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@cm0002@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 4 months ago

The US Secretary of Education referred to AI as ‘A1,’ like the steak sauce

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The US Secretary of Education referred to AI as ‘A1,’ like the steak sauce

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The US Secretary of Education referred to AI as 'A1,' like the steak sauce | TechCrunch
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During a panel at a summit, Linda McMahon, the U.S. secretary of education, referred to AI as 'A1,' like the steak sauce.
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  • @ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world
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    13•4 months ago

    I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a bottle of A1 sauce in real life. What is it? I’m American but from Louisiana and we have different sauces.

    • @tenacious_mucus@sh.itjust.works
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      10•4 months ago

      Odd you havent seen it being from the south…but that’s probably for the better! It’s Steak Sauce. Meant to be put on steaks…it’s in all major grocery chains and usually on the tables at most restaurants serving any sort of a steak menu. Bottle is shaped like a Worcestershire bottle, but has a white label with a big A1 on it. I never cared for it so at this point couldn’t even tell you what it tastes like. If a steak needs a sauce, then it’s not a good steak.

      With that said, i’ve seen it used as a marinade ingredient, or more complex sauce ingredient- so it’ll still have its uses.

      • @ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world
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        5•4 months ago

        I don’t think steak sauce is a thing in South Louisiana. Prime rib gets a horseradish/sour cream sauce. Au jus is common with steak. But we also tend to eat more seafood than beef so the standard sauces are something like Crystal Hot Sauce, Tabasco, etc. Ketchup for making cocktail sauce. (A lot of places serve oysters or whatever with a little cup of horseradish and you decide how spicy your cocktail sauce will be by adding ketchup and stuff.)

        I’ve definitely eaten more calamari than steaks. So, by no means is this a universal concept. I’ve just never seen anyone put A1 on anything.

        • @tenacious_mucus@sh.itjust.works
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          1•4 months ago

          Fair enough! I grew up on the gulf coast and have traveled all over the deep south, have family from northern Louisiana, and my parents lived in Baton Rouge for a while- so i wasnt trying to “assume” for you! A1 (for me) is just one of those things that seemed so common i stopped seeing it and never needed to look for it! Like I said, you aint missing much, so im glad you aren’t familiar with it cause there are waaay better options where you’re at!!

    • Ulrich
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      1•4 months ago

      It’s a sauce you put on bad steak. Or you put on good steak if you want to ruin it.

    • @revv@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      • @jonne@infosec.pub
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        26•4 months ago

        It’s the only sauce you can use with their printers.

        • @floofloof@lemmy.ca
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          4•4 months ago

          And damn, is it expensive. Sold in 2ml bottles.

      • @ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world
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        8•4 months ago

        I have never heard of HP sauce but thank you for giving me something else to search online.

        Google doesn’t work anymore but it seems like ketchup but Worcestershire? Is that close?

        • @wewbull@feddit.uk
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          2•4 months ago

        • @Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org
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          11•4 months ago

          I have never heard of HP sauce

          Don’t worry. Pretty much the same as Dell sauce.

        • @revv@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        • troybot [he/him]
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          2•4 months ago

          A1 sauce is made from raisins, so the consistency of ketchup but tastes like raisins and black pepper.

  • @Hupf@feddit.org
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    9•4 months ago

    AI, AII, AIII, AIV…

  • FlashMobOfOne
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    62•4 months ago

    The law firm I work for has been tracking his EO’s, and we’ve had to put a disclaimer on our pages this week because WH office staff keep putting the wrong articles under the wrong URL’s and we don’t want our clients to think it’s us making these stupid mistakes.

    He’s literally just hiring his stupid pals and firing competent workers.

    • @SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world
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      11•4 months ago

      Dumb people don’t question commands.

  • @rusticus@lemm.ee
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    7•4 months ago

    Will A1 replace ketchup as an official vegetable on school menus?

  • WorldKiller
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  • @Sam_Bass@lemmy.world
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    1•4 months ago

    How much are crackerjacks these days?

  • @BigTrout75@lemmy.world
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    4•4 months ago

    The tech and sauce are both overrated.

    • @Agent641@lemmy.world
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      3•4 months ago

      HP makes shit printers, but great sauce

    • @bdmayhem@lemm.ee
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      2•4 months ago

      A1 is delicious, just terrible for a good steak

      • @Big_Boss_77@lemmynsfw.com
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        1•4 months ago

        …what do you put it on then?

        • @bdmayhem@lemm.ee
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          1•4 months ago

          A little salt and a lot of heat

          • @Big_Boss_77@lemmynsfw.com
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            1•4 months ago

            No, i meant if A1 is delicious, what do you eat it on.

  • @peetabix@sh.itjust.works
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    6•4 months ago

    The secretary of education is so educated

    • @AreaKode@lemmy.world
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      3•4 months ago

      “I love the poorly educated!” - DJT

  • @uhmbah@lemmy.ca
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    3•4 months ago

  • @Treczoks@lemmy.world
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    10•4 months ago

    The cabinet of president Trump is not known for their skills with the subjects they deal with, but for their willingness to kiss his ass.

  • Maple Engineer
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    6•4 months ago

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiocracy

  • @NABDad@lemmy.world
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    102•4 months ago

    She doesn’t have the job because she’s smart.

    She has the job because she’s on their side.

    • @5oap10116@lemmy.world
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      Anything else would be DEI…you libtard

      • @gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works
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        21•4 months ago

        We’re dropping DEI for DUI, haven’t you heard?

        • @j0ester@lemmy.world
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          3•4 months ago

          They’re dropping DEI for MEI. Lol

        • @Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee
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          7•4 months ago

          Pete Hegseth is not top shelf, but his liquor is.

          • @psycho_driver@lemmy.world
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            5•4 months ago

            You say that as if he can keep any liquor stocked.

            • @gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works
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              You’ll note that “liquor” was specified, not “liquor cabinet”

            • @Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee
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              He stocks them in his stomach.

      • @zenpocalypse@lemm.ee
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        6•4 months ago

        You mean DE1, right?

  • @eronth@lemmy.world
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    19•4 months ago

    Bro how out of touch with your colleagues do you have to be to not know it’s AI. Have you literally never heard someone around you talk about it? No one on TV? You’ve never said it aloud to someone who corrected you?

    • @Lyrl@lemm.ee
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      Apparently she started out saying AI, then switched to A1 mid-statement. Might have been corrected privately before, but it only partially took.

  • @merc@sh.itjust.works
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    47•4 months ago

    People seem to be missing the one positive piece of news here: She’s literate!

    The only person who would make this mistake is someone who read “AI” in an ambiguous font. I know it’s a low bar, but this means that the secretary of education is able to read.

    • @ZoopZeZoop@lemmy.world
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      5•4 months ago

      A right she’s happy to not extend to our country’s children.

    • @suddenlyme@lemm.ee
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      4•4 months ago

      It proves she isn’t

    • @klu9@lemmy.ca
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      2•4 months ago

      Baghdad Barbie: “This isn’t Linda’s fault… it’s Sans Serif’s fault!”

    • @slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org
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      18•4 months ago

      Reading 50% of a 2 word sentence right count as literate now i. America

      • @CalipherJones@lemmy.world
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        5•4 months ago

        Nine… Eleven

  • Lovable Sidekick
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    Secretary of Education - that would be Linda McMahon: politician, business executive, and former professional wrestling promoter.

    Jesus Fucking Christ no wonder the world laughs at us. “You want I should teach dem skools a lesson, boss?”

    • @damdy@lemm.ee
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      I’m fully onboard that you past shouldn’t matter if you’re good. I won’t hold it against Linda McMahon for her WWE performances etc. But she’s an odd cookie and has no place running education.

      • Lovable Sidekick
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        Yeah that’s really my point. The head of any government department should have past experience related to what that department does. Same requirement as for ANY job - you don’t get hired as head chef if you’ve never even worked in a kitchen FFS. Trump’s appointments are a festival of incompetence.

    • Boomer Humor Doomergod
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      15•4 months ago

      It’s so American to be ashamed of the world laughing at us, and not at all the heinous shit we’ve done.

      • Lovable Sidekick
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        11•4 months ago

        Maybe it’s also American to understand I was expressing shame at being heinous, I dunno.

        • Boomer Humor Doomergod
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          I feel barely human most days, because we are all collectively heinous, so I must have missed that.

          Agriculture was a mistake.

          • Lovable Sidekick
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            4•4 months ago

            The real trouble starts when you hit the two rocks together.

            • Boomer Humor Doomergod
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              Nah, the rocks are fine. It’s putting seeds in the ground that’s the problem. That’s how the seeds get you to do their bidding.

    • @MisanthropiCynic@lemm.ee
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      5•4 months ago

      Vince McMahon‘s daughter is the secretary of education?

      • @GreenKnight23@lemmy.world
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      • Komodo Rodeo
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        11•4 months ago

        “Only puny cucks don’t love Brawndo!” * powerbombs Bernie Sanders into folding tables from top turnbuckle *

      • Lovable Sidekick
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        Don’t think so, she’s only 3 years younger (76).

        • @MisanthropiCynic@lemm.ee
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          Oh. Must be his wife

      • @andros_rex@lemmy.world
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        No, it’s his wife, who has collaborated in a bunch of his fucked up endeavors, likely including helping with sex trafficking.

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