Ryan Harlan

Industrial Automation and Controls Engineering enthusiast. CPG manufacturing expert.

[Ryan Harlan @ryanharlan]

Had a great time going on Odd Lots and talking automation in snack food production with Joe and Tracy.

[Joe Weisenthal @TheStalwart]

NEW ODD LOTS:

Why right now we’re living in the golden age of snack food.

@tracyalloway and I had a fascinating chat with food manufacturing expert @ryanharlan about the technological breakthroughs that enabled this Cambrian Explosion of chip flavors. https://t.co/Kvmwxqu3iQ

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@_its_not_real_ I used to play it as part of the completion requirements for the Yakuza games, but that was the Japanese version which I think is different than what caught on here.

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@_its_not_real_ They were huge for people going to high school in the 2000s in Orange County (me and my friends)

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@Petermoneymilla Uhh clocked me as a Titleist player

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@JoeWeisenthalt This speaks to the poli sci degree in me. I vote for the local issues in my county and district more than anything else. Feels gross not to participate in that aspect at the very least.

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Forgot to do my mail in ballot so went to my polling place after dropping off the kids to school. Only 3 machines so a dozen people just sitting filling out paper ballots. Felt very old timey.

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As a parent going through my kids Halloween candy. God bless everyone giving out nerds gummy clusters. Real patriots 🫡

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@JoeWeisenthalt Same, my discussion was just going to college since my dad never did. Doing a JC and then state school still felt great for me.

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@JoeWeisenthalt I didn’t write any oboe music during my years playing it. I wasn’t good enough to play the stuff that was out there well, writing my own was out of the question.

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@TheStalwart This tracks if you’ve been watching earnings reports from these companies. CPG industry increasingly focused on cutting costs and adding automation to drive up margin.

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@ryanmouquegolf @eliwaspdomehead Or you could have the problem I did with my driver where if I move it back further I can’t get the clubhead square so I slice less with it way up in the stance. There’s probably a swing fix in there but keeping the ball up is consistent for now.

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@CharlesGoodnig1 @lhamtil Some quarries are so huge the conveyors go for literally miles and the engineering problem of figuring out how to move something that heavy that far is just cool. It runs into a lot of unique scenarios that are unique in the industry.

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@chadmumm It helps to try and be a little sarcastic on your first compliment to gauge how they react. They bomb a drive on 1 hit em with “I guess that’ll work” and see if they laugh or get offended and start talking about how they made a bad swing. Then you know the line to walk.

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@eigenrobot I used to mail my friend in the UK American snack foods, cereal, and candies because they had worse versions of everything there.

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@nrwc1995 @BigSwingTempo Yeah man I’m not that good lol. I played this course yesterday and shot a 90 (with a par on this hole).

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@BigSwingTempo @nrwc1995 Right in the same way a long approach shot isn’t as much fun as a shorter one because you’re less likely to execute. Getting it near the hole is fun!

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@MilesOverPar That’s true so I guess in that respect it’s a better hole. Just unfun for this bogey golfer to finish on