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  1. Buck Turgidson

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    Pan of cornbread and a pot of beans, you can't starve
     
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    Video of me dropping off this morning:

     
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    Are we comparing cheap meals, or comparing what’s replaced casseroles?

    guess I should have said “cheaper” to avoid a tangent
     
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    Four dollar iced tea. Heck, three dollar iced tea. It's even worse when you don't get asked if you'd like a refill. Speaking of iced tea, I hate weak tea. I've sent it back before.
     
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    Xerobull ...and I'm all out of bubblegum

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    Oh yeah, my grandma (101 now) threw down some King Ranch back in the day.

    To be fair, my wife can throw down some delicious leftover slop in a pan, so much so that I used to say her kung fu name was One Pan. She could probably quickly convert her creations to a delicious casserole.
     
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    Never had king ranch casserole. Is ranch dressing involved?
     
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    Xerobull ...and I'm all out of bubblegum

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    I don’t even look at the receipt anymore.
     
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    No! on the Ranch Dressing.

    There are plenty of variations of the Recipe out there, so you can search for one that suits you best. If you have been doing Food Prep for a while, you can make your own adjustments based on personal taste and the likes - dislikes of those that will be dining with you.

    King Ranch Chicken
     
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    That's like my Tortilla Delight recipe except mine has crispiness with the chips and layers. I use ground turkey. but, the cream of chicken/mushroom soup is key flavor. that's why i was so pissed about the new healthier ones losing the flavor. but, i did buy some Kroger store brand cream of chicken/mushroom soup. i think i may have the ingredients to make above but it's so much like the Tortilla Delight. The difference is mine uses flour tortillas and tortilla chips and this one uses corn tortillas. lol
     
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    Do you buy the Stouffer's Chicken Enchiladas Casserole mostly because it is convenient or do you really like it and just wished that they would be more generous with the Chicken?

    Have you thought about taking a picture of the ingredients listed on the side of the package and coming up with a Copy Cat of their Recipe?


    Casseroles tend to share core concepts of
    • A Protein (with some exceptions)
    • Starch (rice, pasta, potatoes, bread crumbs etc)
    • Liquid (Cream of Something, pasta sauce etc)
    • Other ingredients to add flavor
    • Prep what needs to be prepped before going into the Casserole Dish,
    • Sometimes Cheese
    • Combine in large pan or casserole dish
    • Put it in the Oven
     
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  11. Buck Turgidson

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    Are you an AI bot?

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  12. Buck Turgidson

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    All yall should buy this cookbook and then cook your way through it:

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    they are skimping on the chicken to improve their profits. So, they grind some into a mush and add filler ingredients. I usually buy it when it’s on sale only.It’s not a casserole per se but maybe it should be labeled that as it’s more casserole than chicken enchiladas. It tastes decent and is good for when you want a break from cooking. But, I do make my own as well.
     
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    Speaking of Chicken Enchilada Recipes, do you lean towards Green Enchilada Sauce and Sour Cream or something else?

    Easy Green Chicken Enchiladas
     
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    My Signature has leaned into the Borg Mantra - Philosophy well before AI became so talked about.





    A Compare and Contrast of Borg and AI?


    As is well known, the Borg are rather relentless about acquiring information - knowledge beyond what they already know.


    But those running AI businesses aren't known for having Clean Hands either.

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    Anthropic Settles High-Profile AI Copyright Lawsuit Brought by Book Authors

    Anthropic has reached a preliminary settlement in a class action lawsuit brought by a group of prominent authors, marking a major turn in one of the most significant ongoing AI copyright lawsuits in history. The move will allow Anthropic to avoid what could have been a financially devastating outcome in court.

    The settlement agreement is expected to be finalized on September 3, with more details to follow, according to a legal filing published Tuesday. Anthropic declined to comment. “This historic settlement will benefit all class members. We look forward to announcing details of the settlement in the coming weeks,” Justin Nelson, a lawyer representing the plaintiffs, said in a statement to WIRED.

    In 2024, three book writers, Andrea Bartz, Charles Graeber, and Kirk Wallace Johnson, sued Anthropic, alleging that the startup illegally used their work to train its artificial intelligence models. In June, California district court judge William Alsup issued a summary judgment in Bartz v. Anthropic that largely sided with Anthropic, finding that the company’s usage of the books was “fair use” and thus legal.

    But the judge ruled that the manner in which Anthropic had acquired some of the works, by downloading them through so-called shadow libraries, including a notorious site called LibGen, constituted piracy. Alsup ruled that the book authors could still take Anthropic to trial in a class action for pirating their works; the legal showdown was slated to begin in December.

    Statutory damages for this kind of piracy start at $750 per infringed work, according to US copyright law. Because the library of books amassed by Anthropic was thought to contain approximately 7 million works, the AI company was potentially facing court-imposed penalties amounting to billions, possibly more than $1 trillion dollars.

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    AI Crawlers Are Reportedly Draining Site Resources & Skewing Analytics


    • AI crawlers significantly impact website bandwidth and can skew analytics data.
    • Bot traffic can cost websites thousands in unnecessary server expenses.
    • Tools like Google-Extended help balance search visibility with crawler management.
    Website operators across the web are reporting increased activity from AI web crawlers. This surge raises concerns about site performance, analytics, and server resources.

    These bots consume significant bandwidth to collect data for large language models, which could impact performance metrics relevant to search rankings.

    Here’s what you need to know.

    How AI Crawlers May Affect Site Performance
    SEO professionals regularly optimize for traditional search engine crawlers, but the growing presence of AI crawlers from companies like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Amazon presents new technical considerations.

    Several site operators have reported performance issues and increased server loads directly attributable to AI crawler activity.

    “SourceHut continues to face disruptions due to aggressive LLM crawlers,” reported the git-hosting service on its status page...



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  16. STR8Thugg

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    Lincoln and Garrett Riley’s faces
     
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    That is wild, $2 per hour and if you finish the contract early you get a soda and a 2 piece from KFC.
     
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  18. Buck Turgidson

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    Hugh Freeze was looking rough, and a bit punchable, yesterday
     
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