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  1. Comment on Twitter is now X as the little blue bird disappears in ~tech

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    Maybe this is what Zuck and Elon can cage match for, use of the X trademark in social media.

    Maybe this is what Zuck and Elon can cage match for, use of the X trademark in social media.

    1 vote

  2. Comment on Twitter is now X as the little blue bird disappears in ~tech

  3. Comment on Minnesota Vikings rookie WR Jordan Addison cited for driving 140mph in ~sports.american_football

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    MN passed a law a while back if you're caught going over 100mph you can immediately lose your license for half a year. (and reads like it's automatic) Sec. 169.14 MN Statutes...

    MN passed a law a while back if you're caught going over 100mph you can immediately lose your license for half a year. (and reads like it's automatic)

    License revocation for extreme speed. The driver's license of a person who violates any speed limit established in this section, by driving in excess of 100 miles per hour, is revoked for six months under section 171.17, or for a longer minimum period of time applicable under section 169A. 53, 169A.

    Sec. 169.14 MN Statutes

    https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/169.14#:~:text=License%20revocation%20for%20extreme%20speed,53%2C%20169A.

    7 votes

  4. Comment on Is it true that plants begin to consume oxygen around 45°C? in ~science

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    Yeah, and I know that because of this, they aren't as huge of a net producer of oxygen as people might think. (since they consume it at night) This guy was saying though, that by having to produce...

    Yeah, and I know that because of this, they aren't as huge of a net producer of oxygen as people might think. (since they consume it at night)

    This guy was saying though, that by having to produce H2O2 instead of H2O to protect from heat stress and damage during the day, they become net consumers of oxygen over a 24 hour cycle.

    I can't find anything to refute or back that up, and I don't see anything that did enough work on heat stressed trees (it's mostly food crop research for obvious reasons) to know if that's true or not.

    Was hoping someone here knew where the science was to educate myself further on the subject.

    1 vote

  5. Is it true that plants begin to consume oxygen around 45°C?

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    I used to work with a guy who had three PhD's. (two in Europe, one in the US). He had them in math, chemistry and biology. He said a few fairly outlandish things over the timeframe that I knew...

    I used to work with a guy who had three PhD's. (two in Europe, one in the US). He had them in math, chemistry and biology. He said a few fairly outlandish things over the timeframe that I knew him, but every one I ever dug into it turned out was basically accurate.

    One of the things he mentioned in passing, but which I haven't been able to confirm to my satisfaction is that when plants reach certain high temps, they start producing H2O2 instead of H2O. (around 45 Celcius)

    I've read a few papers that seem to indicate that part at least is true, but I've never found anything that says whether or not this puts plants into the 'consumer' column for oxygen.

    Anyone here able to point me to something that has this answer? or anyone here know the answer, even if it's not specifically been published yet?

    12 votes

  6. Comment on Redditors of Tildes, which subreddits are you missing the most during the blackout? in ~tech

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    To me the fascinating part has been watching the AI written content creep out to infest the rest of the web. Used to be some news sites were clearly AI written, but that was about it. Then it...

    To me the fascinating part has been watching the AI written content creep out to infest the rest of the web.

    Used to be some news sites were clearly AI written, but that was about it. Then it started getting tendrils into hardware recommendations. Recently I've noticed one of my hobbies (fish keeping) is suddenly inundated with BS AI generated content about whatever fish I might be researching.

    it's insanely frustrating. I miss quality results and articles at the top that were written by people with knowledge and a passion on the subject.

  7. Comment on Fresh Album Fridays: Sigur Ros, Queens of the Stone Age, King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard, and more in ~music

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    I've really gotten hooked on our local college radio station. They've exposed me to dozens of bands I probably never would have heard otherwise, including King Gizzard and Queens of the Stone Age....

    I've really gotten hooked on our local college radio station. They've exposed me to dozens of bands I probably never would have heard otherwise, including King Gizzard and Queens of the Stone Age.

    They also feature tons of local up and coming artists. If anyone wants to give them a listen you can at:

    https://www.cpr.org/indie/

    1 vote

  8. Comment on Happy Father's Day, Tildes! in ~life.men

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    might have weighed 8 to 10 lbs at most? It was tiny.

    might have weighed 8 to 10 lbs at most? It was tiny.

    1 vote

  9. Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games

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    It seems like once or twice a year (or every other year at most) I brush off NMS and start playing again. For all the games I've ever paid for in my life, I think the content additions and...

    It seems like once or twice a year (or every other year at most) I brush off NMS and start playing again.

    For all the games I've ever paid for in my life, I think the content additions and improvements made to No Man's Sky have been the absolute best. The game is over a decade old now, and they'll still just adding new content for free.

    I just wish more people would give this game a shot. The release was a train wreck, but the work done since then has just been amazing year after year. I'm super impressed with Hello Games at this point, and they've managed to turn their pretty terrible launch into a text book example of how to repair good will in a community.

    2 votes

  10. Comment on Happy Father's Day, Tildes! in ~life.men

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    How do you make baked donuts? This sounds interesting.

    How do you make baked donuts? This sounds interesting.

    2 votes

  11. Comment on Happy Father's Day, Tildes! in ~life.men

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    Never used this place before, but hopefully this works. My youngest sent me this that morning. You can see the soccer net it's going to get stuck in shortly. https://ibb.co/fxxRHyg

    Never used this place before, but hopefully this works.

    My youngest sent me this that morning. You can see the soccer net it's going to get stuck in shortly.

    https://ibb.co/fxxRHyg

    1 vote

  12. Comment on Happy Father's Day, Tildes! in ~life.men

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    I got up at around 6am, fired up the BBQ and threw some ribs on. My wife and kid were out on the deck enjoying the sun, then said a baby deer was sitting just below the deck. it had been born...

    I got up at around 6am, fired up the BBQ and threw some ribs on.

    My wife and kid were out on the deck enjoying the sun, then said a baby deer was sitting just below the deck. it had been born maybe a few hours before at most. the momma dear was kind of freaking out with people out there, so we all went back inside.

    20 min. later the baby deer tries to take its first steps, and ends up getting entirely tangled up in the neighbor's soccer net. I had to go out there, and untangle it from the net. the mom was not particularly happy about that.

    put the baby deer back under the deck, and mom came and got it within 30 min. or so.

    then got to chill with my son playing some NMS. all in all, very rewarding day. (and the ribs were awesome, had my parents over to celebrate father's day with us.)

    3 votes

  13. Comment on My own dry rub for meats in ~food

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    I love making dry rubs, and I can't have garlic or onion (other than powders) without getting sick as a dog, so about 90% of store bought rubs are out of the question for me. one thing I've really...

    I love making dry rubs, and I can't have garlic or onion (other than powders) without getting sick as a dog, so about 90% of store bought rubs are out of the question for me.

    one thing I've really enjoyed, is I got a few bags of peppers months ago, and I put them in the grill one day when I was smoking some ribs. super low temp, with a great smokey/meaty taste to them.

    pulled them out, let them dry and ground them into a powder. great way to get some quick smokey taste on meats if you don't have time to smoke them.

    1 vote

  14. Comment on The US FBI groomed a sixteen-year-old with "brain development issues" to become a terrorist in ~life

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    Creating terrorists has been a long standing tradition, going back to the Unibomber if not earlier.

    Creating terrorists has been a long standing tradition, going back to the Unibomber if not earlier.

    7 votes

  15. Comment on Observations on needed features and issues now that the site has gotten busier in ~tildes

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    it's like people who cared about the quality, use and outcome are making decisions.

    it's like people who cared about the quality, use and outcome are making decisions.

    5 votes

  16. Comment on Observations on needed features and issues now that the site has gotten busier in ~tildes

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    Then never mind, that's an excellent reason for it to be there!

    Then never mind, that's an excellent reason for it to be there!

    9 votes

  17. Comment on Observations on needed features and issues now that the site has gotten busier in ~tildes

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    Is the comment box at the bottom on purpose, to force people to read/scroll through the previous comments before they can make a comment? It was nice having the comment box be underneath the post.

    Is the comment box at the bottom on purpose, to force people to read/scroll through the previous comments before they can make a comment?

    It was nice having the comment box be underneath the post.

    2 votes

  18. Comment on What gaps for content, news, or community currently exist for you? in ~tech

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    Nextdoor is FB, but somehow skews even older than FB.

    Nextdoor is FB, but somehow skews even older than FB.

    5 votes

  19. Comment on Reddit CEO pledges to not force subreddits to reopen. Admin team then immediately threatens moderators who closed their subreddits with removal. in ~tech

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    I would suspect they won't. They'll just replace the mods, reopen it and say 'we're back!' and hope no one realizes.

    I would suspect they won't. They'll just replace the mods, reopen it and say 'we're back!' and hope no one realizes.

    15 votes

  20. Comment on Reddit CEO pledges to not force subreddits to reopen. Admin team then immediately threatens moderators who closed their subreddits with removal. in ~tech

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    I mean, they might be right that 'most users' aren't really noticing, but something like 90% of users just browse. Something like another 9% actually comment, and 1% create new content. A site...

    I mean, they might be right that 'most users' aren't really noticing, but something like 90% of users just browse.

    Something like another 9% actually comment, and 1% create new content.

    A site might only lose 4% of their users, but if that contains most of the mods and people who created interesting content, you're going to be in bot-land soon enough. Reddit was already struggling with that. I don't think this is helping.

    63 votes