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xkcd #3001: Temperature Scales
  • Yeah well obviously wasn't planned for a global scale and you can thank European mindset 300 years ago for that so it is definitely scaled for arable land in higher latitudes.

    It wasn't very technical cause I mean they just weren't back then. Heck ask a baker what a pinch is.

    But for trying to come up with a scale to give people a way to talk about the temperature in Poland was the point and it's just stuck for people that are using it same as those using other methods. It wasn't and isn't about you.

  • I refuse defeatism
  • We can not replace ground cover of plants with nothing but solar panels. The moisture difference alone would cause huge ecological issues nothing to say on the reduced plant matter.

    Plus plants use sunlight to grow everything. That energy cost is way more massive than you think. It takes a fusion reactor in space to power it.
    Trying to get the same effect from solar powering Leads will be far less efficient and take an area larger than the traditional farm to generate the power for a vertical farm and be less effective. Plus you would also need to run vertical water pumps which are difficult with the weight of water, air flow, and still need fertilizer and nutrients which would mostly be chemical synthetics for making sure it's in the right concentrations.

    Transportation costs are absolutely huge and more local transportation would be better but don't mistake it for being much more efficient because of a single point that can be reduced.

    Farming is a huge endeavor that works mostly cause it is free energy and resources that as we need to provide more becomes already worse. Trying to control that entire chain is extremely difficult and costly and should only be done as necessary.

    It's far easier to work on flat land that sprawls than vertical and the density would not even be in the favor of the vertical grow tower.

    I am looking at total costs. It's just not nearly a catch all solution because it's far more intensive than people generally at a glance expect. And I'm for adopting it in specific situations and add more vertical grow to farm operations but it does not fix food to grow everything indoors.

  • Sympathy for their PTSD
  • Maybe just read the article from the many links in this thread about how they were being used to push bodies instead of talking out your ass.

    A bit rude I realize but you would rather sound like you are from the middle and spout a fact that you know than just read and properly participate in the conversation. It's not helpful and it's infuriating at best.

  • Ditched in Spaaaaaaace!
  • They absolutely could have made the word bubbles bigger instead of squeezing in the text and folding it up like they did. Plus some of those curves are ridiculous.

    Just like video is made by its audio comics need legible text.
    I agree this one needed some cleanup.

    Maybe not the best way to say that though.

  • Sympathy for their PTSD
  • He offed himself because he was about to get sent back out to do it again and apparently the IDF were gonna refuse burial because he was a chicken shit that didn't want to squeeze the organs out of more children.

    Some other people need to suffer from this story than the ones actually suffering.

  • Sympathy for their PTSD
  • Complaining about how they don't want to eat meat because it reminds them of fucking running over live people with a fucking bulldozer!

    The dude killed himself because he was about to be sent back out and the IDF even was gonna refuse him a military funeral because he didn't commit hard enough to genocide. While his family says he obviously wouldn't have killed anyone cause he was a good boy.

    Fuck all this. Fuck this bullshit take on how hard it is for the soldiers and CNN should maybe focus on how obviously evil the IDF and Israel is acting.

  • Sympathy for their PTSD
  • “Everything squirts out,” he added.

    Zaken says he can no longer eat meat, as it reminds him of the gruesome scenes he witnessed from his bulldozer in Gaza

    Yeah. This ain't that.

  • I refuse defeatism
  • You still need fertilizer and electricity that is less efficient than sunlight to grow indoors.

    But somebody once gave terrible math about being able to feed a city from a vertical skyscraper farm and it's been latched onto very hard as a futurism solution.

  • Aftermath of a B-25 Bomber flying into the Empire State Building, 1945
  • Man that is some insane photos and damage.

    Both because it's impressive and minor all at once. The fire damage looks far more severe and like it hit multiple floors and yet the exterior stone is barely wedged out of place.

    You can even still see the debris of the plane.

  • Apparently, the last time I owned a working 3D printer Solutech was still in Business

    Man, what else have I missed?

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    Singularity for me but not for thee

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    My Neighbor didn't grow Heritage Sunflowers but Prehistoric ones

    As far as I can tell they are over 9 feet tall... What the hell did they bury in their front yard?!

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    Over under on having more green beans than I know what to do with?

    Yeah... This is half a packet of seeds and they are literally hopping from the fence to tree branches literally a couple feet away.

    I swear it said it was a bush type too and this is more forest.

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    Premature Fajita Night

    Well the branch holding my bell peppers fell off entirely from the weight.... So guess it's fajita night.

    I honestly have so many Serranos and jalapenos but am the only one that loves spice so.... On the plant they stay for another days nachos.

    And yes I know that is a leek but my onions aren't ready and it's a kitchen scrap garden. So using what I got.

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    Conservative Pundits, money didn't make them happy so they convince people who do need money that it wouldn't make them happy either

    Most conservative pundits out there seem to all talk about how they wanted to do something specific with their life but it didn't work out. They like to blame the current systems and government for not doing enough to make them famous or popular or cool with the youth.

    They then convince a bunch of people who are also unhappy but could have a lot of their issues with lack of time and resources fixed with money, that if they are unhappy while having money dumped in their lap than these normal people will be unhappy with it too. Hoping they fix some arbitrary reason they aren't more famous.

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    Join us as we hunt for the illustrious and hidden giant bell peppers

    My in the ground bell peppers are freaking massive.

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    Opinion in the room on Pop-up/Non-Permanent Greenhouses?

    So, what's the general feeling on those plastic popup greenhouses?

    After a particularly rough month with my plants I am considering getting a popup style plastic greenhouse for my plants.

    I am kinda hoping that it would help to keep the moisture up and the shade up since a like half dozen of my peppers just got sunrot.

    I have noticed my plants under my bug netting do better and my pepper plant in the ground under it doesn't have sunrot. I think it would also let me keep my pots longer in fall since in in zone 7 and cold snaps happen.

    So.... Any thoughts? Tips? Etc?

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    You guys have so many pretty gardens so now it's time for my ugly one.

    I rent in an urban area and was given a backyard full of 6 foot tall weeds. Over the winter I managed to somewhat reduce their numbers and have been fighting them down since but also I didn't really have any money for gardening so I just went with direct inground with a bag of miracle grow for fertilizer and some cheap mulch for bedding.

    Pretty much a scraps garden. I have green onions and regular onions, garlic cloves that sprouted, bell pepper and jalapenos, a potato plant, 2 basil and 3 Thai basil, a daikon scrap I'm letting flower I hopes of seeds I can plant next year, and all my beans and peas on the fence over there.

    I also planted a blueberry bush that I realized I really should have kept in a pot cause I realized how long that thing is gonna grow for.

    I also threw potatoes under the bush in the far back that is doing pretty good and a strawberry I won't ever be able to eat the fruit from because the critters get up earlier in the morning than me.

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    Cheap IDEX 3D printer questions

    So, I have always wanted to do multi filament printing. The thought of doing multicolor or washable supports has been such a cool idea and I tried to make that a reality all the way back when I bought my Geeetech A10M... And oh boy did I hate it. (Don't do single extruder multi filament kids, it ain't worth the headache.)

    So, with only my trusty prusa mk2 at my side I'm thinking of finally getting an IDEX machine and trying again right this time. Then I looked at the price of the Prusa XL and died a little.

    So, this is where I am gonna ask for some help. I saw that Flashgorge is selling their Creator Pro 2 for only $400 and with a cheap upgrade for a magnetic plate seems like it would be an awesome deal even if it's a bit small of a build size.

    Or I could go 3rd party and get the JGMaker Artist D Pro IDEX 3D Printer (which I have never heard of) for the same price but with a heck of a lot more build space.

    Or I could swallow my pride and a shit ton of credit card payments and do just the 2 head semi-built prusa XL for 3x the cost.

    So essentially has anyone tried the Flashforge Creator Pro 2 and thinks it would be worth it for basically half off? Have 3rd party Chinese brands gotten more trustworthy and actually able to print decent at these insanely low prices? Or is it still one of those you pay for what you get and if you want good multi filament printing you have to pay for it?

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    Political Memes @lemmy.world Krauerking @lemy.lol

    If he can't win then none of us should! ...Wait

    I mean come on! Like, sure ok then, please go on ahead.

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    Pumpkin Cocktail Syrup

    So it's the season, just carved the first pumpkin of the year and decided to use the insides and leftovers to make a pumpkin-pumpkin spice syrup that is truly heavenly.

    14oz of pumpkin guts and roasted flesh boiled and pureed in the water 28oz of water 28oz of raw sugar 2 full sticks of cinnamon 9 Cloves 4 large slices of candied ginger 4 cardamom pods 1 vanilla pod split insides removed and then the pod itself as well

    Used an immersion blender to puree the pumpkin further with just the water at first then added everything else and boiled, simmered for about 15 minutes lid on and then cooled and strained.

    *You can use dry spices and vanilla extract I'm just a sucker for raw ingredients, and cooking like I'm a witch apparently.

    The syrup is so so good. I combined it with apple cider and very caramel forward rye whiskey I have and am in love.

    Do you guys have different versions you make or thoughts on the syrup for other cocktails to try? I'm trying to figure out what to do with a liter of the stuff.

    I would share a photo of it but I'm honestly holding it in an old Rao's sauce jar cause I didn't realize all my swing top bottles were dirty ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯ But yeah it's not nearly as pretty as the stuff other people do.

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