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  1. Comment on Valve has released CAD files for the Steam Controller in ~games

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    Local TFS or nothing!

    Local TFS or nothing!

  2. Comment on Valve has released CAD files for the Steam Controller in ~games

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    Yea but on Gitlab?! Ew. Jokes aside this is a really cool and nice gesture to the community!

    Yea but on Gitlab?! Ew. Jokes aside this is a really cool and nice gesture to the community!

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  3. Comment on Tildes Gardening Group: Week 3/5/26 in ~hobbies

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    I personally used plastic trellis netting and then used 1 inch metal electrical conduit. Since I have a 4x4ft raised garden, I used two 10 foot electrical conduit poles sunken roughly 3 to 3.5 ft...

    I personally used plastic trellis netting and then used 1 inch metal electrical conduit.

    Since I have a 4x4ft raised garden, I used two 10 foot electrical conduit poles sunken roughly 3 to 3.5 ft into the ground on either side of the garden which gives me about 6-7 feet of vertical trellis space, and then two 5 foot conduits for the horizontal top and bottom pieces (plus the associated couplers). Then a ton of zip ties to keep the trellis netting taut. This lets me have a very significant amount of fruit/weight on the trellis itself without worrying about it bending, breaking, or simply not supporting the plants enough.

    It worked really well and let me kind of customize the sizing, but I'm sure there's much easier and better ways to accomplish it.

    4 votes

  4. Comment on Tildes Gardening Group: Week 3/5/26 in ~hobbies

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    I was wondering where the thread went! The king bud opened and flowered on my eggplant.. plant. Unfortunately it didn't seem to pollenate. Since there's a few more open buds with 6-8 more on the...

    I was wondering where the thread went!

    • The king bud opened and flowered on my eggplant.. plant. Unfortunately it didn't seem to pollenate. Since there's a few more open buds with 6-8 more on the plant, so we'll see.

    • My cherry tomatoes are in full swing and I'm harvesting a small handful every other day with 3 to 4 dozen in various growth stages at any given time.

    • The Brandy Boy tomatoes, only one plant is doing well. One seems to have just died and the other is a bit shadowed by other taller plants (poor placement on my part).

    • Okra is finally growing after almost a month of nothing. But they're still only maybe 6 inches tall, so it will be quite a while before production I think. This can get up to 6ft+ tall especially in the 90F+ daily heat around here, so here's hoping I get a good harvest.

    • My pole beans went right to the edge of dying with some kind of issue. I could never find any actual pests, so I suspect disease, but the few that haven't completely died are starting to flower. Yields will be next to nothing sadly.

    • All 3 hot peppers (banana, poblano, and serrano) had their first full flush, I haven't seen any fruit set yet but I'm hopeful.

    • I retried my ground cherries with direct sowing this time and I think I got an old/bad seed packet. Out of the entire packet I've only had 5 total sprout. There's 4 with their cotyledons going (no true leaves yet) that are maybe a cm tall, so I'm babying them along hoping I get a single viable one going.

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  6. Comment on Tildes Gardening Group: Week 13/4/26 in ~hobbies

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    The soil itself is a mixture of rich plain soil, mushroom compost, cow manure, worm castings, and perlite. The fertilizers I put on top every few weeks to a month are generally either a 5-1-1 Fish...

    The soil itself is a mixture of rich plain soil, mushroom compost, cow manure, worm castings, and perlite. The fertilizers I put on top every few weeks to a month are generally either a 5-1-1 Fish Emulsion for supporting plants that aren't fruiting yet to help them grow more leaves. I just dilute it in water and then use that in place of a regular watering.

    Once they start fruiting, they want less nitrogen and more phosphorus and potassium so I have a 3-4-6 "Tomato Tone" and a 5-10-10 for plants that want a lot of phosphorus and/or potassium. which is a granule/powder so I sprinkle it around the base and water it in (again in place of the regular watering cycle).

  7. Comment on Tildes Gardening Group: Week 13/4/26 in ~hobbies

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    A bit less movement at this point as things adjust and get into the full swing of the season. I got my first harvest of cherry tomatoes! An entire 2 of them! But the two plants have approximately...

    A bit less movement at this point as things adjust and get into the full swing of the season.

    I got my first harvest of cherry tomatoes! An entire 2 of them! But the two plants have approximately 40 fruit growing now, so as temps continue to rise so will production.

    In a more surprising turn of events the newly transplanted banana pepper plant has acted like it wasn't transplanted at all and it's growing much faster than expected. The other two peppers are still getting over transplant shock. This was a major surprise since, in my experience, peppers are exceptionally slow.

    Eggplant is over transplant shock and starting new growth.

    We had 3 straight days of light rain which stirred up a bunch of stuff for my new Brandy Boy tomatoes. One ended up with enough early stage blight that I had to completely remove it, but I still have 3 more growing nicely. All tomatoes were treated with Neem oil which has antifungal properties to help mitigate.

    The pole beans have started climbing, so I expect in a few weeks to start being able to harvest. Once they start they go crazy.

    Okra is about 3 weeks post-transplant and they haven't done anything. Not sure what's going on there.

    The last major non-plant news is I have the T-Posts and 40% sun shade fully up and it's doing amazing. By the end of the week we're expected to start reaching 90F, so I got it up just in time!

    Mostly now is a waiting and watching game. Fertilizing every couple weeks and watching out for pests.

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  8. Comment on Tildes Gardening Group: Week 6/4/26 in ~hobbies

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    I still consider myself a beginner, but I haven't really found a need for many tools outside of gloves and pruning scissors for harvesting. Maybe it's because my square foot garden effectively...

    I still consider myself a beginner, but I haven't really found a need for many tools outside of gloves and pruning scissors for harvesting. Maybe it's because my square foot garden effectively functions as a raised bed so there's less need for them? Honestly not sure. The few things I've wanted I've been able to 3d print. Small items like little domes to prevent strong thunderstorms from beating down newly transplanted seedlings.

    That knife looks pretty cool, but I'm not sure of it's utility especially at that price. Maybe I'm missing something. Do you have soil that's very compacted and difficult to dig in?

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  9. Comment on Tildes Gardening Group: Week 6/4/26 in ~hobbies

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    Lots of fun the past week. Being in on the border of US zone 9 and 10 in the American Southeast, the weather has quickly changed from nice and mild to full on summer (we don't get spring or fall...

    Lots of fun the past week.

    Being in on the border of US zone 9 and 10 in the American Southeast, the weather has quickly changed from nice and mild to full on summer (we don't get spring or fall here). Unfortuantely this caused all my four of broccoli plants to panic and bolt before they could finish their heads. Such is plant life in this area I guess.

    On the brighter side, my sweet 100 cherry tomatoes have been to flush and I should get a first harvest in another week or two. It's very small since these were the first couple tomatoes, but it's a promising development for two plants that survived a couple 15F nights and just barely survived it.

    In place of the broccoli I planted a hot banana pepper, hot poblano pepper, hot serrano pepper, and an eggplant. I ran up to a Home Depot to pick those up instead of trying to fumble with my grow light setup that's currently taken down. Also peppers are slooooooow and I wanted something in the garden sooner than later.

    My dad had a couple extra okra seedlings, so two of those went in as well. All plants that do well with this kind of climate. They are just getting over transplant shock so nothing there yet.

    My Brandy Boy tomatoes are progressing very well, they're only about 3 weeks post-transplant so they're picking up the pace.

    Pole beans are doing great! They're just starting the vining process and I have tomato cages to help guide them to the trellis. Once these start going you have to harvest almost every day too.

    Lastly, I ordered some ground cherry seeds to direct sow. Not ideal to direct sow, but again, indoor grow lights aren't setup right now. But another plant that should do well with the heat.

    Outside of plants, within the next week or two, I'm planning on installing some 10ft T-Posts and a 40% sun shade cloth to help with the brutal sun. I've never used it before, but I'm very hopeful this will stop the sun from scorching leaves especially as we move toward June/July.

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  10. Comment on 3D printers, do you use glue stick? in ~hobbies

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    Others have mostly covered things, but I'll add a +1 for team No Glue. I have an X1C and I print mostly in PETG (various brands) and I'm also team smooth, the smooth side of the plate that comes...

    Others have mostly covered things, but I'll add a +1 for team No Glue. I have an X1C and I print mostly in PETG (various brands) and I'm also team smooth, the smooth side of the plate that comes with the printer. I've had zero issues with adhesion on the smooth side without glue. In my limited experience CoreXY printers significantly lower the change of adhesion issues assuming the bed is heated properly.

    I also have an A1, but I use the textured plate with no glue because the bed slinger style puts a lot more stress on the adhesion layer with the plate.

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  11. Comment on Tildes Gardening Group: Week 30/3/26 in ~hobbies

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    Thank you! This says 9b, so I guess I'm on the border.

    Thank you! This says 9b, so I guess I'm on the border.

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  12. Comment on Tildes Gardening Group: Week 30/3/26 in ~hobbies

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    I'm in the southeast. I was eyeballing the maps I googled and thought zone 9 looked right, but I just double checked a different zone finder that actually says 10A. I'm fairly new to gardening in...

    I'm in the southeast. I was eyeballing the maps I googled and thought zone 9 looked right, but I just double checked a different zone finder that actually says 10A. I'm fairly new to gardening in general so I honestly wasn't aware they can change, but it makes a lot of sense in hindsight. Is there a website/app that makes tracking this as it changes easier?

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  13. Comment on Tildes Gardening Group: Week 30/3/26 in ~hobbies

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    Are you opposed to organic pesticides? B.T. (not sure if it's truly a pesticide since it's naturally occuring in the soil) is my savior for tomatoes/beans. You have to be vigilant and spray the...

    Are you opposed to organic pesticides? B.T. (not sure if it's truly a pesticide since it's naturally occuring in the soil) is my savior for tomatoes/beans. You have to be vigilant and spray the undersides of leaves when you find young catepillars or the early signs of them as it won't work on the adult ones, but it has knocked out an entire infestation for both my dad and myself.

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  14. Comment on Tildes Gardening Group: Week 30/3/26 in ~hobbies

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    I'm mostly in wait mode for my SFG and a little future planning. The four brandy boy tomatoes are past transplant shock and back into growth mode which is nice. Both cherry tomatoes are steady...

    I'm mostly in wait mode for my SFG and a little future planning.

    • The four brandy boy tomatoes are past transplant shock and back into growth mode which is nice.
    • Both cherry tomatoes are steady growing, but they've had a hard life (unexpected late freezes in US Zone 9), so they're bouncing between "oh crap gotta make fruit" and growth modes.
    • The main heads from two gypsy broccoli plants have been harvested, so I'm waiting for the offshoots to start producing.
    • Both waltham broccoli plants are producing their initial heads, but I'm several weeks out from harvest at best.
    • Finally, 7 out of 8 pole beans sprouted and are about to start the runner phase, so another 3-4 weeks and they start producing like crazy.

    I'm doing some renovations around the house so my indoor grow lights for starting from seeds are all torn down, but as soon as I get that back together I'll be starting scotch bonnet and jalapeno plants for clay pots. I also 3d printed a full hydro tower for my back deck and I need to get back around to filling that with herbs once the grow lights are back up.

    I need to start planning what will go in place of the broccoli once they've run their course, but I have no idea what to plant. I have a pollenator variety pack from Botanical Interests, so maybe I'll just put that in to help with all the tomatoes.

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  15. Comment on Tildes Gardening Group: Week 24/3/26 in ~hobbies

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    I really like it for a variety of reasons. It's nice to have a system around sectioning off a garden and then understanding if I'm planting pole beans, I know I can generally do 4 plants per...

    I really like it for a variety of reasons. It's nice to have a system around sectioning off a garden and then understanding if I'm planting pole beans, I know I can generally do 4 plants per square. If it's broccoli, it'd be 1 per square, etc. The bigger reason is where I live has really sandy bad topsoil and the square foot garden acts like a raised bed garden in that capacity. So I could mix some richer soil with a variety of composts and have really good growing medium. The actual "Square Foot Gardening" books call for something called Mel's Mix, but I don't go quite that far. Some richer soil, mushroom compost, worm castings, cow manure, and perlite and then during the season I'll either top off with some new mix or use a 5-1-1 or 3-4-6 depending on which plants are fruiting.

    Typically I think people keep them to a 4x4 grid because that's about as large as you can get while still being able to reach the inside squares, but you can make them smaller or in odd shapes if it suits the area which is nice.

    For mine I took two 10ft pole of electrical conduit and sunk them about 3.5ft into the ground on either side of it, connected them with smaller 4ft piece of conduit and then hung trellis netting between them with zip ties which allows for the upper 8 squares to have access to it (for my current grow, the pole beans and tomatoes).

    Highly recommend for beginners and people that live in areas with bad topsoil in general.

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  16. Comment on Tildes Gardening Group: Week 24/3/26 in ~hobbies

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    I missed the initial post! I only have a small 4ft x 4ft "square foot garden", so there's not that much space. I'm also a huge beginner so it's probably for the best. So far I have 4 broccoli...

    I missed the initial post! I only have a small 4ft x 4ft "square foot garden", so there's not that much space. I'm also a huge beginner so it's probably for the best. So far I have 4 broccoli plants producing (US zone 9) and they are so much larger than I expected! They're actually overshadowing some other squares, so I won't be at full capacity until they run their course for the season. Other than that, I have 8 pole beans that just broke through, 4 brandy boy tomatoes just transplanted, and 2 slightly older cherry tomato plants that are only about 2.5 ft tall so far.

    I previously had three 15 month old scotch bonnet plants that were producing nicely, but we had a very out-of-normal cold snap for a few nights (lowest hit 15F!) and even frost blankets didn't save them. I was very sad because I had babied those plants for a long time. This year I'm going to restart them (and some jalapenos) in clay pots so I can bring them in if another rare weather event happens.

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  17. Comment on Device that can extract 1,000 liters of clean water a day from desert air revealed by 2025 Nobel Prize winner in ~enviro

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    Awesome thank you for the link! Interestingly I would expect the lower wind speeds downstream of the turbines to cause the temperature rise, but the article states it's the mixing of the air at...

    Awesome thank you for the link! Interestingly I would expect the lower wind speeds downstream of the turbines to cause the temperature rise, but the article states it's the mixing of the air at the boundary layer which makes sense, I just hadn't considered it. Since it's heat redistribution, I would imagine it's still a net win in terms of the overall climate (via reducing fossil fuel dependence).

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  18. Comment on Device that can extract 1,000 liters of clean water a day from desert air revealed by 2025 Nobel Prize winner in ~enviro

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    That's a good line of thought with the city buildings! I hadn't considered that. Initially I would think that the conversion to electricity makes it different, but I guess the building absorbing...

    That's a good line of thought with the city buildings! I hadn't considered that. Initially I would think that the conversion to electricity makes it different, but I guess the building absorbing the impact and dissapating it into the ground is basically the same mechanism.

  19. Comment on Device that can extract 1,000 liters of clean water a day from desert air revealed by 2025 Nobel Prize winner in ~enviro

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    I'm definitely not a "drill, baby, drill" person and if I came off that way, it was not my intention. I, in no way, said or meant to imply we should stop these forms of energy generation, it's...

    I'm definitely not a "drill, baby, drill" person and if I came off that way, it was not my intention. I, in no way, said or meant to imply we should stop these forms of energy generation, it's merely an academic question out of sheer curiousity.

    And it feels disingenious for someone to say, well we've let fossil fuels screw up the planet. It really feels like a "well they did that, so we can do this" which is just not at all where my question came from. I'm purely curious about if there's been discussion or studies around the downstream effects.

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  20. Comment on Device that can extract 1,000 liters of clean water a day from desert air revealed by 2025 Nobel Prize winner in ~enviro

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    I've honestly wondered about this sort of thing too. Does stuff like that at scale end up changing local climate or have larger impacts? I've wondered about wind farms too. There has to be some...

    I've honestly wondered about this sort of thing too. Does stuff like that at scale end up changing local climate or have larger impacts? I've wondered about wind farms too. There has to be some measureable decrease in the wind speed through the farm and does that have any downstream impacts on anything? It's extracting energy after all so something downstream has to get less energy input.

    I haven't really seen any discussions around this too (tbf I haven't looked that hard either).

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