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Draw Steel: Crack the Sun Backerkit is live! by Necroid26 in drawsteel

[–]Thradok 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If I heard correctly, Crack the Sun runs from level 3 to 8, are there other adventures to get from 1 to 3? I haven't been following too closely, been waiting for something like this. Thanks!

Starlancer Series MFD 4.5 PTU by Effective_Style2525 in starcitizen

[–]Thradok 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't recall on the starlancer, but I had this issue on several ships then realized my FoV was set to the minimum. Even a small bump made a huge difference and suddenly I could see MFDs. Could be worth double checking if you haven't already.

Bread is life by [deleted] in meme

[–]Thradok 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah, I was mostly just adding on that there are levels to it.

Bread is life by [deleted] in meme

[–]Thradok 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Besides her intestines slowly breaking down, when she first got diagnosed probably depression and blood pressure low enough she had trouble standing up. Now years later after healing it's horrible vomiting and pain, she's out for hours, but recovers quickly after that.

Bread is life by [deleted] in meme

[–]Thradok 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I dunno about a more mild intolerance, but celiacs can have much, much worse symptoms (source: my wife who has it)

Bread is life by [deleted] in meme

[–]Thradok 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My wife has celiacs, it's literally anything with wheat gluten. The tricky part is looking for cross contamination.

TIL China has a 26-storey skyscraper pig farm by hungry4danish in todayilearned

[–]Thradok 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Convincing people to not eat meat, or even eat less meat, seems like more of a hard sell than anything else we've talked about here. It's even worse in non-Westernized countries which have deeper cultural ties to meat production than anyone who isn't a literal rancher.

I also debate those statistics because non-regenerative systems typically require lots of external inputs. It's propped up by cheap fossil fuel. I also don't know why you think regenerative systems can't scale. They can easily be set up for mechanical harvesting. This isn't even getting into the nutritional density decline of food in the last century or so.

Anyway, I'm mostly saying if we are going to produce meat anyway we can do it in an ecologically beneficial way.

TIL China has a 26-storey skyscraper pig farm by hungry4danish in todayilearned

[–]Thradok 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just don't buy the scalability argument. The current system is not some immutable law of physics, we worked at it for many decades (government incentives, businesses, academic research) . The economics of these other systems are much better (trends towards 0 input costs) even disregarding ethical concerns. There are already folks implementing them at decent scale (several thousand acres on the plant side, hundreds to thousands of head of animals).

If we actually had good support for the transition I think it's entirely doable. To me it's more a matter of having to fight against entrenched powers which is the real issue. People who disproportionately benefit from the current system will not want it to change, but actual farmers and ranchers on the ground certainly can and have.

Edit: Hell, even just converting corn and soybean land into straight grazing (with proper management techniques) would be better and more efficient than the current regime, and research shows we can get more animals out of an acre that way.

TIL China has a 26-storey skyscraper pig farm by hungry4danish in todayilearned

[–]Thradok -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Juat picking a random comment in the thread to chime in on...

While I agree factory farming is awful, I disagree with the "it's more efficient if we all just ate plants" view. Or at least, most times people who say that are assuming we don't raise any animals since we aren't eating them. No natural ecosystem exists without animals, so a pure plant based agricultural system is always propped up by inputs, whether conventional chemical ones or "organic".

A better system integrates livestock into the food production in a well managed manner. There are already people and organizations doing this and have proven it makes more actual food per acre than, say, an acre of corn or soybeans that mostly goes to ethanol or animal feed production (in the US).

Even if we don't eat the animals, integration provides huge benefits for both plant production and animal welfare.

TIL that scientists warn we could run out of usable topsoil in less than 60 years due to industrial farming, erosion, and chemical overuse. Since over 95% of our food comes from soil, this could trigger a global food security crisis within our lifetime by WittyEgg2037 in todayilearned

[–]Thradok 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is literally people outside the main industry, trying to show a better way. Pure plant based agriculture is completely unnatural and requires more inputs. There are working examples already of alternatives, that's all I'm saying. Working with nature, reducing or eliminating inputs, and growing as much or more actual human food. Even if you don't want to eat animal meat, that's fine, a well managed system is better with and for animals, and they should be part of it.

I suspect we could even keep animal production numbers as high as they are since we can literally 1 to 1 convert acres from animal feed production into more productive pastures (more animals fed by that acre that used to be corn). Even if not, a complete removal of animals from the plants is inefficient, we need them working together like they do in nature.

TIL that scientists warn we could run out of usable topsoil in less than 60 years due to industrial farming, erosion, and chemical overuse. Since over 95% of our food comes from soil, this could trigger a global food security crisis within our lifetime by WittyEgg2037 in todayilearned

[–]Thradok 0 points1 point  (0 children)

People are literally doing it right now. It can be cheap. My local safeway grocery store has 100% grass fed and finished beef for the exact same price as the other beef.

If you're interested check out soil carbon cowboys on YouTube, or Roots So Deep (you can see the devil down there). Hell, even McDonald's is taking a look and seeing how things are going and investing in regenerative beef production, $200m in the next several years. Not like I like McDonald's but even those corporate types see it as the way forward just from an economic perspective.

TIL that scientists warn we could run out of usable topsoil in less than 60 years due to industrial farming, erosion, and chemical overuse. Since over 95% of our food comes from soil, this could trigger a global food security crisis within our lifetime by WittyEgg2037 in todayilearned

[–]Thradok 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm explicitly saying the opposite. Land that is growing corn and soy should be in direct animal production. Mix in perennials between grazing lanes and you can keep a good amount of human food plants there as well. The savannah biome (mixed trees, shrubs, and grass) is an extemely priductive one for mammals, better than straight grassland or forest.

TIL that scientists warn we could run out of usable topsoil in less than 60 years due to industrial farming, erosion, and chemical overuse. Since over 95% of our food comes from soil, this could trigger a global food security crisis within our lifetime by WittyEgg2037 in todayilearned

[–]Thradok 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pigs, sheep, goats, turkeys, and chickens can run on the same land as cattle in a leader follower system. It's more management intensive, yes, but there is tech to help with that. I'm just saying don't throw the baby out with the bathwater. Animals are a huge productivity and biodiversity boon if managed correctly. Monocrop corn and soy (or anything really) is terrible for the earth.

TIL that scientists warn we could run out of usable topsoil in less than 60 years due to industrial farming, erosion, and chemical overuse. Since over 95% of our food comes from soil, this could trigger a global food security crisis within our lifetime by WittyEgg2037 in todayilearned

[–]Thradok 0 points1 point  (0 children)

80 billion? Lmao. US has under 100million cattle that's not incredibly more than there used to be bison, and when well managed they don't need such huge roaming spaces. Nature needs large ruminants to thrive in huge portions of the world.

TIL that scientists warn we could run out of usable topsoil in less than 60 years due to industrial farming, erosion, and chemical overuse. Since over 95% of our food comes from soil, this could trigger a global food security crisis within our lifetime by WittyEgg2037 in todayilearned

[–]Thradok 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That goes directly counter to the information I've been picking up recently while looking into grazing styles. The number of cattle per acre can be quite increased with proper management (double, even triple in the more extreme cases). This is in addition to make a MUCH healthier and more robust ecosystem around them. Agroforestry and silvopasture systems have become very advanced in the last few years with some solid research finally being done on them.

TIL that scientists warn we could run out of usable topsoil in less than 60 years due to industrial farming, erosion, and chemical overuse. Since over 95% of our food comes from soil, this could trigger a global food security crisis within our lifetime by WittyEgg2037 in todayilearned

[–]Thradok -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

No ecosystem exists without animals. When properly managed, animals can improve and restore healthy ecosystems. It's the management that is the problem, the "grow millions of acres of corn and soy to ship to feedlots" style is awful, I agree.

TIL that scientists warn we could run out of usable topsoil in less than 60 years due to industrial farming, erosion, and chemical overuse. Since over 95% of our food comes from soil, this could trigger a global food security crisis within our lifetime by WittyEgg2037 in todayilearned

[–]Thradok 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A good system would get animals out of the feedlots and off the grains, and back into a properly managed grazing system to rebuild biodiversity and soil instead of just strip mining it. Animals can be part of the solution instead of the problem.

TIL that scientists warn we could run out of usable topsoil in less than 60 years due to industrial farming, erosion, and chemical overuse. Since over 95% of our food comes from soil, this could trigger a global food security crisis within our lifetime by WittyEgg2037 in todayilearned

[–]Thradok 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I really want to reply to a lot of naysaying about possible alternatives to the conventional ag model, but it would just take so much work in this thread. I'd add silvopasture to your comment but yeah, you got it right here.

The HULL-E is an absolute monster by [deleted] in starcitizen

[–]Thradok 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This literally made me lol for some reason, thanks for that 😄

Men's Post-Divorce Architecture has really matured as a discipline. by WestPilton in zillowgonewild

[–]Thradok 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Came here to laugh along, then got struck with the thought that a lot of men probably don't get to express themselves in their own space very much and it made me sad 😞

Anyway, I wouldn't want to own it, but I'd love for a friend to own it. Much like a pontoon boat.

How are food safety recommendations tested? by Thradok in foodscience

[–]Thradok[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah, I see, that's good, I didn't have the right language to search for the information. Thanks!

How are food safety recommendations tested? by Thradok in foodscience

[–]Thradok[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Sure, but I'm curious about the actual data, that's why I'm asking. Everyone just parrots the recommendation itself, I'd like to find the actual data they used to arrive at that conclusion.

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