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  1. Comment on Brazilians don't get dry, minimalist literature. A bit of a rant. in ~creative

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    For what it's worth, I think your posts on this site are generally excellent reading, even when I might not agree with your opinions. I'd say English suits you!

    For what it's worth, I think your posts on this site are generally excellent reading, even when I might not agree with your opinions. I'd say English suits you!

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  2. Comment on Apple pulls ICEBlock from the App Store in ~tech

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    For the master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house. They may allow us temporarily to beat him at his own game, but they will never enable us to bring about genuine change. --Audre...

    For the master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house. They may allow us temporarily to beat him at his own game, but they will never enable us to bring about genuine change. --Audre Lorde.

    We need to stop thinking about cell phones as personal communication devices.

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  3. Comment on First human transplant of kidney modified to have ‘universal’ type-O blood type in ~health

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    Thanks for finding that. I hope the family did that because they believed their family member would have wanted it that way.

    Thanks for finding that. I hope the family did that because they believed their family member would have wanted it that way.

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  4. Comment on First human transplant of kidney modified to have ‘universal’ type-O blood type in ~health

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    Well, if that's on the table, one wonders how the brain-dead person achieved that state. So not much consolation.

    Well, if that's on the table, one wonders how the brain-dead person achieved that state. So not much consolation.

  5. Comment on First human transplant of kidney modified to have ‘universal’ type-O blood type in ~health

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    transplanted into a 68-year-old brain-dead man in Chongqing, China I find this really disturbing. How was consent given? I mean, it's better than using a lab animal, but, still. (I was unable to...

    transplanted into a 68-year-old brain-dead man in Chongqing, China

    I find this really disturbing. How was consent given? I mean, it's better than using a lab animal, but, still. (I was unable to read the whole article, so maybe consent was explained somewhere.)

  6. Comment on What are some of your routines or habits? in ~life

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    Nowadays my health doesnt allow for regular habits, but before I got sick I had a couple that worked well for me: For 20 years I woke up and exercised every day before anything else. It worked...

    Nowadays my health doesnt allow for regular habits, but before I got sick I had a couple that worked well for me:

    For 20 years I woke up and exercised every day before anything else. It worked great because I'm not a morning person but exercise helped improve my morning mood and energy. I found it helped getting started before I was awake enough to talk myself out of it.

    When I got serious about music, I would practice as soon as I got home from work. Same basic strategy as the exercise-- get it in before all of the other stuff distracted me.

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  7. Comment on My experience suddenly being very pretty in ~lgbt

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    I've had the opposite experience-- after being thin enough and attractive enough to get a certain amount of priveledge, I was put on high-dose steriods (for a misdiagnosed illness, but that's...

    I've had the opposite experience-- after being thin enough and attractive enough to get a certain amount of priveledge, I was put on high-dose steriods (for a misdiagnosed illness, but that's another story). Suddenly I lost social status, respect. People who knew me and knew exactly what was going on (including the doctors treating me!) suddenly responded to me as less intelligent, less worth consideration, and like somehow I was to blame for my situation.

    After I was taken off high-dose steroids, I could tell the exact moment in the weight loss where I became deemed acceptable and intelligent again.
    Let me tell you, that was eye-opening.

    12 votes

  8. Comment on Tiny co-living spaces are popping up across New York. Local communities see them as ‘harbingers of gentrification’. in ~life

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    To me, the only thing that is maybe unusual in this scenario s the corporate ownership of the house share. Decades ago, I spent my 20s in various cities across the country living in similar...

    To me, the only thing that is maybe unusual in this scenario s the corporate ownership of the house share. Decades ago, I spent my 20s in various cities across the country living in similar setups, a shared house but owned by a single landlord (who sometimes lived there too.)

    Where else are young people going to live, if they don't want to live with their parents? It makes sense for cities to provide affordable housing for folks starting out in their lives and careers, the social aspect is also very attractive, especially as a young persons in a new city.

    I do think it is a serious problem that the land ownership becoming more corporate than private, but given that reality, providing group home rentals seems like one of the better outcomes.

    17 votes

  9. Comment on Debunking myths on farmworker pay in ~life

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    Wow, I've never heard of this channel and it is filled with really good information. After reading the above, I clicked on her Why Farmers Voted for Trump, and it made so much sense, finally.

    Wow, I've never heard of this channel and it is filled with really good information. After reading the above, I clicked on her Why Farmers Voted for Trump, and it made so much sense, finally.

    8 votes

  10. Comment on I'm Not a Robot in ~games

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    I couldn't get past level three-- it's like Dutch or something.

    I couldn't get past level three-- it's like Dutch or something.

    2 votes

  11. Comment on Looking for a better tomato in ~hobbies

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    That's a good idea, although I think the climate is changing probably faster than local plants can adapt. I'm going to look into this, though, thanks for the idea!

    That's a good idea, although I think the climate is changing probably faster than local plants can adapt. I'm going to look into this, though, thanks for the idea!

    1 vote

  12. Comment on Looking for a better tomato in ~hobbies

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    The problem is that we get really unpredictably cold nights--sometimes last frost hits the first week of May,although in some years I could have planted in March. This year I started seeds mid...

    The problem is that we get really unpredictably cold nights--sometimes last frost hits the first week of May,although in some years I could have planted in March. This year I started seeds mid February, put the plants out in mid-April, and ended up dragging them into the sun room for a couple nights, and covering them at night outside for a couple weeks. Depending on the year I could push back even further. I always have more seedlings than I need, so I might try going earlier and be willing to sacrifice my first set of plants. But I really want tomatoes in July, so that's why I'm hoping to find more heat-tolerant varieties.

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  14. Comment on Looking for a better tomato in ~hobbies

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    I'm good with moisture regulation--i used to do drip and thick mulch with my beds when I had them, but I am now using 20 gallon containers, as I wrote earlier. I monitior water and they have...

    I'm good with moisture regulation--i used to do drip and thick mulch with my beds when I had them, but I am now using 20 gallon containers, as I wrote earlier. I monitior water and they have netting to keep out leafhoppers (curlytop is a big problem here) and squirrels, which also helps with moisture and temperature regulation. I'm not having problems with fungal or viral diseases, but the heat is preventing pollination all through July and much of August (though not in the Floridades and whatever cherry tomato I ended up with, unfortunately I really don't like the taste of those.) That's why I am searching for varieties that can pollinate in high heat.
    Edit: The list you gave me was exactly what I was hoping for, thanks!

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  15. Comment on AI content warning label in ~creative

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    I think my advancing age may influence my view, but to me the point isn't really about the level of quality. I see viewing (or listening) to art as a kind of interactive communication, and it is...

    I think my advancing age may influence my view, but to me the point isn't really about the level of quality. I see viewing (or listening) to art as a kind of interactive communication, and it is important to me to know with who or what I am interacting. It's like back in the day sometimes there's be a story about a dog or horse or whatever that painted. Maybe it was good, maybe it was art, but I'd still want to know that it was a dog-- and also if it was a dog with a lot of human help. Even now, there are stories in the art world about some old master's painting where questions arise--was it the master or some underling painting under the master's direction? It isn't that it's not still a good painting, but the process and ownership do matter.

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  16. Comment on Looking for a better tomato in ~hobbies

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    I'm in the high desert west, though so it's kind of a crap shoot. Some years I've been able to keep a garden going into December, sometimes we get hard frosts in September, so I tend to go for the...

    I'm in the high desert west, though so it's kind of a crap shoot. Some years I've been able to keep a garden going into December, sometimes we get hard frosts in September, so I tend to go for the early-mids, too.

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  17. Comment on Looking for a better tomato in ~hobbies

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    That is a great list, thank you so much for taking the time to share it! I've tried Paul Robeson but every time (even a decade ago) it barely produced and never seemed happy. I've never heard of...

    That is a great list, thank you so much for taking the time to share it!
    I've tried Paul Robeson but every time (even a decade ago) it barely produced and never seemed happy. I've never heard of the Terracotta, I'm going to check that one out. Brads Atomic grape also looks really fun. And with your second vote, I'm going to try Cherokee purple finally--it's been on my list forever but for some reason I just haven't tried it. Well, there you've got me covered for winter seed shopping! Thanks again!

  18. Comment on Looking for a better tomato in ~hobbies

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    Huh, that's really interesting! I'm gonna give that a try on one of my plants next year. Thanks!

    Huh, that's really interesting! I'm gonna give that a try on one of my plants next year. Thanks!

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  19. Comment on Looking for a better tomato in ~hobbies

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    When I was rotating I had a bed for tomatoes, peppers and basil, a bed for corn and squash, a bed greens and beans (the beans fix nitrogen for the greens) and a 4th bed I would use for...

    When I was rotating I had a bed for tomatoes, peppers and basil, a bed for corn and squash, a bed greens and beans (the beans fix nitrogen for the greens) and a 4th bed I would use for composting/resting. Ideally you want to follow plants with a crop that feeds more heavily on other nutrients than what was planted there last, and has a different set of potential diseases/pests.

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  20. Comment on Looking for a better tomato in ~hobbies

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    Yeah, I set up the pots with fresh potting soil each year, add yum-yum mix, rock phosphate, and then fish emulsion throughout the growing season. It's not a problem with the soil, it's the heat....

    Yeah, I set up the pots with fresh potting soil each year, add yum-yum mix, rock phosphate, and then fish emulsion throughout the growing season. It's not a problem with the soil, it's the heat. My plants were green, they put out flowers throughout July and August but they just wouldn't set fruit til it got cooler again. Thanks though, I definitely agree your methods are correct--when I was planting in beds I used a 3-year rotation.

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