Anytime I think of Granola bars, I think of the Good Eats episode where Alton Brown breaks down just how unhealthy most health bars are and how you can just make your own.
I guess these are actually healthy and don’t taste like a shoe with the leather peeling off?
Hm.
Prolly, still should make some homemade ones instead.
@AaronLeeJohnson Good Eats was a good show, at least I enjoyed it. Don’t recall seeing his granola bar recipe, I’ll have to look that up. Can’t be TOO hard.
@Fuzzalini Yeah your cardiologist might recommend that too. my doctor asked about my caffeine usage and I said I was careful to stay below 50mg at any one serving., and for me this seemed to be OK. but it’s harder when dealing with gums, gels, and bars, or some of the cold brew cans than boast 100 - 200mg. you can try to limit to a small portion and save the rest for later. or if you can’t do that, avoid entirely.
@mediocrebot@pmarin@shells I dunno, maybe it’s a quantum penis that may or may not exist and we won’t know until we observe it, but the act of observation may or may not then change it’s state of existence, so we just have to assume it is (and isn’t) there?
<gripe> A “quantum” of energy is literally the least amount of energy possible in one packet. That is truly an odd name to give an energy bar.
And did anyone working on the TV show Quantum Leap realize that someone taking a “quantum leap” would go the least distance possible while still moving? </gripe>
And as I remember this was one of the toughest things to comprehend as a student at the time.
And despite that has given us many things we see everyday, including LEDs.
@rockblossom The original show of Quantum Leap never really went anywhere, so it all works out in the end.
I agree though, it is frustrating that “Quantum” in pop-culture is more synonymous with “Magic” than the actual meaning of the word. Though I do quite enjoy it when it’s CEOs and marketers talking about technology and saying their new thing is a quantum leap forward. Accidental truth.
The original show of Quantum Leap never really went anywhere, so it all works out in the end.
I agree though, it is frustrating that “Quantum” in pop-culture is more synonymous with “Magic” than the actual meaning of the word. Though I do quite enjoy it when it’s CEOs and marketers talking about technology and saying their new thing is a quantum leap forward. Accidental truth.
@ravenblack For a few years, Quantum was also the name of a VW model series, back in the '80s. And here in Texas, the name was usually mangled to Quantrum by the locals. Literacy is still very much optional in much of this state
@Kyeh@pmarin It reminds me of a few years back when people on social media decided that the “penultimate” experience was the Bestest/Mostest Good Thing Ever! I was very confused.
@Kyeh@pmarin@rockblossom It was the bestest until the even-betterest one happened, at least. (I was mumblety years old before I finally looked that word up, and could have been guilty of misusing it prior to that myself.)
@rockblossom@werehatrack Sports commentators really love to use the word too; they generally use it right but kind of unnecessarily. I think they believe it makes them sound brainy.
As one often discovers in life, sometimes a bargain is not a bargain. These SEEMED like such a good idea, but I would have to disagree with the person who posted that they DON’T taste like an old shoe with the sole peeling off. In fact, to MY taste buds (admittedly everyone has a unique experience of various flavors), these are worse. I wanted to come up with just the right adjective and settled on vile. Yep, sad but true. I gave both types a try. And though I can tolerate “meh” (so-so, mediocre), I draw the line at “blech!!” They were consigned to the trash bin, and I suppose I could have saved time by just throwing the cash in the bin and skipping the rest of the process.
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‘Quantum Energy Square’ sounds like something straight out of a sci-fi franchise.
@PooltoyWolf Do you mean like Soylent green?
@drz Perhaps…
/showme Quantum Energy Square
@therealjrn There we go!
@PooltoyWolf @therealjrn I’d buy that for $24!
/showme a Quantum Energy Square in the show Quantum Leap
/showme a Quantum Energy Square making a quantum leap
Anytime I think of Granola bars, I think of the Good Eats episode where Alton Brown breaks down just how unhealthy most health bars are and how you can just make your own.
I guess these are actually healthy and don’t taste like a shoe with the leather peeling off?
Hm.
Prolly, still should make some homemade ones instead.
@AaronLeeJohnson Good Eats was a good show, at least I enjoyed it. Don’t recall seeing his granola bar recipe, I’ll have to look that up. Can’t be TOO hard.
Ziggy says there is a 99.5% chance I would.never leap to eating these
.
I’ve learned from that Meh caffeinated gum that 50 mgs at a time is enough for me. That shit wakes me right up.
@Fuzzalini Yeah your cardiologist might recommend that too. my doctor asked about my caffeine usage and I said I was careful to stay below 50mg at any one serving., and for me this seemed to be OK. but it’s harder when dealing with gums, gels, and bars, or some of the cold brew cans than boast 100 - 200mg. you can try to limit to a small portion and save the rest for later. or if you can’t do that, avoid entirely.
@pmarin I don’t drink coffee. And rarely tea so that small amount (half a package of gum, 1 piece, 50 mgs) is enough.
/showme meeting room of AI bots discussing why the humans keep asking about Quantum Energy Squares and if this poses a threat to the robot overlords.
/showme a quantum energy square in the style of Da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man
@mediocrebot I like it! Thanks
@mediocrebot @shells but it is missing the key concept of the circle and square overlapping on the key figure.
Also missing the penis.
@mediocrebot @pmarin Also missing the head, torso, 4 arms, and 4 legs. (Vitruvian men appear to have some spidey genes.)
@mediocrebot @pmarin @shells I dunno, maybe it’s a quantum penis that may or may not exist and we won’t know until we observe it, but the act of observation may or may not then change it’s state of existence, so we just have to assume it is (and isn’t) there?
<gripe> A “quantum” of energy is literally the least amount of energy possible in one packet. That is truly an odd name to give an energy bar.
And did anyone working on the TV show Quantum Leap realize that someone taking a “quantum leap” would go the least distance possible while still moving?
</gripe>
@rockblossom OK get all college-physics on us….
And as I remember this was one of the toughest things to comprehend as a student at the time.
And despite that has given us many things we see everyday, including LEDs.
This page has an interesting overview.
https://thequantuminsider.com/2021/08/20/a-few-quantum-devices-we-take-for-granted/
@pmarin Or just head on over to Quantum Home:
https://www.insidescience.org/second-quantum-revolution
It even has its own pub called The Cat and Flask where you can order a Spin&Tonic or an Entangle-tini. :
https://www.insidescience.org/second-quantum-revolution/quantum-concepts
@rockblossom The original show of Quantum Leap never really went anywhere, so it all works out in the end.
I agree though, it is frustrating that “Quantum” in pop-culture is more synonymous with “Magic” than the actual meaning of the word. Though I do quite enjoy it when it’s CEOs and marketers talking about technology and saying their new thing is a quantum leap forward. Accidental truth.
The original show of Quantum Leap never really went anywhere, so it all works out in the end.
I agree though, it is frustrating that “Quantum” in pop-culture is more synonymous with “Magic” than the actual meaning of the word. Though I do quite enjoy it when it’s CEOs and marketers talking about technology and saying their new thing is a quantum leap forward. Accidental truth.
@ravenblack For a few years, Quantum was also the name of a VW model series, back in the '80s. And here in Texas, the name was usually mangled to Quantrum by the locals. Literacy is still very much optional in much of this state
@ravenblack @werehatrack @pmarin @rockblossom
Okay, you made me look it up:
https://archives.cjr.org/language_corner/language_corner_080514.php#:~:text=In physics%2C both originally meant,amount%2C according to the OED.
Seems like the meaning has leaped around a lot.
@Kyeh @pmarin It reminds me of a few years back when people on social media decided that the “penultimate” experience was the Bestest/Mostest Good Thing Ever! I was very confused.
@Kyeh @pmarin @rockblossom It was the bestest until the even-betterest one happened, at least. (I was mumblety years old before I finally looked that word up, and could have been guilty of misusing it prior to that myself.)
@werehatrack To quote Inigo Montoya:
@rockblossom Like the popular misunderstanding of “theory”?
@rockblossom @werehatrack Sports commentators really love to use the word too; they generally use it right but kind of unnecessarily. I think they believe it makes them sound brainy.
As one often discovers in life, sometimes a bargain is not a bargain. These SEEMED like such a good idea, but I would have to disagree with the person who posted that they DON’T taste like an old shoe with the sole peeling off. In fact, to MY taste buds (admittedly everyone has a unique experience of various flavors), these are worse. I wanted to come up with just the right adjective and settled on vile. Yep, sad but true. I gave both types a try. And though I can tolerate “meh” (so-so, mediocre), I draw the line at “blech!!” They were consigned to the trash bin, and I suppose I could have saved time by just throwing the cash in the bin and skipping the rest of the process.