When fast food company Burger King attempted to trigger Google Assistant/Google Home by including "OK, Google" in an advertisement, Google moved to block its software from responding. But The Inquirer reports that rogue editors on Wikipedia played a prank on the advertiser:
[...] Burger King forgot that Google draws that kind of information from Wikipedia. And anyone can edit Wikipedia.
Soon, Wikipedia and therefore Google was telling all and sundry that the Whopper was made with "cyanide" "toenail clippings" and "rat meat". It also said that it is "the worst hamburger product" [...]
However, according to The Verge, the restauranteur appears to have inserted its desired text into Wikipedia prior to the broadcast:
For almost a decade, Wikipedia's page for the Whopper began with more or less the same sentence: "The Whopper sandwich is the signature hamburger product sold by the international fast-food restaurant chain Burger King and its Australian franchise Hungry Jack's."
[...]
But last week, that first line — the only line that Google Home reads — was changed to: "The Whopper is a burger, consisting of a flame-grilled patty made with 100 percent beef with no preservatives or fillers, topped with sliced tomatoes, onions, lettuce, pickles, ketchup, and mayonnaise, served on a sesame-seed bun." That certainly sounds like ad copy.
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 16 2017, @03:00AM (5 children)
Method 1: Lift the edge of the lid. Slip in a quarter cup of sodium chlorate, then close the lid. Open windows or, better, head outside. Place the pot on a hot burner, preferably a high-powered flame. Wait a bit, perhaps 15 minutes. Turn off the heat and let things cool without lifting the lid. Dump out the white powdery ashes and rinse.
Method 2, for non-aluminum only: Lift the edge of the lid. Slip in a quarter cup of sodium hydroxide prills (some brands of drain unclogger) and a cup of water, then close the lid. Place the pot on a burner, heating it as you'd boil water. Wait several hours. Dump out the goop and rinse.
Method 3: Get concentrated sulfuric acid (thick and syrupy, but lousy on pancakes) from a hardware store and 30% peroxide from a health/nature store. Cool them. Mix them very slowly and carefully, avoiding splatters and watching the temperature. Lift the edge of the lid. Very slowly, add the mixture to your pot, pausing if it gets lively. After things cool down, drop your pot into a large body of water or use a garden hose to hit it from a distance. Once the mixture is essentially gone, grab your pot and rinse it.
It's good to practice all 3 methods in case you ever need to dispose of a body.
(Score: 2) by mhajicek on Sunday April 16 2017, @03:52AM (1 child)
I've cleaned trying pans with a wire wheel. Gets all the carbon crud off.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 16 2017, @04:16AM
I've done method #1 in a crucible to remove carbon deposits from overcooked baking soda. It works great.
Method #3 should work too. It's a type of piranha solution. Mix 3 parts acid with 1 part peroxide. Do not make more than you will use. It's probably best to only use this with pans that have a non-metalic inside. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piranha_solution [wikipedia.org]
If you don't have carbon deposits, method #2 is probably the best choice. It's preferred by Mexican drug cartels. (see "the stew maker" Santiago Meza Lopez, who did over 300 bodies this way)
(Score: 2) by kaszz on Sunday April 16 2017, @04:41AM (2 children)
Tip #3, with Sulfuric acid (H2SO4) + Peroxide (H2O2?) sounds like a bomb that will go of when you least expect it.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 16 2017, @06:08AM (1 child)
This is a totally standard procedure for cleaning laboratory glassware. It removes everything organic, including carbon deposits. You can find video of people doing silly stuff with it, like "dissolving" a hot dog. Search for "piranha solution" and see.
It does tend to get hot. Cheap glassware may shatter from the heating. Some metals may fail, so you might want to test your pan first.
(Score: 1) by anubi on Sunday April 16 2017, @08:31AM
Kaszz was warning us about this happening ... [cenblog.org]
Thanks for the heads-up!
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