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  1. Comment on Pam Bondi ousted as US attorney general in ~society

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    Firing people has been part of Trump’s image for a while now.

    Firing people has been part of Trump’s image for a while now.

    5 votes

  2. Comment on Much ado about marshmallows in ~food

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    I submit that they missed one possible way of eating marshmallows: pulling them like taffy. Completely changes the flavor.

    I submit that they missed one possible way of eating marshmallows: pulling them like taffy. Completely changes the flavor.

    2 votes

  3. Comment on Pam Bondi ousted as US attorney general in ~society

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    Oh wow, another woman taking the brunt of the fallout for this administration.

    Oh wow, another woman taking the brunt of the fallout for this administration.

    16 votes

  4. Comment on Getting permission from your significant other in ~life

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    Every relationship is different, and they change over time. Could be that all of these are true because you’re talking about several people. My partner has told me he will occasionally do this...

    Every relationship is different, and they change over time. Could be that all of these are true because you’re talking about several people.

    My partner has told me he will occasionally do this when he’s invited to something he doesn’t really want to do, but doesn’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings. It’s a socially acceptable reason to say no for any reason.

    2 votes

  5. Comment on Can we talk about rice cookers? in ~food

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    Degrades even faster if you have someone in your household that enjoys digging into the pot with a fork.

    Degrades even faster if you have someone in your household that enjoys digging into the pot with a fork.

    3 votes

  6. Comment on "CEO said a thing!" journalism in ~tech

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    I remember reading articles during his first term about how difficult it was to interpret for him, I can't currently find anything on the topic that isn't a blog. More currently: Trump...

    I remember reading articles during his first term about how difficult it was to interpret for him, I can't currently find anything on the topic that isn't a blog.

    More currently: Trump administration says sign language services ‘intrude’ on Trump’s ability to control his image

    ASL for Donald Trump.

    1 vote

  7. Comment on 'Banal and hollow': Why the quaint paintings of Thomas Kinkade divided the US in ~arts

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    This article goes over what his critics said, then talks about his childhood. The article is about a documentary about the artist coming out. I'd never heard these critiques before and have to say...

    This article goes over what his critics said, then talks about his childhood. The article is about a documentary about the artist coming out.

    I'd never heard these critiques before and have to say that as someone who is not a professional artist or at critique, they're a great example of why outsiders sometimes think the art world is pretentious. I associate Kinkade with puzzles.

    10 votes

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

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

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    Did the zones change again this year, or is that from the change a couple of years ago?

    Did the zones change again this year, or is that from the change a couple of years ago?

    2 votes

  10. Comment on US Army ups maximum enlistment age to 42, relaxes rules on marijuana in ~society

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    That would still allow you to retire younger than you can to get social security.

    That would still allow you to retire younger than you can to get social security.

    7 votes

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

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    I tacked some cheap mylar blankets to an east facing wall above some garden beds that don't the the last of the afternoon sun because trees block it. It seemed to help until we had a windstorm...

    I tacked some cheap mylar blankets to an east facing wall above some garden beds that don't the the last of the afternoon sun because trees block it. It seemed to help until we had a windstorm that tore it down.

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

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    I wish I could net the whole tree, but it's huge. The top of the tree is at least 20 feet/6m meters above the ground and it's spread is close to that. I don't know if they make nets that big, but...

    I wish I could net the whole tree, but it's huge. The top of the tree is at least 20 feet/6m meters above the ground and it's spread is close to that. I don't know if they make nets that big, but even if they do I wouldn't know how to get it over the tree. Commercial orchards replace trees long before they get this big.

    I actively want to get dwarf varieties of fruit trees so that fixes like netting are actually viable and I have a better chance of finding and harvesting the ripe fruit.

    1 vote

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

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    Peppers are hard mode for where you live, just like they are for me. You'll be happier with the results if you start with plants that are known to do well there. The guy in the GrowVeg youtube...

    Peppers are hard mode for where you live, just like they are for me. You'll be happier with the results if you start with plants that are known to do well there. The guy in the GrowVeg youtube channel is in the UK, he provides timing suggestions and different ways to be successful. His methods are very approachable.

    1 vote

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

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    If you decide to do something like this, I highly recommend the AcuRite temperature sensors. I a few other sensors that were supposed to be safe for outdoor use, they all stopped working after a...

    If you decide to do something like this, I highly recommend the AcuRite temperature sensors. I a few other sensors that were supposed to be safe for outdoor use, they all stopped working after a few days. I suspect it was the humidity.

    I have several of the AcuRite sensors inside my house and in the different garden areas. Lithium AA batteries will last over a year; a dead battery is the only way I've had any fail on me.

    2 votes

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

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    Ugh, I'm so bad at physics. Heat transfer always moves from warm towards cold. My possibly incorrect understanding is that the heat is moving from a small area (the greenhouse) into a big area...

    Ugh, I'm so bad at physics.

    Heat transfer always moves from warm towards cold.

    When an object is at a different temperature from another body or its surroundings, heat flows so that the body and the surroundings reach the same temperature, at which point they are in thermal equilibrium. Such spontaneous heat transfer always occurs from a region of high temperature to another region of lower temperature, as described in the second law of thermodynamics.

    My possibly incorrect understanding is that the heat is moving from a small area (the greenhouse) into a big area (outside). Just like how the outside air receives heat from the greenhouse, it also receives heat from the ground/trees/houses/rocks. Inside the greenhouse, there are only plants, maybe shelves, soil, and whatever the floor is made of. That's a smaller source of heat. So while the heat transfer from inside the greenhouse to outside of it caused an equilibrium where they were the same temperature, at some point during the night the night air will become warmer than the greenhouse.

    I'm just barely getting this, which is why I'm not very confident in my explanation. If you want to dig into it further, the keywords are heat transfer, radiative cooling, and nocturnal surface cooling. I'm happy to be corrected by someone who understands this better than I do.

    1 vote

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

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    I suggest the title include the date rather than the season or a week count. Besides including both hemispheres, it'll make it easier to look back later by season. I'm in zone 8b, in the Pacific...

    I suggest the title include the date rather than the season or a week count. Besides including both hemispheres, it'll make it easier to look back later by season.

    I'm in zone 8b, in the Pacific Northwest.

    Over the winter I learned about choosing varieties that are designed for your region. That's why I included where I am with my zone, zone 8b runs all along the edge of the US. Obviously conditions here are different than they are in 8b Louisiana or 8b New Mexico. I read some books by local growers, including one who developed varieties specifically suited to this area. So, I've chosen corn and squashes developed by her, along with other varieties she recommended.

    I got a little over excited and ordered WAY too many different seeds, to the point I was having trouble planning out where to put everything. Finally I fed the list into an Claude along with the garden beds. This has been really helpful for the most part, it gave me a nice plan including timing. It also let me know that a lot of my "failures" last year were probably due to my mortal enemy, slugs.

    The things I'm most excited about are parching corn, my yearly Sungold tomatoes, lemon cucumbers, sweet potatoes, and my new currant and huckleberry plants. I expect the birds to take some of that fruit, but the county sold those in sets of 5, so hopefully there will be enough to go around. Oh, and this is year 3 of my asparagus crowns, so I get to eat some this year!

    One thing I'm not going to do this year is grow big tomatoes. The rains always start before those are ripe, so I end up with spotty green tomatoes that nobody wants.

    An ongoing issue is the ancient (and gigantic) apple trees in my back yard. My county has a serious problem with coddling moths and apple maggots, which is why you can't transport fruit from here into the eastern part of the state where the commercial orchards are. Even if you control the pests on your own trees, someone down the street likely doesn't so you end up with the problem no matter what you do. The trees also have an issue with apple scab, bagging the individual apple to keep pests out seemed to make the scab worse. I'm torn because these are gorgeous old apple trees that provide nice shade in the yard and a lovely show of flowers in the spring, but the effort involved in picking up dropped apples and leaves really hasn't been worth it. My partner loves to sit under one of those trees in particular and doesn't want us to get rid of it, even if it would mean replacing it with a variety that's less prone to these issues. We also want to get cherry trees, but right now the pests we have would just spread to those from the apple tree.

    Edit: I just realized I went a little crazy in this post. Sorry about that, I get really enthusiastic about gardening and all my friends are sick of hearing about it.

    3 votes

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

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    My county offers a lot of resources and I have a couple of nurseries in my area that specialize in native plants. I got a good start on a similar setup last year using these resources.

    My county offers a lot of resources and I have a couple of nurseries in my area that specialize in native plants. I got a good start on a similar setup last year using these resources.

    2 votes

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

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    I think square foot gardening is a fantastic beginner method. I also started that way at my old place, using a used copy of the book I’d picked up at a book store next to my bus stop. I had more...

    I think square foot gardening is a fantastic beginner method. I also started that way at my old place, using a used copy of the book I’d picked up at a book store next to my bus stop. I had more success with that garden than I did my first year with less structured gardening at my new place.

    You can always add more beds using the same method or whatever else you might want to try.

    3 votes

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

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    Ha, our last frost date was the 17th, but the last two nights have been in the high 20s.

    Ha, our last frost date was the 17th, but the last two nights have been in the high 20s.

    1 vote

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

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    I’m in zone 8b. I got one of the pop up tent style greenhouses a couple of years ago in the hopes of getting tomatoes out sooner in the year. I put it over a raised bed and put a thermometer...

    I’m in zone 8b.

    I got one of the pop up tent style greenhouses a couple of years ago in the hopes of getting tomatoes out sooner in the year. I put it over a raised bed and put a thermometer inside to track how it was doing.

    This was yet another area that I didn’t know that I didn’t know what I was doing. The little greenhouse would indeed keep the bed warm for a bit after sunset, but then it would become colder than the surrounding area.

    A LOT of the info on unheated greenhouses don’t really go over what that means. In my area, to work as I wanted I needed either a heat source or something to store heat to release it overnight.

    A heat source could be a literal heater, some heat producing light bulbs, or a compost heap. Heat can be stored using something like barrels of water or a double pane, either as the greenhouse covering or something like a frost cloth cover over the plants.

    Some research into what folks do in my area told me that cold frames don’t really work here, low tunnels are what folks use successfully. This year I used a low tunnel over a raised bed all winter. My intention with it was to extend the season for cool weather crops rather than warm weather crops. It did a good job of this, none of my plants got frost damage.

    I’ve also been adding a lot of native plants and perennials to address the time situation. After the first year or two most of them don’t need watering in summer.

    2 votes