Fermion

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[–] Fermion@mander.xyz 8 points 1 day ago

I thought that was a bowling alley carpet.

Does he have any young kids who have recently gotten into bedazzling?

[–] Fermion@mander.xyz 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

I wish inverter type microwaves were standard. The vast majority of residential microwave ovens only modulate on like a 10 second interval. So you put it on power setting 3 or 30 and it will pump out full power for 3 seconds then off for 7 seconds. This works for things like defrosting meat, but a bunch of foods will still start popping and drying out in those few seconds. Inverter microwaves modulate many times a second so they can warm much more fragile foods without searing them.

[–] Fermion@mander.xyz 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

In times of turmoil, it is prudent to keep a healthy portion of your savings in liquid assets.

[–] Fermion@mander.xyz 26 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I'm surprised they have negative bouyancy with all that trapped air in their feathers.

[–] Fermion@mander.xyz 2 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

If this is the test fit becoming a librarian, what feat do people complete to become a firefighter?

[–] Fermion@mander.xyz 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

They said used car, not new car.

[–] Fermion@mander.xyz 19 points 2 weeks ago

The QR codes navigate to youtube links.

https://youtu.be/B6AqnmiNAp0

Alas, 'tis a silkpost.

[–] Fermion@mander.xyz 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I get that that is how management types think, but Minecraft clearly demonstrates that both can exist side by side very profitably.

[–] Fermion@mander.xyz 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (6 children)

Is there a reason why any new launch shouldn't have a self host option from the start? Company servers can be used for tournaments, events, ranked matchmaking, anti-cheat, cross platform, etc. But why can't self-hosted servers be an option in parallel? Then it would be a non-issue for when the studio servers go eol.

[–] Fermion@mander.xyz 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

A while ago, I saw a post recommending people who wanted to try planting milkweed to use a tool that lists nurseries that source local seeds rather than ordering from a national place. This suggestion was made because many plants are fairly well tuned to their local climate. Even if you don't intend to plant milkweed, I think this is a good tool to find a semi local supplier that cares about local heritage breeds. Most of the ones I checked take online orders and will ship. I'll shoutout Southern Exposure Seed Exchange and Sow True Seeds.

https://xerces.org/milkweed/milkweed-seed-finder#mwf_tool

The other resource I really love is a college near us has a good botany program and they put on two plant sales a year. Their prices are good, but the quality and selection is what really stands out. Plus most of the volunteers are students or faculty so when you have questions they either have a good answer or can walk you over to someone who does. That hasn't always been my experience at nurseries. I think it would be worth checking if any universities somewhat near you have a horticulture extension office or public gardens program. Try searching for botanical gardens in your preferred maps app and see what shows up.

One last recommendation that perhaps doesn't fit a houseplants community, but you got me monologing... John Scheepers/Van Engelen is my go to supplier for flowering bulbs. They import direct from holland and ship out to customers very quickly after the container arrives. The quality and size of bulbs I've gotten from them greatly surpasses any retail place I've tried.

[–] Fermion@mander.xyz 2 points 1 month ago

The rebound makes no sense. Even if somehow no violence occurred after this date, enough infrastructure has been damaged and production taken offline to cause a significant supply shock that can't be absorbed by reserve releases. The closure of Hormuz will take its toll one way or another.

Plus, Iran is now incentivized to further develop a stranglehold on Hormuz transits so they can extract tolls to fund their rebuilding efforts. Any attempt to frustrate that will just result in them mining the straits, possibly with Houthi coordination interrupting Red Sea transits.

None of the fundamental problems are solved.

[–] Fermion@mander.xyz 8 points 1 month ago

Finally, some good news.

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