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Parmigiano-Reggiano makers are putting edible microchips the size of a grain of sand into their 90-pound cheese wheels to combat counterfeiters::Italian Parmigiano-Reggiano makers are using microchips to verify the authenticity of their products and thwart scammers.

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[–] [email protected] 276 points 1 year ago (4 children)

For fucks sake... This is literally about an RFID sticker that is put on the outside of whole cheese wheels.

So unless you buy whole 40kg wheel and then eat it with the rind... you are not eating any.

And also fuck that article for even mentioning that.

[–] [email protected] 64 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

That makes it sound like the "edible" aspect of this is just an anti idiot feature. *Or just "printed" on it.

Either way, pointless article.

[–] [email protected] 51 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I believe regulations require that everything you put in or on food is technically editable. Like the paper stickers on bread or produce. They are disgusting, but if you or your child accidentally eats them, they are fine.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Those tiktokers eating the plastic around fruit chews are vindicated!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So I can eat the plastic wrappers?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] Cybersteel 1 points 1 year ago

I did eat those chicken wrappers accidentally at a buffet.

[–] Draconic_NEO 1 points 1 year ago

You can probably get away with it more than once, after all there was that one person who was addicted to eating plastic. I will say it definitely isn't good for you to do it, so I definitely wouldn't recommend it.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Alex Jones will yell about the headline and say Soros is microchipping food and if you eat cheese the 5g vaccine will do a false flag and turn the frogs even gayer.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean the top comment here didn’t even read the article to find out there’s no risk of them ingesting it unless it’s done on purpose after they purchase the entire wheel, they just read the headline and implied what it suggested without actually learning the full truth.

Alex Jones makes money on being a walking, talking “clickbait headline”. And people are so addicted to the dopamine they get from feeling “smarter” than other people (after being dumb all their lives because the American school system has been designed to fail them) that they huff his words like a drug.

Smug superiority is addictive.

[–] utopianrevolt 3 points 1 year ago

You're completely right, but it's also highlighted when people on the internet discuss things they know nothing about but decide to become very sarcastic against "the other side."

smug superiority indeed. many examples in this very thread.

[–] over_clox 1 points 1 year ago

Some recipes use the rind too, check this other comment here...

https://lemmy.world/comment/2658630

[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 year ago (1 children)

unless you buy whole 40kg wheel and then eat it with the rind

Haha no of course not...

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

lol right? I would never lol, that would be like, too much? Would it be too much? Honestly we may never know

[–] meekah 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It would probably last you a decade even if you really eat a lot of parmesan

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

You severely underestimate my cheese eating ability

[–] meekah 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I seriously love parmesan. I always buy it fresh and grate it myself. I know pretty well how much cheese is reasonable to eat in a sitting. 100g is insanely much for one serving, but you could distribute it over the whole day. If you eat 100g of parmesan each day, 1kg will be gone after 10 days. That means eating 40kg takes 400 days, or a bit longer than a year.

Being a bit more realistic easily allows you to stretch that wheel of parmesan over the span of a decade, even if you seriously love the stuff.

I'm perfectly aware that you're not being entirely serious but I just can't let it stand like that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

shifty eyes Yes, 100 grams is quite a lot. Yes. Indeed. Quite right.

[–] meekah 2 points 1 year ago

When I was a kid we'd grate 200g for 4 people. I take a bit less nowadays than what I would get as a kid but some people still look at me funny. I think 20-30g is a regular serving.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Some people add the rind to broths.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

If your soup or sauce sparks a little bit next time, you'll know, lol.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

You seems to be someone that don't eat parmesan cheese.