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WCDT June 7th - June 11th (4541-4545)
Gus_Smedstad:
--- Quote from: St.Clair on 09 Jun 2021, 21:11 ---What you're describing is a milkshake, IMO.
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Milkshakes involve ice cream. Not that I'm opposed to milkshakes made with coffee, but that's not what I'm drinking.
Nor does the SCAA agree with you. There's a whole range of terms for coffee drinks with various degrees of milk and/or water dilution. What I'm drinking is technically a flat white, since that's close to the ratio, and I heat the milk up in a microwave rather than deal with cleaning the steam wand.
No dilution: espresso.
1:1 espresso / milk: Machchiato. Technically supposed to foam rather than foamed milk but often isn't.
1:1 espresso / milk: Cortado. Foamed milk rather than foam. Pretty subtle distinction, if you ask me.
1:2 espresso / milk, but not foamed (or barely foamed): flat white.
1:4 espresso / milk: Cappuccino.
1:4 espresso / water: Americano.
1:5 espresso / milk: latte.
Really, what I'm drinking isn't remotely an outlier in the coffee world, or a "milkshake." The oddest thing I've done is make coffee using milk and ground coffee, no water, in a French Press. That got me some "you're weird" reactions from coffee nerds.
Gus_Smedstad:
--- Quote from: badbum61 on 09 Jun 2021, 21:34 ---That's not coffee, it's motor oil.
Although why you'd need a french press for it is a mystery...
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Let's run with the idea that the black fluid in her cup is motor oil. As is the substance in the French Press.
New motor oil isn't black. It's a light, translucent brown. So it's used motor oil. And the French Press is there to strain out the grime. Which it doesn't do all that effectively, so the used oil is still black.
Where's the used oil coming from? Is she doing the AI equivalent of drinking her own pee?
Gnabberwocky:
--- Quote from: Gus_Smedstad on 09 Jun 2021, 19:58 ---What exactly does Iris get out of coffee? I'm having trouble seeing Iris sniffing it the way Bubbles does with tea.
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I remember a discussion between Bubbles, Marten, and Pintsize about AIs' desire to act traditionally human. Even if no one is around, it could be a comfort/identity thing for Iris.
Is it cold in here?:
--- Quote from: zmeiat_joro on 09 Jun 2021, 21:01 ---Hm, guys: I posted here about half an hour ago, and the post is gone.
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That concerned me. I checked the moderation log and the place where we toss unwanted posts, and was at least able to rule out moderator action. Has this ever happened to you or anyone else before?
badbum61:
--- Quote from: Gus_Smedstad on 09 Jun 2021, 21:57 ---Is she doing the AI equivalent of drinking her own pee?
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I was about to posit that it could explain why she always seems so 'full of piss and vinegar'...but it appears that term doesn't mean what I always assumed it did.
QC has done me a educate.
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