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et27U4Y4qse0AIcyFZg8948 karma

This is very much on purpose. The sauce is one of the biggest components, and manufacturing it off-site and shipping it in helps control the trade secret.

I worked at a restaurant with these divine little biscuits that got sent out as an appetizer (think Red Lobster biscuits but less greasy). We made them all in-house, so we all knew exactly how to make them.

After a while, they started popping up at other restaurants. The secret was out and there was no putting it back.

et27U4Y4qse0AIcyFZg838 karma

I'm really in support of Yang's idea to tax trades on the market. Even a penny per trade would make automated trading much less attractive.

et27U4Y4qse0AIcyFZg88 karma

Even within a state, the quality of lunches can vary greatly from one school district to another, so it would be difficult to make a blanket statement about the entire country.

This sounds so bizarre to me reading some of your other answers. I thought the point of this program was to have upper/lower bounds on quality, nutrition, cost, etc. How is there such a notable variation with that in place? Kinda sounds like this program is a complete waste of taxpayer dollars if the variance is so high.

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I lived abroad for a few years where the recycling program was actually top-notch. People had to separate their materials before recycling them (take the labels off of bottles, etc), which made the recycling pipeline much easier. Because of this, the packaging was often designed to be easy to break down, clean, and recycle.

After returning to the US, I was regularly frustrated with how difficult it is to clean and separate materials for recycling. Labels are glued on to PET bottles, for instance, instead of shrink-fitted. Despite there being edible rings for packs of cans and bottles, everything still comes in plastic turtle-murdering rings.

All of that said, are there any plans to create regulations around packaging design to force companies to use more sustainable or even recyclable packaging options?

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I know NAT is used as a form of cheap firewalling / security, but it really shouldn't be used that way, and a basic stateful firewall could give the same level of security while getting rid of the major NAT annoyances.

NAT has the consumer advantage of being secure-enough-by-default. You can't expect the average home internet user to configure stateful firewalls.