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Re: I reverse engineered McDonalds’ internal API

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Post by astura »

surbas wrote: post #248
DerekL wrote: post #228

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Yeah! Whatever you do, never eat pretzels! They dip them in oven cleaner before baking, then they sprinkle them with those crystals they use for removing ice from roads!

Lye dipped pretzels are a thing! I didn’t know that thanks!

Bagels are usually dipped in lye as well, it's how they get their bagel-y texture on the outside crust.

Sodium carbonate is sometimes used as an alternative to lye for those who don't want to deal with the safety aspect of handling lye, as lye is very caustic. Of course, lye still provides the best results.

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Post by cinbun8 »

thatsnotmepls wrote: post #212
rashiq wrote: post #150

Original author here: the phrasing placing an order was probably wrong - mcdonald's lists the products they're currently out in their api. I'm just querying for those. No ice cream was harmed in doing this.

> I'm currently placing an order worth $18,752 every minute Do you have to have a cart in order query for broken machines? If not, why was it mentioned in the tweet?

It helps to say something outrageous like that to attract more attention.

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Post by mindcrime »

codetrotter wrote: post #287
realityking wrote: post #279

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Imagine McDonalds had invented AWS and called it McCloud.

When you order a VPS they would’ve asked you then: “Do you want to supersize your order? For $1 extra you can have a whole bucket of RAM instead of a small cup of RAM”

This may be the first time I've actually wished HN had /. style moderation, so I could give you a +1 (Funny) vote.

Jokes are usually frowned upon here, but that's a good one. Have an upvote from me.

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Post by xeromal »

joezydeco wrote: post #100
wnissen wrote: post #49

Just a note, the machines are not broken, they have shut themselves down for sanitary reasons. Ice cream, as a food that is very close to neutral in pH and without much in the way of preservatives, is a common source of listeria bacteria. To prevent serious health issues, the machine must be sanitized regularly. As I understand it, the process is involved, and any given McDonalds may not have a person with the time a…

Here's some detail, as someone that has worked with those machines before (internally and externally). In the good old days the soft serve and shake machines were taken apart every night and every piece was washed and bleach-sanitized by hand. Then it was reassembled in the morning. This would leave a lot of room for error and possible contamination in the process. And the sight of a shake machine hitting full pressu…

Did you work in Oakbrook? I was on a team that was trying to make a few smart restaurants. We got to about 50 before the project was canned but we were trying to put everything from fryer oil life to what the platens were cooking and HVAC all on a touch screen. It was a lot of fun.

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Post by xeromal »

ahartmetz wrote: post #331
reaperducer wrote: post #286

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I'm not. It's a very common business phrase about cheap labor, even here on HN. The fact that you equate the two says more about you than me.

I think it's more acceptable to make fun of people of your level of privilege and up (like the management who underpays) and less of those lower. If a fast food worker at a better paying, better run chain or restaurant said it, it would be still a little mean (as intended), but not kicking down.

yup. They call it punching up. No one likes someone who punches down. lol

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Post by k_sze »

noahl wrote: post #365
realityking wrote: post #279

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Imagine McDonalds had invented AWS and called it McCloud.

Imagine if Barnes and Noble had done it, and you could drive to one of their stores to quietly sip a drink and peruse the new machines they had provisioned recently.

All controllable from your Nook device as well.

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Post by core-questions »

joezydeco wrote: post #321
codetrotter wrote: post #271

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> McCloud That’s an awesome way to name their cloud computing stuff that fits the brand really well. Is this an official/semiofficial name?

You should always substitute "clown" for "cloud" when talking about this stuff. Doubly so in this thread.

Hybrid clown setups are the best. All your data floats down here

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Post by fingerlocks »

EdgarVerona wrote: post #368
joezydeco wrote: post #100

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Here's some detail, as someone that has worked with those machines before (internally and externally). In the good old days the soft serve and shake machines were taken apart every night and every piece was washed and bleach-sanitized by hand. Then it was reassembled in the morning. This would leave a lot of room for error and possible contamination in the process. And the sight of a shake machine hitting full pressu…

I worked there in the old days when I was in high school (late 90's), and one of the most disgusting stories I have about a job is when I went to refill the orange juice dispenser machine, and a giant swarm of flies were all over and in the top of the machine. In the orange juice, all along the sides of the inside, and flying around like a small swarm when I opened it. I yelped and stepped back. A manager rushed over…

Fruit flies or house flies? The difference matters.

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Post by adrianmonk »

realityking wrote: post #279
codetrotter wrote: post #271

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> McCloud That’s an awesome way to name their cloud computing stuff that fits the brand really well. Is this an official/semiofficial name?

Imagine McDonalds had invented AWS and called it McCloud.

It would definitely be networked with Happy Meal Ethernet.
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