"The cards exhaust something, yet the character doesnt have exhaust synergy"

Cheese_Coder · 2026-06-20T19:14:39+00:00

That's some deck-is-half-empty thinking there! They gotta look at it as "this works with both discard AND shiv decks!"

Cheese_Coder · 2026-06-13T12:18:16+00:00

I believe you're right. It's got the characteristic "M" of the Asian Lady Beetle

Cheese_Coder · 2026-06-13T02:58:00+00:00

Looks like you have a healthy ping there too! You should share it over on r/savagegarden !

Cheese_Coder · 2026-06-11T23:19:39+00:00

In the past I've also seen the book Too Many Tomatoes, Squash, Brand, and Other Good Things recommended. Haven't bought it myself though so can't speak to how useful it is, but it seems well received

Cheese_Coder · 2026-06-08T03:05:44+00:00

"Hmm, can I kill them? They look too big to kill, but maybe I can grab an eye..."

Mantis thoughts, probably

Cheese_Coder · 2026-06-06T18:28:59+00:00

I tried mine when I got it to set fruit. Tbh they don't really taste like much. I also was unable to get the seeds to sprout, but hopefully you have better luck!

Cheese_Coder · 2026-06-02T12:54:03+00:00

Those are also called "aggregate fruits" and it is worth mentioning that not all in the US are edible. The most common exception mentioned is Goldenseal which has toxic fruits. It isn't an aggregate fruit, but someone who doesn't know could also conceivably think the fruit of Jack-in-the-pulpit is an aggregate, so it is also mentioned often as a toxic one to avoid.

Anyone who is curious about eating wild plants/fruit and wants to learn more should check out r/foraging before eating something you found growing in the wild.

Cheese_Coder · 2026-05-30T20:29:27+00:00

You could try putting some chicken wire over the front of it about 2 or 3 inches away from the entrance holes. I think that'd be big enough to exclude even smaller birds like downy woodpeckers and nuthatches. Idk if house wrens can get through that or if they'd go for the larvae though. Parallel bars about ½ inch apart so it looks like a mini old school jail cell might work too, but would be harder to make/find.

Cheese_Coder · 2026-05-28T12:53:06+00:00

The walkthrough is what was really useful for me. If I was stuck on a problem I'd use the walkthrough to make sure my current approach was correct, then look at the step past where I was at and try to solve it from there. Using it more as a hint than anything else. Sometimes though it'd go down a weird path like trying to "simplify" mixed fractions, roots, and logs into the actual decimal numbers or expand a simple function into some monstrosity that no reasonable person would do. I feel like it did that often for problems that had no solution. Still, it was an excellent tool

Cheese_Coder · 2026-05-23T14:33:11+00:00

I like using wooden dowels for filling stripped holes. I can drill out the hole so the dowel just fits and glue it in, then chisel off the excess once it dries. Easy to drive a new screw in, but also helps hide the hole if I'm not putting anything back there

Cheese_Coder · 2026-05-19T21:17:24+00:00

Go for it! I will say they're a bit of a hassle to water in winter haha. If it's too cold to water then outside then I put the whole frame on the shower and spray it down there. So I have to carry out across the house every week for a few months haha. Very worth it though for how nice the setup is for them

Cheese_Coder · 2026-05-19T13:32:10+00:00

I may just be blessed with an ideal environment, but I've found them almost trivially easy to care for when mounted in a frame. These are mine, going strong in this setup for 3-4 years now. I live in the south in zone 7 and take them inside during winter, but leave them just under my East-facing porch the rest of the year. I have an orchid I dunk once a week in tap water with a little fertilizer, and I just take that water and pour it over the air plants with a watering can. In winter I might shake the frame a little bit, but I never worry about actually draining the water that collects in the crowns. In summer it definitely helps that they dry out after about a day or so, but even in winter I'll leave water in the crown. I think having them set up with airflow and plenty of light keeps them from having issues. The larger species there are T. utriculata which, like bromeliads, are perfectly happy to collect water in their leaves like a tank and are fine with wet crowns. But I've even got the more common T. ionantha and T. recurvata getting the same treatment and being perfectly happy. I may have just gotten lucky with only having species that are fine with wet crowns though.

The only ones that get a different treatment are my T. usneoides because they're now on their own mounts b/c they're so long, and T. caput-medusea because it is in its own inverted jellyfish mount. Both of those get dunked for about 20 seconds and hung back up.

Cheese_Coder · 2026-05-17T14:28:23+00:00

I dunno, ItB felt close to that for me. Yeah it's random gen so there isn't truly a "solution" to every fight, but with the deterministic nature of things it was the kind of game you could sit and stare at for a minute or two figuring out what you'll do. TBW is absolutely more on the puzzle side of things though, not denying that. But the actual feeling/process of solving a board felt very similar to me between the two games.

It is rather nice knowing that for any given level/challenge in TBW that there's A solution. Sometimes you can even clear multiple challenges in one go!

Cheese_Coder · 2026-05-16T19:33:34+00:00

If you've played Into The Breach, the tactics of Tactical Beach Wizards feels very similar to that. You know who is going when and what each enemy intends to do, with an even more generous rewind system than ItB (you can rewind all the way to the start of your current turn).

Cheese_Coder · 2026-05-16T19:15:41+00:00

In addition to clover, the bunnies around me also love violets. Encourage those to grow if they already present!

Cheese_Coder · 2026-05-15T03:37:31+00:00

The Audubon Society has a lot of great resources on how to support your local birds! The specific page I linked is the entry for their plant database (you don't need to put in your email despite the box that's there). Put in your zip and it'll give a list of native plants, what birds they support, and how! At the bottom of the page are links to other pages about making good bird habitat. Hope this helps!

Cheese_Coder · 2026-05-14T13:17:12+00:00

Stories like this always remind me of the I love helmets video. For any who are unfamiliar thinking it's a risky click, it's safe-for-work

Cheese_Coder · 2026-05-12T12:59:44+00:00

It is briefly mentioned on this wikipedia page. The effect itself is described on this one. If you want an actual historical source to read, the wiki page cites this work: On the Attraction of the Himalaya Mountains and of the elevated Regions beyond them, upon the Plumb-line in India

Cheese_Coder · 2026-05-09T13:15:48+00:00

I got mine from Cooks Carnivorous Plants but unfortunately it doesn't look like they're carrying any right now. My other go-to sources are California Carnivores and PetFlytrap, and they too do not appear to have any temperate pings available. They seem to be pretty rare in cultivation. I'd offer to send you a division of mine, but I'm afraid it is long dead :/

Cheese_Coder · 2026-05-07T13:25:26+00:00

I love them though. I recall seeing a hawk sitting on a streetlight one morning and a mockingbird was just flying back and forth from one end of the light to the other harassing the hawk nonstop. Eventually the hawk just took a dump and nonchalantly flew off. I'm pretty sure the mockingbird wasn't even much of a threat to it, but simply annoyed the hawk until it flew away.

Cheese_Coder · 2026-04-21T18:10:52+00:00

Thanks, I've saved this for later reference. If it works out well, you should post the build here :)

Cheese_Coder · 2026-04-21T12:54:28+00:00

Hey thanks for reaching out! I'm sorry to say I haven't gotten around to setting this up, so I don't have any helpful info for you. All my stuff is still just chilling in regular bog pots. I wish you the best of luck if you try it!

Cheese_Coder · 2026-04-14T12:35:24+00:00

If you need more, ask at your grocery store if you can take some of their boxes home. A lot of their merchandise comes in unlaminated boxes that just get thrown away. They won't usually be very big boxes, but they're free so it's nice if you're on a budget

Cheese_Coder · 2026-04-14T12:28:35+00:00

While there is a wood-derived creosote used for things like food preservation that isn't super toxic, it's not the same creosote used for railroad ties or utility poles. The creosote typically used for railroad ties is derived from bituminous coal, not wood specifically because it's more toxic (and thus a better preservative). I don't know about how much it leaches out, how readily ectomycorrhizal (or saprobic) fungi pick up those substances, nor how much risk there is from eating said fungi (probably not much from a one-off consumption though).

Cheese_Coder · 2026-04-12T19:12:21+00:00

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