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[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That's unfortunate, I guess. I mean, even though I do have my phone set to only charge up to 85%, I don't really know if this is battery protective or not.

Is it?

I just enabled the option because the description of the feature claimed it to be. I haven't researched this at all

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Right, but 'steak' does mean a little more than that. It also would indicate a particular kind of cut of meat, which would generally indicate minimal connective tissue, tenderness, location, etc. Now, you could say "well, all that is irrelevant to this discussion", but to an extent is really is relevant. We are talking about how word meanings are being changed and how that influences consumer choice. Imagine if we started to see companies using the word 'vegetarian ' in a way that simply meant 'containing vegetables', regardless of meat content. Already terms like 'organic' are nearly meaningless in some markets. This sort of thing happens.

Imagine a company creating a half-meat and half-plant based burger and calling the product 'Vegan Beef'. Who could be confused, some might argue here, about this product? - it has 'beef' right in the name.

Strict guidelines can also protect consumers.

To return to the original point, the term 'steak' in a food context has already become nearly meaningless (or at least has so many conflicting meanings that it has lost most of its usefulness). 'Milk' is heading that way. 'Organic' is without much meaning in the US. Would you like 'meat-free' labels allowed on foods that had absolutely no muscle-tissue content, but did contain animal organ, bone, and fat content?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Are you sure you don't already have something like this? My android is a couple years old, but has always let me charge to only 85%

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Perl was always fun

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago
[–] [email protected] 27 points 11 months ago (1 children)

"P stands for photographic, so it's JPEG with an f sound" is the one that gets me