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]

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.