voting works, with lots of flavors in the mix, and after all is said and done, the two final contenders are…chocolate (51.4%) and Vanilla (48.6%). Almost like Rs and Ds.
https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2…
Please please please let the new CEO have taste and not be afraid of having fun
😋 Gene editing creates compact goldenberry plants suitable for large-scale farming
#food
Today, I am going to be removing a favorite user feature: picking your own font for the Xogot text editor and La Terminal as now you need Apple's approval to use third party fonts installed in the system.
But at least my users will be safe from picking a font in bad taste.
Oh dear lord, my husband offered me a taste of a new non-alcoholic beer with grapefruit — that was probably the worst thing I've tasted in a long, long time. All my facial features kind of gathered around the nose.
Beer and grape — that's a hard no. I've not had this much facial exercise in a long time! I was so surprised how every thought I had in my brain just fled, like they couldn't stand the taste either. What a monstrosity. The beer. The husband is nice.
Minor footnote in the ongoing generative AI slop wars: how embarrassing it must be to cultivate a certain taste and discernment satisfied by the most basic, autocomplete slurry of “content”
Dear people of Brazil, I'd like to apologise for our chancellor, a man of wealth and no taste with a virtually endless list of shortcomings.
I know it's frustrating having to deal with his BS, we have to do it every day over here. And consider also how good you have it: at least you can call him what he clearly, indulgently and unapologetically is without any fear of punishment.
"Friedrich Merz und Lars Klingbeil, die Sonny & Cher der Bundespolitik"
Wieder eine sehr unterhaltsame Kolumne, leider blieb mir das Lachen oft im Hals stecken.
https://www.n-tv.de/politik/Alarm-fuer-Pla
Digitale Souveränität zahlt sich aus! 💻 Schleswig-Holstein zeigt, dass der Umstieg auf Open-Source-Software nicht nur die technologische Unabhängigkeit stärkt, sondern auch den Landeshaushalt entlastet.
Zum Artikel: https://heise.de/-11105389?wt_mc=sm.re
Which tag tastes better? And would it taste better with the oven or the microwave?
Some German car enthusiasts no longer want to go along with the sedate, conservative, middle-aged male German taste for a dark grey diesel car.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRPZdKLAYxc
The SAQ (Quebec's liquor monopoly) is doing a Spotify style year-end round-up this year. Some of it is a "fun" quiz. Zzzzz.
One of my questions was “did you buy more products from Canada or Sweden this year?”
Hanlon's Razor must have a corollary… right? I can't tell if this is AI slop or [a different kind of] incompetence.
(The SAQ carries 14 products from Sweden; 13 of which are different flavours of Absolut vodka. I did not purchase any of their prod…
I've been eagerly updating #macOS since 10.4 Tiger (which required buying a physical box of DVDs!) running betas whenever possible. Until Tahoe. I haven't touched it.
Apple has lost taste.
Not just the OS. It's Tim giving a golden turd bribe. Tasteless.
I've been unhappy about being in a walled garden, but now they can't even keep a nice garden.
A transatlantic warning. If #NigelTheStockbroker , No Cartoons Jenrick or BadEnoch came to power, this is a taste of what to expect.
"Google removed certain apps used to report sightings of ICE [migration paramilitaries] officials, and “then they immediately turned around and approved an app that helps the government unconstitutionally target an actual vulnerable group."…
Chocolate lovers... this is a great comparison!
▶️ Chocolatiers Blind Taste Test Every Chocolate Bar | The Taste Panel | Epicurious
https://youtube.com/watch?v=bgUe5BIqaB4&si=cUDCnohHfJyf80G5
I can’t say why exactly, but I just question your taste if you insist on having just plain cream cheese on a bagel.
My coffee machine broke down. (Dramatic, I know.) I have to get a new one quickly. I want something specific that appears to be not widely available, and I wonder if anyone has recommendations. I want to have coffee made once, consumed over multiple ours. Heating plates make it taste terrible, coffee should go into an insulated pot.
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🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MiddayShow
Ya Tseen feat. Portugal. The Man, Meshell Ndegeocello & Sidibe:
🎵 Taste on My Lips
#YaTseen #PortugalTheMan #MeshellNdegeocello #Sidibe
https://yatseen.bandcamp.com/track/taste-on-my-lips-feat-portugal-the-man-meshell-ndegeocello-sidibe-2
Concept artists give informed critiques of using GenAI to concept. Fav quote:
“When I show someone a rough sketch they see it differently than I do. They’re not seeing the sketch, they’re seeing the potential for what the sketch could be through their own taste and experiences, and it sparks all kinds of wonderful ideas that I would’ve never thought of on my own.”
Concept Artists Say Generative AI References Only Make Their Jobs Harder
@… It’s in preparation for a medical exam; there’s no indication whether milk substitutes are permitted, so I’m playing it safe.
Regarding oat milk, I tried a number of different products over the summer, and I agree, it’s become a very good alternative both wrt. taste and to consistency.
@… It’s in preparation for a medical exam; there’s no indication whether milk substitutes are permitted, so I’m playing it safe.
Regarding oat milk, I tried a number of different products over the summer, and I agree, it’s become a very good alternative both wrt. taste and to consistency.
I want the presidency so bad I can already taste the hors d'oeuvres.
Apple Music's "Discovery" used to be pretty good - but I think they have now attached it to an AI that has no taste or discrimination.
"This project started as a search problem and ended as something more. The most important result isn’t which neighbourhood tops the rankings - it’s the realisation that platforms now quietly structure survival in everyday urban markets. London’s restaurant scene is no longer organised by taste alone. It is organised by visibility that compounds, rent that rises when discovery arrives, and algorithms that allocate attention long before consumers ever show up. What looks like “choice” is increasingly the downstream effect of ranking systems."
How Google Maps quietly allocates survival across London’s restaurants - and how I built a dashboard to see through it
https://laurenleek.substack.com/p/how-google-maps-quietly-allocates
Sonnet 040 - XL
Take all my loves, my love, yea take them all;
What hast thou then more than thou hadst before?
No love, my love, that thou mayst true love call;
All mine was thine, before thou hadst this more.
Then, if for my love, thou my love receivest,
I cannot blame thee, for my love thou usest;
But yet be blam'd, if thou thy self deceivest
By wilful taste of what thyself refusest.
I do forgive thy robbery, gentle thief,
Al…
Trump America accuses Europe of "civilisational erasure".
A clear case of pot and kettle, or worse, of psychological projection.
(* Civilisation: the quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste.)
Something nice to look at. I used a portion of the extra pumpkin puree to make pumpkin (with raisin) muffins for my snacks.
They are not too bad, but next time I will add more of my homemade pumpkin pie spice and pumpkin puree as the taste was a bit too subtle for me. I may also add a bit of rolled oats to pump up the fibre.
a reminder that if you like to follow someone, but has a spammy repost for your taste, you can hide his boosts from your timeline. At least on mastodon.
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #InTune
Rachel Portman, Unnamed orchestra & David Snell:
🎵 Taste of Chocolate (Chocolat)
#RachelPortman #Unnamedorchestra #DavidSnell
7:00 Uhr Morgens im Nachbarbüro:
Telefon klingelt.
Kollege, der sich unter anderem um kleine Computer-Wehwechen kümmert, geht ran.
"Du brauchst einen PDF Viewer? .... Drück einmal die 'Windows'-Taste und dann 'P' 'D' 'F'........ Nein... 'P' 'D' 'F' ... warte, ich komm hoch zu Dir."
Absoluter Respekt für meinen Kollegen. Ich wär sofort wieder nach Hause.
this is psychotic and now I desperately want pot noodle
https://mastodon.social/@fesshole/115352194671389501
And Sambourne House, a successful 19th c. illustrator. Staunchly middle class but with a lot of taste and personality.
Epstein victim Virginia Guiffre wondered if his taste for blackmail got him killed in prison - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/epstein-files-2674210481/
10 Brownie Recipes That Will Blow Your Mind #plantbased
a few days ago i announce #gyokuro tea tasting. the trigger was, that i run out of my usual supplier & bought some gyokuro in france, which tasted so much stronger and better, but was also double the price. so i wondered and tried to find a new supplier. out of the 8 samples, only one had a similar strong taste as the french (but a seafruit-like, which i don't like) all the other samples we…
This came in my feed, and I can't disagree. I have worked with #StackOverflow developers in the past, and I think the result will be the same, or even worse.
https://www.<…
I thought I could meal prep tomatoes, onions, and sausage for the week. Turns out one spoon to taste last night gave me horrible heartburn (which I haven't had in almost a year).
Also the house smelled like onions all night, which made it worse.
https://youtube.com/clip/Ugkxg_99czORPvGxRVXQGMPL0VrGrz6G1eTU?si=5e1JNPpGXczAsZeX
Perfect summation of how I discovered “good” coffee, that you drink just for the taste of it.
“Why can’t it always be this good”, indeed.
Something for the #beer nerds this morning.
In March 2024 (on #Orval Day), we got 8 people together to taste my 14-year vertical collection of Orval, and I made everyone take notes. (I have 16 years collected, today.)
I've finally compiled those notes into a web site, and this is now maybe the biggest …
@… I like to think, that's me in my 60s, however my knees are not quite as good as they were in my 40s.
Also, I hesitated before boosting because I don't like the taste of beer. What's wrong with me?
@…
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #RileyAndCoe
Wild Beasts:
🎵 We Still Got the Taste Dancin' on Our Tongues (6 Music Session, 20 Jul 2009)
#WildBeasts
https://wildbeasts.bandcamp.com/track/we-still-got-the-taste-dancin-on-our-tongues
https://open.spotify.com/track/5kL9tUDFZm2lmdHeSvgaTF
Kid2 had pizza day yesterday. The school decided to order from a new place that offers "healthy pizza." The kids apparently poured onto the playground after lunch, having barely touched the stuff, chanting "We want [corporate pizza chain]!" While I may not agree with their taste in pizza, I'll take collective action any day. And the kids won! The school sent around an email last night saying they were going back to the old place and that they'd pay for a pizza par…
Ein kleiner #Handrekorder mit guten #Mikrofonen ist ein praktischer Begleiter für #Naturliebhaber.
Er ermöglicht hochwertige Tonaufnahmen unterwegs, zum Beispiel von Vogelgesang. Mi…
California officials are warning foragers after an outbreak of poisoning linked to wild mushrooms that has killed one adult and caused severe liver damage in several patients, including children.
The state poison control system has identified 21 cases of amatoxin poisoning,
likely caused by death cap mushrooms, the health department said Friday.
The toxic wild mushrooms are often mistaken for edible ones because of their appearance and taste.
“Death cap mushrooms con…
https://youtube.com/clip/Ugkxg_99czORPvGxRVXQGMPL0VrGrz6G1eTU?si=5e1JNPpGXczAsZeX
Perfect summation of how I discovered “good” coffee, that you drink just for the taste of it.
“Why can’t it always be this good”, indeed.
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #Early
Car Culture:
🎵 Taste of Honey
#CarCulture
https://naffrecordings.bandcamp.com/track/taste-of-honey
https://open.spotify.com/track/1fIX17KC53BDUDCBqzvLE6
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #PrivatePassions
Bobby Scott & Ric Marlow:
🎵 A Taste Of Honey
#BobbyScott #RicMarlow
https://open.spotify.com/track/5PvpSx1uEPM5jEBqZL6TjQ
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #DriveTime
Another Taste:
🎵 Run Into Love
#AnotherTaste
https://another-taste.bandcamp.com/track/run-into-love
https://open.spotify.com/track/6zQatNmJoxrWfgzxVYYxLj
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #HuwStephens
The Cramps:
🎵 You Got Good Taste
#TheCramps
https://kafadankontak.bandcamp.com/track/messua-timeless-you-got-a-goodtaste
https://open.spotify.com/track/3gvDUvqbWdmSsGFbWaL3Yk
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Ya Tseen feat. Portugal. The Man, Meshell Ndegeocello & Sidibe:
🎵 Taste on My Lips
#YaTseen #PortugalTheMan #MeshellNdegeocello #Sidibe
https://yatseen.bandcamp.com/track/taste-on-my-lips-feat-portugal-the-man-meshell-ndegeocello-sidibe-2
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #CraigCharles
Another Taste & Arp Frique & The Perpetual Singers:
🎵 Peace Call
#AnotherTaste #ArpFrique #ThePerpetualSingers
https://another-taste.bandcamp.com/album/peace-call
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
Another Taste feat. Arp Frique & The Perpetual Singers:
🎵 Peace Call
#AnotherTaste #ArpFrique #ThePerpetualSingers
https://another-taste.bandcamp.com/album/peace-call
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MorningShow
Another Taste feat. Arp Frique & The Perpetual Singers:
🎵 Peace Call
#AnotherTaste #ArpFrique #ThePerpetualSingers
https://another-taste.bandcamp.com/album/peace-call
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #MorningShow
Ya Tseen feat. Portugal. The Man, Meshell Ndegeocello & Sidibe:
🎵 Taste on My Lips
#YaTseen #PortugalTheMan #MeshellNdegeocello #Sidibe
https://yatseen.bandcamp.com/track/taste-on-my-lips-feat-portugal-the-man-meshell-ndegeocello-sidibe-2
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Early
Ride:
🎵 Taste
#Ride
https://blacktusk.bandcamp.com/track/the-ride
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #SonicReducer
Taste Testors:
🎵 No One's Listening
#TasteTestors
https://tastetestors.bandcamp.com/track/no-ones-listening
https://open.spotify.com/track/07sCKGl6sKbQT3EDlAARxH
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
Ya Tseen feat. Portugal. The Man, Meshell Ndegeocello & Sidibe:
🎵 Taste on My Lips
#YaTseen #PortugalTheMan #MeshellNdegeocello #Sidibe
https://yatseen.bandcamp.com/track/taste-on-my-lips-feat-portugal-the-man-meshell-ndegeocello-sidibe-2