Comment and Link Roundup: August 9, 2021

[brin_bellway]

Comments on my own posts:

[arguably cw: poison] The one about gardening and whether high-effort food tastes better [four Tumblr-based comments (not all visible in the same reblog chain), one of which is new]

[arguably cw: amnesia] Part 2 of the series about wget problems [two comments]

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Comments on other people's posts:

[arguably cw: poison] [WordPress (Tumblr)] (OP by andmaybegayer) The distinction between communing with nature and learning about it.

[Reddit; Wayback] (OP by u/the_archiviest/) Alternatives to wget (and the flaws in wget that cause us to need alternatives).

[Dreamwidth; Wayback] (OP by contrarianarchon) Non-shady ways to read Money Stuff without spending anything.

[Dreamwidth; Wayback] (OP by contrarianarchon) The pros and cons of various methods of funding websites.

[cw: aging, (fairly mild) discourse] [WordPress (Tumblr)] (OP by 3liza) A piece of discourse from a very different kind of life.

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Links:

[iFixit; Wayback] (by Kyle Wiens) iPhones are allergic to helium.

[arguably cw: nsfw text] [WordPress; Wayback] (by Jukebox) I feel like those of y'all with an anthropological interest in kink might like this. (Some of y'all with a non-anthropological interest in kink might like it too.)

[Rebuilding Civilization; Wayback] (probably by Ron Sanders, but not entirely clear) Evaporative refrigeration.

[Audubon; Wayback] (by Rashmi Shivni; h/t rustingbridges) Birdsong syntax.



There is a blanket [cw: illness] on the rest of this post.


Comments on my own posts:

Speaking of marketing and mental diversity, where's that job-ad quote about how diversity keeps us from missing the obvious [one comment on Dreamwidth (not counting the postscripts), two comments on Tumblr]

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Comments on other people's posts:

[cw: death] [Dreamwidth; Wayback] (OP by contrarianarchon) Blood clots and the Copenhagen interpretation of ethics.

[cw: apocalypse] [Dreamwidth; Wayback] (OP by siderea) The overlaps of prepping. "Every additional thing you get organized and set up in good repair is a thing that might be helpful, or at least won't be an obstacle. Every problem you solve, everything you do to improve your health and resilience, puts you in that much a better situation for whatever situations you find yourself in."

[WordPress (Tumblr)] (OP by arbitrarygreay, arguably) How I decided which respirator to buy.

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Links:

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Comments

[grayestofghosts]

The comments on tomatoes are interesting. They grow pretty well here (midwest USA) but I haven’t noticed them being particularly better than store bought — though that may be because I have a strong preference for cooked-to-death tomatoes and by the time they’re paste the difference between store bought and home grown is probably minimal.

We have a fence which protects them okay. I’ve heard they grow pretty well in the Aerogarden but one of appropriate size is pretty pricey and the varieties for the aerogarden are going to be bred for size so I can’t say anything about taste.

[brin_bellway]

Aerogarden?

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Ah, I see. Love the concept, implementation sounds suspiciously proprietary.

[grayestofghosts]

I just mentioned it because if you're growing inside you're not going to get critters or temperature issues, unless your pets find the plants tasty.

It's essentially a kratky method jar with a pump and timer/lights. While they do sell a lot of stuff and it is a bit pricey, once you get the cages you can buy your own grow media/seeds/fertilizer and they do work -- you just have to make sure the plant is correctly sized for the model, like a dwarf variety.

I have a hard time remembering fertilizer so I've finally been successful growing stuff with it. There's a reason why I prefer cats to houseplants -- cats won't let you forget to feed them.